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The Last Bridge: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle)

by Teri Coyne

Published: 2010-05-25

Paperback: 256 pages

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For ten years, Alexandra “Cat” Rucker has been on the run from her past. But a sudden call from an old neighbor forces Cat to return to her Ohio hometown—and to the family she never intended to see again. Cat’s mother is dead, and she’s left a disturbing and confusing suicide not...

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The Last Brother: A Novel (Lannan Translation Selection (Graywolf Paperback))

by Nathacha Appanah

Published: 2011-02-01

Paperback: 208 pages

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As 1944 comes to a close, nine-year-old Raj is unaware of the war devastating the rest of the world. He lives in Mauritius, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, where survival is a daily struggle for his family. When a brutal beating lands Raj in the hospital of the prison camp where his f...

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Last Call (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Laura Pedersen

Published: 2003-12-30

Paperback: 320 pages

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Having descended from a long line of indomitable, good-humored Scots, Hayden MacBride sees no reason to take his own death lying down. In fact, he now spends his days crashing funerals for the free food and insight into the Great Beyond. Then he meets Rosamond, a nun playing hooky from the...

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Last Call for Blackford Oakes (Blackford Oakes Novel)

by William F. Buckley Jr.

Published: 2006-05-01

Paperback: 368 pages

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More than twenty years ago William F. Buckley Jr. launched the dashing character of Blackford Oakes like a missile over the literary landscape. This newly minted CIA agent-brainy, bold, and complex-began his career by saving the queen of England and quickly took his place in the pantheon o...

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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

by Daniel Okrent

Published: 2011-05-31

Paperback: 480 pages

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A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the US Constitution was amended to restrict one of America’s favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages.From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing ves...

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Last Chance Beauty Queen

by Hope Ramsay

Published: 2012-02-01

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages

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Dear Reader,Gracious me, my beautiful daughter Rocky sure could use my help. I always knew she wasn't much interested in the local boys - but who'd have thought she'd come home with English royalty? Trouble is, Hugh wants to buy some of our folks' land. We don't want to sell, but Rocky's j...

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Last Chance Saloon

by Marian Keyes

Published: 2003-06-01

Paperback: 528 pages

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Ever since legwarmers were cool, best friends Tara, Katherine, and Fintan have survived small-town ennui, big-city heartbreak, and endless giddy nights out on the town. But now that they've graduated to their slightly more serious thirties, only Fintan has what can honestly be called a "lo...

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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

by Richard Louv

Published: 2008-04-10

Paperback: 416 pages

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"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged in-and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking new work, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack...

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The Last Child

Paperback: 432 pages

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Winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best NovelJohn Hart's New York Times bestselling debut, The King of Lies, announced the arrival of a major talent. With Down River, he surpassed his earlier success, transcending the barrier between thriller and literature and winning the 2008 Edgar Award...

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The Last Child

by John Hart

Published: 2010-03-09

Paperback: 432 pages

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Winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best NovelJohn Hart's New York Times bestselling debut, The King of Lies, announced the arrival of a major talent. With Down River, he surpassed his earlier success, transcending the barrier between thriller and literature and winning the 2008 Edgar Award...