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Schild's Ladder: A Novel

by Greg Egan

Published: 2015-02-17

Paperback: 320 pages

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When the laws of physics are suddenly called into question, a whole new potential for life and death is brought to the entire universe.For twenty thousand years, every phenomenon that has ever been observed in the universe has been explainable through the means of the Sarumpaet Rules. Thes...

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I'M ALIVE HURRAY: Overcoming Life's Obstacles with Laughter and Love

by Esther Tulkoff

Published: 2018-08-16

Paperback: 236 pages

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 Esther Tulkoff's hilarious memoir will make you laugh and cry at the same time.  Esther Tulkoff has had a 7-year sparring match with the Angel of Death and has triumphed.ESTHER TULKOFF IS NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK HER OWN TRUTH. This memoir is a special treat! Don't miss it!Esther Tulkoff re...

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The Woman in the Veil: A Victorian Mystery

by Laura Joh Rowland

Published: 2020-01-07

Hardcover: 294 pages

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Award-winning author Laura Joh Rowland is back with the fourth in her critically acclaimed Victorian mysteries where the case of a mutilated "Sleeping Beauty" washes ashore in London.London, June 1890.Sarah Bain and her friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly are crime scene photograp...

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Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS

by Azadeh Moaveni

Published: 2019-09-10

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A gripping account of thirteen women who joined, endured, and, in some cases, escaped life in the Islamic State—based on years of immersive reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist.FINALIST FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A...

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Middle Son: A Novel

by Deborah Iida

Published: 2000-07-01

Paperback: 224 pages

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Haunted by unhappy memories related to his Japanese-American family's forced transplant to war-stricken Hawaii, Spencer Fujii returns as an adult to the side of his ailing mother and rediscovers his identity. Reprint.

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River Thieves: A Novel

by Michael Crummey

Published: 2003-06-04

Kindle Edition: 426 pages

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“An impressive first novel” of a crisis between natives and colonists in Newfoundland, based on historical events (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). In 1810, David Buchan, a naval officer, arrives in the Bay of Exploits with orders to establish contact with the Beothuk, or “Red Indians,�...

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Seven Daughters and Seven Sons

by Barbara Cohen, Bahija Lovejoy

Published: 1994-10-19

Paperback: 224 pages

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In an ancient Arab nation, one woman dares to be different.Buran cannot -- Buran will not-sit quietly at home and wait to be married to the man her father chooses. Determined to use her skills and earn a fortune, she instead disguises herself as a boy and travels by camel caravan to a dis...

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True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy

by Kati Marton

Published: 2016-09-06

Hardcover: 304 pages

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“Relevant...fascinating...vividly reconstructed.” —The New York Times Book Review“Riveting reading...a mesmerizing look at Cold War espionage.” —USA TODAYThis astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with...

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Interior Chinatown: A Novel

by Charles Yu

Published: 2020-01-28

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, and escaping the roles we are forced to play—by the author of the infinitely inventive How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He’s merely Generic A...

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An Ideal Husband (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 2001-02-05

Paperback: 96 pages

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Although Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are still staple...