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The Candymakers

by Wendy Mass

Published: 2010-10-05

Hardcover: 464 pages

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Four children have been chosen to compete in a national competition to find the tastiest confection in the country. Who will invent a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Lightning Chew?Logan, the Candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate by touch alon...

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Cane (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

by Jean Toomer

Published: 2010-12-15

Paperback: 560 pages

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A masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance and a canonical work in both the American and the African American literary traditions, Cane is now available in a revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition. Originally published in 1923, Jean Toomer's Cane remains an innovative literary work?par...

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Cane River

by Lalita Tademy

Published: 2001

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Lalita Tademy was vice president of Sun Microsystems until she left corporate life to research the history of her family. The result of her two-year search is Cane River, a novel which quickly became both a New York Times best-seller and an Oprah's Book Club¨ selection. Cane River is an isolated community...

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Cane River (Oprah's Book Club)

by Lalita Tademy

Published: 2002-04-01

Paperback: 560 pages

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The "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick--the unique and deeply moving epic of four generations of African-American women based on one family's ancestral past.

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Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)

by John Steinbeck

Published: 2002-02-05

Paperback: 192 pages

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Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Hen...

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CANT WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg

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Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?Life...

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The Canterbury Papers: A Novel

by Judith Koll Healey

Published: 2005-01-04

Paperback: 368 pages

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The only thing I felt was a strong hand around my neck, another around my waist, and -- before I could cry out -- I smelled the thick, sweet scent of a mandrake-soaked cloth. Unforgiving hands clapped it against my face, and all went dark.Alaïs, the king of France's sister, is abducted wh...

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The Canterbury Tales (original-spelling Middle English edition) (Penguin Classics)

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Published: 2005-08-30

Paperback: 1328 pages

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At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, each character agrees to...

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The Canterbury Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Published: 2008-05-15

Paperback: 412 pages

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David Wright's new translation of The Canterbury Tales into modern verse--the first to appear in over thirty years--makes one of the greatest works of English literature accessible to all readers while preserving the wit and vivacity of Chaucer's original text.About the Series: For ove...

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The Canterbury Tales: A Selection (Penguin Classics)

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Published: 2009-07-28

Paperback: 656 pages

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A selection of the best-loved and most frequently studied of The Canterbury Tales This collection is the perfect introduction to one of the cornerstones of English literature. The General Prologue provides picturesque character sketches of the colorful band of pilgrims who gather at a Lond...