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The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa

by Josh Swiller

Published: 2007-09-04

Paperback: 265 pages

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A young man's quest to reconcile his deafness in an unforgiving world leads to a remarkable sojourn in a remote African village that pulsates with beauty and violence �These are hearing aids. They take the sounds of the world and amplify them." Josh Swiller recited this speech to himself o...

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Unholy Domain

by Dan Ronco

Published: 2008-04-01

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A decade after a lethal computer virus called PeaceMaker roared across the internet leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead, a war is raging between science and religion, the world wallows in a global depression, and the United States government is paralyzed, unable to intervene. The ...

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Unholy Night

by Seth Grahame-Smith

Published: 2012-04-10

Hardcover: 320 pages

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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, comes UNHOLY NIGHT, the next evolution in dark historical revisionism. They're an iconic part of history's most celebrated birth. But what do we really know about the Three Kings of the Nativity, besides the...

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Uninvited Guests

by Sadie Jones

Published: 2012-03-01

Paperback: 272 pages

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"A brilliant novel...At once a shimmering comedy of manners and disturbing commentary on class". (Ann Patchett). One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honour of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away,...

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The Uninvited Guests: A Novel (P.S.)

by Sadie Jones

Published: 2013-01-08

Paperback: 288 pages

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A grand old manor house deep in the English countryside will open its doors to reveal the story of an unexpectedly dramatic day in the life of one eccentric, rather dysfunctional, and entirely unforgettable family. Set in the early years of the twentieth century, award-winning author Sadie...

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Union Atlantic: A Novel

by Adam Haslett

Published: 2010-02-09

Hardcover: 320 pages

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The eagerly anticipated debut novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist You Are Not a Stranger Here: a deeply affecting portrait of the modern gilded age, the first decade of the twenty-first century. At the heart of Union Atlantic lies a test of wills between a young banker, Do...

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The Union Quilters: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

by Jennifer Chiaverini

Published: 2011-02-22

Hardcover: 352 pages

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The New York Times bestselling author of the Elm Creek Quilts series joins the Dutton list with a Civil War-era tale of love and sacrifice behind Union lines. With The Union Quilters, Chiaverini delivers a powerful story of a remarkable group of women coping with changing roles and the e...

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The Unit

by Ninni Holmqvist

Published: 2009-06-09

Paperback: 268 pages

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When Dorrit Wegner turned fifty, the government transferred her to a state-of-the-art facility where she can live out her days in comfort. Her apartment is furnished to her tastes, her meals expertly served, and all at the very reasonable non-negotiable price of one cardiopulmonary system. Once an outsider...

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The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution

by David Kamp

Published: 2007-07-17

Paperback: 416 pages

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The wickedly entertaining, hunger-inducing, behind-the-scenes story of the revolution in American food that has made exotic ingredients, celebrity chefs, rarefied cooking tools, and destination restaurants familiar aspects of our everyday lives.Amazingly enough, just twenty years ago eatin...

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* Poorly Written,
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The Universal Donor (Norton Paperback Fiction)

by Craig Nova

Published: 1998-10-17

Paperback: 256 pages

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"In the hands of this accomplished novelist, a love story becomes a thriller as a Los Angeles doctor tries to save a woman by tracking down the criminal psychopath who shares her rare blood type."?New York Times Book ReviewBitten by one of the snakes she is studying, Virginia Lee, an accom...