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The River Is Home: And Angel City. a Patrick Smith Reader

by Patrick D. Smith

Published: 1989-06-01

Hardcover: 400 pages

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The River is Home, Smith's first novel, is the story of Skeeter, a young boy whose family is poor in material goods but rich in their appreciation of the beautiful natural surroundings. The river figures strongly in their lives as a source of life and death. Angel City is the powerful and moving expos?...

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The River King

by Alice Hoffman

Published: 2001-07-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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From the best-selling author of The Dovekeepers, The River King confirms Alice Hoffman as "one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists" (Jane Smiley, USA Today).People tend to stay in their place in the town of Haddan. The students at the prestigious prep school don't mix with l...

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River of Blue Fire (Otherland, Volume 2)

by Tad Williams

Published: 1999-09-01

Mass Market Paperback: 704 pages

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New York Times bestselling author Tad Williams presents...The mass market edition of Volume Two..."A powerful, near-future cyberthriller."--Booklist"Williams proves himself as adept at writing science fiction as he is writing fantasy....Fascinating." --Publishers Weekly"An exciting additio...

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River of Doubt

by Martin Copeland

Published: 2001-04-01

Paperback: 188 pages

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River of Doubt is inspired by a true story. The time is February 1914. An expedition heads down an unknown river in the heart of Brazil's Amazon. The leaders: ex-US President THEODORE ROOSEVELT, still a "Bull Moose" at 54, a man of seemingly unquenchable strength and character impervious to doubt;...

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River of Doubt

by Candice Millard

Published: 2005

Hardcover: 448 pages

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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

by Candice Millard

Published: 2006-10-10

Paperback: 416 pages

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At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that sn...

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River Of Earth

by James Still

Published: 1978-12-31

Paperback: 256 pages

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First published in 1940, James Still's masterful novel has become a classic. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a boy, of three years in the life of his family and their kin. He sees his parents pulled between the meager farm with its sense of independence and the mining camp with its uncertain...

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River of Heaven: A Novel

by Lee Martin

Published: 2009-04-07

Paperback: 288 pages

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?You have to know the rest of my story, the part I can?t yet bring myself to say. A story of a boy I knew a long time ago and a brother I loved and then lost.? Past and present collide in Lee Martin's highly anticipated novel of a man, his brother, and the dark secret that both connects an...

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River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West

by Rebecca Solnit

Published: 2004-03-02

Paperback: 320 pages

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The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit's new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original...

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River of the Broken-Hearted

by David Adams Richards

Published: 2005-03-03

Paperback: 400 pages

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Janie McCleary runs one of the first movie theatres in New Brunswick. A successful woman in a world of men, she is ostracized, a victim of double-dealing and overt violence. She trusts no one outside her family. Spanning generations, "River of the Broken-Hearted" explores the life of this formidable...