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A Paper Son

by Jason Buchholz

Published: 2016-01-01

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Grade school teacher and aspiring author Peregrine Long sees a Chinese family on board a ship--in his morning tea. The image inspires him to write the story of this family, but then a woman turns up at his door, claiming that he's writing her family history exactly as it happened. She does...

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (Norton Critical Editions)

by Frederick Douglass

Published: 1996-12-17

Paperback: 0 pages

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Upon its publication in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself became an immediate best-seller. In addition to its far-reaching impact on the antislavery movement in the United States and abroad, Douglass’s fugitive slave narrative won re...

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The Lady in the Van

by ALAN BENNETT

Published: 1999

Paperback: 96 pages

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Turn On the Light So I Can Hear

by Teri Kanefield

Published: 2014-09-03

Paperback: 264 pages

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The hearing and deaf worlds come together in this engaging novel from an award-winning author. A young artist badly in need of money bluffs her way through an interview into a job she is not prepared for. To succeed, she must make room in her life for two people: Curtis, a deaf architect...

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* * * * Dramatic,
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The Girl in the Glass: A McCabe and Savage Thriller (McCabe and Savage Thrillers)

by James Hayman

Published: 2015-10-06

Paperback: 384 pages

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New York Times Bestseller!Two identical women. Two identical murders. Two lives brutally cut short 108 years apartJune 1904.Aimée Garnier Whitby, a beautiful French artist and wife of one of Maine's richest and most powerful men, is found near death on the Whitby family's private summer ...

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* * * * Informative,
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The Missing Kennedy: Rosemary Kennedy and the Secret Bonds of Four Women

by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

Published: 2015-10-01

Hardcover: 270 pages

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Rosemary (Rosie) Kennedy was born in 1918, the first daughter of a wealthy Bostonian couple who later would become known as the patriarch and matriarch of America's most famous and celebrated family. Elizabeth Koehler was born in 1957, the first and only child of a struggling Wisconsin far...

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Memory Closet (Modern Contemporary Fiction)

by Ninie Hammon

Published: 2010-09-01

Paperback: 337 pages

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       What really happened to Laughs in the Wind?          When Anne Mitchell was 11 years old, something happened to her that erased the whole first decade of her life. Twenty-five years later, she has come home to re-claim her past.          Oh, she gets it. She understan...

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The Sheltering: A Novel (Story River Books)

by Mark Powell

Published: 2014-08-12

Hardcover: 296 pages

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"'You set yourself up as judge, jury, and executioner,' Pamela had said, but that was wrong: you set yourself up as angel, and await the word of God." Luther Redding lost his job, and almost lost his wife, Pamela, and teenaged daughters Katie and Lucy, when the real estate bubble burst in...

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Growing Up Muslim: Understanding the Beliefs and Practices of Islam

by Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Published: 2013-08-06

Paperback: 224 pages

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Author Sumbul Ali-Karamali offers her personal account, discussing the many and varied questions she fielded from curious friends and schoolmates while growing up in Southern California—from diet, to dress, to prayer and holidays and everything in between. She also provides an academical...

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13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success

by Amy Morin

Published: 2014-12-23

Hardcover: 272 pages

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Expanding on her viral post that has become an international phenomenon, a psychotherapist offers simple yet effective solutions for increasing mental strength and finding happiness and success in life.As a licensed clinical social worker, college psychology instructor, and psychotherapist...