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The Captive Mind

by Czeslaw Milosz

Published: 1990-08-11

Paperback: 272 pages

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The best known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right.

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The Captive Queen of Scots: A Novel

by Jean Plaidy

Published: 2006-11-28

Paperback: 464 pages

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“Burn the murderess!”So begins Jean Plaidy’s The Captive Queen of Scots, the epic tale of the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart, cousin to Queen Elizabeth of England. After her husband, Lord Darnley, is murdered, suspicion falls on Mary and her lover, the Earl of Bothwell. A Catholic in a l...

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Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

by Alison Weir

Published: 2010-07-13

Hardcover: 496 pages

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Having proven herself a gifted and engaging novelist with her portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I in The Lady Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey in Innocent Traitor, New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir now harks back to the twelfth century with a sensuous and tempestuous tale that brings v...

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The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

by Scott Zesch

Published: 2005-12-27

Paperback: 384 pages

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On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comaches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to li...

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Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business

by Bob Lutz

Published: 2011-06-09

Hardcover: 256 pages

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"It's time to stop the dominance of the number-crunchers, living in their perfect, predictable, financially-projected world (who fail, time and again), and give the reins to the 'product guys'...those with vision and passion for the customers and their product or service." When Bob Lutz ...

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The Car

by Gary Paulsen

Published: 2006-11-01

Paperback: 192 pages

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Neglected by his parents, fourteen-year-old Terry Anders is used to taking care of things on his own. He even manages to assemble a car kit by himself. When the car is finished, Terry sets off from Cleveland to Portland in search of an uncle he barely remembers. Along the way, he is joined...

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Caramba!: A Tale Told in Turns of the Card

by Nina Marie Martinez

Published: 2004

Hardcover: 384 pages

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This fast-paced, feisty tale of female friendship is the debut of a fresh and enchanting new literary voice. By turns a soap opera and a honky tonk spiritual guide, "ACaramba!" combines romance with adventure and rolls them into one big hot tamale. 50 illustrations. “¡Caramba! is about...

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Caramelo (Bestseller Internacional)

by Sandra Cisneros

Published: 2005-04-14

Paperback: 560 pages

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Every year, Ceyala "Lala" Reyes' family--aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brothers--packs up three cars and, in a wild ride, drive from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful Grandmother's house in Mexico City for the summer. Struggling to find a voice above the b...

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Caravans: A Novel of Afghanistan

by James A. Michener

Published: 2003-09-09

Paperback: 320 pages

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First published in 1963, James A. Michener’s gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, Michener follows a military man tasked, in the years after World War II, with a danger...

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The Carbon Diaries 2015

by Saci Lloyd

Published: 2010-05

Paperback: 330 pages

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It's the year 2015, a time when global warming has begun to ravage the environment. In response, the United Kingdom becomes the first country to mandate carbon rationing--a well-intentioned plan that goes tragically awry. This story of one girl's attempt to stay grounded in a world where disaster has...