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The Redemption of Galen Pike

by Carys Davies

Published: 2017-04-11

Paperback: 176 pages

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"Like Chekhov's great stories, Davies' . . . reward re-reading not by resolving the core mystery, but by revealing layers of meaning and complexity. " —Ladette Randolph, PloughsharesFrom remote Australian settlements to the snows of Siberia, from Colorado to Cumbria, restless teenagers,...

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Rosewater (Movie Tie-in Edition): A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival

by Maziar Bahari, Aimee Molloy

Published: 2014-10-21

Paperback: 400 pages

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY JON STEWART | Previously published as Then They Came for MeWhen Maziar Bahari left London in June 2009 to cover Iran’s presidential election, he assured his pregnant fiancée, Paola, that he’d be back in just a few days, a week at most. Little di...

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True Grit: A Novel

by Charles Portis

Published: 2010-11-05

Paperback: 240 pages

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True Grit is his most famous novel--first published in 1968, and the basis for the movie of the same name starring John Wayne. It tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, ...

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The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing

by Lori Alvord, Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt

Published: 2000-06-06

Paperback: 204 pages

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The first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine and traditional healing.A spellbinding journey between two worlds, this remarkable book describes surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord's struggles to bring modern medicine to the Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico—and to bring the valu...

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Jumping Over Shadows: A Memoir

by Annette Gendler

Published: 2017-04-04

Paperback: 232 pages

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History was repeating itself when Annette Gendler fell in love with a Jewish man in Germany in 1985. Her Great-Aunt Resi had been married to a Jew in Czechoslovakia before World War II?a marriage that, while happy, created tremendous difficulties for the extended family once the Nazis took...

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Emmanuelle

by Emmanuelle Arsan

Published: 2009-01-19

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This classic book of erotica is, alongside Story of O, the most famous French underground novel of the late twentieth century and a work of seductive literary merit.It begins with nineteen-year-old Emmanuelle’s flight from London to join her husband in Bangkok. On the airplane, she is se...

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Angels in My Hair: The True Story of a Modern-Day Irish Mystic

by Lorna Byrne

Published: 2011-11-01

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In this uplifting autobiography, a modern-day Irish mystic shares her vivid encounters and conversations with the angels and spirits she has known her entire life.For anyone who has ever wondered about the mysteries that lie beyond everyday experience, or doubted the reality of the afterli...

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Saisons sauvages

by Kettly Mars

Published: 2010

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Port-au-Prince, années 1960 : Duvalier et ses tontons macoutes éliminent systématiquement les opposants au régime. Daniel Leroy, rédacteur en chef du principal journal d'opposition, vient d'être enlevé. Pour obtenir de ses nouvelles, son épouse Nirvah se rend chez le secrétaire d'Etat à la...

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Lovers on All Saints' Day: Stories

by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Published: 2015-07-21

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From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Sound of Things Falling and Reputations, a brilliant collection of stories that showcases why he is one of the best writers—in any language—working today.   Lovers on All Saints' Day is an emotional book that haunts, moves, and seduc...

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Angelique's War: Book Two in the Series (The Angelique Saga) (Volume 2)

by Paula W Millet

Published: 2017-03-31

Paperback: 358 pages

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Angelique Chauvin Slater, born beautiful and privileged, is no fragile Southern belle, having weathered life’s storms with a resilient determination and an unshakable faith. Now, as a blushing young bride, she optimistically arrives in Washington City filled with joyful anticipation, eager to begin...