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The Doll_ The Lost Short Storie - Daphne Du Maurier
Review“This collection of early stories, some originally published in a now out-of-print volume, vividly portrays with humor, candidness, and detail du Maurier’s fascination with t... -
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
SUMMARY: The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath's only novel. Renowned for its intensity and outstandingly vivid prose, it broke existing boundaries between fiction and reality and helped to... -
Tears of the Moon - Di Morrissey
Product DescriptionNot since The Thorn Birds has the lush and romantic land of Australia been brought so vividly to life. Tears of the Moon is the thrilling and dr... -
Sea Glass_ A Novel - Anita Shreve
Amazon.com ReviewFrom its opening pages, Anita Shreve's Sea Glass surrounds the reader in the surprisingly rich feeling of the New Hampshire coast in winter. Vividly evoking the l.... -
Pearl Harbor Christmas_ A World - Stanley Weintraub
Review''A vivid 11-day account of a World War II holiday . . . A master chronicler, Weintraub's moody, intensively researched play- by-play narrative traces the final days of 1941.... -
No Way Down_ Life and Death on - Graham Bowley
SUMMARY: In this riveting work of narrative nonfiction, journalist Graham Bowley re-creates one of the most dramatic tales of death and survival in mountaineering history, vividly ... -
Manhattan Transfer - John Dos Passos
A portrait of New York City, drawn by describing the interconnected lives of dozens of people - bankers, chefs, bums, cabdrivers and others. Written in an impressionistic style, wi... -
Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
The publication in 1857 of Madame Bovary, with its vivid depictions of sex and adultery, incited a backlash of immorality charges. The novel tells the story of Emma Bovary, a docto... -
Lit_ A Memoir - Mary Karr
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The Liars' Club brought to vivid, indelible life Mary Karr's hardscrabble Texas childhood. Cherry, her account of her adolescence, 'continued to set the literary ... -
Light Boxes - Shane Jones
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **A poignant and fantastical first novel by a timeless new literary voice. ** With all the elements of a classic fable, vivid descriptions, and a wholly unique st...