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Luminous Fish: Tales of Science and Love (Sciencewriters)

by Lynn Margulis

Published: 2007-03-07

Hardcover: 192 pages

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This collection of linked stories by internationally renowned evolutionist Lynn Margulis reveals science from the inside—its thrills, disappointments, and triumphs. A largely fictional account, it draws on her decades of experience to portray the poor judgment, exhaustion, and life-threatening dedication...

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The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite (Charnwood)

by Beatrice Colin

Published: 2009-06

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As the clock chimed the turn of the twentieth century, Lilly Nelly Aphrodite took her first breath. Born to a cabaret dancer and soon orphaned in a scandalous murder-suicide, Lilly finds refuge at a Catholic orphanage, coming under the wing of the, at times, severe Sister August, the first in a string...

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Luna

by Julie Anne Peters

Published: 2006-02-01

Paperback: 256 pages

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Regan's brother Liam can't stand the person he is during the day. Like the moon from whom Liam has chosen his female namesake, his true self, Luna, only reveals herself at night. In the secrecy of his basement bedroom Liam transforms himself into the beautiful girl he longs to be, with help from his...

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Luna Nueva (New Moon)

by Stephanie Meyer

Published: 2007-10-05

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The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World . . . via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes

by Carl Hoffman

Published: 2010-03-16

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Indonesian Ferry Sinks.  Peruvian Bus Plunges Off Cliff.  African Train Attacked by Mobs.  Whenever he picked up the newspaper, Carl Hoffman noticed those short news bulletins, which seemed about as far from the idea of tourism, travel as the pursuit of pleasure, as it was possible to g...

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Lunatics

by Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel

Published: 2012-01-10

Hardcover: 320 pages

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One of them is a bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. The other is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Together, they form the League of Comic Justice, battling evildoers in the name of . . . Okay, we made that line up. What they do form is a writing team of pure comi...

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Lunch at the Piccadilly: A Novel

by Clyde Edgerton

Published: 2003-10-01

Hardcover: 264 pages

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In his eighth deliciously funny novel, Clyde Edgerton introduces us to the irrepressible Lil Olive, who's recently arrived at the Rosehaven Convalescence Center to recuperate from a bad fall. Lil longs to be back in her own apartment, and since her driver's license doesn't expire until her...

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Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes

by Elizabeth Bard

Published: 2010-02-01

Hardcover: 336 pages

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In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pav� au poivre, the steak'spink juices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce? LUNCH...

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Lunch with Mussolini

by Derek Hansen

Published: 2003-08-01

Paperback: 576 pages

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Spring 1945: the quiet of a northern Italian village is shattered by an explosion of gunfire as eight innocent women are gunned down. Why have they been executed now, with the war almost over and the Germans standing to gain nothing from further repraisals?

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Luncheon of the Boating Party

by Susan Vreeland

Published: 2007-05-03

Hardcover: 448 pages

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Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir's masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a caf� terrace along the Seine near Paris....