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In the Sea There Are Crocodiles

by Fabio Geda

Published: 2012-06-12

Paperback: 224 pages

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What would you do if, when you were ten, you were left to fend for yourself, and, in order to survive, you had to undertake a harrowing journey all the way from Afghanistan to Italy? In early 2002, Enaiatollah Akbari’s village fell prey to the Taliban. His mother, fearing for his life, ...

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The Bird Skinner

by Alice Greenway

Published: 2014-01-07

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Jim Kennoway was once an esteemed member of the ornithology department at the Museum of Natural History in New York, collecting and skinning birds as specimens. Slowing down from a hard-lived life and a recent leg amputation, Jim retreats to an island in Maine: to drink, smoke, and to be l...

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Perfect: A Novel

by Rachel Joyce

Published: 2014-01-14

Hardcover: 400 pages

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A spellbinding novel that will resonate with readers of Mark Haddon, Louise Erdrich, and John Irving, Perfect tells the story of a young boy who is thrown into the murky, difficult realities of the adult world with far-reaching consequences.Byron Hemmings wakes to a morning that looks like...

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In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development

by Carol Gilligan

Published: 1993-07-01

Paperback: 184 pages

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This is the little book that started a revolution, making women's voices heard, in their own right and with their own integrity, for virtually the first time in social scientific theorizing about women. Its impact was immediate and continues to this day, in the academic world and beyond. T...

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Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel

by Sherill Tippins

Published: 2013-12-03

Hardcover: 480 pages

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The next best thing to having a room key to the Chelsea Hotel during each of its famous—and infamous—decades The Chelsea Hotel, since its founding by a visionary French architect in 1884, has been an icon of American invention: a cultural dynamo and haven for the counterculture, all in...

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Doctor Zhivago (Vintage International)

by Boris Pasternak

Published: 2011-10-04

Paperback: 704 pages

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First published in Italy in 1957 amid international controversy, Doctor Zhivago is the story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself i...

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Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

by Anton Treuer

Published: 2012-05-01

Paperback: 184 pages

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“I had a profoundly well-educated Princetonian ask me, ‘Where is your tomahawk?’ I had a beautiful woman approach me in the college gymnasium and exclaim, ‘You have the most beautiful red skin.’ I took a friend to see Dances with Wolves and was told, ‘Your people have a beautif...

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Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste

by Bea Johnson

Published: 2013-04-09

Paperback: 304 pages

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In Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson shares the story of how she simplified her life by reducing her waste. Today, Bea, her husband, Scott, and their two young sons produce just one quart of garbage a year, and their overall quality of life has changed for the better: they now have more time to...

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Moloka'i by Alan Brennert l Summary & Study Guide

by BookRags

Published: 2011-10-05

Kindle Edition: 61 pages

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This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

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First-Degree Fudge: A Fudge Shop Mystery

by Christine DeSmet

Published: 2013-09-03

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

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First in a new mystery series--includes fudge recipes! New candy store owner Ava Oosterling specializes in making heavenly homemade fudge and fresh starts. But she’s just found out that her newest flavor is to die for?.   Between getting her store up and running and uneasily s...