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Elsewhere (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)

by Gabrielle Zevin

Published: 2005-09-09

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to ...

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Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots

by Jim Paul

Published: 2004-06-07

Paperback: 324 pages

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Reclusive David Huntington writes rigorously meaningless poetry to great acclaim. But he lives fearfully, sleeping and working with earplugs, rarely going outside, drawing his life more closely around him every day. A wild parrot, a gift from his father, becomes the breach in the dike: Lit...

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Elsewhere: A memoir

by Richard Russo

Published: 2012-10-30

Hardcover: 256 pages

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After eight commanding works of fiction, the Pulitzer Prize winner now turns to memoir in a hilarious, moving, and always surprising account of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape.Anyone familiar with Richard Russo's acclaimed novels...

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Elsie Fox: Portrait of An Activist

by Karen Stevenson, Elise Fox

Published: 2008-12-30

Paperback: 252 pages

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On Mother's Day of 2006, ninety-eight-year-old Elsie Fox stepped up to a microphone at a park in Bozeman, Montana, and called for people to wake up, remember, act, and make a difference. Spanning a century, this biography of feisty Elsie Fox tells the story of a woman who made activism her life.Born...

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The Elves of Cintra (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 2)

by Terry Brooks

Published: 2007-08-28

Hardcover: 400 pages

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With his groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Sword of Shannara and its acclaimed sequels, Terry Brooks brought a new audience to epic fantasy. Then he gave the genre a darkly compelling contemporary twist in his trilogy of the Word and the Void. Last year, in Armageddon’s Ch...

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Elvis Live at Five: A Novel

by John Paxson

Published: 2002-09-17

Hardcover: 224 pages

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In an effort to boost falling ratings, the new management at KVGO in Dallas have found a wonderful solution a walking, talking image of Elvis. An instant sensation, the virtual Elvis is given his own talk show and the ratings soar. Even the President benefits from an appearance on The Elvis Show. But...

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Elvis Takes a Back Seat

by Leanna Ellis

Published: 2008-01-01

Paperback: 314 pages

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The book involves young widow Claudia McIntosh. Determined to fulfill her husband's last request, she is hauling a three-foot bust of Elvis Presley in the back seat of a vintage Cadillac from Dallas to Memphis, hoping to locate the kitschy sculpture's rightful owner. Along for the ride are Claudia's...

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Elvis: My Best Man: Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley

by George Klein, Chuck Crisafulli

Published: 2010-01-05

Hardcover: 320 pages

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When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn?t have known how important the new kid with the guitar?the boy named Elvis?would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley was someone e...

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The Emancipator's Wife (A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln)

by Barbara Hambly

Published: 2008-03-25

Mass Market Paperback: 816 pages

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As a girl growing up in Kentucky, she lived a sheltered, privileged life filled with picnics and plantation balls. Vivacious, impulsive, and intoxicated by politics, she is a Todd of Lexington, an aristocratic family whose ancestors defeated the British. But no one knows her secret fears ...

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An Embarassment of Mangoes

by Ann Vanderhoof

Published: 2005-01-03

Paperback: 329 pages

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Who hasn't fantasized about leaving their job, saying goodbye to the rat race and escaping to some exotic destination in search of sun, sand, and a different way of life? Ann Vanderhoof and her husband did just that. In the mid 1990s, the author and her husband were driven, forty-something professionals...