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The Persimmon Tree

by Bryce Courtenay

Published: 2008-10

Hardcover: 711 pages

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It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the beguiling Anna van Heerden. Their time together is brief, as both are forced into...

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A Persistent Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World

by Reverend Father John Dear SJ

Published: 2008-08-01

Hardcover: 456 pages

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John Dear, SJ, has been arrested more than 75 times. He has spent more than a year of his life in jail. He has been mocked by armed U.S. soldiers standing outside the doors to his New Mexico parish. All this because he so fervently believes in peace.Dear's unflappable persistence in speaki...

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A Person of Interest: A Novel

by Susan Choi

Published: 2009-01-27

Paperback: 356 pages

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With its propulsive drive, vividly realized characters, and profound observations about soul and society, Pulitzer Prize?finalist Susan Choi's latest novel is as thrilling as it is lyrical, and confirms her place as one of the most important novelists chronicling the American experience. I...

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Personal Days: A Novel

by Ed Park

Published: 2008-05-13

Paperback: 241 pages

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Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, Book 8)

by Kelley Armstrong

Published: 2008-09-30

Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages

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In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, Kelley Armstrong has created a scintillating realm where the supernatural and the human coexist on the edge of darkness, romance, and eternity. Now Armstrong tells the captivating tale of a young woman with an insatiable lust for danger. She...

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Personal History

by Katharine Graham

Published: 1998-02-24

Paperback: 642 pages

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Winner - 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Biography An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women, Personal History is, as its title suggests, a book composed of both personal memoir and history. It is the story of Graham's parents: the ...

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The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

by Ann Weisgarber

Published: 2008-07-30

Hardcover: 306 pages

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It is 1917 in the South Dakota Badlands, and summer has been hard. Fourteen years have passed since Rachel and Isaac DuPree left Chicago to stake a claim in this unforgiving land. Isaac, a former Buffalo Soldier, is fiercely proud: black families are rare in the West, and black ranchers even rarer....

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The Personal History of Rachel DuPree: A Novel

by Ann Weisgarber

Published: 2011-07-26

Paperback: 336 pages

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Soon to be a Major Motion Picture Starring Emmy Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Viola Davis; "An eye-opening look at the little-explored area of a black frontier woman in the American West." --Chicago Sun-Times Praised by Alice Walker and many other bestselling writers, The Personal His...

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Personality Not Included: Why Companies Lose Their Authenticity And How Great Brands Get it Back

by Rohit Bhargava

Published: 2008-03-31

Hardcover: 302 pages

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Perspectives - the Journey Within

by Karin Weber

Published: 2012-01-13

Paperback: 79 pages

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Perspectives - the Journey Within is an insightful, inspirational photo essay based upon psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's assertion that the only freedom which cannot be taken away is the freedom to choose one's attitude. Author Karin Weber has juxtaposed photos from her worldwide travels with quotations...