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Rabbit, Run - John Updike
SUMMARY:It's 1959 and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, one time high school sports superstar, is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence - stuck with a... -
Petals from the Sky - Mingmei Yip
EDITORIAL REVIEW: When twenty-year-old Meng Ning declares that she wants to be a Buddhist nun, her mother is aghast. In her eyes, a nun's life means only deprivation - 'no freedom,... -
Parallel Stories - Peter Nadas; Imre Goldstein
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A once-in-a-generation literary event: the monumental masterwork being hailed as a “twenty-first-century War and Peace” (Magyar Nemzet)In 198... -
Other Voices, Other Rooms - Truman Capote; John Berendt
Review"Truman Capote is the most perfect writer of my generation."–NORMAN MAILER Product DescriptionPublished when Truman Capote was only twenty-three years old, ... -
Oracle Bones - Peter Hessler
From the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare portrait, both intimate and epic, of twenty-first-century China as it opens its doors to the outside world. A century ago, outs... -
Oprah_ A Biography - Kitty Kelley
SUMMARY:For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influ枸ntial show in television history, ... -
Operation Hell Gate - Marc Cerasini
Product DescriptionWithin twenty-four hours a nightmare will be unleashed that could cause the death of untold millions and devastate a great nation. It's a plot being carried out ... -
Once Before Time - Martin Bojowald
In 2000, Martin Bojowald, then a twenty-seven-year-old post-doc at Pennsylvania State University, used a relatively new theory called loop quantum gravity—a cunning combination of ... -
Omnitopia Dawn - Diane Duane
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **A near-future techno-thriller from *New York Times* bestselling author Diane Duane. ** It's the first quarter of the twenty-first century, and "massively multip... -
Nana (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Emile Zola
Ever since this morning people have been dreeing me with Nana. I've met more than twenty people, and it's Nana here and Nana there! What do I know? Am I acquainted with all the lig...