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Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth A Novel

by Naguib Mahfouz

Published: 2000-04-04

Paperback: 176 pages

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From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of the Cairo Trilogy, comes Akhenaten, a fascinating work of fiction about the most infamous pharaoh of ancient Egypt.In this beguiling  novel, originally published in Arabic in 1985, Mahfouz tells with extraordinary insight th...

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Hazards of Time Travel: A Novel

by Joyce Carol Oates

Published: 2018-11-27

Hardcover: 336 pages

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An ingenious, dystopian novel of one young woman’s resistance against the constraints of an oppressive society, from the inventive imagination of Joyce Carol Oates “Time travel” — and its hazards—are made literal in this astonishing new novel in which a recklessly idealistic girl...

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A Simple Murder: A Mystery (Will Rees Mysteries)

by Eleanor Kuhns

Published: 2013-03-05

Paperback: 336 pages

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Five years ago, while William Rees was still recovering from his stint as a Revolutionary War soldier, his beloved wife died. Devastated, Will Rees left his son, David, in his sister's care, fled his Maine farm, and struck out for a tough but emotionally empty life as a traveling weaver. N...

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Figuring Shit Out: Love, Laughter, Suicide, and Survival

by Amy Biancolli

Published: 2014-10-21

Paperback: 245 pages

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"Your life isn't over." My dad says this. "I mean, YOUR life isn't over. Beyond the kids. You'll go on living, doing things. This isn't it."I know, I assure him. I have the kids. They need me. They're my life now."OK," he replies, then grunts—more of a brief hum. He only hums when he thi...

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The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA

by Jeff Wheelwright

Published: 2012-01-16

Hardcover: 272 pages

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A brilliant and emotionally resonant exploration of science and family history.A vibrant young Hispano woman, Shonnie Medina, inherits a breast-cancer mutation known as BRCA1.185delAG. It is a genetic variant characteristic of Jews. The Medinas knew they were descended from Native American...

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Saratoga Sojourn

by Allison P. Bennett

Published: 2002-03-01

Hardcover: 0 pages

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From front flap: In this eloquently written biography (about Ellen Hardin Walworth), Allison P. Bennett illuminates the life of a dynamic woman who overcame the tribulations of her life to become a historian, educator and a founder of the Daughters of the American Revolution. ...She became a pioneer...

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Slow Man: A Novel

by J. M. Coetzee

Published: 2006-09-26

Paperback: 256 pages

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J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. J. M. Coetzee, one of the greatest living writers in the English language, has crafted a deeply moving tale of love and mortality in his new book, ...

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Amber & Dusk

by Lyra Selene

Published: 2018-11-27

Hardcover: 368 pages

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Sylvie has always known she deserves more. Out in the permanent twilight of the Dusklands, her guardians called her power to create illusions a curse. But Sylvie knows it gives her a place in Coeur d'Or, the palais of the Amber Empress and her highborn legacies. So Sylvie sets off toward t...

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Hadji Murad (Modern Library Classics)

by Leo Tolstoy

Published: 2003-07-08

Paperback: 192 pages

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In 1851 Leo Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and was sent to the Caucasus to help defeat the Chechens. During this war a great Avar chieftain, Hadji Murád, broke with the Chechen leader Shamil and fled to the Russians for safety. Months later, while attempting to rescue his family fro...

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King of the Mountain: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Chief Judge Sol Wachtler

by John M. Caher

Published: 1998-03-01

Hardcover: 391 pages

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Once known for his historically significant landmark decisions on civil rights, free speech, the right-to-die, and for banning discrimination, New York Chief Judge Sol Wachtler rose to the top of his profession and was a high roller in state politics a potential candidate for governor. But...