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An Unrestored Woman

by Shobha Rao

Published: 2017-03-14

Paperback: 256 pages

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“What an astonishing collection! Provoking, ferocious, moving, splendid, generous and essential. I seemed to finish the book in a different world than the one in which I began it.” ?Kelly Link, author of Get In Trouble and Stranger Things HappenIn her mesmerizing debut, Shobha Rao reco...

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Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics)

by Herman Melville

Published: 1999-12-05

Paperback: 544 pages

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With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd. Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury Moby-Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes...

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Gulliver's Travels (Wordsworth Classics)

by Jonathan Swift

Published: 1997-08-05

Paperback: 288 pages

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With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal). As a parody travel-memoir it...

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Heart of Darkness (AmazonClassics Edition)

by Joseph Conrad

Published: 2017-06-20

Paperback: 110 pages

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River steamboat captain Charles Marlow has set forth on the Congo in Africa to find the enigmatic European trader Mr. Kurtz. Preceded by his reputation as a brilliant emissary of progress, Kurtz has now established himself as a god among the natives in “one of the darkest places on earth...

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Great Expectations: Special Paperback Edition

by Charles Dickens

Published: 2016-07-11

Paperback: 354 pages

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Now you can own this Special Edition of a beloved literary classic, containing the FULL original text. This special edition, edited by Educational Author Vincent Verret, also contains several features: • A brand new illustrated paper back cover, • High quality pages and finishing, • Wide margins...

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Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years)

by Angela Hunt

Published: 2018-01-02

Paperback: 400 pages

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Seeking peace and safety after a hard childhood, Leah marries Judah, a strong and gentle man, and for the first time in her life Leah believes she can rest easily. But the land is ruled by Antiochus IV, descended from one of Alexander the Great's generals, and when he issues a decree that...

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Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra (The Silent Years)

by Angela Hunt

Published: 2017-07-04

Paperback: 384 pages

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New York Times Bestselling Author's Newest Biblical-Era SeriesFive decades before the birth of Christ, Chava, daughter of the royal tutor, grows up with Urbi, a princess in Alexandria's royal palace. When Urbi becomes Queen Cleopatra, Chava vows to be a faithful friend no matter what--but ...

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Jewel of Persia

by Roseanna M. White

Published: 2011-06-01

Paperback: 345 pages

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How can she love the king of kings without forsaking her Lord of lords? Kasia grew up in a poor Jewish home with more siblings than luxuries. But when a chance encounter forces her to the palace of Xerxes, she becomes a concubine to the richest man in the world. She alone, of all Xerxes' ...

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Emma in the Night: A Novel

by Wendy Walker

Published: 2017-08-08

Hardcover: 320 pages

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"Both twisted and twisty, this smart psychological thriller sets a new standard for unreliable narrators." –Booklist, Starred ReviewOne night three years ago, the Tanner sisters disappeared: fifteen-year-old Cass and seventeen-year-old Emma. Three years later, Cass returns, without her s...

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Less: A Novel

by Andrew Sean Greer

Published: 2017-07-18

Hardcover: 272 pages

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Arthur Less a mid-list novelist is approaching his 50th birthday and he needs to grow up But first he needs to get out Arthurs much younger exceedingly beautiful ex-boyfriend is getting married and the last thing Arthur wants to do is attend the wedding So he accepts every half-baked literary invitation...