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On Sarpy Creek

by IRA S. Nelson

Published: 2003-10-01

Paperback: 309 pages

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On Sarpy Creek is a deeply moving family saga about a small Montana farming community in the decade after World War I. Many readers consider it a small masterpiece, yet this book was lost for decades before being recently republished. The simple, unadorned style and strong story make this a true page-turner...

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On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-Wired Habits

by Wray Herbert

Published: 2010-09-14

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Our lives are composed of millions of choices, ranging from trivial to life-changing and momentous. Luckily, our brains have evolved a number of mental shortcuts, biases, and tricks that allow us to quickly negotiate this endless array of decisions. We don?t want to rationally deliberate e...

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On Seeing

by F. Gonzalez-Crussi

Published: 2007-08-28

Paperback: 224 pages

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In this captivating set of philosophical meditations on the relationship between the viewer and the viewed, F. González-Crussi contrasts historical events and cultural lore with reflections on technology and medicine to produce a complete vision of vision. From Actaeon spying on the g...

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On Seeing: Things Seen, Unseen, and Obscene

by F. Gonzalez-Crussi

Published: 2006-04-06

Hardcover: 224 pages

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A probing and profoundly entertaining literary meditation on vision.

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On Strike for Christmas

by Sheila Roberts

Published: 2007-10-30

Paperback: 352 pages

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At Christmastime, it seems as though a woman's work is never done. Trimming the tree, mailing the cards, schlepping to the mall, the endless wrapping?bah humbug! So this year, Joy and Laura and the rest of their knitting group decide to go on strike. If their husbands and families want a n...

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On the Beach

by Nevil Shute

Published: 2002-10-31

Paperback: 296 pages

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"The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off."THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEThey are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last day...

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On the big white oak

by Corrine Coleman

Published: 2010-12-03

Paperback: 260 pages

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Adam is a man who has everything: a great career, a happy marriage and visions of the family he always wanted. When the news of his wife's infertility leaves her heartbroken, he is helpless to save her from the despair she has wrapped herself in. Desperately trying to cope with the turn hi...

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On the Black Hill

by Bruce Chatwin

Published: 2005-11-03

Paperback: 262 pages

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An elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. In depicting the lives of Benjamin and Lewis and their interactions with their small local community, Chatwin comments movingly on the larger questions of human experience.

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* * * Optimistic,
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On the Divinity of Second Chances: A Novel

by Kaya McLaren

Published: 2009-04-28

Paperback: 352 pages

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A broken family finds its way back together in this captivating story from the author of Church of the Dog A charismatic author with a voice and message all her own, Kaya McLaren has become beloved in the book world as much for her upbeat energy as for her rich storytelling. In On the Divi...

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On the Edge of Nowhere

by James Huntington, Lawrence Elliot

Published: 2002-06-01

Paperback: 192 pages

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His father is a white trapper, his mother an Athabascan Indian who walks a thousand miles in winter to reunite with her family. Thus, Jimmy Huntington learns early how to survive on the land. Huntington is only seven when his mother dies, and he must care for his younger siblings. A courageous and inspiring...