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A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness

by Dave Pelzer

Published: 2000-09-01

Paperback: 284 pages

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A Man Named Dave, which has sold over 1 million copies, is the gripping conclusion to Dave Pelzer’s inspirational and New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy."All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. One d...

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A Man of His Word (Hearts of Middlefield Novels)

by Kathleen Fuller

Published: 2009-09-01

Paperback: 304 pages

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Moriah's heart will only be safe withA Man of His WordWhen Moriah Byler married Levi Miller, she thought they would share a long life together. She is astonished when one day he abruptly leaves the Order, and her along with it. She is hopeful that they'll reconcile, but Levi has a fatal ac...

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The Man of My Dreams: A Novel

by Curtis Sittenfeld

Published: 2007-04-10

Paperback: 285 pages

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“Being raised in an unstable household makes you understand that the world doesn’t exist to accommodate you, which, in Hannah’s observation, is something a lot of people struggle to understand well into adulthood.”–from The Man of My DreamsIn her acclaimed deb...

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A Man of No Moon: A Novel

by Jenny McPhee

Published: 2007-08-28

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A big, lush novel from critically beloved Jenny McPhee, set against the exotic backdrop of postwar Italy. Dante Sabato has always wanted to kill himself. He has also always wanted to sleep with women. A poet, translator, and writer of novels, Dante has long been in the best position to do...

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A Man of Parts

by David Lodge

Published: 2011-09-15

Hardcover: 565 pages

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A riveting novel about the remarkable life-and many loves-of author H. G. Wells. H. G. Wells, author of The Time Machine and War of the Worlds, was one of the twentieth century's most prophetic and creative writers, a man who immersed himself in socialist politics and free love, whose ...

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Man of the House: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Ad Hudler

Published: 2008-09-30

Paperback: 320 pages

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For more than a decade, Linc Menner has raised the status of househusband to an art form. . . . While his wife, Jo, brings home the bacon, Linc Menner holds down the fort–his gourmet cooking is sublime, his cleaning unrivaled, and his devotion to his daughter, Violet, unparalleled.But wh...

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Man on Wire

by Philippe Petit

Published: 2008-11-17

Paperback: 256 pages

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More than a quarter-century before September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center was immortalized by an act of unprecedented daring and beauty. In August 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit boldly—and illegally—fixed a rope between the tops of the still-young Twin Towers, a quart...

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The Man Who Ate Everything

by Jeffrey Steingarten

Published: 1998-10-27

Paperback: 528 pages

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Winner of the Julia Child Book Award A James Beard Book Award FinalistWhen Jeffrey Steingarten was appointed food critic for Vogue, he systematically set out to overcome his distaste for such things as kimchi, lard, Greek cuisine, and blue food. He succeeded at all but the last: Steingart...

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The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

by Les Standiford

Published: 2008-11-04

Hardcover: 256 pages

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As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revived the signal holiday of the Western world.Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publishe...

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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

by Allison Hoover Bartlett

Published: 2010-10-05

Paperback: 288 pages

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In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him. Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Mos...