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Wish You Well - David Baldacci
SUMMARY: Precocious 12-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives inthe hectic New York City of 1940 with her family.Then tragedy strikes--and Lou and her younger brother,Oz, must go with ... -
Why Orwell Matters - Christopher Hitchens
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Why Can't Elephants Jump_ - New Scientist
Product DescriptionWell, why not? Is it because elephants are too large or heavy (after all, they say hippos and rhinos can play hopscotch)? Or is it because their knees face the w... -
When the Sleeper Wakes - Herbert George Wells
Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the advances it will bring, is stricken with insomnia. Finally resorting to medication, h... -
What the Dog Saw_ And Other Adv - Malcolm Gladwell
EDITORIAL REVIEW: What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach... -
What the Dog Saw - Gladwell Malcolm
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Voracious - Alice Henderson
Review“Heralds the arrival of a major new talent in the dark fiction field.”—J. A. KONRATH “A terrific debut.”—SIMON CLARK “A polished and well-focused novel of ... -
V_ - Thomas Pynchon
SUMMARY: Winner of the coveted William Faulkner Foundation First Novel Award in 1963, "V." remains a popular literary classic by one of America's great modernists. "This work may w... -
Unfamiliar Fishes - Sarah Vowell
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Twelve Steps to a Compassionate - Karen Armstrong
From Publishers WeeklyThe prolific, well-informed, and passionate Armstrong (The Case for God) writes a somewhat different book this time out, stemming from her winning a ,000 priz...