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The Far Side of the Sky (Shanghai)

by Daniel Kalla

Published: 2013-07-30

Mass Market Paperback: 499 pages

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Weaving together intrigue, medical drama, and romance, The Far Side of the Sky by Daniel Kalla,brings to life an extraordinary and little-known chapter of the Second World War. Stirring and fast-paced, the novel is a sweeping account of a world in tumult and a moving saga about courage in ...

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Bite Marks

by C.J. Galaway

Published: 2013-12-09

Paperback: 306 pages

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The story I’m about to tell you for the most part is true. I say for the most part because no one’s memory is truly perfect. Plus I’ve taken the liberty of changing a few things here and there to protect the lives of the humans I’ve recently befriended. They have come to mean a great deal...

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All Seated on the Ground

by Connie Willis

Published: 2007-11-26

Hardcover: 128 pages

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The aliens have landed! The aliens have landed! But instead of shooting death rays, taking over the planet and carrying off Earthwomen, they've just been standing there for months on end, glaring like a disapproving relative. And now it's nearly Christmas, and the commission assigned to es...

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No Ordinary Joes: The Extraordinary True Story of Four Submariners in War and Love and Life

by Larry Colton

Published: 2010-10-05

Hardcover: 416 pages

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On April 23, 1943, the seventy-man crew of the USS Grenadier scrambled to save their submarine—and themselves—after a Japanese aerial torpedo sent it crashing to the ocean floor. Miraculously, the men were able to bring the sub back to the surface, only to be captured by the Japanese.N...

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The Priority List: A Teacher's Final Quest to Discover Life's Greatest Lessons

by David Menasche

Published: 2014-01-14

Hardcover: 240 pages

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Based on a beloved teacher’s most popular lesson, The Priority List is a bold, inspirational story of learning, love, and legacy that challenges us to ask: What truly matters in life? David Menasche lived for his work as a high school English teacher. His passion inspired his students, ...

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Losing Julia

by Jonathan Hull

Published: 2000-02-15

Hardcover: 368 pages

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Jonathan Hull's debut novel is an epic story of love found and lost, of life in all its joy and tragedy, that takes readers as far as a French battlefield during World War I and as near as a California nursing home. Spanning the twentieth century in time, and forever in heartfelt emotion, ...

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Secret Language (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Monica Wood

Published: 2002-05-28

Paperback: 288 pages

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Connie has trouble with time. She always has to stop and think a minute: How old is she now? . . . Faith always seems to know, though her life is the same as Connie’s: back and forth to theater towns all over. The same dingy food, the same noisy sidewalks, the same cramped suites in the ...

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Life After Life: A Novel

by Kate Atkinson

Published: 2014-01-07

Paperback: 560 pages

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"One of the best novels I've read this century. Kate Atkinson is a marvel. There aren't enough breathless adjectives to describe LIFE AFTER LIFE: Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound."--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl What if you could live again and again, until you go...

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The Color of Magic (Discworld)

by Terry Pratchett

Published: 2013-01-29

Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages

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The beginning of the hilarious and irreverent series that has more than 80 million copies worldwide, The Color of Magic is where we meet tourist Twoflower and wizard guide Ricewind, and follow them on their always-bizarre journeys.A writer who has been compared to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut...

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The Rose Garden

by Susanna Kearsley

Published: 2011-10-04

Paperback: 448 pages

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"An enthralling and achingly romantic read. Top Pick in Romance." - BookPageEva returns to the only place that has ever felt like home, but she quickly discovers she is not alone in the old house on the Cornwall coast. The past reaches out to touch the present in this beautiful love story ...