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Seven Dirty Words_ The Life and - James Sullivan
From Publishers WeeklyA recipient of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, stand-up comedian Carlin (1937–2008) wrote three bestselling humor books and looked bac... -
Settling Accounts _ Return Enga - Harry Turtledove
From Publishers WeeklyIn this well-thought-out alternate history, the first in a new trilogy, Turtledove (_American Empire_) combines elements of the Civil War and WWII with distur... -
Serenade - James M. Cain
Product DescriptionSerenade is the story of the eternal triangle - with a difference. John Howard Sharp is an American opera singer down on his luck, having just bombed in Rigolett... -
Second Glance - Jodi Picoult
SUMMARY: When a plot of land is being developed in Vermont against the will of a local Native American tribe, strange things begin to happen - and Ross Wakeman, a paranormal invest... -
School choice or best systems_ - Margaret C. Wang; Herbert J. Wa
SUMMARY: This book addresses one of the most urgent questions in American society today, one that is currently in the spotlight and hotly debated on all sides: Who shall rule the s... -
Saveur - The editors of Saveur Magazine
From the pages of Saveur magazine, one of the world's premier food publications, comes a celebration of the enormous range of regional American and international dishes that have s... -
Sausage_ Recipes for Making and - Victoria Wise
From Publishers WeeklyClearly authored for those who prefer knowing how the sausage is made, Wise (_American Charcuterie_) writes with the gentility of a woman who owned and operat... -
Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward
A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, ... -
Salmonella men on Planet Porno_ - Yasutaka Tsutsui
SUMMARY: This collection of marvelously off-kilter short stories – the American debut of acclaimed Japanese writer Yasutaka Tsutsui – portrays the consequences of a world where the... -
Saint Maybe - Anne Tyler
Amazon.com ReviewTyler makes things look so easy that she never gets enough credit, yet she portrays everyday Americans with such humor, grace and, ultimately, emotional force that...