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Jane Fairfax: The Secret Story of the Second Heroine in Jane Austen's Emma

by Joan Aiken

Published: 1997-03-15

Paperback: 256 pages

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Jane Austen's Emma has been a favorite novel for Austenites since 1816. In the mid-1990s it became a favorite movie for millions of new admirers.A key reason for Emma's success is that the story has two heroines-Emma Woodhouse and Jane Fairfax. In Austen's novel, Jane's backgound is left o...

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Jane: A Murder (Soft Skull ShortLit)

by Maggie Nelson

Published: 2005-03-02

Paperback: 200 pages

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A new entry in Soft Skull's ShortLit series, Jane tells the spectral story of the life and death of Maggie Nelson's aunt Jane. Though officially unsolved, Jane's murder was apparently the third in a series of seven brutal rape-murders near the University of Michigan in the late 1960s. Nels...

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Janeology

by Karen Harrington

Published: 2011-05-18

Paperback: 250 pages

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Jane Nelson is a loving mother of two who has drowned her toddler son and is charged with his murder in this powerful examination of love, loss, and family legacy. When a prosecutor decides Jane's husband Tom is partially to blame for the death and charges him with "failure to protect," Tom's attorney...

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Janet Evanovich Boxed Set #2 (Hot Six, Seven Up, Hard Eight)

by Janet Evanovich

Published: 2006-08-29

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Three Stephanie Plum stories in one terrific set! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich comes the Janet Evanovich Boxed Set #2, containing one copy each of the Stephanie Plum Novels Hot Six, Seven Up, and Hard Eight....

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Janet Evanovich Boxed Set #3: with 1 each One For the Money, To the Nines, Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum)

by Janet Evanovich

Published: 2005-08-30

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Janet Frame: An Autobiography; Volume One : To the Is-Land, Volume Two : An Angel at My Table, Volume Three : The Envoy from Mirror City/ 3 Volumes in One Book

by Janet Frame

Published: 1991-03

Paperback: 434 pages

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* * * Slow,
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The Janissary Tree: A Novel

by Jason Goodwin

Published: 2006-05-15

Paperback: 320 pages

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Introducing Investigator Yashim: In 1830s Istanbul, an extra-ordinary hero tackles an extraordinary plot that threatens to topple the Ottoman EmpireIt is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of m...

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The Janitor's Boy

by Andrew Clements

Published: 2001-09-01

Paperback: 160 pages

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IT WAS THE PERFECT CRIMEUnfortunately, it also led to the perfect punishment. When Jack Rankin gets busted for defacing a school desk with a huge wad of disgusting, watermelon bubble gum, the principal sentences him to three weeks of after-school gum cleanup for the chief custodian. The pr...

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* * * Addictive

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January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her

by Michael Schofield

Published: 2013-08-06

Paperback: 320 pages

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At age six, January ("Jani") Schofield was diagnosed with one of the most severe cases of child-onset schizophrenia on record. Hallucinating constantly, she is at the mercy of her imaginary friends—some of whom are friendly, while others tell her to scream at strangers, jump out of buil...

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January Kills Me (Samantha Rialto Mysteries)

by Evan Katy

Published: 2011-05-01

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Samantha Rialto, a recently divorced, defensively snarky middle school music teacher, has taken up surveillance photography as a way to fill the gaps in her educator's salary. As the daughter of the former Chief of Police it seemed like a reasonable choice for a side job. That is until a p...