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Bridge of Clay (Signed Edition)

by Markus Zusak

Published: 2018-10-09

Hardcover: 544 pages

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? An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year selection An unforgettable and sweeping family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be lifechanging." The breathtaking stor...

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The Sandpiper

by susan brace lovell

Published: 2015-05-20

Paperback: 272 pages

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A novel written for women's book clubs as it deals with the hard challenges of infertility and alcoholism in a family of loving, good women who care deeply about each other.

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Defiant Daughters: 21 Women on Art, Activism, Animals, and the Sexual Politics of Meat

Published: 2014-03-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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When The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Carol J. Adams was published more than twenty years ago, it caused an immediate stir among writers and thinkers, feminists, and animal rights activists. Never before had the relationship between patriarchy and meat ...

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Dear Martha, WTF?: What I Found in My Search for Why

by Tricia LaVoice

Published: 2018-04-10

Hardcover: 272 pages

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The Giving Tree meets Eat, Pray, Love in a brazenly honest, refreshingly irreverent, and even hilarious look at going “through” versus going “down.”Tricia LaVoice’s life turned upside-down when her parents were tragically killed in an automobile accident. Her close relationships ...

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American Panda

by Gloria Chao

Published: 2018-02-06

Hardcover: 320 pages

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An incisive, laugh-out-loud contemporary debut about a Taiwanese-American teen whose parents want her to be a doctor and marry a Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer despite her squeamishness with germs and crush on a Japanese classmate.At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth gra...

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The Songlines (Penguin Classics)

by Bruce Chatwin

Published: 2012-06-26

Paperback: 320 pages

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For its twenty-fifth anniversary, a new edition of Bruce Chatwin's classic work with a new introduction by Rory StewartPart adventure, part novel of ideas, part spiritual autobiography, The Songlines is one of Bruce Chatwin's most famous books. Set in the desolate lands of the Australian O...

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Shadows of a Princess

by Patrick Jephson

Published: 2017-07-27

Paperback: 608 pages

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Reissued for the twentieth anniversary of Diana’s death, this sensational bestseller is an explosive account of her life, from the man who was by her side throughout its most turbulent period.In 1981 Lady Diana Spencer was seen by many as a lifeline for the outdated Windsor line. But Dia...

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Asymmetry: A Novel

by Lisa Halliday

Published: 2018-02-06

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A TIME and NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK of the YEAR * New York Times Notable Book and Times Critic’s Top Book of 2018 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY * Elle * Bustle * Kirkus Reviews * Lit Hub* NPR * O, The Oprah Magazine * Shelf Awareness “Asymmetry is extraordinary...Halliday ...

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Short Hair Detention: Memoir of a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Surviving the Cambodian Genocide

by Channy Chhi Laux

Published: 2017-12-15

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In April 1975, Channy Chhi Laux was a happy thirteen-year-old girl who was excited to start a new school year. But as news reports announced that the Khmer Rouge was getting closer to taking control of Cambodia, Channy and her family were forced to relocate to Poipet, a border town to Thai...

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Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers

by Sara Ackerman

Published: 2018-02-13

Paperback: 400 pages

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Hawaii, 1944. The Pacific battles of World War II continue to threaten American soil, and on the home front, the bonds of friendship and the strength of love are tested.Violet Iverson and her young daughter, Ella, are piecing their lives together one year after the disappearance of her hus...