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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Puffin Classics)

by Daniel Defoe

Published: 1995-06-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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* * * * * Inspiring,
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Life and Death in Shanghai

by Cheng Nien

Published: 2010-12-14

Paperback: 560 pages

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This is a first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy...

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The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe

by Andrew O'Hagan

Published: 2010-12-06

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In November 1960, Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a dog.�His name was Mafia Honey, or�Maf for short.�He had an instinct for celebrity.�For politics.�For psychoanalysis. For literature. For interior decoration.�For Liver Treat with a side order of National Biscuits. � Born in the ho...

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* * * * Fun,
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

by Bill Bryson

Published: 2006-10-17

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BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author.From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century. A book that delivers on the p...

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Life As I Blow It: Tales of Love, Life & Sex . . . Not Necessarily in That Order

by Sarah Colonna

Published: 2012-02-07

Paperback: 256 pages

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In this wickedly funny and irreverent memoir, Chelsea Lately writer and comedian Sarah Colonna opens up about love, life, and pursuing her dreams . . . and then screwing it all up.   Sarah believes we all struggle to grow up. Sometimes we want to have fun, not take things too seriously, ...

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Life as I Know It: A Novel

by Melanie Rose

Published: 2010-02-09

Paperback: 368 pages

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What if you had the chance to live someone else's life? Full of heart and soul, here is a captivating novel about the choices we make for family and love?and how sometimes a total stranger is the person we really need to be.�Jessica Taylor is walking her dog in the rain when she meets the ...

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* * * Interesting,
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Life As We Knew It

by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Published: 2008-05-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald’s still would be open.High school sophomore Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her fam...

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The Life Before Her Eyes

by Laura Kasischke

Published: 2002-11-11

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Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of forty--is sealed by a horrific decision sh...

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Life Before Life: Children's Memories of Previous Lives

by Jim B. Tucker

Published: 2008-04-01

Paperback: 272 pages

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This popular examination of research into children’s reports of past-life memories describes a collection of 2,500 cases at the University of Virginia that investigators have carefully studied since Dr. Ian Stevenson began the work more than forty years ago. The children usually begin ta...

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Life Blood

by Thomas Hoover

Published: 2011-02-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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A terrifying medical thriller in the bestselling tradition of Michael Crichton and Robin Cook It lies hidden deep in the mist-shrouded rain forest of Central America. A place where a brilliant fertility doctor fulfills dreams for some - and creates chilling nightmares for others. Now, filmmaker...