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Those Who Save Us - Jenna Blum
SUMMARY: For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberat... -
Thomas Paine Reader - Thomas Paine
Product DescriptionThis major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737'1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passion... -
This Is for the Mara Salvatruch - Samuel Logan
From Publishers WeeklyUsing all of the tools of a capable police investigation, Logan, a journalist based in Latin America, connects the fortunes of Brenda Paz, a Honduran-American... -
The virtue of selfishness_ a ne - Ayn Rand; Nathaniel Branden
SUMMARY: Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds man's life--the life proper to a rational being--as the standard of moral values an... -
The summer tree - Guy Gavriel Kay
SUMMARY: Five university students--Kimberly, Dave, Jennifer, Kevin, and Paul--meet a wizard who takes them to the heart of all worlds, Fionavar, where they discover who they were t... -
The man with the golden gun_ a - Ian Fleming
SUMMARY: A brainwashed James Bond has tried--and failed--to assassinate M, his boss. Now Bond has to prove he is back on form and can be trusted again. All 007 has to do is kill on... -
The crimson witch - Dean Koontz
A young mans struggle with destiny and desire in a post-nuclear world. -
The book of other people - Zadie Smith
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. "The instruction was simple: make somebody up," explains novelist Smith in her introduction to this marvelous compendium of 23 distinct, punge... -
The alcoholics - Jim Thompson
SUMMARY: Dr. Peter S. Murphy runs a clinic to cure alcoholics. But his charges believe that the only thing that will fix them is another drink. To this bitter struggle of wills, ad... -
The Well and the Mine - Gin Phillips
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **With an introduction by Fannie Flagg Author of *Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café *** A novel of warmth and true feeling, *The Well and the Mine* ex...