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Winter's Tale

by Mark Helprin

Published: 2014-01-07

Paperback: 768 pages

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Now a major motion picture New York Times bestseller "Utterly extraordinary . . . A piercing sense of the beautiful arising from narrative and emotional fantasy is everywhere alive in the novel . . . Not for some time have I read a work as funny, thoughtful, passionate or large-souled . ...

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Winter's Tales

by Isak Dinesen

Published: 1993-06-01

Paperback: 313 pages

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In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myth coexist with an unflinching grasp of the most obscure human strengths and weaknesses. A despairing author abandons his wife, but in the course of a long night's wandering, he learns love's...

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A Winter's Wish

by Michael S. Hackley

Published: 2008-06-05

Paperback: 116 pages

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The Winthrop Woman: A Novel

by Anya Seton

Published: 2006-09-01

Paperback: 608 pages

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First published in 1958 and set in the early 17th century, this bestselling novel—and follow-up to Katherine—follows Elizabeth Winthrop, a courageous Puritan woman who finds herself at odds with her heritage and surroundings. A real historical figure, Elizabeth married into the...

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Wire to Wire (A Tin House New Voice)

by Scott Sparling

Published: 2011-05-24

Paperback: 375 pages

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Wire to Wire assembles a cast of train-hopping, drug-dealing, glue-huffing lowlifes, tells a harrowing tale of friendship and loss, and creates a stunning portrait of Northern Michigan in the late 1970s.While riding a freight car through Detroit, Michael Slater suffers a near-fatal acciden...

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Wired Kingdom

by Rick Chesler

Published: 2010-05-25

Mass Market Paperback: 426 pages

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When a blue whale tagged with a web-cam designed with stolen defense technology broadcasts a brutal murder at sea as part of a television nature program, Special Agent Tara Shores finds herself navigating an ocean of manipulation and deceit in a deadly race to reach the 100-ton creature ro...

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Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today

by Joan Chittister

Published: 1991-05-10

Paperback: 224 pages

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Wisdom from Gift from the Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Published: 2002-01

Hardcover: 80 pages

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This Petite is our companion piece to our popular Guided Journal, Gift from the Sea, offering more excerpts from the original Anne Morrow Lindbergh bestseller on love, happiness, solitude and contentment. The cover has an elegant translucent vellum overlay, highlighting the beautiful photo...

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Wisdom in the Waiting: Spring's Sacred Days

by Phyllis Tickle

Published: 2004-02

Hardcover: 130 pages

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In her three-book series that spans the liturgical year, renowned author Phyllis Tickle recalls simple stories from life on her familyís farm in Lucy, Tennessee. In spiritually uplifting and nostalgic memoirs, Tickle records the richness of faith in everyday life. Wisdom in the Waiting...

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The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

Published: 2005-08-16

Paperback: 336 pages

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In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the f...