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Wilde in America: Oscar Wilde and the Invention of Modern Celebrity

by David M. Friedman

Published: 2014-10-06

Hardcover: 320 pages

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The story of Oscar Wilde’s landmark 1882 American tour explains how this quotable literary eminence became famous for being famous.On January 3, 1882, Oscar Wilde, a twenty-seven-year-old “genius”?at least by his own reckoning?arrived in New York. The Dublin-born Oxford man had made ...

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All About Love: New Visions

by bell hooks

Published: 2001-01-09

Paperback: 272 pages

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"The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist sk...

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The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health

by Justin Sonnenburg, Erica Sonnenburg

Published: 2015-04-21

Hardcover: 320 pages

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The groundbreaking science behind the surprising source of good health Stanford University’s Justin and Erica Sonnenburg are pioneers in the most exciting and potentially transformative field in the entire realm of human health and wellness, the study of the relationship between our bodi...

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One Season of Hope

by Jim Stovall

Published: 2015-04-21

Hardcover: 170 pages

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Bestselling author Jim Stovall’s latest offering and first title of his Homecoming Historical Series, One Season of Hope, is a rare combination of tear-jerking emotion, powerful wisdom, and inspiring hope. Written in Stovall’s signature easy and economical style, the story is told thro...

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The Story: A Reporter's Journey

by Judith Miller

Published: 2015-04-07

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Star reporter for the New York Times, the world’s most powerful newspaper; foreign correspondent in some of the most dangerous fields; Pulitzer winner; longest jailed correspondent for protecting her sources, Judith Miller is highly respected and controversial. In this memoir, she turns ...

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The Orenda

by Joseph Boyden

Published: 2015-02-03

Paperback: 448 pages

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WINNER OF THE LIBRIS AWARD — FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARIn the wilds of seventeenth-century North America, the lives of a Jesuit missionary, a young Iroquois girl, and a great warrior and elder statesman of the Huron Nation become entwined. The Huron have battled the Iroquois for generation...

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At the Water's Edge

by Harper Bliss

Published: 2014-11-13

Paperback: 228 pages

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After a traumatic event that has left her in deep need of healing, Ella Goodman returns to her hometown in Oregon. While staying at her family’s cabin at the West Waters lake resort, she finds an unexpected friend in level-headed owner Kay Brody. But Ella’s sole objective is to restore the broken...

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Go for Beginners

by Kaoru Iwamoto

Published: 1977-03-12

Paperback: 160 pages

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Go, an ancient, subtly beautiful game of territory, is the oldest game in the world still played in its original form. This book contains its rules, techniques, a glossary of terms, and a list of international and American Go organizations.

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The Last Concubine

by Lesley Downer

Published: 2008-09-04

Kindle Edition: 624 pages

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Japan, 1865, the women's palace in the great city of Edo. Bristling with intrigue and erotic rivalries, the palace is home to three thousand women and only one man - the young shogun. Sachi, a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl, is chosen to be his concubine.But Japan is changing, and as civi...

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Portrait of a Turkish Family

by Irfan Orga

Published: 2003-06-13

Paperback: 316 pages

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Describes in chilling, yet affectionate, detail the disintegration of a wealthy Ottoman family, both financially and emotionally. It is rich with the scent of fin de siecle Istanbul in the last days of the Ottoman Empire. His mother was a beauty, married at thirteen, as befitted a Turkish woman of her...