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Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
From Publishers WeeklyKay ( The Fionavar Tapestry ) brings to life a layered, pragmatic world of magic and difficult choices, where brutality and beauty coexist. Eight of the nine ... -
Tide, Feather, Snow_ A Life in - Miranda Weiss
Alaska is a place where know-how is currency and a novice's mistakes can kill you. An extreme landscape in both its beauty and challenges, the state is nicknamed "The Last Frontier... -
The housekeeper and the profess - Yoko Ogawa
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Ogawa (_The Diving Pool_) weaves a poignant tale of beauty, heart and sorrow in her exquisite new novel. Narrated by the Housekeeper, the char... -
The claiming of Sleeping Beauty - Anne Rice; A. N. Roquelaure
The first of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty"Something very special...at once so light and yet so haunting." -The AdvocateIn the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Bea... -
The Ten Most Beautiful Experime - George Johnson
From Publishers WeeklyAward-winning science writer Johnson (A Fire in the Mind; Strange Beauty) calls readers away from the industrialized mega-scale of modern science (w... -
The Proposal & Solid Soul - Brenda Jackson
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Brenda Jackson brings you the story of Jason Westmoreland. With one convenient proposal, he could have a Southern beauty in his bed ... -
The Poor Mouth_ A Bad Story Abo - Flann O'Brien; Patrick C. Power
The Poor Mouth relates the story of one Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in a cabin in a fictitious village called Corkadoragha in western Ireland equally renowned for its beauty and the... -
The Orchid Thief - Susan Orlean
In Susan Orlean's mesmerizing true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy, in spite of the fact that he is missing his fron... -
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rache... -
The Last Vampire - Whitley Strieber
SUMMARY: She lives. Miriam Blaylock's insatiable hunger has never ceased. Her incomparable beauty has made her a legend among the Keepers. Her many lovers have come and gone, crumb...