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1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen—children’s libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears.

Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; Remy, her twin brother who she adores; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library’s legendary director, Dorothy Reeder.

The moment for "I do" has arrived, and all eyes are on the bride - until she turns heel, hijacks a Ducati, and speeds out of town! Now everyone entangled in the wedding that wasn't takes off on an unexpected adventure of the heart: a down-on-her-luck B&B owner who needs a little help finding her own bluebird of happiness. A big city cop with small-town roots who pulls over the girl he could never have.

A book designed to help women and girls deal with rape and sexual attacks and lay out a path to increase the percentage of successful prosecutions above the meager 1.50% at present.

Join Morris and his wife as they share how they survived their son's death from a drug overdose. Though they prayed diligently for Jeff, they still wondered what would save him. The answers were anything but expected! And in the midst of it all, they learned that God is ever faithful and Christ is always present.

París, 1939. La joven Odile Souchet lo tiene todo: un atractivo novio oficial de policía y un trabajo de ensueño en la Biblioteca Americana de París. Pero cuando estalla la guerra y los nazis marchan sobre París, Odile se expone a perder todo lo que le importa, incluida su querida biblioteca.

23-årige Daria har ben i næsen, en ingeniørgrad og et eftertragtet job hos et stort, udenlandsk firma i Odessa. Eneste ulempe er chefens forventning om, at hun går i seng med ham, og for at blive fri for hans tilnærmelser fører hun ham sammen med sin pengeglade veninde Olga. Desværre giver planen bagslag, og Daria må tage et bijob som tolk på ægteskabsbureauet Sovjet-Unioner, der formidler kontakt mellem ukrainske kvinder og vestlige mænd. Pludselig står hun over for en række vanskelige valg: mellem sin elskede hjemby og den amerikanske drøm, mellem en sexet, uansvarlig mafiaboss og en blid skolelærer, mellem det kendte kaos og løftet om økonomisk sikkerhed.

Nessuno può far tacere i libri. Parigi, 1940. I libri sono la luce. Odile non riesce a distogliere lo sguardo dalle parole che campeggiano sulla facciata della biblioteca e che racchiudono tutto quello in cui crede. Finalmente ha realizzato il suo sogno. Finalmente ha trovato lavoro in uno dei luoghi più antichi e prestigiosi del mondo. In quelle sale hanno camminato Edith Wharton ed Ernest Hemingway. Vi è custodita la letteratura mondiale. Quel motto, però, le suscita anche preoccupazione. Perché una nuova guerra è scoppiata.