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sarah smedley (301 KP) rated Nellie (The Brides of San Francisco Book 1) in Books

Oct 4, 2018

Nellie Wallace is a young widow with two children. In post civil-war New York, the men are scarce and none want the burden of a wife with children. Her dead husband's family is wealthy, and cruel. Desperate to escape their influence, and eager for a home, a husband, and a stable life for her children, Nellie decides to make a new life in San Francisco as a mail order bride.

Saloon owner Blake Malone is a bachelor and likes it that way. He worked hard for everything he has, but the San Francisco City Council won’t approve his plans to build a family emporium unless he is a family man himself. The solution? A mail order bride from New York who will bring him a ready-made family, stability, and the council's approval.

Blake expects his future wife to care for his home and, other than helping him impress the city council, to stay out of his business. He expects life as usual. What he gets is an unexpected desire to win Nellie's heart, a dangerous threat to his new bride, and a rich benefactor determined to steal his new family out from under him. Blake believed his battle for success a hard one. But he will discover that the battle to win Nellie's heart and keep his family safe is going to take everything he's got.

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Dean (6926 KP) rated Night at the Museum (2006) in Movies

Jun 5, 2018

Night at the Museum (2006)

2006 | Action, Comedy, Family

6.9

(22 Ratings)

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A great film that is fun for all the family. Quite a simple story really but it's great seeing everything come to life at night. Has a few laughs and the effects, especially for the T-rex skeleton, are great.

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Ms. Marvel, Volume 6: Ascension

Brian Reed

6.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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In the days following the Secret Invasion, there is a death in the family. Brian Reed (Secret...

Torbjorn Flygt recommended The End of Days in Books (curated)

The End of Days

Susan Bernofsky, Jenny Erpenbeck | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

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"I’m not that keen on contrafactual books. Erpenbeck’s novel is something different, though. By letting people die and then come to life again in the next chapter, she tells an epic family story covering an essential part of Europe’s 20th century."

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Asif Kapadia recommended Marcovaldo in Books (curated)

Marcovaldo

Italo Calvino | 2001 | Fiction & Poetry, Humor & Comedy

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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"Dryly humorous, collection of tales about a poor Italian family and simple things in life. The book was recommended to me by an inspirational tutor at university and this collection, more than any, motivated me to try to write short screenplays."

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