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Year of the Frog: A Novel

by Martin M. Simecka

Published: 1996-06-13

Paperback: 247 pages

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Set in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in the 1980s, Martin Simecka's stunning first novel, The Year of the Frog, portrays a young man struggling to come to terms with his circumstances in the last days of communist dictatorship. Milan, the son of a former party official now imprisoned for...

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The Year of the Gadfly

by Jennifer Miller

Published: 2013-05-28

Paperback: 384 pages

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“Do you know what it took for Socrates’ enemies to make him stop pursuing the truth?”“Hemlock.”Storied, fiercely competitive Mariana Academy was founded with a serious honor code; its reputation has been unsullied for decades. Now a long-dormant secret society, Prisom's Party, th...

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The Year of the Hare: A Novel

by Arto Paasilinna

Published: 2010-12-28

Paperback: 208 pages

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Suddenly realizing what's important in life (with the help of a bunny), a man quits his job and heads to the countryside in this internationally bestselling comic novel. "Which of us has not had that wonderfully seditious idea: to play hooky for a while from life as we know it?" With the...

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Year of Wonders

by Geraldine Brooks

Published: 2002-04-30

Kindle Edition: 323 pages

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An unforgettable tale of a brave young woman during the plague in 17th century England from the author The Secret Chord and of March, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.  When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as a...

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Year of Wonders

by Geraldine Brooks

Published: 2001-12

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Year of Wonders is historical fiction of the highest order--absolutely convincing in its period detail, filled with full-blooded characters who arouse one's deepest empathy, and driven by a story of striking immediacy. In 1665, the north of England remains untouched by the plague that is r...

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A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement

by Barbara Abercrombie

Published: 2012-06-12

Paperback: 408 pages

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In this collection of anecdotes, lessons, quotes, and prompts, author and writing teacher Barbara Abercrombie provides a delightfully varied cornucopia of inspiration — nuts-and-bolts solutions, hand-holding commiseration, and epiphany-fueling insights from fellow writers, including Nobe...

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The Year of Yes

by Maria Dahvana Headley

Published: 2007-01-09

Paperback: 288 pages

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A Year on Ladybug Farm

by Donna Ball

Published: 2009-03-03

Paperback: 374 pages

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Their husbands were gone, their families were grown, and the future stretched out before them like an unfulfilled promise... Tired of always dreaming and never doing, Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget make a life-altering decision. Uprooting themselves from their comfortable lives in the suburbs,...

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The Year that Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall

by Michael Meyer

Published: 2009-09-08

Hardcover: 272 pages

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ON THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, MICHAEL MEYER PROVIDES A RIVETING EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM IN EASTERN EUROPE THAT BRILLIANTLY REWRITES OUR CONVENTIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE COLD WAR CAME TO AN END AND HOLDS IMPORTANT LESSONS FOR AMERI...

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Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town

by Jacqueline Guidry

Published: 2003-10-25

Paperback: 256 pages

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