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Isle of Palms

by Dorothea Benton Frank

Published: 2005-01-04

Paperback: 512 pages

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Anna Lutz Abbot considers herself independent and happy, until one steamy summer when she must find a way to deal with the secrets of her unpredictable family-and her past.

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Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle (Tristan and Isolde Novels, Book 1)

by Rosalind Miles

Published: 2003-06-24

Paperback: 368 pages

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In the golden time of Arthur and Guenevere, the Island of the West shines like an emerald in the sea?one of the last strongholds of Goddess-worship and Mother-right. Isolde is the only daughter and heiress of Ireland's great ruling queen, a lady as passionate in battle as she is in love. L...

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Israela

by Batya Casper

Published: 2011-08-16

Perfect Paperback: 380 pages

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In my heart, I call to their mothers, 'Take your sons to your houses. Bind them to your chairs; gag them, blindfold them if necessary until they grow calm. Then teach them, for they have forgotten, about peace, about the blessed life, about a future present without pain.' Beneath their prayers, in their...

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The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land

by Donna Rosenthal

Published: 2005-02-24

Paperback: 480 pages

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Israel is smaller than New Jersey, with 0.11% of the world's population, yet captures a lion's share of headlines. It looks like one country on CNN, a very different one on al-Jazeera. The BBC has their version, The New York Times theirs. But how does Israel look to Israelis? The answers a...

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Istanbul Passage

by Joseph Kanon

Published: 2012-05-29

Kindle Edition: 418 pages

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In the bestselling tradition of espionage novels by John LeCarre and Alan Furst, Istanbul Passage brilliantly illustrates why Edgar Award–winning author Joseph Kanon has been hailed as "the heir apparent to Graham Greene" (The Boston Globe).Istanbul survived the Second World War as a mag...

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Istanbul: Memories and the City

by Orhan Pamuk

Published: 2006-07-11

Paperback: 400 pages

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A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a sel...

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It

by Stephen King

Published: 1987-08-07

Mass Market Paperback: 1104 pages

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They were just kids when they stumbled upon the horror within their hometown. Now, as adults, none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them all back to Derry, Maine, to face the nightmare without end, and the evil without a name...They were seven teenagers when they first stumbl...

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It Chooses You

by Miranda July

Published: 2012-08-14

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In the summer of 2009 Miranda July was struggling to write her second screenplay, The Future, when she began to obsessively read the PennySaver classified ads. The iconic Los Angeles newsprint booklet served a computerless demographic?a quickly disappearing group, but one rife with stories...

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It Gets Easier! . . . And Other Lies We Tell New Mothers: A Fun, Practical Guide to Becoming a Mom

by Claudine Wolk

Published: 2009-06-03

Paperback: 192 pages

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There is no question that being a mother is challenging, but this fun, frank, and prescriptive guide tries to do the impossible and make new motherhood easier. Featuring interviews with hundreds of moms and candid stories from author Claudine Wolk's own experiences as a mother, "It Gets Easier!...and...

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It Had to Be You

by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Published: 1994-08-01

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages

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The Windy City isn't quite ready for Phoebe Somerville -- the outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. And Phoebe is definitely not prepared for the Stars' head coach Dan Celebow, a sexist jock taskmaster with a one-track mind. Celeb...