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A merchant seaman is the sole survivor when his ship is sunk in a battle in the South Pacific. Badly burned, he is stripped of every shred of identity and cast into the sea, naked, faceless, nameless. Rescued and lying in a Pearl Harbor hospital, he is mistakenly identified as the missing Lt. Ben Davenant by Davenant's wife. In the moment, the man decides to go along, to take on Davenant's identity, to return with her to California and take on...

This book aims to show the importance of Scotland's relationships to Europe and its part in a broader European story, as well as to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions which continue to exert a firm grip on public opinion.

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Shows the importance of Scotland's relationships to Europe and its part in a broader European story, as well as to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions which continue to exert a firm grip on public opinion.

This book shows relationships to Europe and its part in a broader European story, as well as to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions which continue to exert a firm grip on public opinion.

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An ingenious novel that turns on the alleged discovery of Hemingway's lost writings--including five "Nick Adams" stories, which are included in the body of the novel. This intriguing journey across the border between truth and fiction is filled with unexpected complications and vivid characters, and is a must for all Hemingway fans.

Lightly drawing on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, the acclaimed author of Hemingway's Suitcase sets his story against the eccentricities and decadences of a wealthy California beach community. At the center is a rich widower who counted his late wife among his most valuable possessions. Harry hopes to possess his new, powerfully sexual housekeeper, but finally encounters his own complicated fate.

-> Der Ghostwriter (DE/FRA/GB 2009, 123 Min., FSK 12): Der britische Ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) soll die Memoiren des früheren Premierministers Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan) fertig stellen - die Chance seines Lebens, meint sein Agent. Der Verlag hat Lang eine hohe Millionengage für das Buch zugesagt und die Zeit drängt - für seinen "Ghost" verspricht das einen Karrieresprung und ein fürstliches Honorar. Doch von Anfang an steht das Projekt unt...

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Like Graham Greene and Mary McCarthy before him, MacDonald Harris has written a thriller. And like them, he brings to his story the alchemical talent of a first-class novelist: The Treasure of Sainte Foy is not only gripping, but also transcendent.In the picturesque, isolated French village of Conques stands the Abbey of Sainte Foy. The church houses a priceless medieval treasure whose centerpiece is a magnificent, three-foot-high statue of th...

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