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Dubliners (Dover Thrift Editions): James Joyce: 9780486268705: Amazon.com: Books

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Publication Date: May 1, 1991 | ISBN-10: 0486268705 | ISBN-13: 978-0486268705 | Edition: Unabridged

Declared by their author to be a chapter in the moral history of Ireland, this collection of 15 tales offers vivid, tightly focused observations of the lives of Dublin's poorer classes. A fine and accessible introduction to the work of one of the 20th century's most influential writers, it includes a masterpiece of the short-story genre, "The Dead."

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• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications; Unabridged edition (May 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486268705
• ISBN-13: 978-0486268705
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	The Seven Storey Mountain Publication Date: October 4, 1999A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders--the Trappist monks. At the Abbey of Gethsemani, "the four walls of my new freedom,"...
	The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play Release Date: August 27, 1996Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, and you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful, at work, at school, in sports and play. Discover how easy it is to: file phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head; learn foreign words and phrases with ease; read with speed--and greater understanding; shine in the classroom--and shorten study hours; dominate social situations, and more.From the Paperback edition. ...
	Haroun and the Sea of Stories Release Date: November 1, 1991| Age Level: 18 and up | Grade Level: 12 and up Discover Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie’s classic fantasynovel  Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magiciansand fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novelHaroun and the Sea of Storiesinhabits the same imaginative space as TheLord of the Rings, TheAlchemist, and The Wizard ofOz. In this captivating work of fantasy from the author of Midnight’s Children and The Enchantress of Florence, Haroun setsout on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of...
	Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold Publication Date: July 9, 1980“I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let usanswer . . . Why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? Howcan they meet us face to face till we have faces?” Hauntedby the myth of Cupid and Psyche throughout his life, C.S. Lewis wrotethis, his last, extraordinary novel, to retell their story through thegaze of Psyche’s sister, Orual. Disfigured and embittered, Orual lovesher younger sister to a fault and suffers deeply when she is sent awayto Cupid, the God of the Mountain. Psyche is forbidden to look upon thegod&rsquo...
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	A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) Release Date: November 30, 2001With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village--will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain futur...
	Giovanni's Room Release Date: June 13, 2000Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality.With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin's now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart. ...
	Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague Release Date: April 30, 2002When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition. As death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe be...
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International): Haruki Murakami: 9

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Release Date: March 2, 1993

Japan's most widely-read and controversial writer, author of A Wild Sheep Chase, hurtles into the consciousness of the West with this narrative about a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters--not to mention Bob Dylan and Lauren Bacall.

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• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Vintage (March 2, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679743464
• ISBN-13: 978-0679743460
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
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	Haroun and the Sea of Stories Release Date: November 1, 1991| Age Level: 18 and up | Grade Level: 12 and up Discover Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie’s classic fantasynovel  Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magiciansand fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novelHaroun and the Sea of Storiesinhabits the same imaginative space as TheLord of the Rings, TheAlchemist, and The Wizard ofOz. In this captivating work of fantasy from the author of Midnight’s Children and The Enchantress of Florence, Haroun setsout on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of...
	Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague Release Date: April 30, 2002When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition. As death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe be...
	Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition) Release Date: February 5, 2002Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the boat he is building, while the girls from Dora Flood’s bordello venture out now and then to enjoy a bit of sunshine. Lee Chong stocks his grocery with almost anything a man could want, and Doc, a young marine biologist who ministers to sick puppies and unhappy souls, unexpectedly finds true love. Cannery Row is just a few blocks lo...
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	Dracula (Dover Thrift Editions) Publication Date: April 18, 2000| Series: Dover Thrift Editions A dreary castle, blood-thirsty vampires, open graves at midnight, and other gothic touches fill this chilling tale about a young Englishman's confrontation with the evil Count Dracula. A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, the blood-curdling tale still continues to hold readers spellbound a century later. ...
	The Catcher in the Rye Publication Date: May 1, 1991Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories ? particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme ? With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself...
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	Norwegian Wood Release Date: September 12, 2000First American PublicationThis stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time.  It is sure to be a literary event.Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before.  Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the lonelin...
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	The Seven Storey Mountain Publication Date: October 4, 1999A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders--the Trappist monks. At the Abbey of Gethsemani, "the four walls of my new freedom,"...

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1Q84: Haruki Murakami,Jay Rubin,Philip Gabriel: 9780307593313: Amazon.com: Books

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Release Date: October 25, 2011

“Murakami is like a magician who explains what he’s doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers . . . But while anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream, it's the rare artist, like this one, who can make us feel that we are dreaming it ourselves.” —The New York Times Book Review
 
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —“Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled.
As Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over the course of this single year, we learn of the profound and tangled connections that bind them ever closer: a beautiful, dyslexic teenage girl with a unique vision; a mysterious religious cult that instigated a shoot-out with the metropolitan police; a reclusive, wealthy dowager who runs a shelter for abused women; a hideously ugly private investigator; a mild-mannered yet ruthlessly efficient bodyguard; and a peculiarly insistent television-fee collector.
A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell’s—1Q84 is Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious undertaking yet: an instant best seller in his native Japan, and a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.

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• Hardcover: 944 pages
• Publisher: Knopf; First Edition edition (October 25, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307593312
• ISBN-13: 978-0307593313
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.8 x 9.4 inches
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	The Seven Storey Mountain Publication Date: October 4, 1999A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders--the Trappist monks. At the Abbey of Gethsemani, "the four walls of my new freedom,"...
	The Remains of the Day Release Date: September 12, 1990The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world postwar England. At the end of his three decades of service at Darlington Hall, Stevens embarks on a country drive, during which he looks back over his career to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving “a great gentleman.” But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington’s “greatness” and graver doubts about his own faith in the man he served. A tragic, spiritua...
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When We Argued All Night: A Novel (P.S.): Alice Mattison: 9780062120373: Amazon.com: Books

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Release Date: June 12, 2012 | Series: P.S.

Two young men are swimming naked in an Adirondack lake when they hear a motor, a car appears, and two women get out, one with an orange scarf around her head. It's 1936: New York is suffering through the Great Depression, frightening things are happening in Europe, and Artie Saltzman and Harold Abramovitz, friends since their Brooklyn childhood, are unsure about everything—jobs, lefty politics, women. After this time in the mountains, nothing will be quite the same.

From World War II to the McCarthy-era witch hunts, through work, marriages, and life with children, Artie and Harold turn to each other, whether for solace or another good argument. And when Artie's daughter Brenda comes of age during the 1960s, her struggles with jobs, love, and friendship in yet another period of political turmoil recall Artie and Harold's youth.

A sweeping yet intimate novel about people who never stop loving one another despite everything life throws at them, When We Argued All Night illuminates a friendship over more than sixty-five years, as the twentieth century gives way to the changed yet recognizable times in which we live.

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• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (June 12, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062120379
• ISBN-13: 978-0062120373
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1 inches
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	Invisible Cities Publication Date: May 3, 1978Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. “Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant” (Gore Vidal). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book ...
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	Atonement: A Novel Release Date: February 25, 2003Ian McEwan s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia s childhood friend. But Briony s incomplete grasp of adult motives together with her precocious literary gifts brings about a crime that will change all their lives. ...
	Beauty's Punishment (Sleeping Beauty Trilogy) Release Date: May 1, 1999| Series: Sleeping Beauty Trilogy This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's (writing as A.N. Roquelaure) elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village," as her education in love, cruelty, dominance, submission...
	Beauty's Release: The Conclusion of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty Release Date: May 1, 1999| Series: Sleeping Beauty Trilogy Before Fifty Shades of Grey, there was Anne Rice’s provocative take on the timeless fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty. “ In the final volume of Anne Rice's deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty's adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. As this voluptuous adult fairy tale moves toward conclusion, all Beauty's encounters with the myriad variations of sexual fantasy are presented in a sensuous, rich prose that intens...
	In Cold Blood Release Date: March 5, 2002On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces.There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.Five years, four months and twenty-nine days later, on April 14, 1965, Richard Eugene Hickock, aged thirty-three, and Perry Edward Smith, aged thirty-six, were hanged from the crime on a gallows in a warehouse in the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansa.In Cold Blood is the story of the lives and deaths of the...
	White Teeth: A Novel Release Date: June 12, 2001| Series: Vintage International Zadie Smith’s dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and deciding on everyone from Charles Dickens to Salman Rushdie to John Irving and Martin Amis. But the truth is that Zadie Smith’s voice is remarkably, fluently, and altogether wonderfully her own.At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowde...
	Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics) Release Date: March 20, 2007| Series: FSG Classics A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print.One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Throug...
	The House at Riverton: A Novel Release Date: March 3, 2009The House at Riverton is a gorgeous debut novel set in England between the wars. It is the story of an aristocratic family, a house, a mysterious death and a way of life that vanished forever, told in flashback by a woman who witnessed it all and kept a secret for decades. Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party ...

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A Walk to Remember: Nicholas Sparks: 9780446693806: Amazon.com: Books

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Publication Date: September 1, 2004

There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet....

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• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446693804
• ISBN-13: 978-0446693806
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.7 x 8 inches
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	The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War (Modern Library) Release Date: November 2, 2004| Series: Modern Library A reissue of a Pulitzer prize-winning classic, and now the major motion picture GETTYSBURG. As a result of these acclamations, this book is considered one of the greatest novels written on the Civil War. ...
	The House at Riverton: A Novel Release Date: March 3, 2009The House at Riverton is a gorgeous debut novel set in England between the wars. It is the story of an aristocratic family, a house, a mysterious death and a way of life that vanished forever, told in flashback by a woman who witnessed it all and kept a secret for decades. Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party ...
	Norwegian Wood Release Date: September 12, 2000First American PublicationThis stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time.  It is sure to be a literary event.Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before.  Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the lonelin...
	Nervous Conditions [Import] Publication Date: October 10, 2004| ISBN-10: 0954702336 | ISBN-13: 978-0954702335| Edition: Second edition Dangaremba s acclaimed first novel tells of the coming-of-age of Tambu, and through her, also offers a profound portrait of African society. In awarding Nervous Conditions the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa in 1989, the judges described the book as a beautiful and sensitive exploration of the plight and struggle of an African people.... A distinguishing feature of this work is its courageous honesty and devastating understatement. ...
	The Good Earth (Enriched Classics) Release Date: March 29, 2005ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPA poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country¹s last emperor.EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:• A concise introduction that gives readers important background information• A chronology of the author's life and work• A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context• An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations• Detailed explanatory not...
	Before I Go to Sleep: A Novel Release Date: February 7, 2012 Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love—all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may be telling you only half the story. Welcome to Christine’s life....
	Gilgamesh: A New English Version Release Date: January 24, 2006| ISBN-10: 0743261690 | ISBN-13: 978-0743261692| Edition: 1ST Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, but until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed by critics and scholars, Stephen Mitchell's version allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is. ...
	The Call of the Wild (Dover Thrift Editions) Publication Date: July 1, 1990| Series: Dover Thrift Editions A classic novel of adventure, drawn from London's own experiences as a Klondike adventurer, relating the story of a heroic dog, who, caught in the brutal life of the Alaska Gold Rush, ultimately faces a choice between living in man's world and returning to nature. Note. ...
	Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold Publication Date: July 9, 1980“I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let usanswer . . . Why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? Howcan they meet us face to face till we have faces?” Hauntedby the myth of Cupid and Psyche throughout his life, C.S. Lewis wrotethis, his last, extraordinary novel, to retell their story through thegaze of Psyche’s sister, Orual. Disfigured and embittered, Orual lovesher younger sister to a fault and suffers deeply when she is sent awayto Cupid, the God of the Mountain. Psyche is forbidden to look upon thegod&rsquo...
	In Cold Blood Release Date: March 5, 2002On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces.There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.Five years, four months and twenty-nine days later, on April 14, 1965, Richard Eugene Hickock, aged thirty-three, and Perry Edward Smith, aged thirty-six, were hanged from the crime on a gallows in a warehouse in the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansa.In Cold Blood is the story of the lives and deaths of the...

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Release Date: March 30, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0060527986 | ISBN-13: 978-0060527983 | Edition: Reprint

Warrior of the Light: A Manual is an inspirational companion to The Alchemist, an international bestseller that has beguiled millions of readers around the world. Every short passage invites us to live out our dreams, to embrace the uncertainty of life, and to rise to our own unique destiny. In his inimitable style, Paulo Coelho helps bring out the Warrior of the Light within each of us. He also shows readers how to embark upon the way of the Warrior: the one who appreciates the miracle of being alive, the one who accepts failure, and the one whose quest leads him to become the person he wants to be.

Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Now, in the long-awaited companion to his first novel, Coelho presents a collection of philosophical stories that will delight and guide seekers everywhere.

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• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne; Reprint edition (March 30, 2004)
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	Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5) Release Date: January 24, 2006| Series: The Dark Tower, Book 5 Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, the DARK TOWER series is unlike anything you have ever read. Here is the fifth installment, "one of the strongest entries yet in what will surely be a master storyteller's magnum opus" (Locus). Roland Deschain and his ka-tet are bearing southeast through the forests of Mid-World on their quest for the Dark Tower. Their path takes them to the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis. But beyond the tranquil farm town, the gr...
	The Crimson Petal and the White Publication Date: September 1, 2003| Series: Harvest Book At the heart of this panoramic, multidimensional narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. Faber leads us back to 1870s London, where Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, yearns for escape to a better life. Her ascent through the strata of Victorian society offers us intimacy with a host of lovable, maddening, unforgettable characters. They begin with William Rackham, an egotistical perfume magnate whose ambition is fueled by his lust ...
	The Cellist of Sarajevo Release Date: March 31, 2009The acclaimed and inspiring international bestseller that is a tribute to the human spirit. In a city ravaged by war, a musician plays his cello for twenty-two days at the site of a mortar attack, in memory of the fallen. Among the strangers drawn into the orbit of his music are a young father in search of water for his family, an older man in search of the humanity he once knew, and a young woman, a sniper, who will decide the fate of the cellist?and the kind of person she wants to be. ...
	Haroun and the Sea of Stories Release Date: November 1, 1991| Age Level: 18 and up | Grade Level: 12 and up Discover Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie’s classic fantasynovel  Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magiciansand fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novelHaroun and the Sea of Storiesinhabits the same imaginative space as TheLord of the Rings, TheAlchemist, and The Wizard ofOz. In this captivating work of fantasy from the author of Midnight’s Children and The Enchantress of Florence, Haroun setsout on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of...
	The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny Release Date: April 21, 1999Wisdom to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose, and PeaceThis inspiring tale provides a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance, and joy. A wonderfully crafted fable, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari tells the extraordinary story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture, he discovers powerful, wise, and practical lessons that teach us to:Develop Joyful Thoughts,Follow Our Life's Mission and Calling,Cultivate Self-Discipline and ...
	Dracula (Dover Thrift Editions) Publication Date: April 18, 2000| Series: Dover Thrift Editions A dreary castle, blood-thirsty vampires, open graves at midnight, and other gothic touches fill this chilling tale about a young Englishman's confrontation with the evil Count Dracula. A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, the blood-curdling tale still continues to hold readers spellbound a century later. ...
	Nervous Conditions [Import] Publication Date: October 10, 2004| ISBN-10: 0954702336 | ISBN-13: 978-0954702335| Edition: Second edition Dangaremba s acclaimed first novel tells of the coming-of-age of Tambu, and through her, also offers a profound portrait of African society. In awarding Nervous Conditions the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa in 1989, the judges described the book as a beautiful and sensitive exploration of the plight and struggle of an African people.... A distinguishing feature of this work is its courageous honesty and devastating understatement. ...
	The Lady of the Rivers: A Novel (The Cousins' War) Release Date: April 3, 2012| Series: The Cousins' War A story rich in passion and legend, The Lady of the Rivers is the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses. When Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the duke’s squire Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the duke’s death leaves her a wealthy young widow. The two become lovers and marry in secr...
	The Awakening (Classic Reprint) Publication Date: July 22, 2012Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That sail right! He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, un less it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence. Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his news-( paper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust. He walked down the gallery and across the narrow bridges which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He had been seated before the door of th...
	Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague Release Date: April 30, 2002When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition. As death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe be...

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The Wedding: Nicholas Sparks: 9780446615860: Amazon.com: Books

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Publication Date: August 1, 2005

With The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and his other beloved novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks has given voice to our deepest beliefs about the power of love. Now he brings us the long-awaited follow-up to The Notebook-a story of an ordinary man who goes to extraordinary lengths to win back the love of his life... After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun, and their fifty-year love affair (originally recounted in The Notebook), Wilson himself is a man unable to express his true feelings. He has spent too little time at home and too much at the office, leaving the responsibility of raising their children to Jane. Now his daughter is about to marry, and his wife is thinking about leaving him. But if Wilson is sure of anything, it is this: His love for Jane has only grown over the years, and he will do everything he can to save their marriage. With the memories of Noah and Allie's inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to find a way to make his wife fall in love with him...all over again. In this powerfully moving tale of love lost, rediscovered, and renewed, Nicholas Sparks once again brings readers his unique insight into the only emotion that ultimately really matters.

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• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Vision (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446615862
• ISBN-13: 978-0446615860
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.9 x 6.9 inches
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	A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) Release Date: November 30, 2001With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village--will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain futur...
	The Twelve Clues of Christmas (A Royal Spyness Mystery) Release Date: November 6, 2012| Series: A Royal Spyness Mystery She may be thirty-fifth in line for the throne, but Lady Georgiana Rannoch cannot wait to ring in the new year—before a Christmas killer wrings another neck… On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—well, actually, my true love, Darcy O’Mara, is spending a feliz navidad tramping around South America. Meanwhile, Mummy is holed up in a tiny village called Tiddleton-under-Lovey with that droll Noel Coward! And I’m snowed in at Castle Rannoch with my bumbling brother, Binky, and sourpus...
	Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5) Release Date: January 24, 2006| Series: The Dark Tower, Book 5 Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, the DARK TOWER series is unlike anything you have ever read. Here is the fifth installment, "one of the strongest entries yet in what will surely be a master storyteller's magnum opus" (Locus). Roland Deschain and his ka-tet are bearing southeast through the forests of Mid-World on their quest for the Dark Tower. Their path takes them to the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis. But beyond the tranquil farm town, the gr...
	Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague Release Date: April 30, 2002When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition. As death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe be...
	When We Argued All Night: A Novel (P.S.) Release Date: June 12, 2012| Series: P.S.Two young men are swimming naked in an Adirondack lake when they hear a motor, a car appears, and two women get out, one with an orange scarf around her head. It's 1936: New York is suffering through the Great Depression, frightening things are happening in Europe, and Artie Saltzman and Harold Abramovitz, friends since their Brooklyn childhood, are unsure about everything—jobs, lefty politics, women. After this time in the mountains, nothing will be quite the same. From World War II to the McCarthy-era witch hunts, through work, marriages, a...
	Mark of the Lion : A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure As the Dawn (Vol 1-3) Publication Date: September 1, 1998| Series: Mark of the Lion This classic series has inspired nearly two million readers. Both loyal fans and new readers will want the latest edition of this beloved series. Books in this latest edition include a foreword from the publisher, a preface from Francine Rivers, and discussion questions suitable for personal and group use. #1 A Voice in the Wind: Torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, a young slave girl clings to her faith in the living God for deliverance from the forces of decadent Rome. #2 An Echo in the Darkness: Turning away from the opu...
	Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club) Release Date: October 5, 2007In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again. ...
	The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play Release Date: August 27, 1996Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, and you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful, at work, at school, in sports and play. Discover how easy it is to: file phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head; learn foreign words and phrases with ease; read with speed--and greater understanding; shine in the classroom--and shorten study hours; dominate social situations, and more.From the Paperback edition. ...
	The Awakening (Classic Reprint) Publication Date: July 22, 2012Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That sail right! He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, un less it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence. Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his news-( paper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust. He walked down the gallery and across the narrow bridges which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He had been seated before the door of th...
	Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, Book 2) Release Date: August 7, 2001With her now-classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable characters — Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser—delighting readers with a story of adventure and love that spanned two centuries. Now Gabaldon returns to that extraordinary time and place in this vivid, powerful follow-up to Outlander....For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland’s majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about ...

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The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War (Modern Library): Michael Shaara: 9780679643241: Amazon.

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Release Date: November 2, 2004 | Series: Modern Library

A reissue of a Pulitzer prize-winning classic, and now the major motion picture GETTYSBURG. As a result of these acclamations, this book is considered one of the greatest novels written on the Civil War.

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• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Modern Library; 2004 Modern Library Ed edition (November 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679643249
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	Trains and Lovers Publication Date: November 1, 2012In the words of Alexander McCall Smith: 'You feel the rocking of the train, you hear the sound of its wheels on the rails; you are in the world rather than suspended somewhere above it. And sometimes there are conversations to be had, which is what the overarching story in this collection is all about. It is a simple device: people brought together entertain one another with tales of what happened to them on trains. It takes place on a journey I frequently make myself and know well, the journey between Edinburgh and London. It is best read on a train, prefer...
	Great Expectations (Dover Thrift Editions) Publication Date: August 1, 2001| Series: Dover Thrift Editions Humbled, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman — and one day he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." One of Dickens' finest novels, this is a gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward. ...
	Watership Down: A Novel Release Date: November 1, 2005A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysteriou...
	Bless Me, Ultima Publication Date: April 1, 1999Stories filled with wonder and the haunting beauty of his culture have helped make Rudolfo Anaya the father of Chicano literature in English, and his tales fairly shimmer with the lyric richness of his prose. Acclaimed in both Spanish and English, Anaya is perhaps best loved for his classic bestseller ... Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic. Under her wise wing, Tony will test the bonds that tie him to his people, and discover himself in the pagan past, in...
	The Elegance of the Hedgehog Release Date: September 2, 2008Renee is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building, home to members of the great and the good. Over the years she has maintained her carefully constructed persona as someone reliable but totally uncultivated, in keeping, she feels, with society's expectations of what a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Renee: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers with their outwardly successful but emotionally void lives. Down in her lodge, apart from weekly visits by her one friend Manu...
	Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics) Release Date: August 3, 2004| Series: Penguin Classics Ovid’s sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation—often as a result of love or lust—where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda,...
	The Red Tent: A Novel Release Date: August 21, 2007A New York Times Bestseller A decade after the publication of this hugely popular international bestseller, Picador releases the tenth anniversary edition of The Red Tent. Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that tell of her father, Jacob, and his twelve sons. Told in Dinah's voice, Anita Diamant imagines the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood--the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of the mothers--Leah, Rachel, Zilp...
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Dover Thrift Editions) Publication Date: January 27, 1998| ISBN-10: 0486400778 | ISBN-13: 978-0486400778This childhood classic relates a small-town boy's pranks and escapades with timeless humor and wisdom. In addition to his everyday stunts (searching for buried treasure, trying to impress the adored Becky Thatcher), Tom experiences a dramatic turn of events when he witnesses a murder, runs away, and returns to attend his own funeral and testify in court. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. ...
	The Norton Anthology of World Literature (Shorter Second Edition)(Vol. 1) Publication Date: April 6, 2009| ISBN-10: 0393933024 | ISBN-13: 978-0393933024| Edition: Shorter Second Edition A compact and portable version of thebest-selling and most-trusted world literatureanthology, The Norton Anthology of WorldLiterature, Shorter Second Edition, is arich and teachable selection of the world’sliterature, in generous portions and the besttranslations available.A new format, newdesign, new selections, new translations, andnew color plates make this Second Edition apleasure to read and a book that students willkeep long after the survey course is over. color p...
	Charlotte's Web (Trophy Newbery) Release Date: December 14, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...

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The Betsy-Tacy Treasury: The First Four Betsy-Tacy Books (P.S.): Maud Hart Lovelace: 9780062095879:

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Release Date: November 8, 2011 | Series: P.S.

There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy’s age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with. Sure enough, the moment Betsy meets Tacy, one of the most heartfelt friendships in all of children’s literature begins.

The Betsy-Tacy Treasury brings together the first four books in Maud Hart Lovelace’s classic series: Betsy-Tacy; Betsy, Tacy and Tib; Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill; and Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown. Tracing the girls’ lives from early childhood to the brink of adolescence, Lovelace illuminates their innocent, mischievous fun and their eye-opening adventures exploring the world around them—from the stories Betsy spins from their neighborhood bench and the sand stores they run in their backyards, to their first experiences at the library, the thrill of the theater, and the sight of their first automobile.

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• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Original edition (November 8, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062095870
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	Nervous Conditions [Import] Publication Date: October 10, 2004| ISBN-10: 0954702336 | ISBN-13: 978-0954702335| Edition: Second edition Dangaremba s acclaimed first novel tells of the coming-of-age of Tambu, and through her, also offers a profound portrait of African society. In awarding Nervous Conditions the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa in 1989, the judges described the book as a beautiful and sensitive exploration of the plight and struggle of an African people.... A distinguishing feature of this work is its courageous honesty and devastating understatement. ...
	Haroun and the Sea of Stories Release Date: November 1, 1991| Age Level: 18 and up | Grade Level: 12 and up Discover Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie’s classic fantasynovel  Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magiciansand fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novelHaroun and the Sea of Storiesinhabits the same imaginative space as TheLord of the Rings, TheAlchemist, and The Wizard ofOz. In this captivating work of fantasy from the author of Midnight’s Children and The Enchantress of Florence, Haroun setsout on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of...
	The Seven Storey Mountain Publication Date: October 4, 1999A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders--the Trappist monks. At the Abbey of Gethsemani, "the four walls of my new freedom,"...
	The Lady of the Rivers: A Novel (The Cousins' War) Release Date: April 3, 2012| Series: The Cousins' War A story rich in passion and legend, The Lady of the Rivers is the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses. When Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the duke’s squire Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the duke’s death leaves her a wealthy young widow. The two become lovers and marry in secr...
	East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) Release Date: October 1, 1992| Series: Penguin Twentieth Century Classics The masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is the powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is both family saga and a modern retelling of the book of Genesis....
	Dracula (Dover Thrift Editions) Publication Date: April 18, 2000| Series: Dover Thrift Editions A dreary castle, blood-thirsty vampires, open graves at midnight, and other gothic touches fill this chilling tale about a young Englishman's confrontation with the evil Count Dracula. A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, the blood-curdling tale still continues to hold readers spellbound a century later. ...
	Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague Release Date: April 30, 2002When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition. As death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe be...
	A Christmas Carol (Dover Thrift Editions) Publication Date: June 1, 1991 ...
	The Crimson Petal and the White Publication Date: September 1, 2003| Series: Harvest Book At the heart of this panoramic, multidimensional narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. Faber leads us back to 1870s London, where Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, yearns for escape to a better life. Her ascent through the strata of Victorian society offers us intimacy with a host of lovable, maddening, unforgettable characters. They begin with William Rackham, an egotistical perfume magnate whose ambition is fueled by his lust ...
	Mark of the Lion : A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure As the Dawn (Vol 1-3) Publication Date: September 1, 1998| Series: Mark of the Lion This classic series has inspired nearly two million readers. Both loyal fans and new readers will want the latest edition of this beloved series. Books in this latest edition include a foreword from the publisher, a preface from Francine Rivers, and discussion questions suitable for personal and group use. #1 A Voice in the Wind: Torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, a young slave girl clings to her faith in the living God for deliverance from the forces of decadent Rome. #2 An Echo in the Darkness: Turning away from the opu...

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The Tender Bar: A Memoir: J. R. Moehringer: 9780786888764: Amazon.com: Books

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Release Date: July 26, 2006

The bestselling memoir that captured the hearts of readers and critics nationwide is now available in paperback

In the tradition of This Boy's Life and The Liar's Club, J.R. Moehringer's The Tender Bar is a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar. A national bestseller that was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2005 by the New York Times, The Tender Bar will reach an even larger audience in paperback.

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• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion (July 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786888768
• ISBN-13: 978-0786888764
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The Awakening (Classic Reprint): Kate Chopin: 9781440041631: Amazon.com: Books

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Publication Date: July 22, 2012

Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That sail right! He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, un less it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence. Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his news-( paper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust. He walked down the gallery and across the narrow bridges which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He had been seated before the door of the main house.
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A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club): Rohinton Mistry: 9781400030651: Amazon.com: Books

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Release Date: November 30, 2001

With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village--will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future.
As the characters move from distrust to friendship and from friendship to love, A Fine Balance creates an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state.

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