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Dave King - The Ha-Ha

Rendered unable to speak, read, or write after a Vietnam War injury thirty years earlier, Howard Kapostash feels trapped by his disability and longs ...

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Latest review by dandj May 14, 2005

"A ha-ha is a boundary wall concealed in a ditch so that it does not intrude upon the view. Harold Ka..." Read full review

$21

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Graham Greene - The Quiet American: Text and Criticism

The relentless struggle of the Vietminh guerrillas for independence and the futility of the French gestures of resistance become inseparably meshed ...

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Latest review by telynor Feb 1, 2012

"Some time ago I was watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain's traveling programme, and saw him menti..." Read full review

$5 - $23

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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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Nancy Price Graff - Taking Wing

Set in rural Vermont in 1942, thirteen-year-old Gus has become the caretaker of a group of orphaned duck eggs until a strange, poor girl named Louise ...

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$4

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Deborah Hopkinson - Under The Quilt Of Night

A young girl flees from the farm where she has been worked as a slave and uses the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom in the north.

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$6 - $8

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Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey - Cheaper by the Dozen

With a family of twelve children, it's a good thing that both Mr. and Mrs. Gilbreth are efficiency experts. Running his family like a factory, yet ...

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Latest review by mmcphee Feb 11, 2010

"Cheaper by the Dozen is the collective memoires of two of the twelve Gilbreth children, Ernestine an..." Read full review

$8

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Isaac Asimov - Foundation's Edge

One of the bridge novels between the Foundation and Robot series. Winner of the 1983 Hugo Award.

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Latest review by falkayn Jun 30, 2006

"As a fan of the original trilogy, I picked up this book assuming that it would disappoint...matching..." Read full review

$8

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Daniel Yergin - The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

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$9 - $22

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Octavia E. Butler - Kindred

A black woman is transported through time to save the life of one of her ancestors--a white slave-owner.

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Latest review by catsholiday Jan 9, 2012

"“Kindred” by Octavia Butler I bought this novel having been inspired by a review on here..." Read full review

$10

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Ken Scholes - Lamentation

While a young survivor struggles with the devastating destruction of the city of Windwir, Rudolfo, Lord of the Nine Forest Houses, realizes that war ...

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Latest review by hist Jan 7, 2011

"It's always exciting to check out a new author, to see whether the storytelling ability and world cr..." Read full review

$7

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Ian Wilson - Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood As a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization

Presents archaeological evidence of a significant flood around 5600 B.C.E. that raised water surfaces some three hundred feet, noting discoveries ...

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$14 - $17

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Kimberly Willis Holt - The Water Seeker

Traces the hard life, filled with losses, adversity, and adventure, of Amos, son of a trapper and dowser, from 1833 when his mother dies giving birth ...

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$4 - $31

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Bernard Cornwell - The Winter King

Set firmly in Britain's Dark Ages, "The Winter King" goes far beyond the usual tales of romance and chivalry to forever change the way the legend of ...

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Latest review by Guildencrantz Nov 29, 2005

"One of the reasons that I love the Arthurian legend so much is that it's been told and retold in so..." Read full review

$7 - $17

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Teresa Medeiros - Some Like It Wild

In this engaging historical romance from Teresa Medeiros, a penniless woman convinces a rough highwayman to pose as an heir, so that they may inherit ...

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Latest review by dawnwylder May 30, 2009

""I need a man," Pamela Darby proclaimed with the same matter-of-fact conviction she would have used..." Read full review

$8

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Jasper Fforde - The Eyre Affair: A Novel

In an alternate 1985, where the Crimean War still rages 130-odd years later, Thursday Next works for a special operations unit that prevents ...

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Latest review by simonc65 Aug 14, 2005

"A breath of fresh Eyre! for an (the) Englishman in America to find Thursday. What a wonderful lass s..." Read full review

$6

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