11-29-2017, 12:27 PM
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Endeavour, free
The Tavern by Marguerite Steen Don Florio Conde and his wife Doña María Teresa own a small tavern in Andalucía. It’s a place where the wealthy brush shoulders with the poor, where people from all walks of life are welcomed with open arms. Yet behind the smiling faces that greet new customers hides the anger and frustration that María Teresa and her husband feel for each other. Over twenty years of marriage has left them little more than resentful strangers. She is a domineering shrew and he a submissive drunkard. When Florio agrees to let a wealthy patron of the inn, Don Joaquín Saavedra, use their spare room for a discreet liaison with the married wife of the powerful Don Alfredo Fedriani, he dreams of the money and prestige that Don Joaquín’s trust and gratitude will bring. But when María Teresa hears of the plan, she is horrified. Unlike other taverns, she has always enforced a strict policy against allowing her rooms to be available for such improper use. Desperate to retain the tavern’s reputation for respectability, María Teresa refuses to allow the affair to be conducted under her roof. Unable to see the consequences that might result from offending such a powerful man as Don Joaquín, she manipulates events to make the room unavailable on the night. Furious at the insult, and the lost opportunity to meet his mistress, Don Joaquín vanishes from the premises and refuses to return, taking the patronage of other wealthy customers with him. Despairing, Florio spends more and more time away from the tavern, and his wife, drowning himself in wine and letting his eye wander. Neither is a new occupation for him, but this time the girl who has caught his fancy is none other than the pretty young thing that María Teresa adores. First published in 1935 by Victor Gollancz. https://www.amazon.com/Tavern-Margue...dp/B01NBBYCWI/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tavern-Marg...dp/B01NBBYCWI/ https://www.amazon.ca/Tavern-Marguer...dp/B01NBBYCWI/ Last edited by Little.Egret; 11-29-2017 at 12:31 PM. |
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11-30-2017, 11:21 AM
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Gentleman and scholar
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11-30-2017, 06:21 PM
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Grand Sorcerer
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Got it, just so I can hear another married couple argue and know that I'm not alone in the world.
Let's hope the book is a hoot. If it isn't, someone should write a book about marital 'bliss'. Oh, wait a moment: Dale M. Courtney already did that! 
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11-30-2017, 07:21 PM
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Wizard
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Complete Works Of Saki by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0784N8DSP/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0784N8DSP/ https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0784N8DSP/ |
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11-30-2017, 09:11 PM
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A garbling groftpot
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Thank you, little Egret. Can't give you any more Karma yet!
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12-01-2017, 03:45 AM
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The December Monthly Deals are up on Amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-mont...rd_i=341689031
Of interest are: 3 titles by Kurt Vonnegut: <b>Slapstick</b>, <b>Jailbird</b>, and <b>Hocus Pocus</b> at 99p each https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_in...rnid=535007031 Maurice Druon: <b>The Iron King</b> (book 1 of the Accursed Kings - and one of the inspirations for A Game of Thrones) at 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-King-A...16409&sr=1-239 (Both cross-posted to the SF deals thread.) |
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12-01-2017, 03:46 AM
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Wizard
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In the December Monthly Deals on Amazon.co.uk:
Georgette Heyer: Snowdrift and other stories at £1.99 https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_in...rnid=535007031 (Her short story collection Pistols for Two with 3 new stories.) |
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12-01-2017, 04:06 AM
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Wizard
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"The Story-Teller" A dissentient opinion came from the aunt. “A most improper story to tell to young children! You have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching.” "Unhappy women" . . . "For the next six months or so she will be assailed in public with demands for an improper story" The MR ePub https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=180142 Can't figure out where the Kindle version is. Last edited by Little.Egret; 12-01-2017 at 05:00 PM. |
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12-01-2017, 06:43 AM
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Wizard
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 Saki! (I love Saki, and I discovered him here on MR )(I tried giving you karma but the pop-up said I should wait awhile before doing so again; the thing is I don't remember giving you karma recently  )
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12-01-2017, 06:46 AM
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12-01-2017, 03:04 PM
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Wizard
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The following month her second historical story appeared, ‘Incident on the Bath Road’; War began in 1939 and Heyer was one of several ‘distinguished authors’ asked to contribute a story to The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, an anthology supported by Her Majesty the Queen in aid of the Lord Mayor’s Fund. Heyer’s story was ‘Pursuit’ And also 99p The Nonesuch Faro's Daughter {Pre-regency} The Talisman Ring Powder And Patch My Lord John {Historical} Footsteps in the Dark {Detective} £1.99 The Convenient Marriage https://www.amazon.co.uk/Georgette%2...price-asc-rank Last edited by Little.Egret; 12-01-2017 at 03:09 PM. |
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12-01-2017, 03:43 PM
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Wizard
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Ooh, well spotted... Grabbed the historicals I hadn't already got (apart from Powder and Patch). |
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12-01-2017, 08:06 PM
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Bargain @ $1.99 in the US only from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Mariner Books imprint (sometimes couponable/VIP-eligible @ Kobo US; price should be the same at the usual retailers):
Orlando (Annotated) by the late Virginia Woolf (Wikipedia), one of her classic literary fiction novels (Wikipedia) which is a satire exploring the life and times of a genderbending immortal poet, introduced and annotated by Princeton University professor Maria diBattista (faculty profile). An annotated edition of “Woolf’s most intense work,” a fantastical biography that spans from the court of Elizabeth I to the year 1928 (Jorge Luis Borges). Begun as a "joke," Orlando is Virginia Woolf's fantastical biography of a poet who first appears as a sixteen-year-old boy at the court of Elizabeth I, and is left at the novel's end a married woman in the year 1928. Part love letter to Vita Sackville-West, part exploration of the art of biography, Orlando is one of Woolf's most popular and entertaining works. This new annotated edition will deepen readers' understanding of Woolf's brilliant creation. Annotated and with an introduction by Maria DiBattista |
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12-02-2017, 05:56 AM
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Well, this appears to be a copy of pynch's version, so in a way, this is the Kindle version. This is the second time someone made an ebook of pynch's Saki. |
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12-05-2017, 10:39 AM
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Ticats win 4th straight
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50 Classic Christmas Stories You Should Read - 49 cents
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