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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

by Candice Millard

Published: 2006-10-10

Paperback: 416 pages

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At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that sn...

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River Of Earth

by James Still

Published: 1978-12-31

Paperback: 256 pages

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First published in 1940, James Still's masterful novel has become a classic. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a boy, of three years in the life of his family and their kin. He sees his parents pulled between the meager farm with its sense of independence and the mining camp with its uncertain...

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River of Heaven: A Novel

by Lee Martin

Published: 2009-04-07

Paperback: 288 pages

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?You have to know the rest of my story, the part I can?t yet bring myself to say. A story of a boy I knew a long time ago and a brother I loved and then lost.? Past and present collide in Lee Martin's highly anticipated novel of a man, his brother, and the dark secret that both connects an...

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River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West

by Rebecca Solnit

Published: 2004-03-02

Paperback: 320 pages

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The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit's new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original...

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River of the Broken-Hearted

by David Adams Richards

Published: 2005-03-03

Paperback: 400 pages

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Janie McCleary runs one of the first movie theatres in New Brunswick. A successful woman in a world of men, she is ostracized, a victim of double-dealing and overt violence. She trusts no one outside her family. Spanning generations, "River of the Broken-Hearted" explores the life of this formidable...

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A River Runs through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition

by Norman Maclean

Published: 2001-10-01

Paperback: 239 pages

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Just as Norman Maclean writes at the end of "A River Runs through It" that he is "haunted by waters," so have readers been haunted by his novella. A retired English professor who began writing fiction at the age of 70, Maclean produced what is now recognized as one of the classic American ...

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A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

by MACLEAN NORMAN

Published: 1976

Paperback: 217 pages

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1979 - Univ of Chicago Press - Paperback - A River Runs Through It & Other Stories - By Norman MacLean - Cover is Excellent - Inside is bright, white, & tight - Spine Solid - No tears - No Folds - Rare - Collectible - OOP

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A River Runs Through It: Library Edition

by Norman MacLean

Published: 2006-06

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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)

by Peter Hessler

Published: 2006-04-25

Paperback: 402 pages

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A New York Times Notable BookWinner of the Kiriyama Book PrizeIn the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of chan...

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The River Why

by David James Duncan

Published: 1984-12-01

Paperback: 293 pages

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Since its publication by Sierra Club Books more than two decades ago, The River Why has become a classic, standing with Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It as our era's most widely read fiction about fly-fishing. This captivating and exuberant tale is told by Gus Orviston, an irrevere...