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The Oracle of Stamboul: A Novel

by Michael David Lukas

Published: 2011-02-01

Hardcover: 304 pages

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An elegantly crafted, utterly enchanting debut novel set in a mystical, exotic world, in which a gifted young girl charms a sultan and changes the course of an empire's history Late in the summer of 1877, a flock of purple-and-white hoopoes suddenly appears over the town of Constanta ...

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The Oracle

by Korede K Abayomi

Published: 2011-04-06

Paperback: 136 pages

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This is a story of tradition and divination, based on a young man's upbringing in the new world, as told by the multitude of poems (over one hundred of them) that narrates his life. Follow Fadeyi through his misguided upbringing, and read into his defined life.

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Oral History

by Lee Smith

Published: 1984-07-12

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"Delightful and entertaining."PEOPLEWhen Jennifer, a college student, returns to her childhood home of Hoot Owl Holler with a tape recorder, the tales of murder and suicide, incest and blood ties, bring to life a vibrant story of a doomed family that still refuses to give up...."Deft and a...

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Orange Crush

by Tim Dorsey

Published: 2002-04-01

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages

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The Republicans' "golden boy" -- and a loyal, unquestioning tool of the powerful special interests -- handsome, unthreatening, Florida governor-by-default Marlon Conrad seems a virtual shoo-in for re-election. That is, until he undergoes a radical personality shift during a bloody military...

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Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

by Piper Kerman

Published: 2010-04-06

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A compelling, often hilarious, and unfailingly compassionate portrait of life inside a women's prison�When Piper Kerman was sent to prison for a ten-year-old crime, she barely resembled the reckless young woman she?d been when, shortly after graduating Smith College, she?d committed the mi...

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Orange Mint and Honey: A Novel

by Carleen Brice

Published: 2008-02-12

Paperback: 324 pages

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

Published: 1997-08-20

Paperback: 176 pages

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Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace

by Gordon MacKenzie

Published: 1998-04-01

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Creativity is crucial to business success. But too often, even the most innovative organization quickly becomes a "giant hairball"--a tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, traditions, and systems, all based on what worked in the past--that exercises an inexorable pull into mediocrity. Gordo...

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The Orchard: A Memoir

by Theresa Weir

Published: 2011-09-21

Hardcover: 240 pages

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THE ORCHARD is the story of a street-smart city girl who must adapt to a new life on an apple farm after she falls in love with Adrian Curtis, the golden boy of a prominent local family whose lives and orchards seem to be cursed. Married after only three months, young Theresa finds life with Adrian on...

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The Orchard: A Memoir

by Adele Robertson

Published: 1997-01-01

Paperback: 256 pages

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The Orchard is an exquisitely beautiful and poignant memoir of a young woman's single-handed struggle to save her New England farm in the depths of the Great Depression. Recently discovered by the author's daughter, it tells the story of Adele "Kitty" Robertson, young and energetic, but un...