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Seven American Deaths and Disasters

by Kenneth Goldsmith

Published: 2013-03-12

Paperback: 176 pages

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What are the words we use to describe something that we never thought we'd have to describe? In Seven American Deaths and Disasters, Kenneth Goldsmith transcribes historic radio and television reports of national tragedies as they unfurl, revealing an extraordinarily rich linguistic pan...

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Thanksgiving, 1942 (The Coleman Family Saga)

by Alan Simon

Published: 2012-11-26

Kindle Edition: 182 pages

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Take a trip back in time to spend the first Thanksgiving of World War II with the Coleman family and the return home to Pittsburgh of the two older sons-Jonathan and Joseph-for a brief holiday furlough in the middle of their Army Air Forces training...and what all family members expect wil...

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A Christmas Hope: A Novel

by Anne Perry

Published: 2013-11-12

Hardcover: 208 pages

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Anne Perry’s “vastly entertaining” (The Star-Ledger) holiday novels are “as delicious as mince pie and plum pudding” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). A Christmas Hope is just as delectable—the gripping story of an unforgettable battle between goodness and evil in Victorian London�...

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A Family Affair (Truth in Lies)

by Mary Campisi

Published: 2011-02-15

Kindle Edition: 351 pages

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Real families aren't always the ones you know about...When Christine Blacksworth's larger-than-life father is killed on an icy road in Magdalena, New York, a hundred miles from the 'getaway' cabin he visited every month, she discovers a secret that threatens everything she's always held to...

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The Ear of the Heart: An Actress' Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows

by Mother Dolores Hart OSB, Richard DeNeut

Published: 2013-05-07

Hardcover: 539 pages

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"Listen and attend with the ear of your heart." - Saint Benedict.Dolores Hart stunned Hollywood in 1963, when after ten highly successful feature films, she chose to enter a contemplative monastery. Now, fifty years later, Mother Dolores gives this fascinating account of her life, with co-...

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The Guilty One: A Novel

by Lisa Ballantyne

Published: 2013-03-19

Paperback: 480 pages

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Moving and suspenseful, Lisa Ballantyne’s The Guilty One is a psychological thriller about the darkness in each of us. It explores how we are all tied to our pasts, and what it means to be guilty.Solicitor Daniel Hunter is called to defend 11-year-old Sebastian who has been charged with ...

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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms

by Gail Tsukiyama

Published: 2007-09-04

Kindle Edition: 454 pages

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"Just remember," Yoshio said quietly to his grandsons. "Every day of your lives, you must always be sure what you're fighting for."It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers are growing up with their loving grandparents, who inspire them to dream of a ...

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What the Deaf-Mute Heard

by G. D. Gearino

Published: 1996-01-24

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Pretending since the age of ten that he is deaf and mute, Sammy Ayers overhears the secret words of a young preacher in 1966 that pique local uproar and worldwide interest. A first novel. 15,000 first printing.

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The Children Shall Be Blameless

by W Jack Savage

Published: 2012-05-14

Paperback: 410 pages

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Some men seem to have all the luck. Others dream of only finding a little. Richard Smith's world was the orphanage. It was the only one he knew. All of the other worlds for children, of mothers and fathers and a place called home, he learned from the tears of those who had lost theirs only...

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Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania

by Warren St. John

Published: 2005-05-31

Paperback: 288 pages

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What is it about sports that turns otherwise sane people into raving lunatics? Why does winning compel people to tear down goal posts, and losing, to drown themselves in bad keg beer? In short, why do fans care?In search of answers, Warren St. John seeks out the roving community of RVers w...