Award Winning Books
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An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991In this, her thirteenth book of verse, the author of The Dream of a Common Language and Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law writes of war, oppression, the future, death, mystery, love and the magic of poetry.Author: Adrienne Cecile RichPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 12/01/1991Pages:...
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Khrushchev: The Man and His EraRemembered by many as the Soviet leader who banged his shoe at the United Nations, Nikita Khrushchev was in fact one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Complicit in terrible Stalinist crimes, he managed to retain his humanity....
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What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science ExplainedDo you wish you understood the science of foods, but don't want to plow through dry technical books? What Einstein Told His Cook is like having a scientist at your side to answer your questions in plain, nontechnical terms. Chemistry professor and syndicated Washington...
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In the Rogue BloodJames Carlos Blake's remarkable award-winning novel offers a savage, uncompromising and unforgettable vision of the old American West that explodes the idealized myths fostered by a hundred years of pulp fiction. In 1845 two brothers, Edward and John Little, are forced to abandon their...
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Ghost CanoeAward-winning author and master of adventure Will Hobbs delivers a breathless mystery that will have readers on the edge of their seats After a sailing ship breaks up on the rocks off Washington's storm-tossed Cape Flattery, Nathan McAllister, the fourteen-year-old son of the lighthouse...
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Babymouse #6: Camp BabymouseMeet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! Babymouse is excited to relax and enjoy her camping trip in the wilderness. Her one goal? Don't get lost. Easy said than done... This groundbreaking young graphic novel series, full of...
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Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost StoryBeware of Helen...Heather is such a whiny little brat. Always getting Michael and me into trouble. But since our mother married her father, we're stuck with her...our "poor stepsister" who lost her real mother in a mysterious fire.But now something terrible has happened. Heather...
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Choppers!Helicopters are amazing machines that go places and do things that other vehicles cannot. Readers will love learning about the many daring jobs and rescues they undertake every day. Chock full of exciting color photographs, too Susan E. Goodman is a writer and journalist....
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Blizzard of One: PoemsStrand's poems occupy a place that exists between abstraction and the sensuous particulars of experience. It is a place created by a voice that moves with unerring ease between the commonplace and the sublime. The poems are filled with "the weather of leavetaking," but...
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Ten BillionDeforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us. As the population continues to grow, our problems will increase. And this means that every way we look...
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Twice Tempted by a RogueHorses, gambling, and secrets are the game played by the men of the Stud Club--until love raises the stakes in Twice Tempted by a Rogue. Luck is a double-edged sword for brooding war hero Rhys St. Maur. His death wish went unanswered on the...
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Victory Over Japan: A Book of StoriesThe funny, wise, and wonderful (USA Today) book of short stories that won the National Book Award and established Ellen Gilchrist as a leading writer of the American South. In her second collection, Ellen Gilchrist creates an unforgettable group of Southern women, enchanted and...
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - And Helped Save an American TownThe instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business. The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations, it...
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The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic CodeFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA. In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In THE VIOLINIST'S THUMB, he explores...
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Jim the BoyBoth delightful and wise, Jim the Boy brilliantly captures the pleasures and fears of youth at a time when America itself was young and struggling to come into its own.Author: Tony EarleyPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublished: 04/01/2001Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.43w x...
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What Happened to Cass McBride?"The setting is claustrophobic, the characters are complex and the story will keep readers on the edge of their seats," KLIATT raved of this vivid, fast-paced psychological thriller in a starred review. Kyle Kirby has planned a cruel and unusual revenge on Cass McBride,...
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Cool as Ice11 year old Chris is small for his age, so he can't believe it when he learns he's been selected for the all-star hockey team. It's not fun and games playing for the Arctic Wolves, however, as Chris and his teammate, Derek, find out.Author:...
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The Art of FieldingAt Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin...
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Into the Beautiful NorthNineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are...
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Secret KeepersAt age seventy-two, Emma Hanley has finally made a plan to get out of small-town Palmetto, South Carolina, and travel the globe with her husband. But when he dies suddenly, just before their departure, she's taken up with the problems of her grown children....
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