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The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America

by Charles Kaiser

Published: 2007-06-10

Paperback: 432 pages

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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and winner of a Lambda Literary Award, The Gay Metropolis is a landmark saga of struggle and triumph that was instantly recognized as the most authoritative and substantial work of its kind. Filled with astounding anecdotes and searing tales of he...

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Becoming a Londoner: A Diary

by David Plante

Published: 2013-09-24

Hardcover: 544 pages

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“Nikos and I live together as lovers, as everyone knows, and we seem to be accepted because it’s known that we are lovers. In fact, we are, according to the law, criminals in our making love with each other, but it is as if the laws don’t apply. It is as if all the conventions of sex...

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A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World: A Novel

by Rachel Cantor

Published: 2014-01-14

Paperback: 249 pages

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"Cosmic and comic, full of philosophy, mysticism and celestial whimsy. Both profoundly wild and wildly profound."  —Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional UniverseIn the not-too-distant future, competing giant fast food factions rule the world. Leonard works ...

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The Wind Is Not a River

by Brian Payton

Published: 2014-01-07

Hardcover: 320 pages

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The Wind Is Not a River is Brian Payton's gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife—separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil—fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands.Following the death of h...

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An Order of Coffee and Tears

by Brian Spangler

Published: 2013-12-05

Kindle Edition: 279 pages

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Grab it at the special price of only 99 cents - FOR A LIMITED TIME!Angela's Diner has the reputation of a safe haven where patrons find a moment of peace as they linger over coffee and tears. For one young runaway, Angela's is more than a place to tell your tale -- it's a place where with ...

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We Rode the Orphan Trains

by Andrea Warren

Published: 2004-03-23

Paperback: 144 pages

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They were ?throwaway” kids, living on the streets or in orphanages and foster homes. Then Charles Loring Brace, a young minister in New York City, started the Children’s Aid Society and devised a plan to give these homeless waifs a chance at finding families they could call their own. ...

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Lambs of God

by Marele Day

Published: 1999-04-01

Paperback: 336 pages

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Three eccentric, secluded nuns live on a remote island, forgotten by time and the Church—until a priest unwittingly happens upon them. Father Ignatius is as surprised to see the nuns as they are to see a flesh-and-blood man, and what follows is the strange, moving, and often hilariou...

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The Great Pearl Heist: Londonâ??s Greatest Thief and Scotland Yardâ??s Hunt for the Worldâ??s Most Valuable Necklace

by Molly Caldwell Crosby

Published: 2014-01-16

Paperback: 288 pages

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London, 1913. An exquisite strand of pale pink pearls, worth more than the Hope Diamond, has been bought by a Hatton Garden broker, capturing the attention of both jewelers and thieves. In transit to London from Paris, the necklace vanishes without a trace. Joseph Grizzard, “the King of...

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Redemption

by Leon Uris

Published: 1996-03-22

Mass Market Paperback: 879 pages

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Master storyteller Leon Uris, internationally acclaimedauthor of such bestsellers as Exodus, Topaz, QB VII,Trinity, the Haj and Mitla Pass,continues the epic story of the Irish struggle for freedom inRedemption. A dramatic saga set against the backdrop of growing unrest in Ireland and a wo...

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The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story

by Richard Preston

Published: 1995-07-20

Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages

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The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT ...