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Winner of the Booker Prize.
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The best-selling novel about a slave revolt in ancient Rome and the basis for the popular motion picture.
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Um dem hektischen Berlin zu entfliehen, reisen Claire und Wolfgang für drei ›leuchtende Tage‹ in das idyllische Rheinsberg. Sie necken, zanken, sie amüsieren und sie liebe...
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At twenty years old, Pat Gardiner has never regretted staying at her beloved home of Silver Bush. She has the wild stories of housekeeper Jud...
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