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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.... -
In The Garden Of The North Amer - Tobias Wolff
Among the characters you'll find in this collection of twelve stories by Tobias Wolff are a teenage boy who tells morbid lies about his home life, a timid professor who, in the fir... -
Hula Done It_ - Maddy Hunter
SUMMARY: Dead in the WaterFor travel escort Emily Andrew and her fellow Iowans, aloha means "hello" to all the sun, surf, and scrumptious cuisine their Hawaiian cruise has to offer... -
How to Write a Sentence_ And Ho - Stanley Fish
From BooklistNew York Times columnist and college professor Fish appreciates fine sentences the way some people appreciate fine wine. In 10 short chapters, Fish takes readers throu... -
Honeybee Democracy - Thomas D. Seeley
From BooklistEntomologist E. O. Wilson calls honeybees 'humanity's greatest friend among the insects.' Cornell professor and ardent beekeeper Seeley (The Wisdom of the Hive, 1995) ... -
Holding the Dream - Nora Roberts
SUMMARY: Raised as a sister to Margo and Laura at the grandiose Templeton house, businesswoman Kate Powell faces a professional impropriety and a dark secret from her past that for... -
Germinal - Emile Zola
Review"Superb."--Professor James Chastain, Ohio University"This is far and away the best English translation of Germinal currently available. The translator has captured th... -
Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession.The national bestseller!At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared a... -
Foreign Affairs - Alison Lurie
Product DescriptionVinnie Miner, 54-year-old Anglophile professor, is in London on a six-month foundation grant. So is her young colleague, Fred Turner. Vinnie is plain and resigne... -
Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
SUMMARY: When the corpse of a brutally mutilated murder victim turns up at the time of the full moon, accompanied by some most unusual paw prints, professional wizard and supernatu...