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The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc: A Novel

by Loraine Despres

Published: 2002-08-01

Paperback: 342 pages

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It's a steamy June afternoon in Louisiana, circa 1956, and Sissy LeBlanc is sitting on her front porch, wondering -- half seriously -- if she could kill herself with aspirins and Coca-Cola. She's been living in stifling old Gentry since the day she was born and trapped in a sham of a marri...

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A Scanner Darkly

by Philip K. Dick

Published: 2011-10-18

Paperback: 304 pages

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“Dick is Thoreau plus the death of the American dream.”—Roberto Bolaño Bob Arctor is a junkie and a drug dealer, both using and selling the mind-altering Substance D. Fred is a law enforcement agent, tasked with bringing Bob down. It sounds like a standard case. The only problem is ...

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The Scapegoat

by Daphne du Maurier

Published: 2000-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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Scar Tissue

by Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman

Published: 2005-10-19

Paperback: 465 pages

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Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller by one of rock's most provocative figures Scar Tissue is Anthony Kiedis's searingly honest memoir of a life spent in the fast lane. In 1983, four self-described "knuckleheads" burst out of the mosh-pitted mosaic of the neo-punk rock scene in ...

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Scar Vegas: And Other Stories

by Tom Paine

Published: 2000-10-05

Paperback: 224 pages

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Featuring ten stunning stories, Scar Vegas grips the reader with breathtaking, gut-wrenching, and relentlessly entertaining narratives set on a bedrock of piercing political consciousness and clear-eyed reportorial vision. From a teenage anarchist to a Marine Corps general, Tom Paine's pas...

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Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves

by Matthew Reilly

Published: 2011-10-20

Hardcover: 0 pages

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At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, a battle to save all life on Earth is about to begin?THE SECRET BASEIt is a top-secret base known only as Dragon Island. A long-forgotten relic of the Cold War, it houses a weapon of terrible destructive force, a weapon that has just been re-activated.AN ARMY...

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The Scarecrow

by Michael Connelly

Published: 2009-05-26

Hardcover: 448 pages

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Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to ...

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Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles)

by Marissa Meyer

Published: 2013-02-05

Hardcover: 464 pages

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Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison--even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missi...

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Scarlet (The King Raven Trilogy, Book 2)

by Stephen R. Lawhead

Published: 2007-09-18

Hardcover: 464 pages

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After losing everything he owns, forester Will Scarlet embarks on a search for none other than King Raven, whose exploits have already become legendary. After fulfilling his quest--and proving himself a skilled and loyal companion--Will joins the heroic archer and his men. Now, however, W...

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The Scarlet Contessa: A Novel of the Italian Renaissance

by Jeanne Kalogridis

Published: 2010-07-06

Hardcover: 464 pages

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What Philippa Gregory has done for Tudor England, Jeanne Kalogridis does for Renaissance Italy. Her latest irresistible historical novel is about a countess whose passion and willfulness knew no bounds?Caterina Sforza Daughter of the Duke of Milan and wife of the conniving Count Girolamo R...