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Good Night, Mr. Tom
Published: 1986-11-13
Paperback: 336 pages
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Winner of the 1982 IRA Children's Book AwardLondon is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech--the abused child of a single mother--is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, of the country sounds and sights, even of Mr. Tom, ...
Austerlitz (Modern Library Paperbacks)
Published: 2011-12-06
Paperback: 320 pages
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This tenth anniversary edition of W. G. Sebald’s celebrated masterpiece includes a new Introduction by acclaimed critic James Wood. Austerlitz is the story of a man’s search for the answer to his life’s central riddle. A small child when he comes to England on a Kindertransport in th...
Where Underpants Come From: From Cotton Field to Checkout Counter --Travels Through theNew China and intothe New Global Evonomy
Published: 2011-01-04
Paperback: 256 pages
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Funny, wise and insightful, it is a wonderful and timely picture of the developed world’s dependence on China to make all the bits and pieces of our lives? everything from toothbrushes to overhead projectors and artificial kidneys. When Joe Bennett bought a six-pack of underwear in his l...
White Rose--una Rosa Blanca: A Novel
Published: 1999-08-18
Hardcover: 272 pages
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Evangelina Cisneros is a very beautiful nineteen-year-old girl who, along with her father, is active in the struggle to oust the Spanish from Cuba in the late 1890s. When her father is arrested, she pleads his case to a Spanish general, who falls in love with her. She spurns his advances ...
The Long Day Wanes: A Malayan Trilogy (The Norton Library)
Published: 1993-02-17
Paperback: 512 pages
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A sweetly satiric look at the twilight days of colonialism. Set in postwar Malaya at the time when people and governments alike are bemused and dazzled by the turmoil of independence, this three-part novel is rich in hilarious comedy and razor-sharp in observation. The protagonist of the w...
Magician (Riftwar Saga)
Published: 1993-06-28
Paperback: 704 pages
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Raymond E. Feist's classic fantasy epic, Magician, has enchanted readers for over twenty years. The revised edition was prepared to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its publication, and incorporates over 15,000 words of text omitted from previous editions. At Crydee, a frontier outpost in the tranquil...
Bulibasha King of the Gypsies
Published: 1994-10-27
Paperback: 293 pages
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Bulibasha is the title given to the King of the Gypsies, and on the East Coast of New Zealand two patriarchs fight to be proclaimed the king. Tamihana is the leader of the great Mahana family of shearers and sportsmen and women. Rupeni Poata is his arch enemy. The two families clash constantly, in sport,...
The Siege of Krishnapur (New York Review Books Classics)
Published: 2004-07-31
Paperback: 376 pages
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Winner of the Booker Prize.India, 1857—the year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers turned in bloody rebellion on their British overlords. This time of convulsion is the subject of J. G. Farrell’s The Siege of Krishnapur, widely considered one of the finest British novels of the ...
Homecoming (The Tillerman Cycle)
Published: 2012-03-06
Paperback: 400 pages
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The iconic start to the timeless, Newbery-winning series from Cynthia Voigt is repackaged with a fresh new look.“It’s still true.” That’s the first thing James Tillerman says to his older sister, Dicey, every morning. It’s still true that their mother has abandoned the four Tille...
On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals
Published: 2005-12-14
Paperback: 78 pages
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Yawning, lip-licking, sneezing, even scratching are just a few of the 30-plus signals or that dogs use to communicate with one another. Now, with On Talking Terms with Dogs, you can learn to recognize these signals and use them to interact with your dog. The new second edition has color ph...
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