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  • The Awakener

    A Memoir of Jack Kerouac and the Fifties

    by Helen Weaver ...
    The Awakener is Helen Weaver's long awaited memoir of her adventures with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lenny Bruce, and other wild characters from the New York City of the fifties and sixties. The sheltered but rebellious daughter of bookish Midwestern parents, Weaver survived a repressive upbringing in the wealthy suburbs of Scarsdale and an early divorce to land in Greenwich Village just in ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The West End Nannies

    by Pam Weaver ...
    Narrated by Helen Phillips ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - West End Nannies

    Unabridged

    9 hours 31 min

    Jenny starts her training as a nanny, but does she have what it takes – and will her family survive without her? It is 1962 and 18-year-old Jenny is finally able to train for her dream job as a nanny. The residential training is tough – Matron takes no prisoners but Jenny bonds with her two roommates, Bernice and Rita, and loves helping the children. If only her family life could be so happy – her ... Read more

    $59.35 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Bright Lights for the West End Nannies

    by Pam Weaver ...
    Narrated by Helen Phillips ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - West End Nannies

    Unabridged

    9 hours 45 min

    Will the bright lights of London turn out to be all they promised? It is 1964 and fun-loving Rita has her dream job, working as a nanny for a huge popstar and his family. At first it seems great fun. The house is always full of glamorous people and parties, but soon she begins to worry for the children, who are neglected and crave stability. As if this wasn't enough to contend with, her employer, ... Read more

    $54.77 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Trap for Cinderella

    Translated by Helen Weaver ...
    A young woman wakes in a hospital room. What happened to her and why is a mystery. Is she victim or murderer?The young woman has been badly injured in a fire and has amnesia. But what happened to her? Is she Mi, Micky or Michèle, or Do, Dominique? As she struggles to rebuild her identity, she starts to recall the crime that was committed and the house on the French Riviera. She remembers the rich ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

    The Classic 1960s Parisian Noir

    Translated by Helen Weaver ...
    Dany Longo is blonde, beautiful - and thoroughly unpredictable. After doing a favour for her boss, she finds herself behind the wheel of his exquisite Thunderbird on a sun-kissed Parisian morning. On impulse she decides to head south.What starts as an impromptu joy-ride rapidly becomes a nightmare when strangers all along the unfamiliar route swear they recognise Dany from the previous day. But ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Elizabeth Taylor: A BBC Radio Collection

    20 dramas and short stories from the acclaimed 20th Century novelist

    Unabridged

    13 hours 3 min

    Full-cast dramatisations of three acclaimed novels by Elizabeth Taylor – including Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont – plus 17 readings of her short fictionDescribed by Antonia Fraser as ‘one of the most underrated novelists of the 20th century’, Elizabeth Taylor was much admired for her witty, acutely observed stories of middle-class life. She never achieved widespread recognition during her lifetime ... Read more

    $25.83 CAD

  • A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband With Bettina's Best Recipes

    BETTINA'S FIRST REAL DINNER "SAY, isn't it great to be alive!" exclaimed Bob, as he looked across the rose-decked table at the flushed but happy Bettina. "And a beefsteak dinner, too!" "Steak is expensive, dear, and you'll not get it often, but as this is our first real dinner in our own home, I had to celebrate. I bought enough for two meals, because buying steak for one meal for two people is ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband with Bettina's Best Recipes

    The cookbook includes a variety of recipes, from simple, everyday dishes to more elaborate and festive meals, designed to cater to different occasions. The authors emphasize the importance of variety in the kitchen, encouraging women to experiment with new ingredients and cooking techniques to keep meals exciting and enjoyable. The recipes range from breakfast and luncheon options to dinner and ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

    Translated by Helen Weaver ...
    Series series Dover Literature: Crime/Mystery/Thriller
    "A chilling, baffling psychological fooler ... sparkles with all the juicy terror that can attack the heart and body." — NewsweekBlonde, beautiful, and mysterious Dany Longo is trembling with doubt behind her dark glasses and self-assured veneer. As she races south from Paris in a stolen sports car, she has no idea where she is going or why. Nearsighted behind her shades and timid beneath her ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD

  • A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband

    with Bettina's Best Recipes

    Series series Dover Humor
    No, you cannot live on kisses,Though the honeymoon is sweet,Harken, brides, a true word this is —Even lovers have to eat.This charming vintage cookbook, with its innocently suggestive title, reads like a novel as it follows the fictional lives of a pair of newlyweds. Join Bettina and Bob as they eat their way through their first year of marriage, from the bride's first real dinner and a Sunday ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

    The Classic 1960s Parisian Noir

    Narrated by Becca Wilder ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 25 min

    Twenty-six-year-old Dany Longo speeds out of Paris in her boss's exquisite Thunderbird. She's spent her Friday night working thanks to him; now she's stolen his car and headed for the sea.But this sun-kissed joyride soon spirals into a nightmare. Everywhere she goes, strangers recognise her dark glasses and the car: she came this way just yesterday. Then a corpse appears in the boot of the ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Two dessert cookbooks from one amazing bakery, together in one collection, featuring delicious cakes, cookies, dessert bars, pies, fruit desserts, puddings & more.Throw moderation out the window. When you want that real homemade flavor, from-scratch frosted layer cakes, brownies that taste like brownies, and cookies that taste like the ones your grandma used to make, only real ingredients will do: ... Read more

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