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The Imperfectionists: A Novel

by Tom Rachman

Published: 2010-04-06

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman's wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English language newspaper as they struggle to keep it?and themselves?afloat.Fifty years and many changes have ens...

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Imperial

by William T. Vollmann

Published: 2009-07-30

Hardcover: 1344 pages

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An epic study of an emblematic American region by one of our most celebrated writersIt sprawls across a stinking artificial sea, across the deserts, date groves, and labor camps of southeastern California, right across the Mexican border. For generations of migrant workers, from Okies flee...

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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War, 1st Edition

by James Bradley

Published: 2009

Hardcover: 221 pages

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Imperial Life in the Emerald City

by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Published: 2006-09-19

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The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and c...

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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Vintage)

by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Published: 2007-09-04

Paperback: 365 pages

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The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and c...

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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...