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World's Fair: A Novel

by E.L. Doctorow

Published: 2007-07-10

Paperback: 304 pages

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"Something close to magic." The Los Angeles TimesThe astonishing novel of a young boy's life in the New York City of the 1930s, a stunning recreation of the sights, sounds, aromas and emotions of a time when the streets were safe, families stuck together through thick and thin, and all the...

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World's Wife

by Carol Ann Duffy

Published: 2000-09-08

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That saying? Behind every famous man ...? From Mrs Midas to Queen Kong, from Elvis's twin sister to Pygmalion's bride, they're all here, in Carol Ann Duffy's inspired and inspirational collection, The World's Wife. Witty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred look at the real...

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Wormwood (China Bayles Mystery)

by Susan Wittig Albert

Published: 2010-04-06

Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages

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Evil can worm its way into the purest of hearts... China Bayles needs rest, and a historic Shaker village in Kentucky seems the ideal place for it. There she can learn about the intriguing, dwindling Shaker culture and its medicinal herbs. Unfortunately, the village is plagued with misfort...

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Wormwood China Bayles #17 (China Bayles Mystery)

by Susan Wittig Albert

Published: 2009-04-07

Hardcover: 320 pages

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?In a class with'sleuths V.I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum,?(Publishers Weekly) China Bayles stumbles over old secrets in a Shaker village. China's friends and family are urging her to get some rest?and a Kentucky Shaker village seems the ideal place for it. At Mount Zion, China can assis...

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The Worn Out Woman: When Life is Full and Your Spirit is Empty

by Dr. Steve Stephens, Alice Gray

Published: 2004-02-05

Paperback: 240 pages

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For the growing number of women who want to drop out because they are stressed out, this easy read provides practical solutions. Women can immediately apply these tools and strategies for limiting commitments, identifying gifts, dealing with emotions, nurturing the spirit, burying anxieties, facing the...

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Worst Case

by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

Published: 2010-02-01

Hardcover: 416 pages

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Best case: survivalThe son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. His parents can't save him, because this kidnapper isn't demanding money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the price others pay for his life of luxury. In this exam, wrong an...

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The Worst Hard Time

by Timothy Egan

Published: 2008-05

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The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people that held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist and author Timothy Egan fo...

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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

by Timothy Egan

Published: 2006-09-01

Paperback: 340 pages

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The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since.Timothy Egan’s critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Foll...

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The Worst Thing I've Done: A Novel

by Ursula Hegi

Published: 2007-10-02

Hardcover: 272 pages

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-- ask me, Annie. Ask me what's the worst thing I've done. Ask, goddammit. Because then you'll know I'll never go beyond last night.Tonight, Annie is driving alone from North Sea to Montauk and back again, as she has every night since her husband, Mason, challenged what she believed abou...

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Worth Dying For

by Lee Child

Published: 2010-10-19

Hardcover: 400 pages

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?Jack Reacher is the coolest continuing series character now on offer.??Stephen King, in Entertainment Weekly �#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child follows the electrifying 61 Hours with his latest Reacher thriller?a story that hits the ground running and then accelerates all the...