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A Naked Singularity: A Novel

by Sergio De La Pava

Published: 2012-04-19

Paperback: 688 pages

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A Naked Singularity tells the story of Casi, a child of Colombian immigrants who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender--one who, tellingly has never lost a trial. Never. In the book, we watch what happens when his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to...

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Lost Empress: A Novel

by Sergio De La Pava

Published: 2018-05-08

Hardcover: 640 pages

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From the acclaimed PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of A Naked Singularity, a shockingly hilarious novel that tackles, with equal aplomb, both America’s most popular sport and its criminal justice system From Paterson, New Jersey, to Rikers Island to the streets of New York Ci...

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Who She Is

by Diane Byington

Published: 2018-03-20

Kindle Edition: 278 pages

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"Faye's character and her concerns are nicely drawn, the twists of plot are unpredictable and different, and the story line is thoroughly engrossing. . . . Readers will appreciate Who She Is for its multifaceted approach to life and one girl's discovery of who she really is (and can be) in...

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My Brilliant Career (Virago Modern Classics)

by Miles Franklin

Published: 2012-09-11

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Trapped on her parents' farm in the hardscrabble Australian outback, sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn loves the bush but not the toil it brings. She longs for refinement, and most of all she longs to achieve great things.Suddenly she falls under the gaze of wealthy, handsome Harry Beecham ....

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A Patchwork Planet (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Anne Tyler

Published: 1999-02-22

Paperback: 304 pages

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In this, her fourteenth novel--and one of her most endearing--Anne Tyler tells the story of a lovable loser who's trying to get his life in order. Barnaby Gaitlin has been in trouble ever since adolescence. He had this habit of breaking into other people's houses. It wasn't the big loot he...

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Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America8217;s Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster

by Al Roker

Published: 2018-05-22

Hardcover: 320 pages

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“Reads like a nail-biting thriller.” — Library Journal, starred reviewA gripping new history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood—the deadliest flood in U.S. history—from NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker Central Pennsylvania, May 31, 1889: Aft...

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The Idiot (Vintage Classics)

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Published: 2003-07-08

Paperback: 656 pages

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Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English.After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dost...

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Walking the Americas: 1,800 Miles, Eight Countries, and One Incredible Journey from Mexico to Colombia

by Levison Wood

Published: 2018-03-06

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Levison Wood’s famous walking expeditions have taken him from the length of the Nile River to the peaks of the Himalayas, and in Walking the Americas, Wood chronicles his latest exhilarating adventure: an 1,800-mile trek across the spine of the Americas, through eight countries, from Mex...

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Endling #1: The Last

by Katherine Applegate

Published: 2018-05-01

Hardcover: 400 pages

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New York Times bestseller!First Katherine Applegate thrilled readers with the action-packed Animorphs series. Then she stole our hearts with the award-winning The One and Only Ivan. Now she takes us on an unforgettable journey in this first book of an epic middle grade series!Byx is the yo...

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Talking to Heaven: A Medium's Message of Life After Death

by James Van Praagh

Published: 1999-03-01

Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages

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James Van Praagh is a spiritual medium--someone who is able to bridge the physical and spiritual worlds. Unaware of his spiritual gifts until he was in his twenties, he slowly came to terms with his unique abilities. In addition, many of his sessions with grieving people who came to him lo...