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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

Published: 1980

Paperback: 307 pages

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McCuller's classic American tale of deaf-mute John Singer, who becomes the confidant of various misfits in a small Georgia town in the 1930s, is now available in trade paperback. This new edition celebrates the 60th anniversary of this novel, with a new introduction by Lorem Ipsim.

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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter/Reflections in a Golden Eye/The Ballad of the Sad Cafe/The Member of the Wedding/The Clock Without Hands (Library of America)

by Carson McCullers

Published: 2001-10-01

Hardcover: 827 pages

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When The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter was published in 1940, Carson McCullers was instantly recognized as one of the most promising writers of her generation. The novels that followed established her as a master of Southern Gothic. "McCullers' gift," writes Joyce Carol Oates, "was to evoke,...

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The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

by Andy Andrews

Published: 2011-04-11

Paperback: 248 pages

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“With the skill of a virtuoso, Andy Andrews continues his string of successful writing performances in his latest entertaining masterpiece. The plot, characters, and storyline combine to summon the reader into an unforgettable experience.”Robert Silvers Executive Publisher, The Sat...

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The Heart of a Chief

by Joseph Bruchac

Published: 2002-10-02

Hardcover: 175 pages

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An eleven-year-old Penacook Indian boy living on a reservation faces his father's alcoholism, a controversy surrounding plans for a casino on a tribal island, and insensitivity toward Native Americans in his school and nearby town.

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The Heart of a Killer

by Jaci Burton

Published: 2011-10-18

Paperback: 407 pages

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No one said coming home would be easy. But for Dante Renaldi, it's murder.Before the Special Forces hero has even unpacked his bags from twelve years of active duty, he's embroiled in murder?corpses bearing the brutal trademark he's seen only once before?on the worst night of his life.The ...

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Heart of a Knight

by Barbara Samuel

Published: 1997-08

Paperback: 368 pages

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In 1351, Lady Elizabeth D'Auvers returns from exile to her ancestral English castle and finds it managed by a knight errant whose courage and looks attract her but whose secrets make her tremble. Original."Lady Elizabeth D'Auvers returns to her beloved home, Woodell Castle, after a...

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The Heart of a Woman (Oprah's Book Club)

by Maya Angelou

Published: 1997-05-17

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have...

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Heart of Aztlan: A Novel

by Rudolfo Anaya

Published: 1988-03-01

Paperback: 215 pages

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The Albuquerque barrio portrayed in this vivid novel of postwar New Mexico is a place where urban and rural, political and religious realities coexist, collide, and combine. The magic realism for which Anaya is well known combines with an emphatic portrayal of the plight of workers dispossessed of their...

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The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith

by Marcus J. Borg

Published: 2004-09-01

Paperback: 234 pages

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World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith. For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long f...

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Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

Published: 2004-09

Paperback: 80 pages

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Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness was first published in 1899 in serial form in London's Blackwood's Magazine. Loosely based on Conrad's firsthand experience of rescuing a company agent from a remote station in the heart of the Congo, the novel is considered a literary bridge between the ...