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Sally Hemings: A Novel

by Barbara Chase-Riboud

Published: 2009-04-01

Kindle Edition: 384 pages

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One of the greatest love stories in American history is also one of the most controversial. Thomas Jefferson had a mistress for 38 years whom he loved and lived with until he died?the beautiful and elusive Sally Hemings. But it was not simply that Jefferson had a mistress that provoked suc...

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

by Paul Torday

Published: 2007-02-01

Hardcover: 320 pages

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This is the story of Dr Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist - for whom diary notable events include the acquisition of a new electric toothbrush and getting his article on caddis fly larvae published in 'Trout and Salmon' - who finds himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring salmon fishing...

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Salt

by Jeremy Page

Published: 2007-07-19

Hardcover: 336 pages

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A haunting, evocative portrait of three generations of a family by an exciting and inspired new voice in fiction It is the summer of 1945 in Norfolk, England, and when Goose comes upon a German soldier buried neck deep in the mud of a local salt marsh, she pulls him out and brings him hom...

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The Salt Garden

by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma

Published: 2007-02-13

Paperback: 320 pages

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Three women's lives converge around the century-old mystery of a shipwreck. There's Sophia, a reclusive author who retreated from the world after a tragic loss, Claire, a young journalist who's reluctantly returned to her home town, and Josephine, a passenger from the ill-fated ship.As th...

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The Salt God's Daughter

by Ilie Ruby

Published: 2013-08-06

Paperback: 352 pages

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Set in Long Beach, California, beginning in the 1970s, The Salt God’s Daughter follows Ruthie and her older sister Dolly as they struggle for survival in a place governed by an enchanted ocean and exotic folklore. Guided by a mother ruled by magical, elaborately-told stories of the full ...

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The Salt Road

by Jane Johnson

Published: 2011-11-01

Paperback: 400 pages

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From the author of The Tenth Gift comes another story of exotic, foreign lands, entwining storylines spanning generations, and the quests to overcome love lost.The desert lay before them, and the secrets of the amulet . . .From Tafraout's magnificent mountainside, Isobel absorbs the heat a...

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Salt: A World History

by Mark Kurlansky

Published: 2003-01-28

Paperback: 496 pages

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An unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the WorldIn his fifth work of nonfiction, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from ...

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Salting Roses: A Novel

by Lorelle Marinello

Published: 2010-11-30

Paperback: 336 pages

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“A Southern Cinderella story with heart, soul, and humor. As sweet and tart as summer lemonade.”—Christie Ridgway, USA Today bestselling author< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> A delightful new voice in Southern fiction, Lorelle Marinello makes a truly dazzling debut with Salting Roses—a novel that immediately pl...

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A Salty Piece of Land

by Jimmy Buffett

Published: 2004-11-01

Kindle Edition: 528 pages

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It's not on any chart, but the tropical island of Cayo Loco is the perfect place to run away from all your problems. If you're looking for a license to chill, come along as cowboy Tully Mars takes his pony to the shore-on an unforgettable Caribbean adventure as colorful and wonderfully bizarre as cocktail...

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Salvage the Bones

by Jesmyn Ward

Published: 2011-08-30

Kindle Edition: 288 pages

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Winner of the 2011 National Book Award A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are ...