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The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2)

by Neal Stephenson

Published: 2005-06-14

Paperback: 848 pages

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In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack -- devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues -- a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ... nay, gold ... nay, legendar...

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Congress of Rough Riders

by John Boyne

Published: 2011-04-01

Paperback: 464 pages

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William Cody grows up surrounded by his father's tales of Buffalo Bill, to whom he is distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West. Though he escapes his heritage by fleeing abroad and starting a new life for himself, he finds that he is always drawn back to England and to his ancestry. When...

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The Conjurer's Bird: A Novel

by Martin Davies

Published: 2005-12-27

Hardcover: 400 pages

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CONNAISSANCE DES ARTS T.522; Artemisia ; pouvoir, gloire et passions d'une femme peintre

by Connaissance Des Arts

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Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

by Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler

Published: 2009-09-28

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Drs. Christakis and Fowler, which ha...

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Enriched Classics Series)

by Mark Twain

Published: 2007-05-01

Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages

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ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPA nineteenth-century American travels back in time to sixth-century England in this darkly comic social satire.THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information ...

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Bantam Classics)

by Mark Twain

Published: 1983-10-01

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages

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This novel tells the story of Hank Morgan, the quintessential self-reliant New Englander who brings to King Arthur's Age of Chivalry the ?great and beneficent? miracles of nineteenth-century engineering and American ingenuity. Through the collision of past and present, Twain exposes the in...

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

by Mark Twain

Published: 2012-06-04

Paperback: 362 pages

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Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are

by Sebastian Seung

Published: 2012-02-07

Hardcover: 384 pages

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The bold and thrilling quest to finally understand the brain?and along with it our mental afflictions, from depression to autism?by a rising star in neuroscienceSebastian Seung, a dynamic young professor at MIT, is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience. He believes that our iden...

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Conquering Darkness: Memoir of the Serial Killers Wife

by Alice M Swafford

Published: 2011-10-08

Paperback: 234 pages

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Conquering Darkness, Memoir of the Serial Killer's Wife is a painfully candid account of the lives of two black people who grew up together in West Oakland, California. Their story, would, in a few aspects, mirror the simple plot of ?boy meets girl.? Everybody knows that story?right? Boy meets girl;...