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American Blonde: A Novel

by Jennifer Niven

Published: 2014-07-29

Paperback: 384 pages

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A fearless and spirited pilot conquers Hollywood. Now can she survive movie stardom?   In 1945, Velva Jean Hart is a bona fide war heroine. After a newsreel films her triumphant return to America, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer promises to make her a star. They give her a new life story and a brand ...

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Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty

by Diane Keaton

Published: 2014-04-29

Hardcover: 224 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks.   Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring ou...

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Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair)

by Rosie Perez

Published: 2014-02-25

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez’s never-before-told story of surviving a harrowing childhood and of how she found success—both in and out of the Hollywood limelight. Rosie Perez first caught our attention with her fierce dance in the title sequence of Do the Right Thing and has si...

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One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future

by Ben Carson M.D., Candy Carson

Published: 2014-05-20

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Dear Reader,  In February 2013 I gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Standing a few feet from President Obama, I warned my fellow citizens of the dangers facing our country and called for a return to the principles that made America great. Many Americans heard...

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The Last of the Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper

Published: 2011-11-23

Paperback: 424 pages

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Published in the early 19th century, James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans is a fictionalized adventure taking place during the French-American War. The daughters of an American colonel become caught up in the conflict between the two nations’ contest for supremacy in North America, and...

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Washington Square (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Henry James

Published: 1998-06-18

Paperback: 0 pages

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Set in New York City in the 1840s, this celebrated novel tells the story of Catherine Sloper, the docile and affectionate daughter of a well-to-do physician, who appears destined for a lifetime of spinsterhood with only the companionship of her sardonic father and fatuous aunt.When a flurr...

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Guys and Dolls: The Stories of Damon Runyon

by Damon Runyon

Published: 1992-11-01

Paperback: 496 pages

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You can count on Guys and Dolls being revived at least once every ten years, and on and on, probably as long as there is an America. For the stories of Damon Runyon, from which came what many authorities think is the greatest musical ever created, are as American as apple pie. You'll savor the spice...

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Winesburg, Ohio (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Sherwood Anderson

Published: 1995-01-17

Paperback: 160 pages

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In this moving collection of interrelated stories, Ohio-born Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) illuminates the loneliness and frustration — spiritual, emotional and artistic — of life in a small American town. Winesburg, Ohio subtly portrays as well a young writer's coming of age, searchin...

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A Distant Trumpet (Nonpareil Books)

by Paul Horgan

Published: 1991-07-01

Paperback: 656 pages

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Originally published in 1960 selling half a million copies at the time and first reissued as a Nonpareil paperback in 1991, this immensely popular work of fiction has attracted, informed, and been embraced by a whole new generation of readers.

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Dust (Silo Saga)

by Hugh Howey

Published: 2013-08-17

Paperback: 464 pages

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WOOL introduced the world of the silo. SHIFT told the story of its creation. DUST will describe its downfall.