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Prodigal Summer

by Barbara Kingsolver

Published: 2000-10-17

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Triumphing once again, Barbara Kingsolver has written a beautiful new novel: a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itselfProdigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives in southern Appalachia. At ...

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A Professional's GuideTo Pyrotechnics: Understanding And Making Exploding Fireworks

by John Donner

Published: 1997-05-01

Paperback: 136 pages

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This book offers a well-rounded selection of reliable, well-researched formulas for the most popular exploding fireworks, including M80s, cherry bombs, ash cans, chasers, globe torpedoes, Knallkorpers, aerial bombs, cracker balls, Flashcrackas and more. For academic study only.

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The Professor and the Madman

by Simon Winchester

Published: 1998-09-01

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Mysterious (mist�e � ries), a. [f. L. myst�rium Mysteryi + ous. Cf. F. myst�rieux.] 1. Full of or fraught with mystery; wrapt in mystery; hidden from human knowledge or understanding; impossible or difficult to explain, solve, or discover; of obscure origin, nature, or purpose. It is known...

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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.)

by Simon Winchester

Published: 2005-07-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED began in...

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Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Simon Winchester

Published: 2003-03

Paperback: 200 pages

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The Professors' Wives' Club

by Joanne Rendell

Published: 2008-09-02

Paperback: 352 pages

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A debut novel about the intertwining lives of college faculty wives.Nestled among Manhattan University's faculty housing, there is a garden where four women will meet?each with a scandalous secret that could upset their lives, destroy their families, and rock the prestigious university to ...

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The Professor's House (Virago Modern Classics)

by Willa Cather

Published: 2006-09-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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Profiles in Courage (P.S.)

Published: 1957-01-01

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The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse

by Gregg Easterbrook

Published: 2004-11-09

Paperback: 400 pages

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In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life have vastly improved in the past century–and yet today, most men and women feel less happy than in previous g...

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Project: Happily Ever After: Saving Your Marriage When the Fairytale Falters

by Alisa Bowman

Published: 2010-12-28

Hardcover: 272 pages

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What do you do when your marriage is so unhappy that you begin to fantasize about your husband's funeral? That's how bad it got for Alisa Bowman. . . So she launched a last-ditch effort to save her marriage. Project: Happily Ever After is her fearlessly honest and humorous account of how s...