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A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance

by Marlena de Blasi

Published: 2002-06-07

Kindle Edition: 283 pages

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Fernando first sees Marlena across the Piazza San Marco and falls in love from afar. When he sees her again in a Venice café a year later, he knows it is fate. He knows little English; she, a divorced American chef traveling through Italy, speaks only food-based Italian. Marlena thought s...

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The Boarding House

by Sharon Sala

Published: 2012-05-23

Paperback: 248 pages

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Ellie Wayne doesn't just live. She survives.New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala brings emotional intensity to an unforgettable story of survival, empowerment and raw courage. Ellie Wayne has grown up in frightening circumstances, damaged by a sexually abusive father and mentally ...

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* * * * * Dramatic,
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The Angry Woman Suite

by Lee Fullbright

Published: 2012-03-10

Paperback: 382 pages

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2012 DISCOVERY AWARD WINNERMore From Kirkus Reviews: "Raised in a crumbling New England mansion by four women with personalities as split as a cracked mirror, young Francis Grayson has an obsessive need to fix them all. There's his mother, distant and beautiful Magdalene; his disfigured, s...

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The Kitchen Boy

by Augusta Li

Published: 2013-02-02

Kindle Edition: 105 pages

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Kitchen servant Yoli is one of only three men who know a carefully guarded secret about High Commander Koehen, the brilliant general who united their lands against a common invader. The enemy wants that secret, and they are willing to use either kindness or cruelty to obtain it.Yoli will h...

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The Devil in Silver: A Novel

by Victor LaValle

Published: 2012-08-21

Hardcover: 432 pages

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New Hyde Hospital's psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one.   Pepper is a rambunctious big man, minor-league troublemaker, working-class hero (in his own mind), and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. ...

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The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for Humanism

by A. C. Grayling, A.C. Grayling

Published: 2013-03-26

Hardcover: 288 pages

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What are the arguments for and against religion and religious belief--all of them--right across the range of reasons and motives that people have for being religious, and do they stand up to scrutiny? Can there be a clear, full statement of these arguments that once and for all will show w...

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Grave Memory: An Alex Craft Novel

by Kalayna Price

Published: 2012-07-03

Kindle Edition: 384 pages

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When the dead need to talk, Alex Craft is always ready to listen…As a Grave Witch, Alex solves murders by raising the dead—an ability that comes at a cost, and after her last few cases, that cost is compounding. But her magic isn’t the only thing causing havoc in her life. While she�...

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The Shelter Cycle

by Peter Rock

Published: 2013-04-02

Hardcover: 224 pages

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An American original, Peter Rock brings our strangest beliefs to vivid and sympathetic life in this haunting novel inspired by true events.The Shelter Cycle tells the story of two children, Francine and Colville, who grew up in the Church Universal and Triumphant, a religion that predicted...

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* * * * Beautiful,
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From the Kitchen of Half Truth

by Maria Goodin

Published: 2013-04-02

Paperback: 352 pages

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"An impressive and heartfelt debut that will appeal to many readers, this charming and sensitive mother/daughter story captures the struggle between protection and isolation."?Library JournalMeg May's mother has created a life out of stories. Outlandish stories that can't possibly be true....

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* * * * Inspiring,
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And Then I Found You: A Novel

by Patti Callahan Henry

Published: 2013-04-09

Hardcover: 272 pages

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Kate Vaughan is no stranger to tough choices.She’s made them before. Now it's time to do it again.Kate has a secret, something tucked away in her past. And she's getting on with her life.  Her business is thriving. She has a strong relationship with her family, and a devoted boyfriend w...