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Louis de Bernieres - Birds Without Wings

Louis de Bernieres - Birds Without Wings

Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century, a quirky ...
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Latest review by jc_hall Sep 24, 2006
"The little Anatolian town of Eskibahce at the turn of the 20th century is home to an eclectic group..." Read full review

$6 - $21

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Karen Traviss - Order 66: Star Wars: A Republic Commando

Karen Traviss - Order 66: Star Wars: A Republic Commando

With the horrors of the Clone Wars continuing to rage on unchecked, the elite warriors of the Republic stumble upon a growing menace that threatens ...
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Latest review by talyseon Apr 9, 2009
"Star Wars: A Republic Commando Order 66. By Karen TravissRejorhaa'ruetiise meg'oyacyi jorcu mh..." Read full review

$3 - $7

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Theodore Bell - Nick of Time: A Timeless Adventure

Theodore Bell - Nick of Time: A Timeless Adventure

With the help of Lord Hawke, whose children have been taken by the evil pirate Captain Billy Blood, young Nick McIver uses a time machine to rescue ...
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Latest review by quasar Aug 10, 2008
"Nick McIver lives in the Channel Islands with his parents and little sister Katie. He loves island l..." Read full review

$3 - $7

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Linda Hayward - The First Thanksgiving

Linda Hayward - The First Thanksgiving

The story of the Pilgrims is vividly retold in simple language for beginning readers. They set sail for far-off America in 1620. The cross-Atlantic ...

$6

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John Irving and Diane Podnar - A Prayer for Owen Meany: Curriculum Unit

John Irving and Diane Podnar - A Prayer for Owen Meany: Curriculum Unit

In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ...
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Latest review by elynch Feb 27, 2006
"Owen Meany is a most unique character. Irving masterfully describes details of Owen's life that rang..." Read full review

$8 - $29

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Bryce Courtenay - The Power of One

Bryce Courtenay - The Power of One

In this magical novel, an irresistible boy tells the story of his survival and coming of age against the background of South Africa during and just ...
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Latest review by reena18 Sep 6, 2012
"Briings up themes as tolerance, courage and perseverance.. It is one of the most aawesome..." Read full review

$7 - $24

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Christopher Paul Curtis - Elijah of Buxton

Christopher Paul Curtis - Elijah of Buxton

As the first child born into freedom in a Canadian town for runaway slaves, eleven-year-old Elijah finds himself on a dangerous journey to America to ...
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Latest review by donnamr Feb 28, 2009
"Author Christopher Paul Curtis' children's stories are riveting, his characters intelligent, his the..." Read full review

$43

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Eric Metaxas - Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

Eric Metaxas - Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

Hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America, Wilberforce worked tirelessly for the cessation of slavery in ...
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Latest review by befus Mar 31, 2010
"On March 25, 1784, a young man by the name of William Wilberforce delivered what was, at that point,..." Read full review

$16 - $18

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Faye Kellerman - Straight Into Darkness

Faye Kellerman - Straight Into Darkness

In 1920s Munich, the body of Anna Gross, a young society wife, has been found in the English Gardens, still clothed in finery.
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Latest review by heyfrito500 Sep 18, 2006
"I had never read a Faye Kellerman book before, and I don't expect I'll ever do it again. I was not f..." Read full review

$8 - $23

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Lee Child - Tripwire

Lee Child - Tripwire

Smart, brutish ex-military cop Jack Reacher can kill with his bare hands and stop bullets with his abundant pectorals, but can he fight the evil ...
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Latest review by ladyconsumer Jan 16, 2010
"I almost gave up on Tripwire by Lee Child. The first third of the book was brutal - slow, mean..." Read full review

$10 - $25

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Lois Lowry - L-i-t Guide Literature in Teaching Number the Stars

Lois Lowry - L-i-t Guide Literature in Teaching Number the Stars

This Newbery Medal Book describes how a ten-year-old Danish girl's bravery is tested when her best friend is threatened by Nazis in 1943.
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Latest review by mmcphee Feb 8, 2013
"When my eldest daughter decided that she was too old for the children’s section of our library..." Read full review

$7

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Danielle Steel - A Good Woman

Danielle Steel - A Good Woman

Her life and family changed forever by the sinking of the <IT>Titanic<RO> and betrayed by the scandalous secrets of her husband, Annabelle ...
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Latest review by frzldmm Jun 21, 2010
"I was taken on a journey into the life of Annabelle Worthington. At the young age of 19, she h..." Read full review

$8

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Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

Cormac McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN is an epic nightmare of a novel. Set in the 1850s on the Tex-Mex border, it is about a 14-year-old runaway--known ...
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Latest review by paulsavage Dec 4, 2009
"Edited to correct embarrassing grammatical mistakes Usually I ignore blurbs on the covers of novels..." Read full review

$21 - $30

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Danielle Steel - Echoes

Danielle Steel - Echoes

For the Wittgenstein family, the summer of 1915 was a time of both prosperity and unease, as the guns of war sound in the ...
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Latest review by frzldmm Jun 18, 2010
"This is one of those novels; I had a hard time putting down until I finished it. Danielle Stee..." Read full review

$23

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Bodie Thoene and Brock Thoene - Prague Counterpoint: Library Edition

Bodie Thoene and Brock Thoene - Prague Counterpoint: Library Edition

Prague Counterpoint finds Elisa watching in horror as Hitlers forces sweep through her beloved Vienna and he directs his ambition toward the takeover ...
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Latest review by mayapple May 9, 2001
"This is a book written by Bodie Thoene and researched by her husband, Brock Thoene. This writting t..." Read full review

$8 - $11

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