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The Dog: Stories

by Jack Livings

Published: 2014-08-05

Hardcover: 240 pages

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“Jack Livings’s stories of China are marvels of the imagination.” —Paul Harding, author of TinkersSet in the shifting landscape of contemporary China, Jack Livings’s The Dog explodes the country’s cultural and social fault lines, revealing a nation accustomed to rations, bitter...

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Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered

by Dianne Hales

Published: 2014-08-05

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story: Meet the flesh-and-blood woman who became one of the most famous artistic subjects of all time—Mona Lisa.A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. Every year more than 9 million visitors...

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Ciao, Carpaccio!: An Infatuation

by Jan Morris

Published: 2014-11-03

Hardcover: 160 pages

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Jan Morris returns to Venice in this loving tribute to one of the great Renaissance masters. In the course of writing Venice, her 1961 classic, Jan Morris became fascinated by the historical presence of a sometimes-overlooked Venetian painter. Nowadays the name of Vittore Carpaccio (1460�...

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The Tumble Inn (New York State Series)

by William Loizeaux

Published: 2014-09-30

Paperback: 176 pages

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Tired of their high school teaching jobs and discouraged by their failed attempts at conceiving a child, Mark and Fran Finley decide they need a change in their lives. Abruptly, they leave their friends and family in suburban New Jersey to begin anew as innkeepers on a secluded lake in the...

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Powered By Hope: The Teri Griege Story

by Teri Griege, Amy Marxkors

Published: 2014-07-15

Paperback: 234 pages

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Powered By Hope reaches across boundary lines and speaks directly to our humanity, touching upon some of the most universally relevant subjects in society: addiction, alcoholism, cancer, death, and faith. With an engaging narrative, Teri Griege--with the assistance of author Amy Marxkors--...

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The Third Floor

by Judi Grace

Published: 2014-09-11

Kindle Edition: 162 pages

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A 15 year old girl, raised in a rural farming community is sent to an inner city to live and hide in a Home for unwed mothers. Written in the voice of the fifteen year old from letters saved from her best friend since the summer of 1962. She tells of daily life inside the home, chores, military rules...

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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

by Jenny Nordberg

Published: 2014-09-16

Hardcover: 368 pages

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An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom that will transform your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girlIn Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune....

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Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

by Rosecrans Baldwin

Published: 2013-06-25

Paperback: 304 pages

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A self-described Francophile since the age of nine, Rosecrans Baldwin had always dreamed of living in France. So when an offer presented itself to work at a Parisian ad agency, he couldn’t turn it down—even though he had no experience in advertising, and even though he hardly spoke Fre...

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* * * Unconvincing,
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Die for You

by Lisa Unger

Published: 2010-07-27

Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages

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Isabel Raine thought she had everything—a successful career, a supportive family, and a happy marriage. Then one ordinary morning, her husband, Marcus, leaves for work and never comes back.  She spends the day frantically calling his cell phone and his office, but receives no answer.  After a dramatic...

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Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness

by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Published: 2011-04-21

Paperback: 256 pages

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There are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both a sign of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. CROW PLANET is a call to experience the wildlife in our midst, reminding us that we don't have to head to faraway places to encounter "nature." Even...