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Maman's Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen

by Donia Bijan

Published: 2011-10-11

Hardcover: 272 pages

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For Donia Bijan's family, food has been the language they use to tell their stories and to communicate their love. In 1978, when the Islamic revolution in Iran threatened their safety, they fled to California's Bay Area, where the familiar flavors of Bijan's mother's cooking formed a bridg...

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Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son

by Kevin Jennings

Published: 2007-06-15

Paperback: 280 pages

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Long before Kevin Jennings began advocating to end anti-GLBT bias in schools, he was a victim of it. In Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son, Jennings traces the roots of his activism to his school days in the conservative South, where �faggot? became more familiar to him than his own name. Creating...

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Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, The tie-in: A Novel (P.S.)

by Oscar Hijuelos

Published: 2005-07-01

Paperback: 448 pages

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It's 1949, the era of the mambo, and two young Cuban musicians make their way from Havana to New York. The Castillo brothers, workers by day, become, by night, stars of the dance halls, where their orchestra plays the sensuous, pulsing music that earns them the title of the Mambo Kings. Th...

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Mammoth

by John Varley

Published: 2005-06-07

Hardcover: 368 pages

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The Mammoth Cheese: A Novel

by Sheri Holman

Published: 2003-07

Paperback: 468 pages

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With The Mammoth Cheese, Holman delivers a sharp, contemporary story steeped in history that will captivate a new audience while gratifying readers of her acclaimed earlier work, The Dress Lodger. Beautifully crafted and driven by warm, vibrant characters, The Mammoth Cheese follows the residents of...

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The Mammoth Hunters

by Jean M. Auel

Published: 2002-06-25

Paperback: 688 pages

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Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of the modern human race. With all the consummate storytelling artistry and vivid authenticity she brought to The Clan of the Cave Bear and its sequel, The Valley of Horses, Jean M...

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The Mammy

by Brendan O'Carroll

Published: 1999-05-01

Paperback: 176 pages

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"Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne—a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family with raw hum...

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Man and Boy: A Novel

by Tony Parsons

Published: 2002-05-07

Paperback: 361 pages

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HE HAD TO FACE THE TOUGHEST JOB OF HIS LIFE. AND HE NEVER ONCE THOUGHT HE'D BE ON HIS OWN. Harry had it all: a beautiful wife, an adorable four-year-old son, and a high-paying media job. But on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, with one irresponsible act, he threw it all away. Suddenly h...

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Man and Superman

by George Bernard Shaw

Published: 2007-01-01

Paperback: 120 pages

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"Man and Superman" is George Bernard Shaw's response to the request of his fans to write a Don Juan themed play. This four-act drama often preformed without or with an abbreviated version of the lengthy third act can be seen as a simple comedy of manners or, as Shaw had intended, something quite more,...

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Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy (Classic Reprint)

by Bernard Shaw

Published: 2010-03-16

Paperback: 294 pages

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TO ARTHUR BINGHAM WALKLEY My dear Walkley You once asked me why I did not write a Don Juan play. The levity with which you assumed this frightful responsibility has probably by this time enabled you to forget it; but the day of reckoning has arrived : here is your play ! I say your play, b...