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Love and Louis XIV_ The Women i - Antonia Fraser
From Publishers WeeklyProlific royal biographer Fraser (_Marie Antoinette_) has assiduously researched her measured yet engrossing study, shedding welcome light on the galaxy of in... -
Lost in Translation - Nicole Mones
SUMMARY: A novel of searing intelligence and startling originality, Lost in Translation heralds the debut of a unique new voice on the literary landscape. Nicole Mones creates an u... -
Lincoln's Dreams - Connie Willis
From Publishers WeeklyAs a researcher for a popular historical novelist, Jeff Johnston finds himself immersed in the minutiae of the Civil War, tracking down the name of a general'... -
Lilith's Dream_ A Tale of the V - Whitley Strieber
SUMMARY: An ancient vampire, beautiful beyond words, a vulnerable young man drawn to her by a power beyond his understanding, two desperate parents searching across the world for t... -
Life in a Medieval City - Joseph Gies; Frances Gies
For students, researchers, and history lovers, a look at day-to-day life in a rarely explored era. "About life and death, midwives and funerals, business, books and authors, and to... -
Leaving Church - Barbara Brown Taylor
One of America's most renowned and beloved preachers tells the moving story of how she searched for her own authentic way of keeping faith—even when it meant giving up her pulpit. -
Leave It to Me - Bharati Mukherjee
1. What attitude does Leave It to Me take toward adoption? How do you feel when Faustine/Debby/Devi abandons the DiMartinos so early in the novel? 2. When Debby starts her search f... -
Knock 'Em Dead 2011 - Yate Martin
As America starts down the long road of recovery from the worst recession in more than a generation, millions are searching for new jobs. With unemployment peaking at more than 10 ... -
Into the thinking kingdoms - Alan Dean Foster
From Publishers WeeklyThe fantastical Journey of the Catechist series Foster began with Carnivores of Light and Darkness continues, as the plucky herdsman Etjole Ehomba carries on ... -
In the Heart of the Canyon - Elisabeth Hyde
SUMMARY: Peter, twenty-seven and unemployed, embarks on this journey to avoid his family, while Evelyn, a fifty-year-old biology professor, comes in search of a more visceral life....