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Away: A Novel

by Amy Bloom

Published: 2007-08-21

Hardcover: 240 pages

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“Rousing, utterly absorbing… a compact epic, an adventure story, a survival tale and an incredible journey wrapped up in a historical novel cloaked in a love story… exquisitely unsentimental novel about exile, hope and love in its various incarnations — maternal, romantic, sexual, platonic, inconvenient,...

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The Awkward Age

by Henry James

Published: 2007-07-25

Hardcover: 460 pages

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Written at the end of the 1890's, when issues such as female sexuality and the education of women were in fierce debate, James's novel enacts the tension between various views of women and also of an aristocracy which was fading. This novel anticipates the experimental fiction of Virginia...

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Awkward Moments with Men

by Shannon Lee Miller, Megan Leigh Byrd

Published: 2012-02-14

Paperback: 192 pages

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They may not mean to make you blush, but they will. In their debut collection of essays, Awkward Moments with Men, Shannon Miller and Megan Byrd create an uninhibited and earnest portrait of what it is to love and lust as young women stammering through perils of the modern world. Startling...

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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran

by Hooman Majd

Published: 2008-09-23

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A revealing look at Iran by an American journalist with an insider's access behind Persian wallsThe grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of an Iranian diplomat, now an American citizen, Hooman Majd is, in a way, both 100 percent Iranian and 100 percent American, combining an inside...

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Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged: A Philosophical and Literary Companion

by Edward W. Younkins

Published: 2007-11-01

Paperback: 432 pages

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Since its publication in 1957 "Atlas Shrugged", the philosophical and artistic climax of Ayn Rand's novels, has never been out of print and has received enormous critical attention becoming one of the most influential books ever published, impacting on a variety of disciplines including philosophy, literature,...

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Aztec

by Gary Jennings

Published: 2006-05-01

Paperback: 768 pages

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Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America. Told in the words of one of the most robust and memorable characters in modern fiction, Mixtli-Dark Cloud, Aztec reveals the very depths of Aztec civilization from the peak and feather-banner sp...

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The Aztecs: History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization

by Davide Domenici

Published: 2007-09-04

Hardcover: 208 pages

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Modern peoples have always been fascinated with the iconic architecture, mystical religious beliefs, and once-thriving societies of the ancient Aztecs. From the fertile areas of the Oaxaca Valley and the Valley of Mexico to the great deserts of the north, this authoritative resource explores the development...

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"B" is for Burglar (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries)

by Sue Grafton

Published: 2010-04-01

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Beverly Danziger looked like an expensive, carefully wrapped package from a good but conservative shop. Only her compulsive chatter hinted at the nervousness beneath her cool surface. It was a nervousness out of all proportion to the problem she placed before Kinsey Millhone. There was an ...

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Babbitt

by Sinclair Lewis

Published: 2013-08-25

Paperback: 380 pages

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Lewis’ scathing satire of middle-class America, Babbitt explores the social pressures of conformity and materialism. It tells the story of George Babbitt, a middle-aged family man who becomes disillusioned with both conformity and his belated attempts at rebellion. Set in the fictional Midwestern...

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Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny

by Isak Dinesen

Published: 1988-02-12

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In the classic "Babette's Feast," a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares a sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in doing so, introduces them to the true essence of grace. In "The Immortal Story," a miserly old tea-trader living in Canton wishes for power and finds redempt...