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Howards End

by E.M. Forster

Published: 2013-02-22

Paperback: 286 pages

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Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster which tells a story of social and familial relations in turn-of-the-century England. The main subject matter comprises the difficulties and benefits of relationships between people of divergent outlook, gender, or class; a further concern of the book is the need...

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Kokoro (Penguin Classics)

by Natsume Soseki

Published: 2010-02-23

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No collection of Japanese literature is complete without Natsume Soseki's Kokoro, his most famous novel and the last he complete before his death. Published here in the first new translation in more than fifty years, Kokoro--meaning "heart"-is the story of a subtle and poignant friendship ...

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Escape from Eden

by Elisa Nader

Published: 2013-08-18

Hardcover: 272 pages

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Since the age of ten, Mia has lived under the iron fist of the fundamentalist preacher who lured her mother away to join his fanatical family of followers. In Edenton, a supposed "Garden of Eden" deep in the South American jungle, everyone follows the Reverend's strict but arbitrary rules-...

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My Mother's Secret: A Novel Based on a True Holocaust Story

by J.L. Witterick

Published: 2013-09-05

Hardcover: 208 pages

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A novel based on a true story, a mother and daughter risk their lives to provide shelter to two families and a German soldier--all unbeknownst to each other--in a tiny two-room house in Sokal, Poland, during the Nazi invasion. Based on a true story, MY MOTHER'S SECRET is a profo...

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My Beloved World

by Sonia Sotomayor

Published: 2014-01-07

Paperback: 432 pages

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Destined to become a classic of self-invention and self-discovery--an inspiring gift for any new graduate.The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken ...

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The Map and the Territory: Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting

by Alan Greenspan

Published: 2013-10-22

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Like all of us, though few so visibly, Alan Greenspan was forced by the financial crisis of 2008 to question some fundamental assumptions about risk management and economic forecasting. No one with any meaningful role in economic decision making in the world saw beforehand the storm ...

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The Map and the Territory (Vintage International)

by Michel Houellebecq

Published: 2012-11-13

Paperback: 288 pages

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The most celebrated and controversial French novelist of our time delivers a riveting masterpiece about art and money, love and friendship, and fathers and sons. Jed Martin is an artist. His first photographs feature Michelin road maps, and global success arrives with his series on profes...

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Good Kings Bad Kings: A Novel

by Susan Nussbaum

Published: 2013-11-12

Paperback: 320 pages

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Bellwether Award winner Susan Nussbaum’s powerful novel invites us into the lives of a group of typical teenagers?alienated, funny, yearning for autonomy?except that they live in an institution for juveniles with disabilities. This unfamiliar, isolated landscape is much the same as the w...

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Saints of the Shadow Bible (Inspector Rebus)

by Ian Rankin

Published: 2014-01-14

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the pastRebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. He is investigating a car accident when news arrives that a case from 30 year...

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Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)

by Peter Robinson

Published: 2013-01-08

Hardcover: 368 pages

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One of the premier masters of modern British crime, New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson brings back Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and his colleague DI Annie Cabbot in a complex case involving corruption, a dead cop, and a missing girlWatching the Dark A decorated detect...