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Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity

by Robert Beachy

Published: 2014-11-18

Hardcover: 336 pages

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An unprecedented examination of the ways in which the uninhibited urban sexuality, sexual experimentation, and medical advances of pre-Weimar Berlin created and molded our modern understanding of sexual orientation and gay identity.Known already in the 1850s for the friendly company of its...

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Totempole (NYRB Classics)

by Sanford Friedman

Published: 2014-09-02

Paperback: 432 pages

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Totempole is Sanford Friedman’s radical coming-of-age novel, featuring Stephen Wolfe, a young Jewish boy growing up in New York City and its environs during the Depression and war years. In eight discrete chapters, which trace Stephen’s evolution from a two-year-old boy to a twenty-fou...

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The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)

by Kody Keplinger

Published: 2011-06-07

Paperback: 304 pages

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Soon to be a major motion picture!Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper may not be the prettiest girl in her high school, but she has a loyal group of friends, a biting wit, and a spot-on BS detector. She's also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush...

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Mr. Emerson's Wife

by Amy Belding Brown

Published: 2006-05-30

Paperback: 336 pages

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In this novel about Ralph Waldo Emerson's wife, Lidian, Amy Belding Brown examines the emotional landscape of love and marriage. Living in the shadow of one of the most famous men of her time, Lidian becomes deeply disappointed by marriage, but consigned to public silence by social convent...

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Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four

by Veronica Roth

Published: 2014-07-08

Hardcover: 1888 pages

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Available together for the first time—all three books in the #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy, plus the companion volume told from the perspective of the immensely popular character Tobias. Perfect for established fans who want to own the full Divergent library or readers ...

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The Unquiet Dead: A Novel (Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak Novels)

by Ausma Zehanat Khan

Published: 2015-01-13

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Despite their many differences, Detective Rachel Getty trusts her boss, Esa Khattak, implicitly. But she’s still uneasy at Khattak’s tight-lipped secrecy when he asks her to look into Christopher Drayton’s death. Drayton’s apparently accidental fall from a cliff doesn’t seem to w...

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First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital

by Lisa Belkin

Published: 1994-03-02

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages

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"A powerful, true story of life and death in a major metropolitan hospital...Harrowing... An important book."THE NEW YORK TIMESWhat is life worth? And what is a life worth living? At a time when America faces vital choices about the future of its health care, former NEW YORK TIMES correspo...

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ARC (Near-Future Science Fiction Technothriller Mystery)

by Dennis Kunders

Published: 2012-06-16

Kindle Edition: 165 pages

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In a near-future where technology has rendered reality obsolete, homicide detective Travis Nolan is an expert at solving cases using the unthinkable power of Augmented Reality Contact Lenses. On the edge of burnout and haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his wife from her job at the Federal Augmented...

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The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir

by Anh Do

Published: 2010

Paperback: 232 pages

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A Memoir. The extraordinary true story of a boy's journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia's best-loved comedians. A story of true inspiration.

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The Daughter: A Novel

by Jane Shemilt

Published: 2015-03-03

Kindle Edition: 355 pages

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In the tradition of Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Ruth Rendell, this compelling and clever psychological thriller spins the harrowing tale of a mother’s obsessive search for her missing daughter.Jenny is a successful family doctor, the mother of three great teenagers, married to a cele...