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Letts, Billie Made in the U.S.A. Grand Central Publishing 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102112. ISBN #044652901X / 9780446529013. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Letts, Billie Made in the U.S.A. Grand Central Publishing 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102112. ISBN #044652901X / 9780446529013. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The bestselling author of WHERE THE HEART IS returns with a heartrending tale of two children in search of a place to call home. Lutie McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to places, and to almost everything. With her mother long dead and her father long gone to find his fortune in Las Vegas, 15-year-old Lutie lives in the god-forsaken town of Spearfish, South Dakota with her twelve-year-old brother, Fate, and Floy Satterfield, the 300-pound ex-girlfriend of her father. While Lutie shoplifts for kicks, Fate spends most of his time reading, watching weird TV shows and worrying about global warming and the endangerment of pandas. As if their life is not dismal enough, one day, while shopping in their local Wal-Mart, Floy keels over and the two motherless kids are suddenly faced with the choice of becoming wards of the state or hightailing it out of town in Floy's old Pontiac. Choosing the latter, they head off to Las Vegas in search of a father who has no known address, no phone number and, clearly, no interest in the kids he left behind. MADE IN THE U.S.A. is the alternately heartbreaking and life-affirming story of two gutsy children who must discover how cruel, unfair and frightening the world is before they come to a place they can finally call home.
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Letts, Billie Where The Heart Is 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1131805. ISBN #0446672211 / 9780446672214. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Letts, Billie Where The Heart Is 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1131805. ISBN #0446672211 / 9780446672214. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just 7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small Southwest town--a group of down-to-earth, deeply caring people willing to help a homeless, jobless girl living secretly in a Wal-Mart. From Bible-thumping blue-haired Sister Thelma Husband to eccentric librarian Forney Hull who loves Novalee more than she loves herself, they are about to take her--and you, too--on a moving, funny, and unforgettable journey to . . . Where the Heart Is.
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Levien, David Swagbelly: A Pornographer's Tale Plume 2003 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1108507. ISBN #0452284546 / 9780452284548. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Levien, David Swagbelly: A Pornographer's Tale Plume 2003 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1108507. ISBN #0452284546 / 9780452284548. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Can 100 million buy respect? Elliot Grubman seems to have a life any other man would envy-unimaginable wealth, bachelor status, and his own magazine, Swagbelly "the magazine for today's gentleman" , which provides him with the companionship of a never-ending succession of Amazonian models with blonde hair, big chests, and tremendous bone structure. Yet, happiness eludes him. His wife left him for her rock-climbing instructor; his thirteen-year-old son refuses to be Bar Mitzvahed and is converting to Catholicism; his girlfriend may or may not be of legal age and may or may not be pregnant; and worst of all, for the last several weeks, Eliot has been unable to "perform." From acclaimed screenwriter and film director DJ Levien, Swagbelly is a wry, erotic, and hilariously satirical tale of a pornographer in search of a decent life.
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Levin, Meyer Old Bunch hardcover. Different cover than shown. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1108230. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, Pam Perfect Family Simon & Schuster 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Moisture damage. Book #or1002333. ISBN #0743291468 / 9780743291460. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, Pam Perfect Family Simon & Schuster 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Moisture damage. Book #or1002333. ISBN #0743291468 / 9780743291460. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the acclaimed author of Speak Softly, She Can Hear , a literary page-turner about a proper New England family and the dark secrets that undo them. Pony Carteret -- the lovely headstrong youngest member of the Carteret family -- has always been a strong swimmer. So when she is discovered drowned at the family's summer home on Lake Aral, Vermont, her red hair tangled in an anchor chain and her baby abandoned on shore, her family is stunned by disbelief. As the police conduct their investigation, Jasper Carteret, the patriarch, calls an urgent family meeting. Had any of her siblings known that Pony would be at the house that day? Was she having personal problems, was she depressed? Had she ever revealed the true identity of her baby's father? Neither sister -- Tinker, the family caretaker, nor Mira, the moody, thoughtful one -- has any information, and ultimately the police rule the drowning an accident. But William Carteret, Pony's older brother, can't accept the explanation that his favorite sister's death was an accident. Determined to uncover the truth, he eventually learns the disturbing fact that a stranger had been present at the house the evening Pony died. Who was this man, what was he doing at the house, and why hasn't he stepped forward? As William digs deeper, his investigations quickly lead him to a new and more daunting series of questions, not only about the mysteries in Pony's life but also about the shadowy details of his deceased mother's past and even his own. Before long, he has opened a Pandora's box of family secrets, including one dangerous fact his mother has kept hidden for a generation. Pam Lewis's Perfect Family is a masterful, atmospheric tale about the ways in which family secrets, no matter how long they're buried, can wield their tremendous power.
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Lewis, Sinclair Arrowsmith hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107087. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, Sinclair Babbitt hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1038783. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, Sinclair Cass Timberlane hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1013492. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, Sinclair Cass Timberlane hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1021138. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, Sinclair Elmer Gantry hardcover. Facsimile edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097892. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, sinclair Elmer Gantry (Reprint of 1927 Publishing) Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover. Book Club edition.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some staining to page edges. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or849118. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, Sinclair Kingsblood Royal hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or988269. (keywords: Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, Susan Truth About You 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082548. ISBN #0345549473 / 9780345549471. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Lewis, Susan Truth About You 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082548. ISBN #0345549473 / 9780345549471. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary For readers of Jodi Picoult, Heather Gudenkauf, and Elizabeth Flock comes a novel of secrets and suspense that challenges the ties that bind while reigniting the hope of enduring love. Lainey Hollingsworth is the anchor in her home. In addition to managing her husband s writing career, she oversees the daily operations of a chaotic family: a rebellious teenage daughter, a stepson who blames her for ruining his life, and an adoptive father afflicted with Alzheimer s. Lainey always had a volatile relationship with her mother, who never revealed the truth about Lainey s biological father, or the reason she fled Italy for England when Lainey was an infant. As Lainey plans a trip to her mother s homeland in search of answers, the familiar rhythm of life implodes when she receives a cryptic text message: Ask your husband about Julia. Suddenly caught between the ghosts of her past and a frighteningly unpredictable future, Lainey must face choices no woman would ever want to make.
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Li, Yiyun A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories Random House 2005 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063833. ISBN #1400063124 / 9781400063123. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Li, Yiyun A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories Random House 2005 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063833. ISBN #1400063124 / 9781400063123. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Brilliant and original, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers introduces a remarkable new writer whose breathtaking stories are set in China and among Chinese Americans in the United States. In this rich, astonishing collection, Yiyun Li illuminates how mythology, politics, history, and culture intersect with personality to create fate. From the bustling heart of Beijing, to a fast-food restaurant in Chicago, to the barren expanse of Inner Mongolia, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers reveals worlds both foreign and familiar, with heartbreaking honesty and in beautiful prose. Immortality, winner of The Paris Review s Plimpton Prize for new writers, tells the story of a young man who bears a striking resemblance to a dictator and so finds a calling to immortality. In The Princess of Nebraska, a man and a woman who were both in love with a young actor in China meet again in America and try to reconcile the lost love with their new lives. After a Life illuminates the vagaries of marriage, parenthood, and gender, unfolding the story of a couple who keep a daughter hidden from the world. And in A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, in which a man visits America for the first time to see his recently divorced daughter, only to discover that all is not as it seems, Li boldly explores the effects of communism on language, faith, and an entire people, underlining transformation in its many meanings and incarnations. These and other daring stories form a mesmerizing tapestry of revelatory fiction by an unforgettable writer.
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Li, Yiyun The Vagrants Random House Trade Paperbacks 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1053085. ISBN #0812973348 / 9780812973341. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Li, Yiyun The Vagrants Random House Trade Paperbacks 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1053085. ISBN #0812973348 / 9780812973341. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In luminous prose, award-winning author Yiyun Li weaves together the lives of unforgettable characters who are forced to make moral choices, and choices for survival, in China in the late 1970s. As morning dawns on the provincial city of Muddy River, a spirited young woman, Gu Shan, once a devoted follower of Chairman Mao, has renounced her faith in Communism. Now a political prisoner, she is to be executed for her dissent. While Gu Shan s distraught mother makes bold decisions, her father begins to retreat into memories. Neither of them imagines that their daughter s death will have profound and far-reaching effects, in Muddy River and beyond. Among the characters affected are Kai, a beautiful radio announcer who is married to a man from a powerful family; Tong, a lonely seven-year-old boy; and Nini, a hungry young girl. Beijing is being rocked by the Democratic Wall Movement, an anti-Communist groundswell designed to move the country toward a more enlightened and open society, but the government backlash will be severe. In this spellbinding novel, the brilliant Yiyun Li gives us a powerful and beautiful portrait of human courage and despair in dramatic t
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Lidchi, Maggi Man of Earth hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030198. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Liebegott, Ali Cha-Ching! 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084962. ISBN #0872865703 / 9780872865709. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Liebegott, Ali Cha-Ching! 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084962. ISBN #0872865703 / 9780872865709. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Theo, our scruffy, big-hearted, and quick-witted heroine, is not so much down on her luck as delivered luckless into a culture where the winners and losers have already been decided. Her adventures in getting over take her from San Francisco to New York City, from dyke bars to telemarketing outfits, casinos to free clinics. With the signature poet's voice that has won her awards and acclaim, Ali Liebegott investigates the conjoined hearts of hope and addiction in an unforgettable story of what it means to be young and broke in America. " frank, funny and painfully realistic Liebegott has unleashed a book that s part road novel, part portrait of a would-be artist as a young woman and part unabashed romance." Josh Davis, The Rumpus " Cha-Ching , Liebegott's latest novel, is one of those books that cause you to look up, blinking, realizing that you ve read 75 pages and your coffee is cold. It s a rush of offtrack betting, impulsive road trips, liquor-fueled make-out sessions, and the sort of low-end jobs that are invisible in most fiction but everywhere in Liebegott s work." San Francisco Magazine " Cha-Ching is a rush the clatter of youth on the angry move, the rattling of dreamy gambles in crappy apartments, the desperate crash of falling for someone despite the million reasons why and the bang bang bang of our tender hearts." Daniel Handler, author of Why We Broke Up " Cha-Ching is so raw with need that I found myself itching that addict's itch to chase the seemingly impossible." Karolina Waclawiak, deputy editor of The Believer and author of How to Get Into the Twin Palms "An open-hearted, deeply romantic story about a fucked-up dyke, her pit bull, her search for love, her tenuous grasp on hope, a pretty girl and the literal spin of the wheel." Sarah Schulman, author of The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination "In the game of American-life-on-the-go hopscotch, Ali Liebegott's heroine Theo just jumped a square ahead of Dean Moriarty The author's fine writing about gambling is as good as I ever read, including Dostoevski's and the Barthelme Bros. In the end, love, in whatever twisted, pallid form, a love that has little to do with sexuality, is the only answer Wonderful book." Andrei Codrescu, author of So Recently Rent a World: New and Selected Poems " Ali Liebegott continues her winning streak with her third novel Cha-Ching , tracing the life and times of compelling lead character Theo, a restless lesbian with a military hairstyle which makes her gender-ambiguous enough to nickname herself "sirma'amsir" There is a lot to relate to in Liebegott's cleverly addictive novel. Readers will wonder what happens next to Theo and Cary Grant. Will the love she finds be everlasting, or will her addictions get the best of her? Theo is an engaging character, and she will linger in the imagination long after Cha-Ching 's final page has been turned." Jim Piechota, The Bay Area Reporter Ali Liebegott is the author of the award-winning books The Beautifully Worthless and The IHOP Papers . In 2010 she took a train trip across America interviewing female poets for a project titled, The Heart Has Many Doors ; excerpts from these interviews are posted monthly on The Believer Logger . Her novel Cha-Ching is the third in the City Lights Sister Spit series. In addition, she is the founding editor at Writers Among Artists whose first publication, Faggot Dinosaur , was released in 2012.
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lieberman, Herbert Climate Of Hell Simon & Schuster 1978 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1007056. ISBN #0671243632 / 9780671243630. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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lieberman, Herbert Climate Of Hell Simon & Schuster 1978 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1007056. ISBN #0671243632 / 9780671243630. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Hardcover: 383 pages Publisher: Simon Schuster; First Edition edition October 15, 1978 Deep within Paraguay -- sometimes in Asuncion enjoying the august protection and esteem of El Jefe, the President, sometimes hiding out in the remote jungles along the Parana River when there has been too much publicity or a new attempt at revenge, occasionally gambling in the casino at Bariloche or dancing at the Tirol club in Hohenau -- lives El Gran Fugitivo, El Doctor Misterioso, Don Gregor. He is, in fact, SS Obersturmbann-fuhrer Doktor Helmut Gregor Schlakstro, Fausto Rindon, Father Capezius Carmelite OCF and Dr. Joseph Neiditch, and he is wanted by West Germany, the Allied Powers and Israel for "atrocious crimes committed while serving as Chief Physician at Auschwitz -- Birkenau." The Climate of Hell is a terrifying, brilliant and savagely realistic novel about a group of people whose lives, by design or by accident, suddenly intersect with that of the good doctor in his exile. Baumstein is an American businessman, absconding to the small Latin American nation after a successful embezzlement, who has the misfortune to come to the doctor's attention. An Auschwitz survivor, he is a potential threat. The beautiful Fraulein Aldot, the doctor's constant partner, is in fact Dovia, an Israeli agent -- and a real threat. Ian Asher, under his many aliases, is the greatest threat of all: a young man who has dedicated his life to revenge and who sees, in the planned visit to Paraguay of Dr. Grigori's son, a respectable West German haunted by his father's dreadful past, the opportunity for a revenge so macabre, so convincing, so terrible and so just that even Grigori is unprepared for it as is the reader . Only Herbert Lieberman, the gifted author of Crawlspace and City of the Dead, could have imagined it. Seldom has there been a novel of such spine-tingling authenticity, horror and suspense. It is, quite simply, impossible to put down and impossible to forget.
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Liebrecht, Savyon Apples From The Desert: Selected Stories 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077411. ISBN #1558612351 / 9781558612358. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Liebrecht, Savyon Apples From The Desert: Selected Stories 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077411. ISBN #1558612351 / 9781558612358. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Savyon Liebrecht s intense, lyrical, and emotionally complex stories have made her a best-selling writer in her native Israel. Apples From the Desert brings together Liebrecht s most vivid and affecting work and makes it available in English for the first time. With a precision and a subtle ferocity reminiscent of the work of Nadine Gordimer, Liebrecht s stories reveal the impact of larger social and political conflicts within the private worlds of home and family. She depicts the personal tragedies and the small acts of courage and reconciliation that grow from the deep-rooted conflict between Arabs and Jews, women and men, and older and younger generations in present-day Israel. These stories create a finely nuanced portrait of contemporary Israel; at the same time, they reach toward truths that know no national boundaries. As Lily Rattok writes in her introduction, Liebrecht s skill as a writer, combined with her perceptiveness, her compassion, and her deep humanity, create a body of work that is a testament to the healing power of storytelling.
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