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Immortals of Meluha

by Amish

Published: 2010-04-01

Paperback: 150 pages

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This once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe perils as its primary river, the revered Saraswathi, is slowly drying to extinction. They also face devasting terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis. To make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have allied...

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The Patron Saint of Ugly

by Marie Manilla

Published: 2014-06-17

Paperback: 352 pages

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Born in Sweetwater, West Virginia, with a mop of flaming red hair and a map of the world rendered in port-wine stains on every surface of her body, Garnet Ferrari is used to being an outcast. With her sharp tongue, she has always known how to defend herself against bullies and aggressors, ...

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The Hanging Judge: A Novel

by Michael Ponsor

Published: 2013-12-03

Paperback: 376 pages

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Based on the experience of the author, a federal judge who in 2000 presided over the first capital case in Massachusetts in more than fifty years, this extraordinary debut thriller offers an unprecedented inside view of a federal death penalty trialWhen a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Mass...

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Nerd Camp

by Elissa Brent Weissman

Published: 2012-05-22

Paperback: 272 pages

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Pack your sleeping bag, grab your calculator, and celebrate geekdom with this humorous and empowering middle grade novel by the acclaimed author of Standing for Socks. Nerd Camp, here we come!Ten-year-old Gabe has just been accepted to the Summer Center for Gifted Enrichment. That means he...

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The Steady Running of the Hour: A Novel

by Justin Go

Published: 2014-04-15

Hardcover: 480 pages

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A QUEST NOVEL and a historical tour de force, The Steady Running of the Hour unravels a tale of passion, legacy, and courage reaching across the twentieth century. In 1924, the English mountaineer Ashley Walsingham dies attempting to summit Mount Everest, leaving his fortune to his former...

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The Quick: A Novel

by Lauren Owen

Published: 2014-06-17

Hardcover: 523 pages

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For fans of Anne Rice, The Historian, and The Night Circus, an astonishing debut, a novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London  1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds lodging with a charming young aristocr...

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Ocracokers

by Alton Ballance

Published: 1989-08-01

Hardcover: 271 pages

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North Carolina's Ocracoke island has produced a remarkably cohesive community of islanders. For more than two centuries, these Ocracokers lived in relative isolation, enjoying the beauty and battling the destructive forces of the Atlantic. In the past two decades, tourists discovered thi...

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The Essay: A Novel

by Robin Yocum

Published: 2012-10-09

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Jimmy Lee Hickam grew up along Red Dog Road, a dead-end strip of gravel and mud buried deep in the bowels of Appalachian Ohio. It is the poorest road, in the poorest county, in the poorest region of the state. To make things worse, the name Hickam is synonymous with trouble. Jimmy Lee hail...

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Life on the Mississippi (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Mark Twain

Published: 2000-12-21

Paperback: 304 pages

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He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain of...

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The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price Purveyor of Superior Funerals

by Wendy Jones

Published: 2014-03-04

Paperback: 272 pages

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Under the heady influence of a springtime picnic and vague notions of obligation, young undertaker Wilfred Price blurts out a marriage proposal to a woman he barely knows. Much to his consternation, she says yes. As Wilfred attempts to extricate himself from the situation, his betrothed’...