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A Coin in Nine HandsDuring the space of a day in Rome in 1933, a ten-lira coin passes through the hands of nine people-including an aging artist, a prostitute, and a would-be assassin of Mussolini. The coin becomes the symbol of contact between human beings, each lost in...
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Image and Other StoriesThe Image is a collection of twenty-two entertaining stories that range in time from the old days in Warsaw to recent years in America. The title story is haunted by a unique love that falls like a shadow between a newly married couple.Author: Isaac...
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Patterns of ChildhoodAuthor: Christa WolfPublisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublished: 07/01/1984Pages: 416Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.93dISBN: 9780374518448About the AuthorChrista Wolf (1929-2011) was one of the most celebrated German writers of the twentieth century. Wolf was a central figure in East German literature and...
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Reaches of HeavenAuthor: Isaac Bashevis SingerPublisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublished: 10/01/1980Pages: 108Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.22dISBN: 9780374516482This title is not returnable
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The Good ConscienceThe Good Conscience is Carlos Fuentes's second novel. The scene is Guanajuato, a provincial capital in Central Mexico, once one of the world's richest mining centers. The Ceballos family has been reinstated to power, and adolescent Jaime Ceballos, its only heir, is torn between...
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Short FridayAuthor: Isaac Bashevis SingerPublisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublished: 10/01/2000Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58dISBN: 9780374504403About the AuthorIsaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, and children's books. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.This title...
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Instructions for a Funeral: Stories"Poetic, insightful, and deeply moving. David Means is one of my very favorite writers." --Tara Westover, author of EducatedFollowing the publication of his widely acclaimed, Man Booker-nominated novel Hystopia, David Means here returns to his signature form: the short story. Thanks to his four...
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The UnpassingFinalist for the 2019 NBCC John Leonard Prize for Best First Book. Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. One of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2019. Named one of the Best Books of 2019 by TIME, The Washington Post,...
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TransitNational Bestseller - A Finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize - A Finalist for the Goldsmiths Prize - Longlisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Award - One of Time Magazine's Top 10 Fiction Books of the Year A New York Times Book Review Notable...
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The End of EddyAn autobiographical novel about growing up gay in a working-class town in Picardy. "Every morning in the bathroom I would repeat the same phrase to myself over and over again . . . Today I'm really gonna be a tough guy." Growing up in...
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Valerie: Or, the Faculty of Dreams: A NovelA fever dream of a novel--strangely funny, entirely unconventional--Valerie conjures the life, mind, and art of American firebrand Valerie Solanas In April 1988, Valerie Solanas--the writer, radical feminist, author of the SCUM Manifesto and would-be assassin of Andy Warhol--was discovered dead at fifty-two in...
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The BrothersIntroducing a major new voice in Brazilian letters. Set among a Lebanese immigrant community in the Brazilian port of Manaus, The Brothers is the story of identical twins, Yaqub and Omar, whose mutual jealousy is offset only by their love for their mother. But...
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Secret LoveCelebrity actress Diamond Swain needs a peaceful place to hide out from the news-hungry paparazzi--a place like Whispering Pines. And yet from the moment she arrives at the remote Texas ranch, Diamond finds herself at odds with its rugged owner, Jake Madaris--a man who...
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SurrenderAfter a childhood spent moving from army base to army base, independent-minded Nettie Brooms is determined to secure a stable life--and never become involved with a military man. Then she meets incredibly handsome and charming Ashton Sinclair, a dedicated colonel in the U.S. Marines...
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Holiday in the HamptonsThe perfect summer escape?Professional dog-walker Felicity Knight loves everything about New York...until her ex-husband starts working at her local vet clinic. She hasn't seen Seth Carlyle in ten years, but one glimpse of him--too gorgeous, and still too good for her--and Fliss's heart hurts...
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Cowboy's Legacy: An AnthologyNothing will stop a Cahill cowboy from protecting what's his After a rocky marriage and even rockier divorce, Sheriff Flint Cahill finally has something good in his life again. Maggie Thompson's down-to-earth charm and beautiful smile hooked him from the start. When she disappears...
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Second Chance GirlA touching modern fairy tale that won't let go of your heart, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fool's Gold romances Mathias Mitchell's easy smile hides a world of hurt. After the worst kind of family betrayal, he moved to...
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Indigo Lake: A Clean & Wholesome RomanceTwo families long divided by an ancient feud. Can a powerful love finally unite them? Blade Hamilton is the last of his line. He's never even heard of Crossroads, Texas, until he inherits land there. Riding in on his vintage Harley-Davidson, Blade finds a...
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Wild Ride CowboyNew York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates enthralls again when a cowboy returns to Copper Ridge, Oregon, to keep a promise--even if it means losing his heart...Putting down roots in Copper Ridge was never Alex Donnelly's intention. But if there's one thing the ex-military...
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Beauty and the WerewolfThe eldest daughter is often doomed in fairy tales. But Bella--Isabella Beauchamps, daughter of a wealthy merchant--vows to escape the usual pitfalls. Anxious to avoid the traditional path, Bella dons a red cloak and ventures into the forbidden forest to consult with "Granny," the...
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