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Goudge's singular gift is the depth and insight she brings to her characters. Mary Lindsay is a born and bred Londoner who has enjoyed her city life—a prestigious job, and friends with whom she takes in the city pleasures of theatre, art and music. But fleeting memories of a childhood visit to her father's elderly cousin out in the country are revived with the news that the woman has willed her home, the Laurels, to Mary. She makes an uncharacteristically sudden and life-changing decision to leave London for the country.

Warren is just a guardsman with a haunted past eager for a new castle to defend. All that changes when he's summoned to the edges of the kingdom, where walls protect cities against the diabolical foes of the wildlands. His mission is simple: save the Dragon Farm he just inherited, settle down as a lord, and help his new city thrive. As a soldier who normally lives by the blade, he's out of his element but up to the task... especially since tame dragons seem to like him.

Clear Water by Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes is a forthcoming title from Flatiron Books...

Nachalo XVIII v. Anglija vmeste s Avstriej, Prussiej i drugimi stranami vedet beskonechnuju i iznurjajushhuju vojnu za ispanskoe nasledstvo protiv franko-ispanskoj koalicii. Angliej pravit slaboharakternaja i ustupchivaja koroleva Anna, kotoraja ne prinimaet reshenij, ne posovetovavshis' s temi, kto ejo okruzhaet.

Ga mee op een zoektocht naar een verborgen wereld. Beleef een 8D audioavontuur over onze grootste vriend én vijand: Water. Ontmoet dijkenbouwers, zeeschuimers, pompers en polderaars. Vaar over land met de Watergeuzen. Loop over de bodem van de zee met ingenieur Lely. Waak samen met je maats over de Waterlinie. Ervaar de kracht van waterschappen en plofsluizen. Voorspel regen en droogte. En dompel je onder in het eeuwenoude verhaal waaraan nooit een eind zal komen. Het verhaal van Geheim Water. Zo lang we ons kunnen heugen, is water onze beste vriend in Nederland, waterland. Maar dat zelfde ...

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