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The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classics)

by Alexandre Dumas

Published: 2003-12-02

Kindle Edition: 546 pages

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Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, The Count of Monet Cristo recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantes, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. The story of his long imprisonment, dramatic escape, and carefully wrought revenge offers up a v...

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* * * * Informative,
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Henna House: A Novel

by Nomi Eve

Published: 2014-08-12

Hardcover: 320 pages

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An evocative and stirring novel about a young woman living in the fascinating and rarely portrayed community of Yemenite Jews of the mid-twentieth century, from the acclaimed author of The Family Orchard.In the tradition of Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, Henna House is the enthralling story...

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Yellow Crocus

by Laila Ibrahim

Published: 2014-08-19

Paperback: 252 pages

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Moments after Lisbeth is born, she’s taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come....

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What Happened to Hannah

by Mary Kay McComas

Published: 2012-02-07

Kindle Edition: 355 pages

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“Blending poignancy with humor, crafting characters as real and recognizable as your next-door neighbor, Mary Kay McComas weaves stories that brighten the heart.”—Nora Roberts“I love Mary Kay McComas.”—Patricia GaffneyWhat Happened to Hannah? is a novel of love, hate, loss, and...

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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition

by Alice Miller

Published: 1997

Paperback: 0 pages

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Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feel...

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Helping Teens Who Cut: Understanding and Ending Self-Injury

by Michael Hollander

Published: 2008-06-11

Paperback: 214 pages

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Discovering that your teen ?cuts” is absolutely terrifying; before you understand what really motivates cutting, you may worry your child is contemplating suicide. What can you do to help when every attempt to address the behavior seems to push him or her further away? In this compa...

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When Day Breaks (Key News Thrillers)

by Mary Jane Clark

Published: 2008-07-29

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages

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When Constance Young, the undisputed star of morning television, is found dead at the bottom of her swimming pool, her colleague Eliza Blake is shocked. Determined to discover who wanted Constance out of the way—and why—she enlists the aid of three coworkers: Annabelle Murphy, who can ...

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Joe Cinque's Consolation

by Helen Garner

Published: 2007-11-10

Kindle Edition: 329 pages

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A TRUE STORY OF DEATH, GRIEF AND THE LAWIn October 1997 a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests–most of them university students–had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe...

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The Pleasing Hour

by Lily King

Published: 2010-03-23

Paperback: 256 pages

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Lily King’s highly acclaimed, award-winning debut novel is the story of Rosie, an American au pair in Paris whose coming of age defies all our usual conceptions of naïveté and experience. Rosie is fleeing an unspeakable loss that has left her homesick for her family. As she awkwardly g...

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Head To Head

by Linda Ladd

Published: 2006-03-01

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

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After moving from Los Angeles to rural Missouri, homicide detective Claire Morgan has at last adjusted to the peaceful rhythms of country life. Until a grisly celebrity murder at an ultra-exclusive health resort shatters a quiet summer morning. One of Dr. Nicholas Black's high-profile clients, a beautiful...