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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

by Daniel Okrent

Published: 2011-05-31

Paperback: 480 pages

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A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the US Constitution was amended to restrict one of America’s favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages.From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing ves...

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Last Chance Beauty Queen

by Hope Ramsay

Published: 2012-02-01

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages

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Dear Reader,Gracious me, my beautiful daughter Rocky sure could use my help. I always knew she wasn't much interested in the local boys - but who'd have thought she'd come home with English royalty? Trouble is, Hugh wants to buy some of our folks' land. We don't want to sell, but Rocky's j...

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Last Chance Saloon

by Marian Keyes

Published: 2003-06-01

Paperback: 528 pages

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Ever since legwarmers were cool, best friends Tara, Katherine, and Fintan have survived small-town ennui, big-city heartbreak, and endless giddy nights out on the town. But now that they've graduated to their slightly more serious thirties, only Fintan has what can honestly be called a "lo...

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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

by Richard Louv

Published: 2008-04-10

Paperback: 416 pages

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"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged in-and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking new work, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack...

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The Last Child

Paperback: 432 pages

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Winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best NovelJohn Hart's New York Times bestselling debut, The King of Lies, announced the arrival of a major talent. With Down River, he surpassed his earlier success, transcending the barrier between thriller and literature and winning the 2008 Edgar Award...

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The Last Child

by John Hart

Published: 2010-03-09

Paperback: 432 pages

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Winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best NovelJohn Hart's New York Times bestselling debut, The King of Lies, announced the arrival of a major talent. With Down River, he surpassed his earlier success, transcending the barrier between thriller and literature and winning the 2008 Edgar Award...

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The Last Chinese Chef: A Novel

by Nicole Mones

Published: 2008-06-06

Paperback: 300 pages

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This alluring novel of friendship, love, and cuisine brings the best-selling author of Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light to one of the great Chinese subjects: food. As in her previous novels, Mones’s captivating story also brings into focus a changing China -- this time the hidd...

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The Last Cowgirl: A Novel

by Jana Richman

Published: 2009-02-01

Paperback: 302 pages

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Dickie Sinfield was seven years old when her father uprooted the family from their comfortable suburban home and moved them to a small, run-down ranch in Clayton, Utah, where he could chase his dream of? being a cowboy. Dickie always hated the cattle-ranching lifestyle, and as soon as she...

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The Last Crossing

by Guy Vanderhaeghe

Published: 2005-02-03

Paperback: 480 pages

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Set in the second half of the nineteenth century, in the American and Canadian West and in Victorian England, The Last Crossing is a sweeping tale of interwoven lives and stories Charles and Addington Gaunt must find their brother Simon, who has gone missing in the wilds of the American We...

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Last Dance At Jitterbug Lounge

by Pamela Morsi

Published: 2012-08-15

Kindle Edition: 400 pages

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Sometimes the sweet sounds of remembered melodies can reignite the heart…Jack and Claire Crabtree were once happily married, but separate interests have left each one dancing to their own tune. She refuses to move into the brand-new house he built for the family. He spends too much time ...