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Ordinary Heroes

by Scott Turow

Published: 2011-04-05

Paperback: 496 pages

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Stewart Dubinsky knew his father, David, had served in World War II, but had been told very little about his experiences. When he finds, after his father's death, a packet of wartime letters to a former fiancee and learns of David's court-martial, Stewart is driven to uncover the truth about this enigmatic,...

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Ordinary Life: Stories (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Elizabeth Berg

Published: 2003-05-13

Paperback: 192 pages

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In this superb collection of short stories, Elizabeth Berg takes us into remarkable moments in the lives of women, when memories and events come together to create a sense of coherence, understanding, and change. In ?Ordinary Life,? Mavis McPherson locks herself in the bathroom for a week,...

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Ordinary Love and Good Will

by Jane Smiley

Published: 2007-10-09

Paperback: 210 pages

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From Jane Smiley, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Thousand Acres: a pair of novellas chronicling difficult choices that reshape the dynamics of two very different families.In Ordinary Love, Smiley focuses on a woman's infidelity and the lasting, indelible effects it leaves on ...

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An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography

by Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner

Published: 2007-02-27

Paperback: 224 pages

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April 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide--Read more about the conflict and the amazing life story of the man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda in this remarkable accountReaders who were moved and horrified by Hotel Rwanda will respond even more intensely to Paul Ruse...

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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

by Christopher R. Browning

Published: 1993-03-17

Paperback: 271 pages

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The shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews.Shocking as it is, this book--a crucial source of original research used for the bestseller Hitler's Willing Executioners--gives evidence to suggest the opposi...

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Ordinary People

by Judith Guest

Published: 1982-10-28

Paperback: 272 pages

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Ordinary People, Turbulent Times

by Alice Dreifuss Goldstein

Published: 2008-07-27

Paperback: 144 pages

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The Ordinary Princess

by M. M. Kaye

Published: 2002-03-18

Paperback: 128 pages

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Along with Wit, Charm, Health, and Courage, Princess Amy of Phantasmorania receives a special fairy christening gift: Ordinariness. Unlike her six beautiful sisters, she has brown hair and freckles, and would rather have adventures than play the harp, embroider tapestries . . . or become ...

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Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope

by Jonathan Kozol

Published: 2001-03-01

Paperback: 400 pages

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Jonathan Kozol's books have become touchstones of the American conscience.  In his most personal and optimistic book to date, Jonathan returns to the South Bronx to spend another four years with the children who have come to be his friends at P.S. 30 and St. Ann's.  A fascinating narrati...

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Ordinary Thunderstorms: A Novel

by William Boyd

Published: 2010-02-01

Hardcover: 416 pages

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One May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a meal at a little Italian bistro. He strikes up a conversation with a solitary diner at the next table, who leaves soon afterward. With horrify...