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The View from Mount Joy: A Novel

by Lorna Landvik

Published: 2007-09-04

Hardcover: 368 pages

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From the author of ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS The View from Mount Joy, Lorna Landvik’s delightfully quirky and intensely moving new novel, is about a man, a supermarket, the roads not taken, and the great, unexpected pleasures found in living a good life. When hunky teenage hock...

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The View from Saturday

by E. L. Konigsburg

Published: 1998-02-01

Paperback: 176 pages

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HOW HAD MRS. OLINSKI CHOSEN her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski's team won t...

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The View from Saturday/Newbery Summer

by E.L. Konigsburg

Published: 2003-05-01

Paperback: 176 pages

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Meet the Souls ?Noah, who quite by accident was best man at the wedding of Ethan's grandmother and Nadia's grandfather ?Nadia, a hybrid with a halo of red hair, a dog that's a genius, and a fondness for baby turtles ?Ethan, the silent second son of one of Epiphany's oldest families, wh...

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viking: king's man

by Tim Severin

Published: 2006-04-01

Paperback: 320 pages

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It is Constantinople in 1035, and Thorgils has become a member of the Varangian lifeguard, where he witnesses the glories of the richest city on earth. He embarks on a campaign launched to recover Sicily from the Saracens. After years of traveling, Thorgils retreats to Sweden, but is even...

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Villa Incognito

by Tom Robbins

Published: 2003-04-29

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Villa Mirabella

by Peter Pezzelli

Published: 2010-06-01

Paperback: 290 pages

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In his acclaimed novels of Italian-American life, Peter Pezzelli explores themes of friendship, hope, and second chances. With Villa Mirabella, he invites readers into the lives of an unforgettable family--and into the warmth of one very special bed and breakfast. . .When Jason Mirabella...

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The village postmistress ..

by Bertha Currier. [old catalog hea Porter

Published: 2010-06-07

Paperback: 54 pages

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part...

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Villette

by Charlotte Bronte

Published: 2013-11-05

Paperback: 438 pages

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Another powerful novel from Charlotte Brontë, Villette tells the story of Lucy Snowe, a teacher at an all-girls school who finds herself in the thralls of romance and adventure. A novel known less for its plot than the compelling psychology of protagonist, Villette touches upon the themes of gender...

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Villette (Penguin Classics)

by Charlotte Brontë

Published: 2004-12-28

Paperback: 672 pages

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"I am only just returned to a sense of real wonder about me, for I have been reading Villette..." —George EliotWith neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls’ boarding school in the small town of Villette. There she struggles to retai...

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Vince Flynn Collectors' Edition #3: Consent to Kill, Act of Treason, and Protect and Defend

by Vince Flynn

Published: 2011-12-06

Hardcover: 1328 pages

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In this special collectors? edition, relive the action in Vince Flynn's #1 New York Tmes bestselling political thrillers: Consent to Kill, Act of Treason, and Protect and Defend.Consent to KillAn eye for an eye: that's what the powerful father of a dead terrorist demands in retribution--an...