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Work Song

by Ivan Doig

Published: 2011-07-05

Paperback: 304 pages

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"[A] novel that best expresses the American spirit." –The Chicago Tribune “If America was a melting pot, Butte seemed to be its boiling point,” observes Morrie Morgan, the itinerant teacher and inveterate charmer who stole readers’ hearts in The Whistling Season. A decade later, he...

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Working It Out: A Journey of Love, Loss, and Hope

by Abby Rike

Published: 2011-05-04

Hardcover: 288 pages

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DESCRIPTION:In 2006, Abby Rike lost the life she knew and loved when her husband and two young children were killed in a car accident. Devastated and numb, she shut down. For nearly three years she walked through life like a spectre, present in body only. As she descended, so did her healt...

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Working Mothers 101: How to Organize Your Life, Your Children, and Your Career to Stop Feeling Guilty and Start Enjoying it All

by Katherine Wyse Goldman

Published: 1998-06-01

Paperback: 208 pages

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Motherhood comes naturally.Working motherhood doesn't.So admit it. You need some help. Though there's not a full-time nanny inside this book, there's information on how to find one. This is the book for you if you can't spare even five minutes to use your common sense. It's all laid out fo...

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Working Stiff (A Mattie Winston Mystery)

by Annelise Ryan

Published: 2010-08-01

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages

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When Mattie Winston catches her husband Dr. David Winston receiving some very special loving care from R.N. Karen Owenby, she quits her job and moves out. Mattie's best friend Izzy offers her a place to stay and suggests she'd be a natural as deputy coroner. Now, instead of taking patients' pulses, Mattie's...

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A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember

by Iain Levison

Published: 2003-04-08

Paperback: 164 pages

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A Working Theory of Love

by Scott Hutchins

Published: 2012-10-02

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Settled back into the San Francisco singles scene following the implosion of his young marriage just months after the honeymoon, Neill Bassett is goingthrough the motions. His carefully modulated routine, however, is soon disrupted in ways he can?t dismiss with his usual nonchalance.Whe...

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Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

by Studs Terkel

Published: 1997-02-28

Paperback: 640 pages

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Perhaps Studs Terkel’s best-known book, Working is a compelling, fascinating look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews conducted with everyone from gravediggers to studio heads, this book provides a timeless snapshot of people’s feelings about t...

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The World According to Bertie

by Alexander McCall Smith

Published: 2008-11-11

Paperback: 343 pages

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The latest completely charming installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.There is never a quiet moment on 44 Scotland Street. In The World According to Bertie, Pat deals with the reappearance of Bruce, which has her heart skipping?and not in a pleasant way. Angus Lordie's do...

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The World According to Garp A Novel

by John Irving

Published: 1980

Hardcover: 0 pages

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The World According To Garp

by John Irving

Published: 2000

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This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields — a feminist leader ahead of her times. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes — even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with "lunacy...