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The Piano

Published: 1993-08-01

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Music Sales America). Six original compositions for solo piano, by Michael Nyman, from the award winning film by Jane Campion. English composer Michael Nyman has developed into one of the most popular, if not important, composers of film music, and his film score for the 1992 film The Piano is without...

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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

by Karen Armstrong

Published: 1994-08-09

Paperback: 496 pages

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"An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDIn this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain's foremost commentators on religious affairs, traces the history of how men...

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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan

by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Published: 2016-09-13

Hardcover: 336 pages

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The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin DugardAutumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japan...

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From the Land of the Moon

by Milena Agus

Published: 2010-12-28

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In her debut novel, Agus follows the fortunes of a Sardinian woman whose adventures begin as WWII comes to an end; the unnamed narrator is her granddaughter who is about to be married. The woman had suitors, but with no firm proposals by 30, she was forced into a marriage to a widower whose experiences...

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The Old Capital

by Yasunari Kawabata

Published: 2006-01-10

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The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited specifically by the Nobel Committee when they awarded Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. With the ethereal tone and aesthetic styling characteristic of Kawabata's prose, The Old Capital tells the story of Chieko, the adopted da...

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Ghosts (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Henrik Ibsen

Published: 1997-07-11

Paperback: 64 pages

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The innovative dramas of Henrik Ibsen created a sensation among 19th-century audiences with their mordant attacks on social conventions. Among the finest of these ground-breaking works was Ghosts, first performed in 1881. In it, the playwright assailed the hypocrisy of moral codes, offerin...

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Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation

by Ellen Fitzpatrick

Published: 2011-09-13

Paperback: 384 pages

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“A terrific, original, and important work….Fitzpatrick provides a stunningly fresh look at the impact of JFK’s assassination on the American people.”—Doris Kearns GoodwinFor Letters to Jackie, noted historian and News Hour with Jim Lehrer commentator Ellen Fitzpatrick combed thro...

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The Confectioner's Tale: A Novel of Paris

by Laura Madeleine

Published: 2016-09-20

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"A delightful, delicious must-read." --Nina George, New York Times bestselling authorA sensual tale, set in Paris, of love against all odds, family secrets, and the art of confectionery.At the famous Patisserie Clermont, a chance encounter with the owner's daughter has given one young man ...

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The Merlinian Legend

by Merlyn Fuller

Published: 2016-05-05

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Do you love tales of the Arthurian Legends? Have you ever thought that Merlin the Magician needed a little more love and maybe, just maybe, a better ending than his tragic end? Maybe he DID get it....In this book Merlyn Fuller takes on tales of Merlin and revisits them with magick, love and adventure...

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Cocoa at Midnight: The real life story of my time as a housekeeper

by Tom Quinn

Published: 2013-04-11

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Kathleen Clifford was born in 1909. Her family lived in a tiny flat near Paddington Station and her earliest memories were of the smell of horses and the shrill whistle of steam trains. For a girl from the slums there was only really one option once school was over - a life in service. S...