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Restless Heart

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Born in a brothel in Paris in the early 1700s, Madeleine's future had been decided by her courtesan mother and Madame Claudine. Her innocence at age fourteen would be sold to the highest bidder. She'd be treated as a usable and disposable toy to fulfill her patron's every perverted desire until he tires of her. Then she'd become a courtesan to entertain anyone who visits the brothel.Madeleine ... Read more

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Born in a brothel in Paris in the early 1700s, Madeleine's future had been decided by her courtesan mother and Madame Claudine. Her innocence at age fourteen would be sold to the highest bidder. She'd be treated as a usable and disposable toy to fulfill her patron's every perverted desire until he tires of her. Then she'd become a courtesan to entertain anyone who visits the brothel.Madeleine
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The Door

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Translated by Len Rix ...

Series series NYRB Classics
One of The New York Times Book Review's "10 Best Books of 2015"An NYRB Classics OriginalThe Door is an unsettling exploration of the relationship between two very different women. Magda is a writer, educated, married to an academic, public-spirited, with an on-again-off-again relationship to Hungary’s Communist authorities. Emerence is a peasant, illiterate, impassive, abrupt, seemingly ageless. ... Read more

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One of The New York Times Book Review's "10 Best Books of 2015"An NYRB Classics OriginalThe Door is an unsettling exploration of the relationship between two very different women. Magda is a writer, educated, married to an academic, public-spirited, with an on-again-off-again relationship to Hungary’s Communist authorities. Emerence is a peasant, illiterate, impassive, abrupt, seemingly ageless.
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The Revived

A Mystery Thriller

by Peter Szabo ...

A privileged young man hunts for his missing mother—a popstar with a message to save the world from a ruthless cabal whose lust for economic power threatens the end of humanity.When fifty influential people around the world awaken from mysterious comas—branded by the media as the Revived—they reveal a shared psychic warning: society will collapse unless it focuses on social and environmental needs ... Read more

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A privileged young man hunts for his missing mother—a popstar with a message to save the world from a ruthless cabal whose lust for economic power threatens the end of humanity.When fifty influential people around the world awaken from mysterious comas—branded by the media as the Revived—they reveal a shared psychic warning: society will collapse unless it focuses on social and environmental needs
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Abigail

by Magda Szabo ...

Translated by Len Rix ...

From the author of The Door, a beloved coming-of-age tale set in WWII-era Hungary.Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabó’s books in her native Hungary. Gina is the only child of a general, a widower who has long been happy to spoil his bright and willful daughter. Gina is devastated when the general tells her that he must go ... Read more

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From the author of The Door, a beloved coming-of-age tale set in WWII-era Hungary.Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabó’s books in her native Hungary. Gina is the only child of a general, a widower who has long been happy to spoil his bright and willful daughter. Gina is devastated when the general tells her that he must go
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What Big Teeth

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A Strand February 2021 Book of the Month**"With a layered mystery, a haunting setting, and thrilling tension, What Big Teeth has an otherness to it that pulls you in and forces you to keep reading."" —Tricia Levenseller, Publisher's Weekly-bestselling author of The Shadows Between UsEleanor Zarrin has been estranged from her wild family for years. When she flees boarding school after a horrifying ... Read more

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A Strand February 2021 Book of the Month**"With a layered mystery, a haunting setting, and thrilling tension, What Big Teeth has an otherness to it that pulls you in and forces you to keep reading."" —Tricia Levenseller, Publisher's Weekly-bestselling author of The Shadows Between UsEleanor Zarrin has been estranged from her wild family for years. When she flees boarding school after a horrifying
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Be Careful What You Wish For

by Erika M Szabo ...

A read-to illustrated storybook for children 4-7 and read-alone for children 7-10For her exceptional creative abilities, Emma is rewarded with a magic pencil by an art fairy. She can make anything she draws with the pencil turn into a colorful painting, and she can also wish her painting to become real.But when a pesky mouse threatens to eat the magic pencil and becomes demanding, things get out ... Read more

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A read-to illustrated storybook for children 4-7 and read-alone for children 7-10For her exceptional creative abilities, Emma is rewarded with a magic pencil by an art fairy. She can make anything she draws with the pencil turn into a colorful painting, and she can also wish her painting to become real.But when a pesky mouse threatens to eat the magic pencil and becomes demanding, things get out
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Katalin Street

by Magda Szabo ...

Translated by Len Rix ...

**FINALIST FOR THE 2017 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZEFrom the author of The Door, selected as one of the New York Times "10 Best Books of 2015," this is a heartwrenching tale about a group of friends and lovers torn apart by the German occupation of Budapest during World War II.**In prewar Budapest three families live side by side on gracious Katalin Street, their lives closely intertwined. A game is ... Read more

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**FINALIST FOR THE 2017 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZEFrom the author of The Door, selected as one of the New York Times "10 Best Books of 2015," this is a heartwrenching tale about a group of friends and lovers torn apart by the German occupation of Budapest during World War II.**In prewar Budapest three families live side by side on gracious Katalin Street, their lives closely intertwined. A game is
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Protected by the Falcon

The Ancestors' Secrets, #1

by Erika M Szabo ...

Series Book 1 - The Ancestors' Secrets
Ilona resigns to live the simple life of a small-town doctor, but her life goes into a tailspin on her birthday. She finds out she was born into a secretive, ancient clan still hidden among us.She starts to develop unusual powers which she finds exciting as well as frightening. She can slow time and heal with her touch, but how and why?She struggles to find answers, but those who try to reveal the ... Read more

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Ilona resigns to live the simple life of a small-town doctor, but her life goes into a tailspin on her birthday. She finds out she was born into a secretive, ancient clan still hidden among us.She starts to develop unusual powers which she finds exciting as well as frightening. She can slow time and heal with her touch, but how and why?She struggles to find answers, but those who try to reveal the
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Iza's Ballad

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by Magda Szabó ...

When Ettie's husband dies, her daughter Iza insists that her mother give up the family house in the countryside and move to Budapest. Displaced from her community and her home, Ettie tries to find her place in this new life, but can't seem to get it right. She irritates the maid, hangs food outside the window because she mistrusts the fridge and, in her naivety and loneliness, invites a prostitute ... Read more

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When Ettie's husband dies, her daughter Iza insists that her mother give up the family house in the countryside and move to Budapest. Displaced from her community and her home, Ettie tries to find her place in this new life, but can't seem to get it right. She irritates the maid, hangs food outside the window because she mistrusts the fridge and, in her naivety and loneliness, invites a prostitute
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Chosen by the Sword

The Ancestors' Secrets, #2

by Erika M Szabo ...

Series Book 2 - The Ancestors' Secrets
The Hunor legend lives on in book two as Ilona continues to seek out ways to develop her unusual powers while practicing as a small-town doctor.The spirits of the clan come to Ilona's aid with answers to the clan's secrets and the key to helping her maintain her sanity amidst the fear of danger lurking everywhere as she tries to succeed.She must activate her Chameleon ability and obtain ... Read more

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The Hunor legend lives on in book two as Ilona continues to seek out ways to develop her unusual powers while practicing as a small-town doctor.The spirits of the clan come to Ilona's aid with answers to the clan's secrets and the key to helping her maintain her sanity amidst the fear of danger lurking everywhere as she tries to succeed.She must activate her Chameleon ability and obtain
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Positively Outrageous Service

How to Delight and Astound Your Customers and Win Them for Life

by T. Scott Gross, Andrew Szabo, Michael Hoffman ...

In today’s tough economy, cutting prices and providing good service aren’t enough. To be truly successful, innovative businesspeople must learn the art of Positively Outrageous Service (POS)—doing the unexpected unexpectedly and giving the customer more than he or she could hope for. POS put customer service guru T. Scott Gross on the map in the early 1990s. In this revised third edition, he ... Read more

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In today’s tough economy, cutting prices and providing good service aren’t enough. To be truly successful, innovative businesspeople must learn the art of Positively Outrageous Service (POS)—doing the unexpected unexpectedly and giving the customer more than he or she could hope for. POS put customer service guru T. Scott Gross on the map in the early 1990s. In this revised third edition, he
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the Light we give away

A Memoir of Truth, Courage, and Healing

by Zsuzsanna Szabo ...

At sixteen, I climbed into a café booth and sat directly across from a young man with blue eyes. As I looked into his eyes, it was as if he drew me. I melted right into him. There was something so familiar about him, as though I had known him before. More than sixty years later, I can still feel exactly what I felt in that moment.The universe has always looked after me.My life began in Hungary, ... Read more

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At sixteen, I climbed into a café booth and sat directly across from a young man with blue eyes. As I looked into his eyes, it was as if he drew me. I melted right into him. There was something so familiar about him, as though I had known him before. More than sixty years later, I can still feel exactly what I felt in that moment.The universe has always looked after me.My life began in Hungary,
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