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Love and Other Consolation Prizes

by Jamie Ford

Published: 2017-09-12

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1909, Seattle. At the World's Fair a half-Chinese boy called Ernest Young is raffled off as a prize. He ends up working in a brothel in Seattle's famed Red Light District and falls in love with Maisie, the daughter of a flamboyant madam, and Fahn, a karayuki-san, a Japanese maid sold into servitude....

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Kitchen (A Black cat book)

by Banana Yoshimoto

Published: 2006-04-17

Paperback: 160 pages

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With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Kitchen is an e...

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The Orange Grove: A Novel

by Larry Tremblay

Published: 2016-05-10

Paperback: 174 pages

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Twin brothers Amed and Aziz live in the peaceful shade of their family’s orange grove. But when a bomb kills the boys’ grandparents, the war that plagues their country changes their lives forever. Blood must repay blood, and, in order to avenge their grandparents’ deaths, one brother...

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The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes: A Stewart Hoag Mystery (Stewart Hoag Mysteries)

by David Handler

Published: 2017-08-15

Paperback: 288 pages

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HARLAN COBEN calls it "One of my all-time favorite series! ...David Handler is so good at writing one smart, funny page-turner after another that he makes it look easy." Fans of JANET EVANOVICH and CARL HIAASEN, get ready. If you haven't yet discovered wisecracking sleuth Stewart "Hoagy"...

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Secret Sisters: A Novel

by Joy Callaway

Published: 2017-07-11

Paperback: 352 pages

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From the author of The Fifth Avenue Artists Society comes this unforgettable historical novel based on the founding of the country's first sororities.Illinois, 1881: Whitsitt College sophomore Beth Carrington has two goals to fulfill by the time she graduates: obtain a medical degree, and ...

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The Country of the Pointed Firs (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Sarah Orne Jewett

Published: 2011-11-02

Paperback: 96 pages

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In scene after memorable scene of Sarah Orne Jewett's fictional masterpiece, The Country of Pointed Firs, the Maine-born author recorded what she felt were the rapidly disappearing traditions, manners, and dialect of Maine coast natives at the turn of the twentieth century. In luminous evo...

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The Total Package: A Novel

by Stephanie Evanovich

Published: 2016-09-06

Paperback: 256 pages

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The New York Times bestselling author of Big Girl Panties is back with a funny, sweet, and sizzling novel about love, redemption, and second chances.Heartthrob star quarterback Tyson Palmer has it all: a million-dollar arm, a winning season and the promise of a Superbowl ring. But more imp...

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The Mysterious Benedict Society Complete Paperback Collection

by Trenton Lee Stewart

Published: 2017-10-03

Paperback: 2096 pages

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A gorgeous paperback gift set of the New York Times bestselling Mysterious Benedict Society books as well as the prequel novel and the companion puzzle book, all featuring fresh, updated covers!Catch up on the adventures of the Mysterious Benedict Society with this paperback boxed set, whi...

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The Way of Gratitude: Readings for a Joyful Life

by Michael Leach

Published: 2017-06-22

Paperback: 240 pages

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"Gratitude is the doorway to joy." --Thomas HoraA hundred famous writers share their experiences, essays, fiction, poems, meditations, and inspired ideas on the joy of being thankful. These honest and heartfelt writings will add gladness to your days. Contributors include Wendell Berry, D...

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Stuck in Neutral

by Terry Trueman

Published: 2012-07-24

Paperback: 144 pages

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Shawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to his wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscle—he can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, his son may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to communi...