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Slammed

by Colleen Hoover

Published: 2012-04-17

Paperback: 312 pages

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Slammed is Colleen Hoover's 2012 best-selling debut novel.  Amazon's #1 United States Drama and #1 Top Rated e-book in Romance.   Following the unexpected death of her father, 18-year-old Layken is forced to be the rock for both her mother and younger brother. Outwardly, she appears resi...

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Slammerkin

by Emma Donoghue

Published: 2002-05-01

Kindle Edition: 435 pages

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Slammerkin: A loose gown; a loose woman. Born to rough cloth in Hogarth's London, but longing for silk, Mary Saunders's eye for a shiny red ribbon leads her to prostitution at a young age. A dangerous misstep sends her fleeing to Monmouth, and the position of household seamstress, the ordi...

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by Emma Donoghue

Published: 2011-03

Paperback: 432 pages

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Set in London and Monmouth in the late 1700s, this is an extraordinary novel about Mary Saunders, the young daughter of a poor seamstress. Mary hungers greedily for fine clothes and ribbons, as people of her class do for food and warmth. It's a hunger that lures her into prostitution at the age of thirteen....

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Slamming Open the Door

by Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno

Published: 2009-04-01

Paperback: 61 pages

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Of all the losses we may be asked to bear, the murder of one’s child must be the most terrible. These poems evoke that keenly, seeking justice but transcending judgment as they grieve loss, celebrate love, and find healing.

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Slant of Light (The Daybreak Series)

by Steve Wiegenstein

Published: 2012-04-08

Paperback: 308 pages

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Set during the brink of the Civil War, this beautifully written novel traces James Turner, a charming, impulsive writer and lecturer; Charlotte, his down-to-earth bride; and Cabot, an idealistic Harvard-educated abolitionist as they are drawn together in a social experiment deep in the Mis...

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The Slap

by Christos Tsiolkas

Published: 2008-01

Paperback: 485 pages

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Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

Published: 1999-01-12

Paperback: 288 pages

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Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

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Slave

by Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis, Damien Lewis

Published: 2005-04-27

Paperback: 368 pages

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Mende Nazer lost her childhood at age twelve, when she was sold into slavery. It all began one horrific night in 1993, when Arab raiders swept through her Nuba village, murdering the adults and rounding up thirty-one children, including Mende. Mende was sold to a wealthy Arab family who ...

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The Slave Across the Street

by Theresa Flores, PeggySue Wells

Published: 2010-01-11

Paperback: 160 pages

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While more and more people each day become aware of the dangerous world of human trafficking, most people in the U.S. still believe this is something that happens to foreign women, men and children--not something that happens to their own. In this powerful true story, Theresa Flores share...

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The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South

by John W. Blassingame

Published: 1979-11-01

Paperback: 432 pages

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Taking into account the major recent studies, this volume presents an updated analysis of the life of the black slave--his African heritage, culture, family, acculturation, behavior, religion, and personality.