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Waiting : A Novel (Vintage International)

by Ha Jin

Published: 2000-09-19

Paperback: 308 pages

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"In Waiting, Ha Jin portrays the life of Lin Kong, a dedicated doctor torn by his love for two women: one who belongs to the New China of the Cultural Revolution, the other to the ancient traditions of his family's village. Ha Jin profoundly understands the conflict between the individual ...

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Waiting for

by Participant Media

Published: 2010-09-14

Paperback: 288 pages

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Each book includes a $15 gift card from DonorsChoose.org to give to a classroom in need. � The American public school system is in crisis, failing millions of students, producing as many drop-outs as graduates, and threatening our economic future. By 2020, the United States will have 123 ...

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Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic

by Catherine Newman

Published: 2005-04

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* Slow,
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Waiting for Columbus

Hardcover: 336 pages

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A man arrives at an insane asylum in contemporary Spain claiming to be the legendary navigator Christopher Columbus. Who he really is, and the events that led him to break with reality, lie at the center of this captivating, romantic, and stunningly written novel.Found in the treacherous S...

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* * * * * Inspiring,
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Waiting for Eli: A Father's Journey from Fear to Faith

by Chad Judice

Published: 2010-03-01

Hardcover: 176 pages

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Waiting For Eli: A Father's Journey from Fear to Faith is a 176-page hardcover book about a Lafayette, La., couple and their infant son Eli who was born with a dreaded birth defect called spina bifida. It is an inspiring story of faith, hope and the power of prayer. The book takes us on an...

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Waiting for Godot

by Samuel Beckett

Published: 1994-01-18

Paperback: 111 pages

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A seminal work of twentieth-century drama, Waiting for Godot was Samuel Beckett’s first professionally produced play. It opened in Paris in 1953 at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone, and has since become a cornerstone of twentieth-century theater.The story line revolves around two ...

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Waiting for My Cats to Die: A Memoir

by Stacy Horn

Published: 2002-01-17

Paperback: 320 pages

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Waiting for Snow in Havana

by Carlos Eire

Published: 1000

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Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy

by Carlos Eire

Published: 2004-12-24

Paperback: 400 pages

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Winner-2003 National Book Award for NonfictionNarrated with the urgency of a confession, "Waiting for Snow in Havana" is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in readers lives when they are certain they have...

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Waiting For Spring

by R.J. Keller

Published: 2011-05-10

Paperback: 608 pages

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The pain in Tess Dyer's heart stems from a lifetime of rejection: by her distant mother, by a string of one-night stands, and by her husband, Jason. He promised to love her forever, yet here she is, divorced and shunned in her own town. She tries everything to dull the pain: sex, work, and...