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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier

by Thad Carhart

Published: 2002-03-12

Paperback: 304 pages

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Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign—Desforges Pianos—he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop’s imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, h...

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* * * Informative,
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The Piano Teacher: A Novel

by Janice Y. K. Lee

Published: 2009-01-13

Hardcover: 336 pages

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The Piano Tuner

by Daniel Mason

Published: 2003-12-31

Paperback: 368 pages

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The Piano Tuner: A Novel

by Daniel Mason

Published: 2003-08-19

Paperback: 336 pages

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In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the impe...

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* * * * Inspiring,
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Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption

by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton

Published: 2009

Paperback: 0 pages

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A powerful account of violence, injustice, and ultimately forgiveness. The story of how Ron Cotton was falsely imprisoned for a rape he did not commit. It also tells how Cotton became friends with his accuser Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and they fought together for judicial reform.

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Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School

by Kim Baker

Published: 2012-09-04

Hardcover: 240 pages

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This is the story of THE LEAGUE OF PICKLEMAKERS Ben: who began it all by sneaking in one night and filling homeroom with ball-pit balls.Frank: who figured out that an official club, say a pickle-making club, could receive funding from the PTA.Oliver: Who once convinced half of the class t...

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The Pickup

by Nadine Gordimer

Published: 2002-09-24

Paperback: 288 pages

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When Julie Summers's car breaks down on a sleazy street in a South African city, a young Arab mechanic named Abdu comes to her aid. Their attraction to one another is fueled by different motives. Julie is in rebellion against her wealthy background and her father; Abdu, an illegal immigran...

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The Pickwick Papers (Oxford World's Classics)

Published: 2008-07-15

Paperback: 786 pages

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In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write 'a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates. Thus the Pickwick Club was born: its supposed 'papers' soom outgrew their origins and became a brilliantly comic novel, still among Dicken's most popular works.

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The Pickwick Papers (Vintage Classics)

by Charles Dickens

Published: 2009-10-01

Paperback: 804 pages

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Dickens? first novel was a huge success when it was first published. It tells the tale of the irrepressible Mr. Pickwick and his fellow Pickwick Club members who travel around the English countryside getting into all kinds of scrapes and adventures. Funny, warm-hearted, and full of memorab...

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The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens

Published: 2008-01-01

Paperback: 512 pages

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Charles Dickens "The Pickwick Papers" appeared originally in serial form between March 1836 and October 1837. It is a series of loosely related comical adventures of a cast of exaggerated personalities, the principal of which is Mr. Samuel Pickwick, a wealthy old gentleman and the founder of the Pickwick...