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Under Heaven

by Guy Gavriel Kay

Published: 2010-04-27

Hardcover: 592 pages

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In his latest innovative novel, the award-winning author evokes the dazzling Tang Dynasty of 8th-century China in a story of honor and power. Inspired by the glory and power of Tang dynasty China, Guy Gavriel Kay has created a masterpiece. It begins simply. Shen Tai, son of an illustrio...

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Under Orders

by Dick Francis

Published: 2007-08-07

Paperback: 384 pages

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Sid knows the perils of racing all too well, but in his day jockeys didn't usually cross the finish line with three .38 rounds in the chest-which is how he found Huw Walker, the winner of a coveted race only a few hours earlier. Now Halley's quest for answers will push him to his very limits-both on...

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Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children from the Culture of Hyper-Parenting

by Carl Honore

Published: 2008-05-01

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Under the Banner Of Heaven, Unabridged Edition

by Jon Krakauer

Published: 2003

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* * * Informative,
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

by Jon Krakauer

Published: 2003

Hardcover: 372 pages

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Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder...

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Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

by David Cordingly

Published: 2006-05-09

Paperback: 336 pages

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For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age." As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. "walking the plank...

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Under the Blood Red Moon

by Mina Hepsen

Published: 2008-10-01

Paperback: 324 pages

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Cursed with the ability to hear the thoughts of others, beautiful Angelica Shelton Belanov feels most comfortable when hidden away in the library of her father's English country estate. Now family duty requires that she make an appearance at a glittering gala, mingling with the cream of Lo...

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Under the Dog Star (Rachel Goddard)

by Sandra Parshall

Published: 2011-09-06

Paperback: 250 pages

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Pets in the mountain community of Mason County, Virginia, are vanishing mysteriously and “Missing Dog” posters cover the waiting room walls at Dr. Rachel Goddard’s veterinary clinic. A pack of feral canines roams at night, attacking livestock. Now a prominent physician, Gordon Hall, ...

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Under the Dome

by Stephen King

Published: 2010-07-06

Paperback: 0 pages

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On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people...

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Under the Dome: A Novel

by Stephen King

Published: 2013-06-11

Paperback: 1088 pages

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Now available in a TV tie-in edition to the hit series, Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestselling tour-de-force that The Washington Post called “powerful” and “harrowing” follows the apocalyptic course of events when one Maine town is physically cut off from the rest of the wo...