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32 produkter
Farm She Was
A Novel
Av Ann Mohin
Inbunden, 1998
351 kr
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection.A story of love and loss, and the evolution of farm life as the 20th century unfolded, narrated by a feisty farm woman as she reflects on her life.
Ending the War on Drugs
A Solution for America
Inbunden, 1998
308 kr
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A conservative Republican examines how and why America is losing the war against illegal drugs - and presents a case for carefully controlled legalization.
All Loves Excelling
A Novel
Inbunden, 2001
354 kr
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Not since A Separate Peace has the world of prep school and tortured adolescence been portrayed with the sensitivity and authenticity that distinguish this novel by a former headmaster of the prestigious Lawrence-ville School, near Princeton. All loves Excelling is a story of the fierce competition …
Chinhominey's Secret
A Novel
Av Nancy Kim
Häftad, 2001
223 kr
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In this moving first novel, a Korean-American family faces not only intergenerational cultural conflicts between immigrant parents and their Americanized daughters, but also the results of a terrible prophecy, made by a fortune-teller 20 years earlier to Chinhominey, the long-estranged grandmother.
Prince of Foxes
The Best-Selling Historical Epic
Häftad, 2002
289 kr
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Set in Renaissance Italy, this classic of American popular fiction is the story of Andrea Orsini, a peasant boy who rises to perform delicate political, military, and romantic missions for Cesare Borgia.
Abou and the Angel Cohen
A Novel
Häftad, 2003
242 kr
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Abou Ben Adhem, a Palestinian, copes by day with village political intrigue, Arab-Israeli violence and his own family turmoil, interspersed with nightly conversations with an angel named Cohen about the roots of mankind's behavior through the ages, in this poignant and ironic novel set in Gaza in …
What Else But Home
A Novel
Inbunden, 2003
354 kr
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This book is the story of the struggle for reconciliation by three men who return to their changed hometown along very different paths - Cappy Giberson from journalism school, Drayton Hunt, his biological father, from prison, and Tick Giberson from a traveling evangelist's life.
Dirt Under My Nails
An American Farmer and Her Changing Land
Häftad, 2003
223 kr
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A young, modern farm woman observes with a poetic and appreciative eye the transformation of the plant and animal life on her land through the changing seasons - and through the enroachment on the environment of residential development.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Murder
A Revolutionary War Mystery
Av Karen Swee
Häftad, 2003
242 kr
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A tavernmistress in 1777 unravels a puzzle that involves stolen diplomatic letters, spies and avaricious traitors, while trying to find the killer of an overnight guest.
Beginning of Calamities
A Novel
Av Tom House
Häftad, 2004
242 kr
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A dark comedy in which Danny Burke, a shy, destined-to-be-gay 11 year old produces a Catholic School play that goes hilariously awry.
Quince Seed Potion
A Novel
Inbunden, 2004
354 kr
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This novel is set against the backdrop of Iran's turbulent modern history, is a saga of an indentured servant's devotion and love for his masters during the years 1928 to 1981.
Good Man
A Novel
Inbunden, 2004
335 kr
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A soldier's story, one particulary timely amid the news of abuse in Iraq. It is the beautifully and poignantly told story of Gabriel Cuttman, an aging Korean War veteran, a good man who has done bad things and is struggling by a terrible secret.
Goodbye, Friends
Stories
Inbunden, 1993
205 kr
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The short stories in this collection are about contemporary women, the frontiers they must cross to sustain close relationships, and their struggles to balance society's expectations with their own needs. The relationships examined in these stories are with husbands, lovers, parents, children, …
Still Life With Books
A Novel
Av Simon Lane
Inbunden, 1993
243 kr
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Still Life with Books is a novel of a doomed love affair, by young English author Simon Lane. Is is set in Paris. Lane's voice is fresh and hilarious, as welcome an addition to the postmodern landscape as Jay McInerny or Martin Amis.
On Becoming a Grandparent
A Diary of Family Discovery
Av Alma H. Bond
Inbunden, 1994
213 kr
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On Becoming A Grandparent is an engaging, practical guide to the reality of an important rite of passage.
Out at the Old Ball Game
A Novel
Inbunden, 1995
283 kr
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A witty satire of baseball and bigotry, about the major leagues' first all-gay baseball team.
Woman Who Ran For President
The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull
Inbunden, 1995
284 kr
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Zip Six
A Novel
Av Jack Gantos
Inbunden, 1996
292 kr
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An 'exhilarating prison novel' (says the Boston Globe) by a 1999 National Book Award Nominee
Sunrise Shows Late
A Novel
Av Eva Mekler
Inbunden, 1997
231 kr
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Set against the devastation of post-World War II Europe, Sunrise Shows Late is a love story about a young Polish Underground veteran, Manya who flees anti-Jewish violence in her country for a displaced-persons camp om Germany where she must make an anguished choice.
Fear
A Novel
Av Simon Lane
Inbunden, 1998
292 kr
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A wistful comic novel, set in Paris, that explores the coupling of are and commerce as a struggling writer, on his woman banker's advice, undertakes an erotic novel to pay his debts.
Feast of Stephen
An Ellis Portal Mystery
Inbunden, 1999
302 kr
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This is the second in criminologist Aubert's series starring Ellis Portal, the disgraced former judge who solved the mystery in her 1997 novel Free Reign, praised by The New York Times as a "smart, successful who-dun-it "whose sleuth is "a character with great dignity and unusual moral depth."
Ready to Fall
A Novel
Av Claire Cook
Inbunden, 2000
244 kr
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A witty tale of marriage and midlife longing, as a taked-for-granted-wife pursues a fantasy love via e-mail.
Zip Six
A Novel
Av Jack Gantos
Häftad, 2000
190 kr
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An "exhilarating prison novel" (says the Boston Globe) by a 1999 National Book Award Nominee
Window Facing West
A Novel
Häftad, 2001
195 kr
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The witty first-person narrative of a baby boomer's mid-life crisis, set in Baton Rouge.
House Work
A Novel
Häftad, 2001
195 kr
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House Work is the lyrical history of a family of five in working-class Pittsburgh.
Abou and the Angel Cohen
A Novel
Inbunden, 2001
244 kr
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Abou Ben Adhem, a retired goat herder and one-time taxi driver in America, is an Arab village elder living amid the turmoil of the Middle East-and family relationships that aren't so placid either. An angel named Cohen comes to Abou one night, and Cohen is slangy, modern, and full of information …
Boy in the Box
A Novel
Inbunden, 2003
244 kr
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In this highly original, Kafka-esque novel, Smith tries to recruit others to help him solve the mystery, only to encounter the same resistance and denial. He concludes he must solve it on his own. Fast-moving and accessible, this book is a suspenseful, surreal foray into a city that no one really …
Brown Eyes Blue
A Novel
Inbunden, 2003
244 kr
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This story of three generations of independent-minded women will resonate with mothers and daughters of all ages.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Murder
A Revolutionary War Mystery
Av Karen Swee
Inbunden, 2003
244 kr
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A tavernmistress in 1777 unravels a puzzle that involves stolen diplomatic letters, spies and avaricious traitors, while trying to find the killer of an overnight guest.
