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House of Holes: A Book of Raunch

by Nicholson Baker

Published: 2011-08-09

Hardcover: 272 pages

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"A joyful, almost Chaucerian book . . . Had Dr. Seuss been a slightly insane pornographer, he might have written a book like this." -- Tom Bissell, GQ "Truly uproarious . . . Baker is one of the most consistently enticing writers of our time . . . Readers with a fondness for richly ridic...

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House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

Published: 2000-03-07

Hardcover: 736 pages

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Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting...

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House of Love

by Jason Montgomery Dry

Published: 2010-03-28

Paperback: 264 pages

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House of Love: A Book Filled With Heart... and Souls. Where does a little boy go after he has killed his sister? Seven-year-old Paul is sent away to his grandparents? house in Sulphur Springs, Texas after his little sister dies. He feels responsible for his sister's death, as he was put in charge of...

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House of Many Ways

by Diana Wynne Jones

Published: 2009-05-26

Paperback: 432 pages

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The sequel to Howl's Moving Castle When Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-uncle's house, she thought she was getting blissful, parent-free time to read. She didn't realize that the house bent space and time, and she did not expect to become responsible for an extremely magic...

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House of Mercy

by Erin Healy

Published: 2012-08-07

Paperback: 384 pages

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When Beth's world falls apart, can she ever be whole again? Beth has a gift of healing?which is why she wants to become a vet and help her family run their fifth-generation cattle ranch. Her father's dream of helping men in trouble and giving them a second chance is her dream too. But it o...

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The House of Mirth (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)

by Edith Wharton

Published: 2004-08-26

Paperback: 400 pages

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The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkabl...

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The House of Mirth (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Edith Wharton

Published: 2002-08-06

Paperback: 272 pages

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A bestseller when it was originally published nearly a century ago, Wharton's first literary success was set amid the previously unexplored territory of fashionable, turn-of-the-century New York society, an area with which she was intimately familiar.The tragic love story reveals the destr...

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The House of Mirth (Enriched Classics (Simon & Schuster))

by Edith Wharton

Published: 2010-12-21

Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages

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ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP An incisive portrait of New York high society and the somber economics of marriage during the late nineteenth century, Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth tells the story of beguiling socialite Lily Bart's ill-fated attempt to find ha...

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The House of Mirth (Oxford World's Classics)

by Edith Wharton

Published: 2000-02-24

Paperback: 368 pages

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Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commanded attention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the power of her style. A lucid, disturbing analysis of the stifling limitations imposed upon women of her generation, Wharton's tale of Lily Bart's search for a husban...

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The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

Published: 2006-01-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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First published in 1905, The House of Mirth shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, portraying the moral, social, and economic restraints on a woman who dared to claim the privileges of marriage without assuming the responsibilities. Lily Bart, beautiful, witty, and sophist...