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Hungry Mother Creek

by Heather W. Cobham

Published: 2014-03-10

Paperback: 384 pages

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To the outside world, it looks like Maya Somers lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, her husband, the bungalow they shared and her job. But inside Maya knows Katrina gave her the gift of a fresh start. She and her yellow lab, Doodle Bug, leave the destruction of the Gulf Coast for North Carolina and...

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Re Jane: A Novel

by Patricia Park

Published: 2015-05-05

Hardcover: 352 pages

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“Re Jane is snappy and memorable, with its clever narrator and insights on clashing cultures.”—Entertainment WeeklyFor Jane Re, half-Korean, half-American orphan, Flushing, Queens, is the place she’s been trying to escape from her whole life. Sardonic yet vulnerable, Jane toils, un...

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Fences

by August Wilson

Published: 1986-06-01

Paperback: 101 pages

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• Now a Major Motion Picture directed by Denzel Washington, and starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis (winner of the Academy Award and Golden Globe for her role)• Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play "In his work, Mr. Wilson depicted the strug...

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Satori

by Don Winslow

Published: 2012-03-30

Paperback: 504 pages

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First there was Bond.Then there was Bourne.Now comes Hel. Nicholai Hel-a Westerner by birth but an Asian by upbringing-speaks seven languages, kills with a naked hand, and is a master of the world's most challenging game of strategy: Go. All this has made him a very dangerous man-an assass...

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The Sage of Waterloo: A Tale

by Leona Francombe

Published: 2015-06-01

Hardcover: 240 pages

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The most beguiling and distinctive debut novel of the season: the Battle of Waterloo…as told by a rabbit.On June 17, 1815, the Duke of Wellington amassed his troops at Hougoumont, an ancient farmstead not far from Waterloo. The next day, the French attacked?the first shots of the Battle ...

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The Book of Love: A Novel (Magdalene Line)

by Kathleen McGowan

Published: 2010-02-09

Paperback: 544 pages

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Journalist Maureen Pascal receives a mysterious package from an anonymous source. It appears to be an ancient document written in Latin and signed in code by a ? famous woman in the eleventh century, Matilda of Tuscany. .History has overlooked—or covered up—Matilda, but Maureen realize...

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Her Sister's Shoes

by Ashley H Farley

Published: 2015-04-10

Paperback: 380 pages

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Set in the South Carolina Lowcountry and packed with Southern charm and memorable characters, Her Sister’s Shoes is the story of three sisters—Samantha, Jackie, and Faith—who struggle to balance the demands of career and family while remaining true to themselves. Samantha Sweeney has always been...

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The Poet Prince: A Novel (Magdalene Line)

by Kathleen McGowan

Published: 2011-03-08

Paperback: 432 pages

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The Son of Man shall chooseWhen the time returns for the Poet Prince.He will inspire the hearts and minds of the peopleSo as to illuminate the path of serviceAnd show them the Way.This is his legacy,This, and to know a very great love.  Worldwide controversy surrounds author Maureen Pasch...

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Stone Rider

by David Hofmeyr

Published: 2015-07-14

Hardcover: 336 pages

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"Intense, original, compelling . . . bristles with attitude. So cool. Just read it."--Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Gone and BZRKIn the vein of the cult classic Mad Max series, crossed with Cormac McCarthy's The Road and S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, this inventive de...

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Confession of the Lioness: A Novel

by Mia Couto

Published: 2015-07-14

Hardcover: 208 pages

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A dark, poetic mystery about the tribal women of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt themTold through two haunting interwoven diaries, Mia Couto's Confession of the Lioness reveals the enigmatic world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threaten...