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The Perils of Pursuing a Prince (Desperate Debutantes)

by Julia London

Published: 2010-01-26

Paperback: 384 pages

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From New York Times bestselling author Julia London comes the second novel in her irresistibly romantic Desperate Debutantes trilogy, in which three suddenly destitute aristocratic young ladies must resort to desperate means to keep up appearances...and find the husbands of their dreams.La...

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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Published: 2012-02-28

Paperback: 448 pages

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Like the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements has a permanent place in our imagination. But aside from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, copper, gold), the elements themselves remain wrapped in mystery. We do not know what most of them...

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The Perk

by Mark Gimenez

Published: 2009-02-19

Paperback: 512 pages

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky

Published: 1999-02-01

Paperback: 213 pages

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Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being...

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Perla

by Carolina De Robertis

Published: 2012-03-27

Hardcover: 256 pages

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A coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.   Perla Correa grew up a privileged only child in Buenos Aires, with a cold, polished mother an...

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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

by Marjane Satrapi

Published: 2003-04

Hardcover: 153 pages

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Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrap...

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Perseverance

by Robin Lehman

Published: 2009-08-10

Paperback: 316 pages

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FBI Special Agent Regan Manning and her team must protect the dignitaries at the Alaska Energy Summit from the growing mob of protestors who oppose a plan to put a nuclear waste facility in Alaska’s interior. Along with the menacing mob, the VIPs themselves pose a threat to each other as political...

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The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault

Published: 1988-02-12

Paperback: 432 pages

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“It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior.”–The Atlantic MonthlyThe Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas w...

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The Persian Bride

by James Buchan

Published: 2002-06-05

Paperback: 352 pages

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At once a great love story, a riveting political thriller, and a profound analysis of modern Iran, THE PERSIAN BRIDE is unflinching in its vision of twentieth-century chaos. In 1974, the young Englishman John Pitt follows the hippie trail to Isfahan, where he encounters the enchanting Shir...

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The Persian Pickle Club

by Sandra Dallas

Published: 1996-09-15

Paperback: 196 pages

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It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their m...