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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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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

Paperback: 0 pages

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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...

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Waiting for Sunrise: A Novel

by William Boyd

Published: 2013-01-02

Paperback: 384 pages

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From one of our most celebrated and imaginative writers comes a spellbinding novel about deception, betrayal, psychoanalysis, and the mysteries of the human heart. William Boyd follows his critically acclaimed novels A Good Man in Africa, Brazzaville Beach, and Ordinary Thunderstorms with ...

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Waiting for the Barbarians

by J. M. Coetzee

Published: 1999

Paperback: 152 pages

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Set in an isolated outpost on the edge of a great Empire, WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS is a startling allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed. The Magistrate, the novel's fascinating narrator, has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of the frontier settlement, dabbling in...

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Waiting for the Moon

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages

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"Kristin Hannah is a superb storyteller."--Kathe Robin Romantic TimesAward-winning author Kristin Hannah creates her most spellbinding and compelling novel yet...a passionate tale of obsession, redemption, and the magic of true love.WAITING FOR THE MOONShe doesn't remember who she is or ho...