18 books like I'll Cry Tomorrow
The Bastard
***“Phillipe Charboneau—the bastard. Illegitimate son of an English nobleman,*** Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the turbulent adventure that was the beginning of the American Experience. Through his struggles, his passions, his loves, and his courage, ***we share the wondrous adventure which became our America!”***
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The Sea For Breakfast
***Lillian Beckwith's settling in on the island of Bruach*** and having a croft of her own, is the basis of these comic adventures. Adapting to a totally different way of life provides many excuses for humour and the eccentric cast of characters guarantees there is never a dull moment on Bruach. ***In one story, beachcombing yields a strange find. In another a Christmas party results in a riotous…
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El Amo Del Juego/Masters of the Game
**One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions.**
Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams.Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaner merchant. Her conception was itself an act of…
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Except for me and thee
**These further adventures of Jess and Eliza Birdwell, the beloved hero and heroine of *''The Friendly Persuasion,''* are cause for celebration to the millions who have met them in Jessamyn West's memorable book.**
***Here are those gallant Quakers, young and in love, meeting the challenges of nature and man as the growing family travels westward, then encountering the bitterness and savagery…
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The Harvester
Author of ''A Girl of the Limberlost,'' Freckles, etc.
***The Harvester (1911) by Gene Stratton Porter is the story of a Thoreau-esque idealist and naturalist and his search for the love of his dreams, the Dream Girl.***
***David Langston, the Harvester, lives in the woods and harvests medicinal herbs which he sells for a living.*** Suddenly he encounters ***Ruth Jameson***, the real…
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If Tomorrow Comes
***She's Tracy Whitney. Sidney Sheldon's most exciting heroine ever.*** Lovely, idealistic, she's soon to enter into a dazzling world of sumptuous wealth, audacious exploits, and narrow escapes--***and to a passion, dangerous and elusive, that promises to fulfill all her secret dreams ...***
***The international bestseller from the master of suspense. A mafia conspiracy and one woman against…
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Tilly
***In early Victorian times, Tilly Trotter goes from a lowly cottage on the edge of the Sopwith estate, through suspicion of witchcraft and personal disillusionment, to fulfillment of a prophecy that she would come into her own.***
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Landfall, a channel story
***Against the grim background of England at war, the romance of Jery Chambers and Mona Stevens stands out like an unexpected spring day in the midst of a brutal winter.*** Jerry is a flying officer in the RAF. At the hotel which is the hangout for officers he sees Mona. She has taken the job of barmaid at the Royal Clarence because it is more exciting than anything else she can find to do.…
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Smiley's People
***John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage*** with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, **British Secret Service Agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.**
**In Smiley’s People, master storyteller John le Carré brings his acclaimed Karla trilogy to its unforgettable,…
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Overload
In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California’s Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L’s newest and largest generator explodes. With four people dead and a widespread loss of power, a fringe group takes responsibility. But for GSP&L vice president Nim Goldman and his family; his adversary,…
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Little men
The characters from Little Women grow up and begin new adventures at Plumfield, a progressive school founded by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer.
Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.***--LibraryThing***
With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the…
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The City Boy
'City Boy' spins a hilarious and often touching tale of an urban kid's adventures and misadventures on the street, in school, in the countryside, always in pursuit of Lucille, a heartless redhead personifying all the girls who torment and fascinate pubescent lads of eleven.
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Missing Persons
Missing Persons
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The Library of American Biography
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Two Sisters
Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.”
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Marse Henry : An Autobiography
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Mr. Nice
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A history of autobiography in antiquity
A history of autobiography in antiquity
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