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A Day No Pigs Would Die

by Robert Newton Peck

Published: 1994-09-20

Mass Market Paperback: 176 pages

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Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story ofa Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a movi...

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Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life

by Gail Sheehy

Published: 2006-01-10

Paperback: 576 pages

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At last, this is your story. You'll recognize yourself, your friends, and your loves. You'll see how to use each life crisis as an opportunity for creative change -- to grow to your full potential. Gail Sheehy's brilliant road map of adult life shows the inevitable personality and sexual changes we go...

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Heaven and Hell (North and South Trilogy)

by John Jakes

Published: 2000-06-01

Mass Market Paperback: 800 pages

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The exhilarating conclusion of #1 New York Times bestselling author John Jakes' epic North and South Trilogy—the Civil War saga that inspired the classic television miniseries North and South—with over five million copies sold!The Civil War has ended, but the Hazards and Mains have...

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End of the Road, The

by Tom Bodett

Published: 1990-09-01

Mass Market Paperback: 0 pages

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Bodett captures the essence of life in America--especially Homer, Alaska, where the keys are left in the snowplow in case someone gets stuck after hours. 2 cassettes.

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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy

by W. P. Kinsella

Published: 1986-03

Hardcover: 310 pages

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Bearing W.P. Kinsella's trademark combination of "sweet-natured prose and a richly imagined world" (Philadelphia Inquirer), The Iowa Baseball Confederacy tells the story of Gideon Clark, a man on a quest. He is out to prove to the world that the indomitable Chicago Cubs traveled to Iowa in...

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The Pearl

by John Steinbeck

Published: 2000-04-06

Paperback: 96 pages

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“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.”   Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence....

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Caroline: Little House, Revisited

by Sarah Miller

Published: 2017-09-19

Hardcover: 384 pages

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In this novel authorized by Little House Heritage Trust, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, hardship, and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction, a captivating story that illuminates one courageous, resilient, and loving pioneer woman as never before--Caroli...

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Commencement (Vintage Contemporaries)

by J. Courtney Sullivan

Published: 2010-05-11

Paperback: 432 pages

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The bestselling author of Maine brings us a sparkling tale of friendship and a fascinating portrait of the first generation of women who have all the opportunities in the world, but no clear idea about what to choose.  Assigned to the same dorm their first year at Smith College, Celia, Br...

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The Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives

by Bryant Simon

Published: 2017-09-05

Hardcover: 320 pages

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"Captivating and brilliantly conceived. . . [The Hamlet Fire] will provide readers with insights into our current national politics."?The Washington Post A "gifted writer" (Chicago Tribune) uses a long forgotten factory fire in small-town North Carolina to show how cut-rate food and labor ...

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Big Sexy Love: A laugh out loud funny romantic comedy

by Kirsty Greenwood

Published: 2017-07-03

Paperback: 350 pages

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Get ready to laugh, cry and feel incredible with this NEW laugh out loud funny romance! It's brimming with hysterical feel good moments, heart-melting romance and a friendship you'll never, ever forget! If you like Sophie Kinsella, Lindsey Kelk, Suzy K. Quinn or Joanna Bolouri, then you'll...