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This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel's magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous...
23) North and South
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A novel of two families during twenty turbulent, troubled years that culminate in the shattering Civil War.
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The Handmaid's Tale is not only a radical and brilliant departure for Margaret Atwood, it is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States, now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the...
27) Killing orders
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V. I. Warshawski mysteries volume 3
V.I. Warshawski novels volume 03
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
V.I. Warshawski novel) volume 3
V.I. Warshawski novels volume 03
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
V.I. Warshawski novel) volume 3
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V.I. Warshawski's attempts to help a sour-faced old aunt who has been accused of stealing stock certificates from a pious order of Dominican brothers lands her in trouble with two of Chicago's most powerful institutions--the Church and the Mob.
29) Swallowdale
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Follows the Walker family and friends through a shipwreck, a camp on the mainland, a secret valley and cave, and a trek through the mountains.
31) Twelve across
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A delightful puzzle of a romance from the New York Times–bestselling author who "knows the human heart and its immense capacity to love and to believe" (Observer-Reporter, Washington, Pennsylvania).
When crossword puzzle creator Leah Gates loses her Manhattan apartment, her friend, Victoria Lesser, offers her a place to stay. Sure, it's a remote cabin in middle-of-nowhere, New Hampshire, but it's a lifesaver for Leah. There's no reason for...
33) Tender rebel
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Scottish beauty Roslynn Chadwick needs the safety of marriage to protect her from an unscrupulous cousin and the fortune -- hunting scoundrels who covet her wealth. . .And Anthony Malory is precisely the sort of handsome rogue she's been warned against. (From the publisher, edited)
34) Winter holiday
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Follows the adventures of two groups of children who spend a winter holiday by a great lake next to the mountains.
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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 ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident. He believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after 1953 is extraordinary and terrifying. A Prayer for Owen Meany is a coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished American classics....
36) Coot club
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Dorothy and Dick have an adventure in the English countryside, involving frantic chases, calamitous boat collisions, and the attempts of their friends to protect nesting birds from rude holiday boaters.
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A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O'Brien, who has
39) Miracle cure
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They're one of the country's most telegenic couples: beloved TV journalist Sara Lowell and New York's hottest basketball star, Michael Silverman. In a Manhattan clinic, a doctor has dedicated his life to eradicating a devastating disease. One by one, they're being targeted by a serial killer. And now Michael has been diagnosed with the disease.
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