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Masters, Alexander Stuart: A Life Backwards 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128740. ISBN #0007790171 / 9780007790173. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Masters, Alexander Stuart: A Life Backwards 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128740. ISBN #0007790171 / 9780007790173. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this extraordinary book, Alexander Masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a desperate world few ever see. A gripping who-done-it journey back in time, it begins with Masters meeting a drunken Stuart lying on a sidewalk in Cambridge, England, and leads through layers of hell back through crimes and misdemeanors, prison and homelessness, suicide attempts, violence, drugs, juvenile halls and special schools to expose the smiling, gregarious thirteen-year-old boy who was Stuart before his long, sprawling, dangerous fall. Shocking, inspiring, and hilarious by turns, Stuart: A Life Backwards is a writer s quest to give voice to a man who, beneath his forbidding exterior, has a message for us all: that every life even the most chaotic and disreputable is a story worthy of being told. From the Hardcover edition.
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Masters, John Now, God Be Thanked McGraw-Hill 1979 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082690. ISBN #0070407819 / 9780070407817. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Masters, John Now, God Be Thanked McGraw-Hill 1979 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082690. ISBN #0070407819 / 9780070407817. (filed under: Fiction ) *
Now, God Be Thanked: A Novel His Loss of Eden
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Mate, Ferenc Ghost Sea: A Novel (Dugger/Nello Series) Albatross 2007 paperback. Signed by Author. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1126608. ISBN #0920256511 / 9780920256510. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Mate, Ferenc Ghost Sea: A Novel (Dugger/Nello Series) Albatross 2007 paperback. Signed by Author. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1126608. ISBN #0920256511 / 9780920256510. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "It's Joseph Conrad meets Elmore Leonard." Vancouver Sun A spellbinding tale of the sea: love, murder, and mysticism: At the turn of the century, a Kwakiutl warrior from British Columbia's wild northern islands raids an artifact collector's yacht to reclaim stolen sacred masks. He takes the collector's wife, Kate, as hostage on his 200-mile canoe voyage home. The collector hires Dugger, a coastal trader living on the edges of the law, to give chase in his ketch with the collector as passenger, but Dugger's financial salvation comes at a terrible price, for he is Kate's secret lover. Day and night Dugger sails the uncharted islands, through raging currents and ship-swallowing whirlpools, and the account of his pursuit is interwoven with Kate's harrowing and erotically charged journey. Based on a true story, this novel reaches its thrilling climax at the last secret, hallucinatory potlatch of the ancient Kwakiutl culture, where the history of a doomed people is melded with the fury of three hearts.
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Mathis, Ayana Twelve Tribes Of Hattie 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1066103. ISBN #0307949702 / 9780307949707. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Mathis, Ayana Twelve Tribes Of Hattie 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1066103. ISBN #0307949702 / 9780307949707. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A New York Times Notable Book An NPR Best Book of the Year A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd, swept up by the tides of the Great Migration, flees Georgia and heads north. Full of hope, she settles in Philadelphia to build a better life. Instead she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment, and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins are lost to an illness that a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children, whom she raises with grit, mettle, and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. She vows to prepare them to meet a world that will not be kind. Their lives, captured here in twelve luminous threads, tell the story of a mother s monumental courage and a nation's tumultuous journey.
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Matsuoka, Takashi Cloud Of Sparrows 2002 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109726. ISBN #0385336403 / 9780385336406. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Matsuoka, Takashi Cloud Of Sparrows 2002 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109726. ISBN #0385336403 / 9780385336406. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Once in a great while a new novelist comes along who dazzles us with rare eloquence and humanity, with flawless storytelling and a unique understanding of another place and time. Takashi Matsuoka is just such a writer. His magnificent new novel, set amid the violence and beauty of nineteenth-century Japan, takes us beyond the epic tradition of James Clavell s Shogun and into a majestic realm of samurai and geishas, ninjas and Zen masters. Brilliantly imagined, gloriously written, Cloud of Sparrows is at once a sweeping historical adventure and a love story of almost unbearable poignancy. It is storytelling on the grand scale from a novelist of astounding depth and grace. Cloud of Sparrows It is the dawn of the New Year, 1861. After two centuries of isolation, Japan has been forced to open its doors to the West, igniting a clash of cultures and generations. And as foreign ships threaten to rain destruction on the Shogun s castle in Edo, a small group of American missionaries has chosen this time to spread the word of their God. Among them, Emily Gibson, a woman seeking redemption from a tormented past, and Matthew Stark, a cold-eyed killer with one more death on his mind. Neither realizes that their future in Japan has already been foreseen. For a young nobleman, Lord Genji, has dreamt that his life will be saved by an outsider in the New Year. Widely reviled as a dilettante, Lord Genji has one weapon with which to inspire awe. In his family, one in every generation is said to have the gift of prophecy. And what Lord Genji sees has struck fear in many around him. As the Shogun s secret police chief plots Genji s death--and the utter destruction of his entire clan--the young and untried lord must prove that he is more than the handsome womanizer of legend, famed lover of Edo s most celebrated geisha, Lady Heiko, and that his prophetic powers are no mere fairy tale. Forced to escape from Edo and flee to his ancestral stronghold, the spectacular Cloud of Sparrows Castle, Genji joins his fate with Emily and Stark, unaware of the dark forces that drive them. Together with Genji s uncle, Lord Shigeru, a legendary swordsman knee-deep in the blood of his own kin, and the enigmatic Lady Heiko, the unlikely band embarks on a harrowing journey through a landscape bristling with danger--to prepare for a final battle. Here, on a snowscape stained with blood, horror will mix with wonder, secrets will unravel, and love will duel with vengeance--as East and West, flesh and spirit, past and future, collide in ways no one--least of all Genji--could ha
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Matthews, Carole For Better, For Worse 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079020. ISBN #0380820447 / 9780380820443. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Matthews, Carole For Better, For Worse 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079020. ISBN #0380820447 / 9780380820443. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary After her marriage to Damien ended in disaster, Londoner Josie Flynn -- thirtysomething and single again -- is flying across the ocean to her American cousin's "big mistake" wedding. In her present "love stinks" frame of mind, the last person she expects to be seated next to on the flight is someone like Matt Jarvis. A recently divorced rock journalist, Matt is sensitive, good-looking, and remarkably attentive -- and before their plane touches down, Josie's smitten. So how can she hope to convince her cousin to cut and run when Josie is all ready to leap into love again -- with a stranger, no less, who might be just another Mr. Totally Wrong in Mr. Seductively Right's clothing? The point is rendered moot, of course, once they deplane and she and Matt go their separate ways. After all, Josie's got prenuptial confabs to worry about and that dreaded lilac chiffon bridesmaid's dress to wear. But Dante himself couldn't have dreamed up the hell this wedding is proving to be -- and when her dream hunk reappears and throws himself into the mix, Josie finds herself wondering how she -- or any unattached modern woman, in fact -- can hope to survive the new romantic rules of the twenty-first century. Already a bestseller in the U.K., Carole Matthews's For Better, for Worse is a deliriously droll, dead-on tale of marriage, sex, monogamy, and modern love.
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Matthiessen, Peter Killing Mister Watson paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1094474. ISBN #0679734058 / 9780679734055. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Matthiessen, Peter Killing Mister Watson Vintage Books 1990 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144529. ISBN #0679734058 / 9780679734055. (keywords: FLORIDA FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE GENERAL WATSON EDGAR J FICTITIOUS CHARACTER) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Mattison, Alice Book Borrower 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1111726. ISBN #0061153028 / 9780061153020. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Mattison, Alice Book Borrower 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1111726. ISBN #0061153028 / 9780061153020. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary On the day they first meet in a city playground, Deborah Laidlaw lends Toby Ruben a book called Trolley Girl , the memoir of a forgotten trolley strike in the 1920s, written by the sister of a fiery Jewish revolutionary who played an important, ultimately tragic role in the events. Young mothers with babies, Toby and Deborah become instant friends. It is a relationship that will endure for decades through the vagaries of marriage, career, and child-rearing, through heated discussions of politics, ethics, and life until an insurmountable argument takes the two women down divergent paths. But in the aftermath of crisis and sorrow, it is a borrowed book, long set aside and forgotten, that will unite Toby and Deborah once again.
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Maugham, W. Somerset Collected Short Stories: Volume 1 Penguin Classics 1977 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1153203. ISBN #0140185895 / 9780140185898. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Maugham, W. Somerset Collected Short Stories: Volume 1 Penguin Classics 1977 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1153203. ISBN #0140185895 / 9780140185898. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary These 30 short stories, comprising Somerset Maugham's first collection, are set in locations ranging from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. They include "Rain," "The Three Fat Women of Antibes," "The Voice of the Turtle," and "Before the Party." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Maum, Courtney I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1104703. ISBN #1476764557 / 9781476764559. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Maum, Courtney I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1104703. ISBN #1476764557 / 9781476764559. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this reverse love story set in Paris and London, which The Wall Street Journal hailed as funny and soulful immediately appealing, a failed monogamist attempts to woo his wife back and to answer the question: Is it really possible to fall back in love with your spouse? Despite the success of his first solo show in Paris and the support of his brilliant French wife and young daughter, thirty-four-year-old British artist Richard Haddon is too busy mourning the loss of his American mistress to a famous cutlery designer to appreciate his fortune. But after Richard discovers that a painting he originally made for his wife, Anne when they were first married and deeply in love has sold, it shocks him back to reality and he resolves to reinvest wholeheartedly in his family life just in time for his wife to learn the extent of his affair. Rudderless and remorseful, Richard embarks on a series of misguided attempts to win Anne back while focusing his creative energy on a provocative art piece to prove that he s still the man she once loved. Skillfully balancing biting wit with a deep emotional undercurrent, this charming and engrossing portrait of one man s midlife crisis Elle creates the perfect picture of an imperfect family and a heartfelt exploration of marriage, love, and fidelity.
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Maupassant, Guy De Best Of Maupassant hardcover. Book comes with slip case. Slip Case in good condition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1125423. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Maupassant, Guy De Tales Of Guy De Maupassant Heritage Press 1964 hardcover. Book comes with slip case. Slip Case in good condition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or992661. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Maupin, Armistead Babycakes Harper Perennial 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112111. ISBN #0060924837 / 9780060924836. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Maupin, Armistead Babycakes Harper Perennial 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112111. ISBN #0060924837 / 9780060924836. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco." -- New York Times Book Review When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there's more to making a baby then meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbor, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and profoundly affecting, Babycakes was the first work of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS. "Armistead is a true original. His tales are bang up-to-date. They will surprise and maybe even shock you, but, I promise, they will make you laugh." --Ian McKellen "Maupin has a genius for observation. His characters have the timing of vaudeville comics, flawed by human frailty and fueled by blind hop." --Denver Post "Armistead Maupin's San Francisco saga careens beautifully on." -- New York Times Book Review
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Maupin, Armistead Mary Ann in Autumn 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1111717. ISBN #0061470899 / 9780061470899. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Maupin, Armistead Mary Ann in Autumn 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1111717. ISBN #0061470899 / 9780061470899. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin s best-selling San Francisco saga, soon to return to television as a Netflix original series once again starring Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis. Following the success of his New York Times bestseller Michael Tolliver Lives , Armistead Maupin s Mary Ann in Autumn is a touching portrait of friendship, family, and fresh starts, as the City by the Bay welcomes back Mary Ann Singleton, the beloved Tales of the City heroine who started it all. A new chapter begins in the lives of both Mary Ann and Michael Mouse Tolliver when she returns to San Francisco to rejoin her oldest friend after years in New York City the reunion that fans of Maupin s beloved Tales of the City series have been awaiting for years.
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Maupin, Armistead Maybe the Moon Harper Perennial 1993 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1042339. ISBN #0060924349 / 9780060924348. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Maupin, Armistead Maybe the Moon Harper Perennial 1993 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1042339. ISBN #0060924349 / 9780060924348. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth -- Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and former Guiness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman. All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where -- as she says -- "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star. In a series of mordantly funny journal entries, Maupin tracks his spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles -- from her all-too-infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and human ignorance. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed. Her accomplice in the venture is her best friend, Jeff, a gay waiter who sees Cady's struggle for visibility as a natural extension of his own war against the Hollywood Closet. As clear-eyed as it is charming, Maybe the Moon is a modern parable about the mythology of the movies and the toll it exacts from it participants on both sides of the screen. It is a work that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit from a perspective rarely found in literature.
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