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Before There Was Before

by Wendy Drexler

Published: 2017-03-31

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Wendy Drexler's Before There Was Before is that rare book that both ranges far, into the worlds of science, nature and art, and moves in close, examining her own particular human experience. Drexler takes us back in time to the Big Bang and projects us 7.5 billion years into the future. Sh...

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Seeing Red

by Sandra Brown

Published: 2017-08-15

Hardcover: 432 pages

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers nonstop suspense and supercharged sexual tension in a thriller about tainted heroism and vengeance without mercy. Kerra Bailey is a TV journalist hot on the trail of a story guaranteed to skyrocket her career to new heights. Twenty...

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Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

Published: 2003-12-16

Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages

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Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.   This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.At the dawn of the n...

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The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Eric Swanson

Published: 2008-05-27

Paperback: 272 pages

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An illuminating perspective on the science of meditation—and a handbook for transforming our minds, bodies, and livesIn The Joy of Living, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche—the “happiest man in the world”—invites us to join him in unlocking the secrets to fi...

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Skin and Other Stories

by Roald Dahl

Published: 2002-01-14

Paperback: 224 pages

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How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out that the tattoo on your back was worth over a million dollars? You will discover that just about anything is possible in a Roald Dahl story,...

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A Good Country

by Laleh Khadivi

Published: 2017-05-23

Hardcover: 256 pages

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A timely novel about the radicalization of a Muslim teen in California--about where identity truly lies, and how we find it.Laguna Beach, California, 2010. Alireza Courdee, a fourteen-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inha...

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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)

by Francine Prose

Published: 2007-04-10

Paperback: 273 pages

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Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose.In Reading Like a Writer, Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and t...

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Where the Sweet Bird Sings

by Ella Joy Olsen

Published: 2017-08-29

Paperback: 320 pages

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In this provocative new novel, the author of Root, Petal, Thorn offers a powerful story of resilience, hope, and the secrets that, no matter how deeply hidden, can shape and ultimately unite a family. What connects us to one another? Is it shared history? Is it ancestry? Is it blood? Or is...

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Drawing Lessons

by Patricia Sands

Published: 2017-10-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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The author of the Love in Provence series returns to the South of France with a poignant portrait of a woman who must learn how to create a new life for herself…Sixty-two-year-old Arianna arrives in the South of France for a two-week artists’ workshop full of anticipation but burdened ...

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Adé: A Love Story

by Rebecca Walker

Published: 2013-10-29

Hardcover: 128 pages

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In this stunning debut novella, Rebecca Walker turns her attention to the power of love and the limitations of the human heart. When Farida, a sophisticated college student, falls in love with Adé, a young Swahili man living on an idyllic island off the coast of Kenya, the two plan to mar...