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Civil War Wives

by Carol Berkin

Published: 2009-08-22

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  In these moving stories if Angelina Grimké Weld, wife of abolitionist Theodore Weld, Varina Howell Davis, wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and Julia Dent grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Carol Berkin reveals how women understood the cataclysmic events of their day.  Thei...

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Civilization: The West and the Rest

by Niall Ferguson

Published: 2011-11-01

Hardcover: 432 pages

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From one of our most renowned historians, Civilization is the definitive history of Western civilization's rise to global dominance-and the "killer applications" that made this improbable ascent possible. The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most impor...

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The Civilized World: A Novel in Stories

by Susi Wyss

Published: 2011-03-29

Paperback: 226 pages

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A glorious literary debut set in Africa about five unforgettable women--two of them haunted by a shared tragedy--whose lives intersect in unexpected and sometimes explosive waysWhen Adjoa leaves Ghana to find work in the Ivory Coast, she hopes that one day she'll return home to open a beau...

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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty :The First of the Acclaimed Series of Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty

by Anne Rice

Published: 1999

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Three volume set. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, The Punishment of Sleeping Beauty and, The Release of Sleeping Beauty. Erotic books, adult theme, mild bondage, vivid description. Hard to find HARD COVER SET.

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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

by A. N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice

Published: 1999-05-01

Paperback: 272 pages

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Rice writing as A. N. Roquelaure. In the traditional folk tale "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, ...

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Clair de Lune: A Novel (P.S.)

by Jetta Carleton

Published: 2012-03-06

Paperback: 276 pages

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An unexpected treasure: A long-lost novel of innocence threatened, by the author of the beloved classic The Moonflower Vine The time: 1941, at the cusp of America's entry into World War II. The place: southwest Missouri, on the edge of the Ozark Mountains. A young single woman named All...

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Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead

by Sara Gran

Published: 2012-05-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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“Delicious and addictive.”—Salon.com“The book is beautifully written in a tight, quirky style that distinguishes Gran as one of the more original writers working today.”—Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press“Reads . . . as if David Lynch directed a Raymond Chandler novel.”—CNN...

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Claire Voyant

by Saralee Rosenberg

Published: 2004-11-01

Paperback: 384 pages

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Of course the future is a mystery. But the past? This is nuts! Talk about ruin-your-day flights. I'm headed to Florida, when the elderly man seated next to me collapses on my tray table. I swear, if I'd known this was his final boarding call, I would have offered him my pretzels or my New ...

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* * * * * Interesting,
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, Book One): with Bonus Content

by Jean M. Auel

Published: 2010-10-06

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This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: ? An exclusive preview chapter from Jean M. Auel's The Land of Painted Caves, on sale in hardcover March 29, 2011 ? An Earth's Children® series sampler including free chapters from the other books in ...

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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children)

Paperback: 502 pages

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Leave 21st century London and go back to Ice Age Europe. Follow Ayla, a Cro-Magnon child who loses her parents in an earthquake and is adopted by a tribe of Neanderthal, the Clan. See how the Clan's wary suspicion is gradually transformed into acceptance of this girl, so different from t...