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  • Herman Melville
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    Herman Melville

    Winner of the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award for Literature and LanguageFinalist for the 1997 Pulitzer PrizeDescriptionHaving left most of Moby-Dick...
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  • A World of Silence
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    A World of Silence

    Three women. Three secrets. A deadly silence. Kate is a psychologist juggling work, finances, children, and her ailing relationship to Ryan, a musician too engrossed with his band to help at home...
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  • Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
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    Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

    Galileo Galilei was a great scientist, and therefore not afraid of causing controversy, even if he had to pay a great price. His public advocacy of the Copernican over the Aristotelian system of the...
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  • Cecil Dreeme
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    Cecil Dreeme

    An curious gem of 19th-century gothic fiction Cecil Dreeme is one of the queerest American novels of the 19th century. This edition, which includes a new introduction contextualizing the sexual...
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  • The Bitterweed Path
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    The Bitterweed Path

    This long out-of-print and newly rediscovered novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War. Originally published in 1950, the...
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  • April 1917
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    April 1917

    April 1917, Book 1, captures the division and helplessness of Russia's first Revolutionary rulers, paving the way for the victory of the ruthless Bolsheviks later that year. One of the masterpieces...
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  • Phantastes
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    Phantastes

    In October 1857, George MacDonald wrote what he described as "a kind of fairy tale, in the hope that it will pay me better than the more evidently serious work." This was "Phantastes" - one of...
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  • Torikaebaya Monogatari
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    Torikaebaya Monogatari

    Torikaebaya monogatari is a twelfth-century Japanese tale like no other. As suggested by its title, which literally translates to "if only I could exchange them" (torikaebaya) "story" (monogatari),...
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  • To All the Living
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    To All the Living

    Monica Felton's 1945 novel gives a lively account of the experiences of a group of men and women working in a munitions factory during the Second World War.
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  • War Stories
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    War Stories

    A collection of great war stories! Here is a jumbo book of tales of courage and valor: 37 stories in all. * Our Classics and Greatest Stories series have a proven track record * Readers love tales of...
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  • Eight Stories
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    Eight Stories

    A compelling set of short stories from the author of World War I classic, All Quiet on the Western Front German-American novelist Erich Maria Remarque captured the emotional anguish of a generation...
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  • Lady Susan
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    Lady Susan

    This new edition of Lady Susan is part of the ongoing Shepherd Moon Pocketful editions presenting the cult classic works of world renowned authors in contemporary travel-sized formats. Tracing back...
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  • Paradiso 17
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    Paradiso 17

    'Miraculous' OMAR EL AKKAD'Heartbreakingly urgent' JUSTIN TORRES'Quite astonishing' JOY WILLIAMS'Read it, read it, read it' RABIH ALAMEDDINE'I wept at its ending' LYDIA KIESLINGThe intimate, sweeping...
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    I Am The Lizard King

    In the twilight of the 20th century, a reclusive figure in Madrid harbors a secret that would shake the foundations of rock 'n' roll history.From the sun-drenched shores of Florida to the neon-lit...
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  • Birds That Play Near Here Birds That Play Near Here
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    Birds That Play Near Here

    Three stories about redemption, the burden of urban survival, and a man and a woman with secrets, and the truth is somewhere in between. What do you really know about your neighbor's professional...
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  • The Gardens of Anuncia The Gardens of Anuncia
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    The Gardens of Anuncia

    Before her amazing career on Broadway, Graciela Daniele was a young girl growing up in 1940s Buenos Aires in the shadow of the Perón regime. The Gardens of Anuncia is her coming-of-age story in the...
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  • Chasing Air Chasing Air
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    Chasing Air

    Inspired by the author's real-life story, Chasing Air is a powerful reminder that the greatest adventures often come when you least expect them.Allison Blanchet has always lived at full throttle...
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  • Growing (in)Dependence Growing (in)Dependence
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    Growing (in)Dependence

    Embarking on a journey of self-discovery, one young woman learns what it really means to be a strong Black woman.Growing (in)Dependence: A Black Woman's Journey of Unlearning follows one woman's...
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    Hunger and Other Saving Graces

    When a sixteen-year-old abuse victim flees her childhood home with nothing more than the clothes on her back and a meagre collection of possessions, she thinks she is off to a difficult but better...
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  • The Heart of Lafayette The Heart of Lafayette
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    The Heart of Lafayette

    Thirty-three years. Two Revolutions. One shared heart. Adrienne de Noailles is the humble second daughter from an illustrious Parisian noble family. Gilbert du Motier is the orphaned heir to the...
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  • The Queen of the Platform The Queen of the Platform
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    The Queen of the Platform

    "Susan Higginbotham has a gift for telling the tales of strong women who stepped out from the shadows into which society's strictures would have cast them in order to make their indelible marks on...
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  • How Strong Is Your Love How Strong Is Your Love
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    How Strong Is Your Love

    The story of my life might be interesting to some and might not be to others, but what ever the case may be, what it boils down too is, that I have always ask myself "How strong is love." One might...
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  • The Duke Legacy The Duke Legacy
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    The Duke Legacy

    Washington Duke is very young when he first realizes there is racial discrimination in the South. Living outside of Hillsboro, North Carolina, in the mid-1820s, he is one of ten children in a family...
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  • Dawn Empress Dawn Empress
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    Dawn Empress

    As Rome reels under barbarian assaults, a young girl must step up…After the Emperor’s unexpected death, ambitious men eye the Eastern Roman throne occupied by seven-year-old Theodosius II. His older...
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  • Green Grey Rain Green Grey Rain
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    Green Grey Rain

    Rain on iron rooftops. A radio streaming the latest hit songs. It's the early 1950s. The baby boom. Valarie is a talkative, singing, slanging, pregnant daughter of the slums. Gilbert, her husband, is...
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  • At Face Value, Second Edition At Face Value, Second Edition
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    At Face Value, Second Edition

    At Face Value spins the tale of John White, a trusty Tory backbencher in Canada's post-Confederation Parliament who was unusually sympathetic to women and Indigenous communities. Hewing closely to...
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  • Mailman Tales Mailman Tales
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    Mailman Tales

    This is a collection of stories from my long career as a mailman. From the big city streets of Chicago, I transferred to the small, river town city of Kachuda, Wisconsin. It was there I wanted to...
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  • Bob by Bob Bob by Bob
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    Bob by Bob

    The novel is interspersed with rambling reflections and philosophical musings that alternate between vile and inspired. Bob is a rejected man. He is rejected by his family, by his community and by...
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  • The Nineties The Nineties
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    The Nineties

    It's the end of the eighties and despite all his musical shortcomings, pop singer Alekzandr - the Vinyl Tiger - has not only survived, but also finished at the top of the heap.After all the scandals...
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  • In the Act of Flight In the Act of Flight
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    In the Act of Flight

    It's the early 1980's and Joe and Ellen are tired of the mundane day-to-day living. After years of hardship, medical constraints, and searching for the right boat, the Volante unexpectedly comes into...
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  • For the Moment For the Moment
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    For the Moment

    This book is a glimpse into the heart and soul of a woman who has risen from the ashes, a collection of memoirs in poetry form. The intensity and raw emotion will touch you like no other. Deborah...
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  • Our Lives Are the Rivers Our Lives Are the Rivers
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    Our Lives Are the Rivers

    "A compelling story that melds history and biography into the context of a passionate love affair, Our Lives Are the Rivers is a masterful piece of historical fiction." -- San Francisco ChronicleFrom...
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  • Five Steps to Resurrection Five Steps to Resurrection
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    Five Steps to Resurrection

    Main themes: love, woman as its object and its source, emigration as a cultural experience, the philosophy of spiritual ascent, compassion for the animals, for the world. (One of main characters of...
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    The Ballad of Thomas Patrick Downing The Ballad of Thomas Patrick Downing
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    The Ballad of Thomas Patrick Downing

    The Ballad of Thomas Patrick Downing is a true story.Downing was born into post famine Ireland. Living in the famous and picturesque village of Adare, his life started well but then at the age of...
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  • The Way to Byzantium The Way to Byzantium
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    The Way to Byzantium

    It's the end of the Swinging Sixties, and four Higher Education graduates embark on a gap year world tour. Eager to experience foreign countries before settling into employment, they choose...
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  • Man of Salt Man of Salt
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    Man of Salt

    Marcus Livius, last year's war hero, is angry at the ungrateful Romans for convicting him on phony charges. Disgraced in exile, he vows never to return to Rome. Then tragedy strikes home after the...
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  • Hunting Humanity Hunting Humanity
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    Hunting Humanity

    Long ago in the old Stone Age, a young hunter left his clan's camp in the mountains to hunt alone. While he was gone, a major earthquake hit the area. The frightened hunter headed back to ask his...
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  • I Wish I Could Forget I Wish I Could Forget
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    I Wish I Could Forget

    This is the story of Seth, registered nurse, and his fight for an accurate mental health diagnosis. Read through Seth's life and determine for yourself what the cause of Seth's post-traumatic stress...
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  • The Blue Mask The Blue Mask
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    The Blue Mask

    Drugs, sex and rock and roll-that was the name of the game for hard rock musicians like the Blue Mask. Founded by singer Alix Lane and lead guitarist Joel Stark in 1985, they lived the anthem. A...
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  • 37 Downing Street - A Farnham Family Saga 37 Downing Street - A Farnham Family Saga
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    37 Downing Street - A Farnham Family Saga

    37 Downing Street is the compelling story of life "above the shop" in a small English town. During a time of uncertainty and changing attitudes 37 Downing Street chronicles a family's history from...
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  • Rivers Flow Rivers Flow
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    Rivers Flow

    "Flow is the difference between the way things are and the way they ought to be." Jake does not understand the meaning of his grandfather Griffin's words. It is easier to believe that that this...
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  • Harry Kern Harry Kern
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    Harry Kern

    Pap worried Harry would be so very far from the farm if he made it to the finish line. He knew his number-three son was not cut out for the life he had chosen for himself. But Cleveland? The city was...
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  • Lance's Follies Lance's Follies
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    Lance's Follies

    Synopsis: Lance is a "coming of age during the sexual revolution" story. He was uniquely different from the millions of other baby boomers. How often do the stars align right? The DNA lottery...
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  • Bipolar is Not My Family's Secret Bipolar is Not My Family's Secret
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    Bipolar is Not My Family's Secret

    The first sequel exposed Itchy Mae's family life, bullying, dealingwith molestation, and how her father had bipolar disorderwith Schizophrenic tendencies; furthermore, it took twelveyears to come...
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