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Barbara Bush: A Memoir

by Barbara Bush

Published: 1994-09-09

Hardcover: 575 pages

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Politics aside, people worldwide have come to admire Barbara Bush's wit, candor and compassion, as well as her unswerving devotion to her husband and children. Now, she gives listeners a very private look at a life she lived in the public eye for more than 25 years. With the contemporary American history...

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Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)

by Linda Wagner-Martin

Published: 2001-09-01

Paperback: 96 pages

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This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years ? from ?The Remains of the Day? to ?White Teeth?. A team of contemporary...

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The Barbarian Nurseries

by Hector Tobar

Published: 2011-09-27

MP3 CD: 0 pages

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[This is the MP3CD audiobook format.] The great panoramic social novel that Los Angeles deserves--a twenty-first-century, West Coast 'Bonfire of the Vanities' by the only writer qualified to capture the city in all its glory and complexity. With The Barbarian Nurseries, Hector Tobar gives ...

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The Barbarian Nurseries: A Novel

by Héctor Tobar

Published: 2011-09-27

Kindle Edition: 433 pages

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A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Boston Globe Best Fiction Book of 2011 The great panoramic social novel that Los Angeles deserves—a twenty-first century, West Coast Bonfire of the Vanities by the only writer qualified to capture the city in all its glory and complexityWith The B...

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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

by Bryan Burrough, John Helyar

Published: 2009-12-01

Paperback: 624 pages

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The fight to control RJR Nabisco during October and November of 1988 was more than just the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Marked by brazen displays of ego not seen in American business for decades, it became the high point of a new gilded age, and its repercussions are still bei...

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The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld

by Herbert Asbury

Published: 2002-10-08

Paperback: 336 pages

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The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco

by Marilyn Chase

Published: 2004-03-09

Paperback: 304 pages

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The veteran Wall Street Journal science reporter Marilyn Chase’s fascinating account of an outbreak of bubonic plague in late Victorian San Francisco is a real-life thriller that resonates in today’s headlines. The Barbary Plague transports us to the Gold Rush boomtown in 1900,...

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Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her

by Robin Gerber

Published: 2009-02-03

Hardcover: 288 pages

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“Barbie and her creator, the sharp-elbowed gal who built the biggest toy company, have a story to tell.”< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> —Time Barbie and Ruth by Ruth Gerber is the remarkable true story of the world’s most famous toy and the woman who created her. It is a fascinating account of how one visionar...

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The Bare Bones Bible® Handbook: 10 Minutes to Understanding Each Book of the Bible (The Bare Bones Bible® Series)

by Jim George

Published: 2006-09-01

Paperback: 325 pages

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The perfect resource for a fast and friendly overview of every book of the Bible, The Bare?Bones Bible Handbook explores... What is the grand theme of each book of the Bible? What are the most important lessons for everyday life in each book? Who are the key characters, and w...

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Bare Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels)

by Kathy Reichs

Published: 2003-07-01

Kindle Edition: 416 pages

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World-class forensic anthropologist and New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs explores international endangered species trafficking in this electrifying new thriller that brings Temperance Brennan back to her home base in North Carolina where several sets of bones, both human and ...