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The Names of Things

by John Colman Wood

Published: 2012-04-01

Paperback: 276 pages

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The anthropologist's wife, an artist, didn't want to follow her husband to the remote desert of northeast Africa to live with camel-herding nomads. But wanting to be with him, she endured the trip, only to fall desperately ill years later with a disease that leaves her husband with more questions than...

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The Namesake : A Novel

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Published: 2004-09-01

Paperback: 291 pages

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 "Dazzling...An intimate, closely observed family portrait."—The New York Times "Hugely appealing."—People Magazine "An exquisitely detailed family saga."—Entertainment Weekly Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pin...

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Published: 2011-01-20

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The Namesake Study Guide consists of approx. 50 pages of summaries and analysis on The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.The Na...

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THE NAMESAKE.

by Jhumpa. Lahiri

Published: 2003

Paperback: 250 pages

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The Namesake: A Novel

Published: 1993

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Fiction - award winning about what a name means ans what you project onto it.

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The Naming of the Dead (An Inspector Rebus)

by Ian Rankin

Published: 2007-04-02

Hardcover: 464 pages

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The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line duty...except one. John Rebus's reputation precedes him, and his bosses don't want him anywhere near Presidents Bush and Putin, which explains why he's ...

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Nana (Thrift Edition)

by Emile Zola

Published: 2006-12-29

Paperback: 352 pages

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French realism's most beguiling femme fatale, Nana crawled from the gutter to ascend the heights of Parisian society, devouring men and squandering fortunes along the way. Her corruption reflects the degenerate state of the Second Empire and her story ? a classic of French literature ? is ...

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Nana I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source) volume I

by Mary K. Pukui, E. W. Haertig, Catharine A. Lee

Published: 1983-06-01

Paperback: 221 pages

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Nana I Ke Kumu ("Look to the Source") is dedicated to the families and children of Hawaii. It is a source book of Hawaiian cultural practices, concepts, and beliefs which illustrate the wisdom and dignity contained in the cultural roots of every Hawaiian child.

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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories : The Secret of The Old Clock and The Hidden Staircase

by Carolyn Keene

Published: 1987-09-02

Hardcover: 384 pages

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In this first of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, Nancy, unaided, seeks to find a missing will. Her search not only tests her keen mind but also leads her into a thrilling adventure. This volume presents the original, 1930 version of the story. In 1959 the story was rewritten and condensed...