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Elle

by Douglas Glover

Published: 2007-09-07

Paperback: 226 pages

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A 16th-century belle turned Robinson Crusoe, a female Don Quixote with an Inuit Sancho Panza -- this is the heroine of the novel that won the 2003 Governor General's Award. Elle is a lusty, subversive riff on the discovery of the New World, the moment of first contact. Based on what might be a true story,...

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Ellen Foster

by Kaye Gibbons

Published: 2012-10-17

Paperback: 144 pages

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Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's Citation for Fiction. An eleven-year-old heroine tells her unforgettable story with honesty, perceptivity, humor, and unselfconscious heroism. "The honesty of thought and eye...

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Ellen Foster (Oprah's Book Club)

by Kaye Gibbons

Published: 1997-11-05

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"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy." So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kay Gibbons's first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the Ameri...

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* * * * Adventurous,
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Ellis Island: A Novel

by Kate Kerrigan

Published: 2011-06-28

Paperback: 368 pages

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“A standout novel….A rare combination of historical enlightenment and sheer enjoyment.”—Peter Quinn, author of The Man Who Never ReturnedAlready a hit in the United Kingdom, Ellis Island by Kate Kerrigan is both a poignant love story and a lyrical, evocative depiction of the immigr...

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* * * * Optimistic,
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An Elm Creek Quilts Sampler: The First Three Novels in the Popular Series (Elm Creek Quilters Novels)

by Jennifer Chiaverini

Published: 2003-10-21

Hardcover: 721 pages

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Three Complete Novels, The Quilter's Apprentice, Round Robin, and The Cross-Country Quilters, from The New York Times Bestselling Author, Jennifer Chiaverini Here's where it all began -- the three novels that first made beloved friends of the Elm Creek Quilters, who stepped out of Pen...

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Elmer Gantry (Signet Classics)

by Sinclair Lewis

Published: 2007-12-04

Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages

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Sinclair Lewis’ world-famous satire of religious hypocrisy and the excesses of the Roaring ?20s.   Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized readers when it was first published, causing Sinclair Lewis to be “invited” to a jail cell in New ...

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Eloquent Silence

by Sandra Brown

Published: 2005-04-01

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Elsa's Own Blue Zone: America's Centenarian Sweetheart's Insights for Positive Aging and Living

by Sharon Textor-Black

Published: 2009-04-01

Paperback: 162 pages

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Elsa's Own Blue Zone is about a beautiful, strong and active centenarian who defies the stereotypes of age as an astounding example of positive aging and positive living. Her inspiring insights include and go further than the basics of healthful habits. Elsa's Own Blue Zone provides answer...

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Elsewhere (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)

by Gabrielle Zevin

Published: 2005-09-09

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to ...

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Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots

by Jim Paul

Published: 2004-06-07

Paperback: 324 pages

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Reclusive David Huntington writes rigorously meaningless poetry to great acclaim. But he lives fearfully, sleeping and working with earplugs, rarely going outside, drawing his life more closely around him every day. A wild parrot, a gift from his father, becomes the breach in the dike: Lit...