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Northhanger Abbey

by Jane Austen

Published: 1986-01

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Northanger Abbey (1817) is a parody of the gothic novels that were fashionable in Austens' day. It follows the straightforward and innocent young Catherine Morland, who comes to Fullerton on the request of her neighbours. An avid reader of romantic novels, her utopian world is destroyed when she is forced...

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Northhanger Abbey - Persuasion

by Jane Austen

Published: 2008-11-04

Hardcover: 452 pages

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Northwest Corner: A Novel

by John Burnham Schwartz

Published: 2011-07-26

Hardcover: 304 pages

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The New York Times Book Review called Reservation Road ?a triumph,? and the novel was universally acclaimed. Now, in a brilliant literary performance by one of our most compelling and compassionate writers, John Burnham Schwartz reintroduces us to Reservation Road's unforgettable character...

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Norumbega Park: A Novel

by Anthony Giardina

Published: 2012-01-31

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Richie Palumbo, the most prosaic of men, gets lost one night in 1969 while driving home with his family. He finds himself in the town of Norumbega?hidden, remote, and gorgeous, at the far edges of Boston's western suburbs. He sees a venerable old house and, without quite knowing why, decid...

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Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami

Published: 2000-09-12

Paperback: 298 pages

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Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.Toru, a 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...

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Nostromo (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)

by Joseph Conrad

Published: 2004-10-25

Paperback: 496 pages

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One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo is an immensely exciting tale of love, revolution, and politics set in the mythical South American country of Costaguana during the 1890s.Ten years after his father is murdered by a brutal dictator, English...

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Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus

by Kyle Idleman

Published: 2011-06-01

Paperback: 215 pages

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Are you a follower of Jesus? Don’t answer too quickly. In fact, you may want to read this book before you answer at all. Consider it a “Define the Relationship” conversation to determine exactly where you stand. You may indeed be a passionate, fully devoted follower of Jesus. Or, you...

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Not a Genuine Black Man: Or, How I Claimed My Piece of Ground in the Lily-White Suburbs

by Brian Copeland

Published: 2006-07-11

Hardcover: 272 pages

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Based on the longest-running one-man show in San Francisco history -- now coming to Off-Broadway -- a hilarious, poignant, and disarming memoir of growing up black in an all-white suburb In 1972, when Brian Copeland was eight, his family moved from Oakland to San Leandro, California, ho...

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Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

by Jeffrey Archer

Published: 1997

Paperback: 256 pages

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Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen

by Shunryu Suzuki, Edward Espe Brown, Zen Center San Francisco

Published: 2003-06-01

Paperback: 176 pages

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Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to have a good harvest, the most important thing is to make the soil rich and cultivate it well. In a beautiful companion volume to Shunryu Suzuki's first book, Zen...