Long Island

The love story of the century Long Island by Colm Tóibín, the author of Brooklyn, is his masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever. ...

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Den efterlängtade fortsättningen på Brooklyn - Colm Tóibíns stora romansuccé som blev Oscarsbelönad film. Eilis Lacey lämnade som ung Irland för USA. Året är nu 1976 och det har nu gått tjugo år sedan hon gifte sig med rörmokaren Tony Fiorello, va...

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In 1980, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned to his wife and kids less than a week later, only slightly the worse, and the family moves on with their lives, resu...

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Kauan kaivattua jatkoa Brooklynille! Colm Tóibínin rakastetuimman sankarittaren tarina jatkuu. Long Island on herkkävireinen romaani salaisuuksista, kaipuusta ja rakkaudesta. On kulunut kaksi vuosikymmentä, ja Brooklynistä lähdön jälkeen Eilis ja ...

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'Is this book as good [as Fleishman]? It's better' THE NEW YORK TIMES'The best book I've read this year' HARLAN COBEN'Very, very good' ELIZABETH DAY'The book of the summer, nay, the year' DAVID SEDARIS'This book is DYNAMITE. Inhaled it in two sitt...

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Long Island is Colm Tóibín's masterpiece: a stunning novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and reignite a love once thought lost forever. The sequel to the beloved bestseller, Brooklyn. A Book of the Year in The Times,...

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER! An exhilarating novel about one American family and the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, from the¿New York Times¿bestselling author of¿Fleishman Is in Trouble New York Times Book Review¿Editors' Choice! New Y...

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One life-changing Caribbean night!In this Island Clinic story, when Dr Lia (aka Princess Amelia) meets paediatrician Oliver, she decides to break her rules and indulge in one passion-filled night. Only Lia falls pregnant and Oliver stuns her by ag...

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"e;Moving, revealing, and lovingly researched, this book is a must read, and a great read, for any of us whose forebears came from overseas-meaning just about all of us."e; - Erik LarsonThe author of the award-winning The Children's Blizza...

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Regina Calcaterra's emotionally honest and reflective memoir recounts how she and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood, caring for one another while enduring a series of foster homes and intermittent homelessness - all in th...

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Reginas Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope.Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, New York State official, and activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite differen...

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In the highly anticipated sequel to her New York Times bestseller Etched in Sand, Regina Calcaterra pairs with her youngest sister Rosie to tell Rosie's harrowing, yet ultimately triumphant, story of childhood abuse and survival. They were five ki...

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The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Etched in Sand-the sisters' "e;courageous and emotionally intense"e; story of childhood abuse and survival (Kirkus Reviews). They were five kids with five different fathers and an alcoholic mothe...

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In the highly anticipated sequel to her New York Times bestseller Etched in Sand, Regina Calcaterra pairs with her youngest sister Rosie to tell Rosie's harrowing, yet ultimately triumphant, story of childhood abuse and survival. They were five ki...

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A lavishly illustrated and long-overdue guidebook to the rich natural history of Long Island Sound and its coastlines, a region beloved by millions of people Long Island Sound consists of a diverse collection of unique marine, estuarine, and terre...

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A lavishly illustrated and long-overdue guidebook to the rich natural history of Long Island Sound and its coastlines, a region beloved by millions of people Long Island Sound consists of a diverse collection of unique marine, estuarine, and terre...

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A richly illustrated full'color guide to the unique plants, wildlife, and environments of Cape Cod and the other nearby “Outer Lands” that face the Atlantic Ocean   This essential guidebook presents the most abundantly illustrated...

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The first comprehensive natural history guide to the Connecticut River and its environs, with more than 750 illustrations ¿ The Connecticut River, New England's longest and most historic river, originates in northern New Hampshire and wends more t...

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The first comprehensive natural history guide to the Connecticut River and its environs, with more than 750 illustrations The Connecticut River, New England's longest and most historic river, originates in northern New Hampshire and wends more tha...

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Long Island, particularly the North Shore, was the site of some of the most lavish and extravagant residences in the world. The island's beauty, its proximity and easy travel access to New York, and its suitability for yachting and other recreatio...

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This beautiful book covers in depth the work of six designers Beatrix Farrand, Martha Hutcheson, Marian Coffin, Ellen Shipman, Ruth Dean, and Annette Hoyt Flanders and looks at a dozen other less-well-known women. It focuses on the Long Island pro...

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Edited by SPLIA's former director, Dr. Robert B. MacKay, Gardens of Eden is an exploration of a distinct type of suburban development that proliferated across the region before zoning regulations were developed to manage land use in New York City ...

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