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Sea Prayer

by Khaled Hosseini

Published: 2018-09-18

Hardcover: 105 pages

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An illustrated book on the refugee crisis that will break your heart in under 48 pages, from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed."Intensely moving. . .Powerfully evocative of the plight in which displaced pop...

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How I Became Hettie Jones

by Hettie Jones

Published: 1996-12-06

Paperback: 256 pages

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Greenwich Village in the 1950s was a haven to which young poets, painters, and jazz musicians flocked. Among them was Hettie Cohen, who'd been born into a middle-class Jewish family in Queens and who'd chosen to cross racial barriers to marry the controversial black poet LeRoi Jones. Their...

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Poco a Poco: A Memoir

by Michele Morris

Published: 2018-07-08

Paperback: 310 pages

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What happens when a vacation turns into tragedy 5,000 miles from home? Poco a Poco follows Michele Morris's courageous journey from her husband's shocking collapse in the Madrid airport to her heartbreaking loss six months later. Recounting her experience with brutal honesty and raw emotion, Morris invites...

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The Essential Guide To Becoming A Flight Attendant

by Kiki Ward

Published: 2018-01-01

Paperback: 0 pages

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A powerful, detailed guide written by long time Flight Attendant, Flight Attendant Hiring Expert and Airline Consultant Kiki Ward to inspire, educate and prepare prospective Flight Attendants in the highly competitive airline application and interview process. The guide offers complete insight into the...

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Educating Peter: How I Taught a Famous Movie Critic the Difference Between Cabernet and Merlot or How Anybody Can Become an (Almost) Instant Wine Expert

by Lettie Teague

Published: 2007-03-13

Hardcover: 256 pages

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An executive editor for Food & Wine magazine recounts how she tutored her friend, a Rolling Stone film critic, on the intricacies of wine, from understanding how it is made and the proper reading of a label to the contributions of key wineries and the secrets of making an informed selectio...

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I Am Not Sidney Poitier: A Novel

by Percival Everett

Published: 2009-05-26

Paperback: 234 pages

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I Am Not Sidney Poitier is an irresistible comic novel from the master storyteller Percival Everett, and an irreverent take on race, class, and identity in AmericaI was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk-taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in the world. I w...

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Wuthering Heights (ApeBook Classics; engl.) (Victorian Writers)

by Emily Brontë

Published: 2016-08-05

Paperback: 276 pages

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"Wuthering Heights" is the only novel of English author Emily Brontë (1818-1848). It was first published in 1847, though under the author´s pen name Ellis Bell. ------ Mr. Earnshaw finds a presumably orphaned boy on the streets of Liverpool and takes him to Wuthering Heights. There the boy, who is...

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The Percussionist's Wife: A Memoir of Sex, Crime & Betrayal

by Monica Lee

Published: 2012-08-13

Paperback: 308 pages

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"It will get worse before it gets better," I heard the full-bosomed tarot card reader tell my husband, who was being investigated for raping one of his drum line students. Two weeks later, my husband of 11 years was officially charged with forcing himself on his student, and the crime was reported in...

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Travel as a Political Act (Rick Steves)

by Rick Steves

Published: 2018-02-06

Paperback: 304 pages

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Change the world one trip at a time. In this illuminating collection of stories and lessons from the road, acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves shares a powerful message that resonates now more than ever.With the world facing divisive and often frightening events, from Trump, Brexit, and Er...

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The Bookstore: A Book Club Recommendation!

by Deborah Meyler

Published: 2013-08-20

Paperback: 336 pages

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A witty, sharply observed debut novel about a young woman who finds unexpected salvation while working in a quirky used bookstore in Manhattan.Brilliant, idealistic Esme Garland moves to Manhattan armed with a pres­tigious scholarship at Columbia University. When Mitchell van Leuven— a ...