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The Ruins

by Scott Smith

Published: 2006-07-18

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Eerie, terrifying, unputdownable—Scott Smith’s first novel since his best-selling A Simple Plan (“Simply the best suspense novel of this year—hell, of the 1990s”—Stephen King). The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying a pleas...

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A Rule Against Murder: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Armand Gamache Novel)

by Louise Penny

Published: 2009-01-20

Hardcover: 322 pages

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?What happened here last night isn?t allowed,? said Madame Dubois.It was such an extraordinary thing to say it stopped the ravenous Inspector Beauvoir from taking another bite of his roast beef on baguette.?You have a rule against murder?? he asked.?I do.  When my husband and I bought the...

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Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital

by Heidi Squier Kraft

Published: 2012-05-22

Paperback: 272 pages

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When Lieutenant Commander Heidi Kraft's twin son and daughter were fifteen months old, she was deployed to Iraq. A clinical psychologist in the US Navy, Kraft's job was to uncover the wounds of war that a surgeon would never see. She put away thoughts of her children back home, acclimate...

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The Rule of Four

by Ian Caldwell

Published: 2004

Hardcover: 373 pages

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A stunning first novel in the vein of Umberto Ecco and Dan Brown. Two friends find the key to the labyrinth that holds the secrets of an ancient text called the "Hypnerotomachia." But when a fellow researcher is murdered, they suddenly realize they are caught in a web of great danger. "Th...

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The Rule of St Benedict (Penguin Classics)

Published: 2008-03-25

Paperback: 160 pages

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Rule of the Bone: Novel, A

by Russell Banks

Published: 1996-05

Paperback: 390 pages

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In the tradition Huckleberry Finn and The Catcherin the Rye, Russell Banks’s quintessential novel of adisaffected homeless youth living on the edge of society “redefines theyoung modern anti-hero. . . . Rule of the Bone has its own culture andlanguage, and Bone is sure to become a...

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Rules

by Cynthia Lord

Published: 2008-09-01

Paperback: 224 pages

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This 2007 Newbery Honor Book is a humorous and heartwarming debut about feeling different and finding acceptance. Now in After Words paperback!Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around ...

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Rules for Old Men Waiting: A Novel

by Peter Pouncey

Published: 2006-05-30

Paperback: 240 pages

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A brief, lyrical novel with a powerful emotional charge, Rules for Old Men Waiting is about three wars of the twentieth century and an ever-deepening marriage. In a house on the Cape ?older than the Republic,? Robert MacIver, a historian who long ago played rugby for Scotland, creates a li...

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Rules for Radicals

by Saul D. Alinsky

Published: 1989-10-23

Paperback: 224 pages

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First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” Written in the midst of radical political development...

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Rules for Virgins: Wherein Magic Gourd Advises Young Violet on How to Become a Popular Courtesan While Avoiding Cheapskates, False Love, and Suicide

by Amy Tan

Published: 2013-07-01

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In her startlingly sensual story, Rules for Virgins, beloved bestselling author Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter’s Daughter) takes us deep into the illicit world of 1912 Shanghai, where beautiful courtesans mercilessly compete for the patronage of wealthy gentlemen. For the women, the contest...