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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty. Anne Rice Writing as A.N. Roquelaure

by A. N. Roquelaure

Published: 2012-08-01

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An erotic novel of discipline, love and surrender from master storyteller Anne Rice. In the traditional fairy tale of 'Sleeping Beauty' the spell cast upon the lovely young princess can only be broken by the kiss of a prince. However, in the world of Anne Rice, this legendary curse is broken not with...

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Mattanza: The Ancient Sicilian Ritual of Bluefin Tuna Fishing

by Theresa Maggio

Published: 2001-07-01

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In 1986, love drew Theresa Maggio to Favignana, an island just off the coast of Sicily. There the young journalist encountered the mysterious world of the tonnara-the ritual trapping and killing of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea-and the mattanza, the stunning, bloody climax of the f...

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Voltaire's Calligrapher: A Novel

by Pablo De Santis

Published: 2010-10-05

Paperback: 149 pages

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“Richly reminiscent of Umberto Eco, the headlong pace of this dark fantasy—combining elements of mystery, historical fiction, horror and the splinter genre clockpunk—will let readers swallow the entrancing story in a single gulp.” —Kirkus ReviewsPablo DeSantis, the internationall...

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Closely Watched Trains (European Classics)

by Bohumil Hrabal

Published: 1995-03-09

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Hrabal's postwar classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovakia is among his most popular works. Milos Hrma is a timid railroad apprentice who insulates himself with fantasy against a reality filled with cruelty and grief. After receiving acclaim as a novel, Cl...

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Nest: A Thriller

by Terry Goodkind

Published: 2016-11-15

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind reinvents the thriller with a provocative, page-turning walk among evil. Kate Bishop thought she was an ordinary woman living and working in Chicago. But when she unexpectedly finds herself in the middle of a police investigation into a...

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When We Were Animals

by Joshua Gaylord

Published: 2016-06-28

Paperback: 336 pages

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NOMINATED FOR THE 2015 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR BEST NOVELA small, quiet Midwestern town, which is unremarkable save for one fact: when the teenagers reach a certain age, they run wild.When Lumen Fowler looks back on her childhood, she wouldn't have guessed she would become a kind suburba...

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Inheritance from Mother

by Minae Mizumura

Published: 2017-05-02

Hardcover: 464 pages

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Award-winning novelist Minae Mizumura demystifies the notion of the selfless Japanese mother and the adult daughter honor-bound to care for her.   Mitsuki Katsura, a Japanese woman in her mid-fifties, is a French-language instructor at a private university in Tokyo. Her husband, whom she ...

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Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II

by Theresa Kaminski

Published: 2015-12-14

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When the Japanese began their brutal occupation of the Philippines in January 1942, 76,000 ill and starving Filipino and American troops tried to hold out on Bataan and Corregidor. That spring, after having been forced to surrender, most of those men were thrown into Japanese POW camps whi...

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Death Stalks Door County (A Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery)

by Patricia Skalka

Published: 2016-03-15

Paperback: 248 pages

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Six deaths mar the holiday mood as summer vacationers enjoy Wisconsin’s beautiful Door County peninsula. Murders, or bizarre accidents? Newly hired park ranger Dave Cubiak, a former Chicago homicide detective, assumes the worst but refuses to get involved. Grief-stricken and guilt-ridden...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 2013-11-10

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This carefully crafted ebook: “The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version The Revised 20 Chapter Version” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published ...