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Afterwards: A Novel

by Rachel Seiffert

Published: 2007-07-10

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Rachel Seiffert’s first book, The Dark Room, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, announced the arrival of a major writer; Afterwards fulfills that promise with a stunning novel about war and its brutal after-effect.Alice is the protagonist of Afterwards, but this book is about the guil...

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* * * * Dramatic,
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Afterwards: A Novel

by Rosamund Lupton

Published: 2013-04-02

Paperback: 415 pages

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"A GRIPPING NOVEL." —New York Times Book Review When her children's school is set ablaze, Grace runs into the burning building to rescue her teenage daughter, Jenny. In the aftermath, badly injured, Grace learns the police have identified the arsonist, but they have blamed the wrong pe...

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Agaat

by Marlene Van Niekerk

Published: 2010-04-27

Paperback: 630 pages

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"I was immediately mesmerized...Its beauty matches its depth and her achievement is as brilliant as it is haunting." --Toni Morrison Set in apartheid South Africa, Agaat portrays the unique, forty-year relationship between Milla, a sixty-seven-year-old white woman, and her black maidservan...

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* * * * Informative,
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Against a Crimson Sky: A Novel

by James Conroyd Martin

Published: 2007-12-10

Paperback: 384 pages

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A magnificent epic, Against a Crimson Sky is an unforgettable tale of love, valor, and the enduring strength of the human spirit, set against the backdrop of war-torn Poland at the cusp of the nineteenth century.  The year is 1794, and the beautiful and resilient Countess Anna Maria Berez...

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Against All Enemies

by Tom Clancy, Peter Telep

Published: 2012-01-31

Paperback: 720 pages

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Tom Clancy, the master of international intrigue and explosive action, introduces a new hero for a new era of warfare-against a new kind of threat.

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Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror

by Richard A. Clarke

Published: 2004-09-14

Paperback: 352 pages

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THE EXPLOSIVE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER With all-new excerpts from Richard Clarke's dramatic public testimony, and revealing corroboration from The 9/11 Commission Report From the 9/11 Commission Report: "On the day of the meeting [September 4, 2001], Clarke sent Rice an impassioned pers...

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Against All Odds (Heroes of Quantico Series, Book 1)

by Irene, Hannon

Published: 2009-02-01

Paperback: 334 pages

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Her life is in danger--and so is his heart. For FBI Hostage Rescue Team member Evan Cooper and his partner, dignitary protection duty should have been a piece of cake. Unfortunately, beautiful but determined Monica Callahan isn't making it easy. Estranged from her diplomat father--who is involved in...

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Against All Odds: My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks, and Second Chances

by Scott Brown

Published: 2011-03-01

Hardcover: 336 pages

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The extraordinary personal journey of a man who, against all odds, rose to become one of America's most surprising and promising new political figures Scott Brown's greatest win did not occur on a cold January election night in 2010 when he came from behind to capture the U.S. Senate ...

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Against Medical Advice: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery

by James Patterson, Hal Friedman, Cory Friedman

Published: 2008-10-01

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

by Agatha Christie

Published: 1996-03-01

Mass Market Paperback: 0 pages

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The great mystery writer shares her own vivid chronicle of her childhood, family life, marriages, personal relationships, and world travels, as well as a discussion of her own struggles as a writer and the general problems of creative writing. Reprint.