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Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

Published: 1995-03-14

Paperback: 581 pages

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A milestone in American literature--a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadA first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won th...

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Sparkling Cyanide

by Agatha Christie

Published: 2012-04-17

Paperback: 288 pages

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In Sparkling Cyanide, Agatha Christie seats six—including a murderer—around a dining table set for seven, one year to the day that a beautiful heiress was poisoned in that very room.Six people sit down to a sumptuous meal at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a spr...

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The Gift

by Hafiz

Published: 1999-08-01

Paperback: 333 pages

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Chosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky’s extraordinary renderings of 250 unforgettable lyrical poems by Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all timeMore than any other Persian poet—even Rumi—Hafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimen...

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Dance of the Jakaranda

by Peter Kimani

Published: 2017-02-07

Paperback: 320 pages

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"This funny, perceptive and ambitious work of historical fiction by a Kenyan poet and novelist explores his country's colonial past and its legacy through the stories of three men involved with the building of a railroad linking Lake Victoria and the Indian Ocean--what the Kikuyu called th...

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1: New and Selected Poems, Volume One

by Mary Oliver

Published: 2004-04-15

Paperback: 272 pages

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Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems, Volume One. Since its initial appearance it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collection features thirty poems published only in this volume as well as selections from the p...

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Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange & Inventive Life of Robert Hooke 1635-1703

by Stephen Inwood

Published: 2002-09-01

Hardcover: 503 pages

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Robert Hooke was one of the most inventive, versatile and prolific scientists in an age of brilliant scientists, but for 300 years his reputation has been overshadowed by those of his two great contemporaries, his friend Sir Christopher Wren and his rival Sir Isaac Newton. In Stephen Inwood's new book,...

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The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Inventive Life of Robert Hooke, 1635 - 1703

by Stephen Inwood

Published: 2003-08-01

Paperback: 512 pages

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Robert Hooke was one of the most inventive, versatile and prolific scientists of the late 17th Century, but for 300 years his reputation has been overshadowed by those of his two great contemporaries, his friend Sir Christopher Wren and his rival Sir Isaac Newton. If he is remembered today, it is as...

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Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds

by Bernd Heinrich

Published: 2007-05-29

Paperback: 432 pages

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Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the proc...

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Void Star: A Novel

by Zachary Mason

Published: 2017-04-11

Hardcover: 400 pages

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A riveting, beautifully written, fugue-like novel of AIs, memory, violence, and mortalityNot far in the future the seas have risen and the central latitudes are emptying, but it’s still a good time to be rich in San Francisco, where weapons drones patrol the skies to keep out the multitu...

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Tribute

by Nora Roberts

Published: 2009-03-31

Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages

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A young woman gets caught up in the secrets and shadows of a big-screen legend and a small-town scandal in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Nora Roberts.   Cilla McGowan, a former child star, has found a more satisfying life restoring homes. So she comes to Virginia’s Shenandoah V...