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The House of Mirth (Oxford World's Classics)

by Edith Wharton

Published: 2000-02-24

Paperback: 368 pages

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Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commanded attention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the power of her style. A lucid, disturbing analysis of the stifling limitations imposed upon women of her generation, Wharton's tale of Lily Bart's search for a husban...

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* * * * Insightful,
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The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

Published: 2006-01-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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First published in 1905, The House of Mirth shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, portraying the moral, social, and economic restraints on a woman who dared to claim the privileges of marriage without assuming the responsibilities. Lily Bart, beautiful, witty, and sophist...

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* * * * * Insightful,
Epic,
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The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty

by Julia Flynn Siler

Published: 2008-05-01

Paperback: 480 pages

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An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built—and then spectacularly lost—a global wine empireSet in California’s lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betr...

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* * * * * Graphic,
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House of Night, Books 1-4 (Marked / Betrayed / Chosen / Untamed)

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Published: 2009-10-27

Paperback: 1264 pages

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The House of Night is a thrilling, New York Times bestselling book series that follows 16-year-old Zoey Redbird as she is “Marked” by a vampyre tracker and begins to undergo the “Change” into an actual vampyre. She has to leave her family in Broken Arrow, OK, and move into the Hou...

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A House of Pomegranates (Calla Editions)

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 2011-09-14

Hardcover: 208 pages

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Wilde's second collection of fairy tales, originally published in 1891, following "The Happy Prince" in 1888. The volume includes "The Young King," "The Birthday of the Infanta," and "The Star-Child." While these stories are clearly intended for a younger audience, Wilde, with typical sardonic quip declared...

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House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home

by Mark Richard

Published: 2011-02-15

Hardcover: 224 pages

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In this otherworldly memoir of extraordinary power, Mark Richard, an award-winning author, tells his story of growing up in the American South with a heady Gothic mix of racial tension and religious fervor.����Called a 'special child,? Southern social code for mentally?and physically?chall...

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The House of Rothschild: Volume 2: The World's Banker: 1849-1999

Paperback: 576 pages

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Niall Ferguson's House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848 was hailed as "definitive" by the New York Times, a "great biography" by Time magazine, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of 1998 by Business Week. Now, Ferguson concludes his myth--breaking portrait of one of the most ...

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* * * * Slow,
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House of Sand and Fog

by Andre Dubus III

Published: 2011-03-31

Paperback: 365 pages

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The National Book Award finalist, Oprah Book Club pick, #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture.A former colonel in the Iranian Air Force yearns to restore his family's dignity. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold on t...

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* * Gloomy,
Dark,
Boring

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House of Sand and Fog (Oprah's Book Club)

by Andre Dubus

Published: 2004-02-26

Paperback: 368 pages

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREIn this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Colonel Behrani, once a wealthy man in Iran, is now a struggling immigrant willing to bet everything he has...

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* * Unconvincing,
Pointless

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A House of Sand

by Marvin Brown

Published: 2010-07-31

Paperback: 310 pages

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This mainstream narrative delves into the life of protagonist Henry Janus, a successful, politically powerful, ostensibly philanthropic, but unscrupulous real estate developer, whose wealth and power impact the lives of everyone in his purview. His seeming largess brings him one of the highest honors...