The first volume of the author's autobiography. Written as vividly as any of her novels, this is a moving, passionate and funny account of her early childhood, living alone with her parents...
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Author: Park, RuthSummary: -
Author: McLain, PaulaSummary:
Meeting through mutual friends in Chicago, Hadley is intrigued by brash "beautiful boy" Ernest Hemingway, and after a brief courtship and small wedding, they take off for Paris, where Hadley makes...
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Author: White, LloydSummary:
This book is designed to assist people write responses to selection criteria. It gives practical models to follow to demonstrate your skills or knowledge. It gives suggestions for opening and...
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Author: Pamuk, OrhanSummary:
From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost...
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Author: Ondaatje, MichaelSummary:
In the Skin of a Lion is a love story and an irresistible mystery set in the turbulent, muscular new world of Toronto in the 20s and 30s. Michael Ondaatje entwines adventure, romance and history,...
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Author: Hoagland, EdwardSummary:From the pages of the New Yorker, Esquire, and the Paris Review, "Edward Hoagland's collected stories are dazzling" (Ann Beattie). Saul Bellow called him "one of the very best...
Genre: General fiction, Short stories -
Author: Sileika, AntanasSummary:A rollicking memoir through the shifting zeitgeist of the last five decades. In The Barefoot Bingo Caller, Antanas Sileika finds what's funny and touching in the most unlikely places,...
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Author: Ferguson, WillSummary:
The world is filled with wonders, lost objects--all real--all still out there, waiting to be found: the missing Fabergé eggs of the Romanov dynasty, worth millions; the last reel of Alfred...
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction), Canadian fiction -
Author: Falkiner, SuzanneSummary:Biographer Suzanne Falkiner presents a fascinating portrait of English writer E. L. Grant Watson, whose experiences as a young man in Australia at the beginning of the twentieth century shaped his...
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Author: Tomlinson, H. M.Summary:
The author's travel narrative aboard a freighter bound for the Amazon in the winter of 1909.
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Author: Pickett, RexSummary:
A November Book Pick from The New York Times When archivist Nadia Fontaine is found dead of an apparent drowning, Emily Snow is hired by Regents University to finish the job she started-to...
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Author: Jewell, LisaSummary:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK "Utterly gripping with richly drawn, hugely compelling characters, this is a first-class thriller with heart." -Lucy Foley, New...
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Author: King, StephenSummary:
Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror from the undisputed master, Stephen King. Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a...
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Author: Seethaler, Robert; Collins, CharlotteSummary:
Seventeen-year-old Franz Huchel leaves his village and journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud, one of the regular customers. Over time, an unlikely...
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Author: Patterson, James; DiLallo, RichardSummary:Writers Jacob and Megan Brandeis go undercover to take on the Store, a retail behemoth that has helped usher in an age of unparalleled convenience--but at what price? Harboring a secret that could...
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)