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Emperor of Lies

by Steve Sem-Sandberg

Published: 2011-07-01

Paperback: 672 pages

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In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second largest Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Lodz. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director, and the elusive, authoritarian power sustaining the ghetto's very existence....

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The Emperor of Lies: A Novel

by Steve Sem-Sandberg

Published: 2011-08-30

Hardcover: 664 pages

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"“A Swedish bestseller, this sprawling, Dickensian novel of the Holocaust now lands in America, where it is sure to attract attention.” —Kirkus Reviews "If there is one detail that for me selects itself as unforgettable it is the image of the X-ray plates of the children: the reco...

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The Emperor of Ocean Park

by Stephen L. Carter

Published: 2003-05-27

Paperback: 672 pages

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Now in paperback. In his fiction debut, Carter combines a riveting novel of suspense with the saga of a unique family, set in two privileged worlds: the upper-crust African-American society of the Eastern seaboard and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school.

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Emperor Qianlong: Son of Heaven, Man of the World

by Mark Elliott

Published: 2009-05-01

Paperback: 208 pages

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This new entry in the Longman Library of World Biography series offers an intimate and provocative account of the Manchu emperor Qianlong (1711-1799), one of the world's great empire-builders, who helped build the foundation of the modern Chinese nation. � During the 64 years of Qianl...

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The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars

by Joël Glenn Brenner

Published: 2000-01-04

Paperback: 384 pages

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Corporate candy giants Milton Hershey and Forrest Mars built business empires out of one of the world's most magical, sought-after substances: chocolate. In The Emperors of Chocolate, Joël Glenn Brenner--the first person to ever gain access to the highly secretive companies of Hershey and...

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The Emperor's Children

by Claire Messud

Published: 2006-08-29

Hardcover: 448 pages

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The Emperor's Edge (Volume 1)

by Lindsay Buroker

Published: 2011-09-03

Paperback: 322 pages

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Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business...

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The Emperor's Tomb (Cotton Malone)

by Steve Berry

Published: 2010-11-23

Hardcover: 436 pages

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The tomb of China's First Emperor, guarded by an underground army of terra-cotta warriors, has remained sealed for more than 2,000 years. Though it's regarded as one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, the Chinese government won?t allow anyone to open it. Why? � That questi...

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The Emperor's Tomb: A Novel

by Steve Berry

Published: 2011-08-30

Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIncludes exclusive bonus materialFormer Justice Department operative Cotton Malone has received an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar Web address. Logging on, he's shocked to see Cassiopeia Vitt, a woman who's saved his life more than once, being tortured at the...

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Empire Falls

by Richard Russo

Published: 2002-04-12

Paperback: 483 pages

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Winner-2002 Pulitzer Prize for FictionIn this droll, unsentimental, and occasionally hilarious bestselling novel, Russo tells the story of a big-hearted man who becomes the unlikely hero of a small town with a glorious past but a dubious future.