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Imperial Woman (Buck, Pearl S. Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck, 3rd,)

by Pearl S. Buck

Published: 2004-12-01

Paperback: 376 pages

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Imperial Woman is the fictionalized biography of the last Empress in China, Ci-xi, who began as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing Dynasty until her death in 1908.Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rulers during a time of intense...

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Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome

by Robert Harris

Published: 2006-09-19

Hardcover: 305 pages

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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATHERLAND AND POMPEII COMES THE MOST PROVOCATIVE AND BRILLIANT NOVEL OF ANTIQUITY SINCE I, CLAUDIUS -- IMPERIUMA CAUTIONARY TALE OF CICERO, THE GREATEST ORATOR OF ALL TIME, AND HIS EXTRAORDINARY STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN ROME.When Tiro, the confidential secretar...

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The Implacable Order of Things: A Novel

by Jose Luis Peixoto

Published: 2008-07-29

Hardcover: 224 pages

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The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays (Barnes & Noble Classics)

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 2003-12-01

Paperback: 416 pages

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The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays, by Oscar Wilde, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extra...

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The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 2014-11-29

Paperback: 58 pages

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The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within...

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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 2011-04-27

Paperback: 64 pages

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A new edition of Wilde's timeless classic.

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The Importance of Being Emma

by Juliet Archer

Published: 2008-12-15

Paperback: 416 pages

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Mark Knightley - handsome, clever, rich - is used to women falling at his feet. Except Emma Woodhouse, who's like part of the family - and the furniture. When their relationship changes dramatically, is it an ending or a new beginning? Emma's grown into a stunningly attractive young woman,...

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Importance Of Being Ernest (Oxford Pocket Classics)

by Rh Value Publishing

Published: 1986-12-27

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The Importance of Being Foolish: How to Think Like Jesus

by Brennan Manning

Published: 2006-07-01

Paperback: 192 pages

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In the eyes of the world, Jesus was a fool. He did not abide by the rules of his day; the people he associated with were shunned by society; his Sermon on the Mount reads likea primer on being left behind, stepped on, and ignored. In order for us to truly be the people Jesus wants us to be...

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Impossible

by Nancy Werlin

Published: 2009-08-11

Paperback: 384 pages

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A beautifully wrought modern fairy tale from master storyteller and award-winning author Nancy Werlin. Inspired by the classic folk ballad ?Scarborough Fair,? this is a wonderfully riveting and haunting novel of suspense, romance, and fantasy. Lucy is seventeen when she discovers that she ...