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The Magnificent Ambersons (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

by Booth Tarkington

Published: 1998-09-14

Paperback: 288 pages

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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeWinner of the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1918, The Magnificent Ambersons chronicles the changing fortunes of three generations of an American dynasty. The protagonist of Booth Tarkington's great hist...

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What You See: A Jane Ryland Novel

by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Published: 2015-10-20

Kindle Edition: 383 pages

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Now an ANTHONY AWARD nominee!Best NovelNow an AGATHA AWARD nominee!Best Contemporary Novel BEST OF 2015!   Library Journal"Superb...highly entertaining."    Oline Cogdill  Orlando Sun-Sentinel  "A perfect mix of plot, suspense, emotion and character. It's flawlessl...

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Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love

by Mary Calvi

Published: 2019-02-12

Hardcover: 336 pages

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A novel about heiress Mary Philipse's relationship with George Washington, based on historical accounts, letters, and personal journals by nine-time New York Emmy Award-winning journalist Mary Calvi.“Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it canno...

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In a Free State: A Novel

by V. S. Naipaul

Published: 2002-02-12

Paperback: 256 pages

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No writer has rendered our boundariless, post-colonial world more acutely or prophetically than V. S. Naipaul, or given its upheavals such a hauntingly human face. A perfect case in point is this riveting novel, a masterful and stylishly rendered narrative of emigration, dislocation, and d...

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Waisted: A Novel

by Randy Susan Meyers

Published: 2019-05-21

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In this provocative, wildly entertaining, and compelling novel, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documentary discover self-love and sisterhood as they enact a daring revenge against the exploitative filmmakers.Alice and Daphne, both successful and accomplished working mothers...

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The Lost Girls of Paris

by Pam Jenoff

Published: 2019-01-29

Paperback: 384 pages

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A New York Times Bestseller“Fraught with danger, filled with mystery, and meticulously researched, The Lost Girls of Paris is a fascinating tale of the hidden women who helped to win the war.” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were YoursFrom the author of ...

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Seven Ages of Paris

by Alistair Horne

Published: 2004-04-13

Paperback: 496 pages

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In this luminous portrait of Paris, the celebrated historian gives us the history, culture, disasters, and triumphs of one of the world’s truly great cities. While Paris may be many things, it is never boring. From the rise of Philippe Auguste through the reigns of Henry IV and Louis XIV...

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The Guest Book: A Novel

by Sarah Blake

Published: 2019-05-07

Hardcover: 496 pages

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Instant New York Times Bestseller“The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt.” ?The Washington PostThe thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah BlakeA lifetime of secrets. A history untold.No. It is a simple word, uttered on a summe...

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The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: A Novel

by Juliet Grames

Published: 2019-05-07

Hardcover: 464 pages

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From Calabria to Connecticut: a sweeping family saga about sisterhood, secrets, Italian immigration, the American dream, and one woman's tenacious fight against her own fateFor Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella’s childhood is full of strange, life-threatening i...

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The Amateur American

by Joel Saunders Elmore

Published: 2009-07-23

Kindle Edition: 322 pages

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Sometimes the hardest boundaries to see . . .are the ones you’ve already crossed.Twenty-nine-year-old Jeffrey Delanne is teaching English in France but having a tough time stretching his measly paycheck one month to the next. When he’s not worrying about his bar tab, he’s struggling ...