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Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film

by Glenn Kurtz

Published: 2014-11-18

Hardcover: 432 pages

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Named one of the best books of 2014 by NPR, The New Yorker, and The Boston GlobeWhen Glenn Kurtz stumbles upon an old family film in his parents' closet in Florida, he has no inkling of its historical significance or of the impact it will have on his life. The film, shot long ago by his gr...

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Stillwater: A Novel

by William F. Weld

Published: 2002-01-18

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In 1938, five towns in western Massachusetts were flooded to create a huge reservoir. In this beautifully rendered novel of coming of age, of loyalty and betrayal, good and evil, and of bravery and an abiding love, Stillwater marks a significant literary step forward for William Weld in w...

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Road Song

by Natalie Kusz

Published: 1990-10-24

Paperback: 258 pages

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"Riveting--Kusz's gifts as a writer, her original voice and sparkling perceptions, give this memoir the literary precision of a novel."--Los Angeles TimesWhen she was six years old, Natalie Kusz left Los Angeles with her family and headed north to Alaska on a classic quest for freedom, a h...

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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt l Summary & Study Guide

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Published: 2015-02-10

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This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

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After Perfect: A Daughter's Memoir

by Christina McDowell

Published: 2015-06-02

Hardcover: 320 pages

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“A searing memoir of loss and redemption.” —PeopleIn the tradition of New York Times bestsellers What Remains by Carole Radziwill and Oh the Glory of It All by Sean Wilsey, Christina McDowell’s unflinching memoir is a brutally honest, cautionary tale about one family’s destructi...

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The Obituary Society

by Jessica L. Randall

Published: 2014-07-28

Kindle Edition: 196 pages

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When Lila Moore inherits her grandfather's house, she finds herself in a small Midwestern town where margarine is never an acceptable substitution for butter, a coveted family recipe can serve as currency, and the friend who will take your darkest secrets to the grave will still never give...

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Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders: A Novel

by Julianna Baggott

Published: 2015-08-18

Hardcover: 336 pages

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New York Times NOTABLE BOOK OF 2015"A mesmerizing tale of star-crossed love and of the dark secrets in a fracturing family . . . This novel is so full of wonders that it leaves you haunted, amazed, and, like every great read, irrevocably changed."--Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestsell...

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Citizens of the World: London Merchants and the Integration of the British Atlantic Community, 1735-1785

by David Hancock

Published: 1997-09-13

Paperback: 504 pages

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Citizens of the World examines the business and social strategies of the men who developed the British empire in the eighteenth century. This book focuses on twenty-three London merchants who traded with America in an age of imperial expansion. These "associates" started their careers as marginal people,...

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The Gospel of Thomas: Unabridged

by Thomas

Published: 2014-03-01

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The Gospel of Thomas is very different in tone and structure from other New Testament apocrypha and the four Canonical Gospels. Unlike the canonical Gospels, The Gospel of Thomas is not a narrative account of the life of Jesus; instead, it consists of logia (sayings) attributed to Jesus, sometimes stand-alone,...

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Psychopath: A Novel

by Keith Ablow

Published: 2003-07-22

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger returns in this arresting new thriller from bestselling author Keith Ablow. Having achieved celebrity status with his last case, Clevenger is tapped by the FBI to catch an elusive murderer known as the Highway Killer, who has left twelve bodies strewn ...