18 books like Hold the dream
A woman of substance
Emma Harte Lowther Ainsley is seventy-eight years old and one of the richest most powerful women in the world. Self-reliant and ruthless, she uses money as a weapon and adversity as a tool.
In her poverty-stricken youth, Emma exhibited an uncommon amount of initiative and intelligence even as a maidservant on a Yorkshire estate. Pregnant and unwed at fifteen, she fled her shameful situation to…
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Giant
A grand epic about the life and times of a Texas cattle rancher family.
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If There Be Thorns
If There Be Thorns is a novel by Virginia Andrews which was published in 1981. It is the third book in the Dollanganger series. The story takes place in the year 1982.
The book is narrated by two half-brothers, Jory and Bart Sheffield. Jory is a handsome, talented young man who wants to follow his mother Cathy in her career in the ballet, while Bart, who is unattractive and clumsy, feels he is…
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Emma's secret
The book the fans have been waiting for: the much-anticipated sequel to the phenomenally successful A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE.The legendary Emma Harte, the heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns in this sweeping saga of power, corruption, love and secrets...Paula O'Neill, beloved granddaughter of Emma Harte and the guardian of her vast business empire, believes all that Emma left to the family is…
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The silver spoon
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Storia della bambina perduta
Ostatni tom bestsellerowej serii, którą otwiera Genialna przyjaciółka. W skład tetralogii wchodzą również Historia nowego nazwiska oraz Historia ucieczki. Wszystkie powieści odniosły międzynarodowy sukces i zostały docenione także w środowisku pisarskim. Elenę i Lilę łączy niełatwa więź oparta na miłości, nienawiści, zazdrości, dominacji i podległości. Wspólnie wychowywały się na przedmieściach…
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Evening Star
Een ruimdenkende bejaarde dame uit Texas ondervindt de problemen van het ouder worden. Vervolg op "Terms of endearment."
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The Italian Girl
Edmund has escaped from his family into a lonely life.Returning for his mother's funeral he finds himself involved in the old, awful problems together with some new ones. He also rediscovers the eternal family servant, the ever-changing Italian girl, who has always 'a second mother' This particular return to mother holds some surprises for Edmund.
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Dawn
Cutler Family #1
Here is the stunning debut of a phenomenal new series...a compelling story of sinister secrets, shattered illusions, tender drams...and a young girl's desperate yearning for the sheltering warmth of a true home and a happy family.
Dawn Longchamp wants more than anything to believe that, at last, she's safe and secure. Her daddy has a good job as a janitor at a private school in…
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Rich Man, Poor Man
A novel of two brothers from the end of World War II to the 1960's. The story of Rudolph, Gretchen, and Thomas Jordache, children of an embittered German immigrant. Nurtured on traditional views of American success, each pursues the illusion of happiness in his own way, determined to achieve his "birthright."
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The Newcomes
The Newcomes is Thackeray's most essentially 'Victorian' novel, generous in its proportions, sharp in its criticism of the moral convolutions of the age, and encyclopaedic in its reference. Set in the 1830s and 1840s, a period of rapid change and of political and economic development, the novel considers the fortunes and misfortunes of a 'most respectable' extended middle-class family. The action…
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Face the Fire
Mia Devlin knows what it's like to love with your whole heart--and then watch your love walk away. Years ago, she and Sam Logan shared an incredible bond built on passion, legend, and fate. But then one day he fled Three Sisters Island, leaving her lost in memories of the magic they shared--and determined to live without love....
The new owner of the island's only hotel, Sam has returned to…
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Mariana
Monica Dickens's first book, published in 1940, could easily have been called Mariana - an Englishwoman. For that is what it is: the story of a young English girl's growth towards maturity in the 1930s. We see Mary at school in Kensington and on holiday in Somerset; her attempt at drama school; her year in Paris learning dressmaking and getting engaged to the wrong man; her time as a secretary…
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Carolina Moon
Tory Bodeen grew up in South Carolina, in a small run-down house, where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt--and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish. But she had Hope, who lived in the big house just a short skip away and whose friendship allowed Tory to be something she wasn't allowed to be at home: a child.
After young Hope's brutal murder, unsolved to this…
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Ultimate Success Secret
Automate or Die! Turn Your Marketing on Autopilot and Watch Your Business Grow.In No B.S. Guide to Successful Marketing Automation, renowned marketing experts Dan S. Kennedy and Parthiv Shah join forces to deliver straightforward, proven strategies for mastering marketing automation. This essential guide is your blueprint to leveraging cutting-edge technology and AI to elevate your marketing…
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Momentum Makers
Whether you're a Network Marketing "newbie" or a seasoned professional, the tips in this book for creating your own personal brand to grow your business will take you to new heights. Each motivating chapter is paired with practical "how to" tips that will blow your business up! Twenty top-producing network marketing professionals from around the world will take you on their motivating journey of…
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Business Organizations
Business Organizations: A Transactional Perspective teaches business organizations from a transactional practice perspective rather than a litigation-based one. By using this book, students will gain a solid foundation in the law of business organizations. Additionally, students will enhance their understanding of the business contexts in which the law operates, and they will gain an appreciation…
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Environmental Engineering Dictionary of Technical Terms and Phrases
This reference manual provides a list of approximately 300 technical terms and phrases common to environmental engineering which non-English speakers often find difficult to understand in English. The manual provides the terms and phrases in alphabetical order, followed by a concise English definition, then a translation of the term in Russian and, finally, an interpretation or translation of the…
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