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Oates, Joyce Carol Broke Heart Blues Dutton 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147351. ISBN #0525944516 / 9780525944515. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oates, Joyce Carol Falls 2004 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092314. ISBN #0060722282 / 9780060722289. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oates, Joyce Carol Falls 2004 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092314. ISBN #0060722282 / 9780060722289. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A stunning, major achievement from Joyce Carol Oates, "one of the great artistic forces of our time" The Nation . A haunting story of the powerful spell Niagara Falls casts upon two generations of a family, leading to tragedy, love, loss, and, ultimately, redemption. A man climbs over the railings and plunges into Niagara Falls. A newlywed, he has left behind his wife, Ariah Erskine, in the honeymoon suite the morning after their wedding. "The Widow Bride of The Falls," as Ariah comes to be known, begins a relentless, seven-day vigil in the mist, waiting for his body to be found. At her side throughout, confirmed bachelor and pillar of the community Dirk Burnaby is unexpectedly transfixed by the strange, otherworldly gaze of this plain, strange woman, falling in love with her though they barely exchange a word. What follows is their passionate love affair, marriage, and children -- a seemingly perfect existence. But the tragedy by which their life together began shadows them, damaging their idyll with distrust, greed, and even murder. What unfurls is a drama of parents and their children; of secrets and sins; of lawsuits, murder, and, eventually, redemption. As Ariah's children learn that their past is enmeshed with a hushed-up scandal involving radioactive waste, they must confront not only their personal history but America's murky past: the despoiling of the landscape, and the corruption and greed of the massive industrial expansion of the 1950s and 1960s. Set against the mythic-historic backdrop of Niagara Falls, Joyce Carol Oates explores the American family in crisis, but also America itself in the mid-twentieth century. As in We Were the Mulvaneys , a "darkly engrossing novel" Washington Post Book World , she examines what happens when the richly interwoven relationships of parents and their children are challenged by circumstances outside the family. The Falls is a love story gone wrong and righted, and it alone places Joyce Carol Oates definitively in the company of the great American novelists.
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Oates, Joyce Carol I'll Take You There: A Novel Ecco 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Remainder Mark. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1131975. ISBN #0060501170 / 9780060501174. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oates, Joyce Carol I'll Take You There: A Novel Ecco 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Remainder Mark. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1131975. ISBN #0060501170 / 9780060501174. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary I'll Take You There is told by a woman looking back on her first years of college, at Syracuse in the 1970s. Her story, softened by the gauze of memory and the relief of having survived, nonetheless captures a harrowing ordeal of alienation and despair, heightened by a wrenching interracial love affair and her father's death. Cursed by insatiable yearning and constant dissatisfaction, "Anellia" has always been haunted by her mother. With her father and brothers making her feel responsible for her mother's death, she longs for acceptance and the warmth of human compassion. When Anellia begins college, she naively seeks that compassion at a sorority house, with disastrous results. Gradually she descends to deeper levels of estrangement, until she is nearly an outcast. She is swept up in a turbulent love affair with a black philosophy student only to be abandoned. Her sense of rejection reaches a turning point when she's called away to be with her dying father. With deftly cast philosophical meditations -- on love, death, identity, the body -- I'll Take You There is a portrait of a young woman surprised to discover strength in simply enduring. It is a thought-provoking meditation on the existential questions that arise in burgeoning adulthood, a tender evocation of the dignity and power of young love.
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Oates, Joyce Carol Missing Mom Harper Perennial 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or865022v1. ISBN #0060816228 / 9780060816223. (keywords: Death Nikki Eaton Mother Mourning) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oates, Joyce Carol Sentimental Education E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1980 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1158152. ISBN #0525199500 / 9780525199502. (keywords: Short Stories) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oates, Joyce Carol The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror The Mysterious Press 2017 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1163520. ISBN #0802126715 / 9780802126719. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oates, Joyce Carol The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense Harcourt Books 2007 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1156157. ISBN #0151015317 / 9780151015313. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oates, Joyce Carol The Sacrifice: A Novel Ecco 2015 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138570. ISBN #006233297X / 9780062332974. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oates, Joyce Carol The Sacrifice: A Novel Ecco 2015 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138570. ISBN #006233297X / 9780062332974. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates returns with an incendiary novel that illuminates the tragic impact of sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power on innocent lives and probes the persistence of stereotypes, the nature of revenge, the complexities of truth, and our insatiable hunger for sensationalism. When a fourteen-year-old girl is the alleged victim of a terrible act of racial violence, the incident shocks and galvanizes her community, exacerbating the racial tension that has been simmering in this New Jersey town for decades. In this magisterial work of fiction, Joyce Carol Oates explores the uneasy fault lines in a racially troubled society. In such a tense, charged atmosphere, Oates reveals that there must always be a sacrifice of innocence, truth, trust, and, ultimately, of lives. Unfolding in a succession of multiracial voices, in a community transfixed by this alleged crime and the spectacle unfolding around it, this profound novel exposes what and who the sacrifice actually is, and what consequences these kind of events hold for us all. Working at the height of her powers, Oates offers a sympathetic portrait of the young girl and her mother, and challenges our expectations and beliefs about our society, our biases, and ourselves. As the chorus of its voices from the police to the media to the victim and her family reaches a crescendo, The Sacrifice offers a shocking new understanding of power and oppression, innocence and guilt, truth and sensationalism, justice and retribution. A chilling exploration of complex social, political, and moral themes the enduring trauma of the past, modern racial and class tensions, the power of secrets, and the primal decisions we all make to protect those we love The Sacrifice is a major work of fiction from one of our most revered literary masters.
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Oates, Michael Stephan Wade in the Water Knox Robinson Publishing 2014 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1071991. ISBN #1908483822 / 9781908483829. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oates, Michael Stephan Wade in the Water Knox Robinson Publishing 2014 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1071991. ISBN #1908483822 / 9781908483829. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary It is spring in the year 1889, and Americans are enjoying the spoils of an industrial revolution, but in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the wheels of industry are brought to a grinding halt when the River Fork dam bursts. Bennett Marsh, a nineteen-year-old kitchen-hand, wants nothing more than to leave his home town of River Fork and attend the Julliard School of Music in New York. Bennett's father, Percival, a steel-mill worker lured by the glamour of high society, is trapped in a dead-end job, and struggles to find his place as parent and provider. John Parke, the resident engineer at the River Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, questions the integrity of the dam while his gadabout wife and upper crust club members wine and dine around him in ignorant bliss. When a storm out of Kansas inundates the valley with torrential rain, Parke's greatest fear comes true. Twenty million tons of water spill into the Allegheny Valley, devastating the lives of the 30,000 people living below it. When the dam breaks, Bennett and Percival must count on each other to survive the flood, realizing the bond between them and the strength they take from each other, but it may have come too late.
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Oden, Scott Lion Of Cairo 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1018117. ISBN #0312372930 / 9780312372934. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oden, Scott Lion Of Cairo 2010 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1018117. ISBN #0312372930 / 9780312372934. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Assassin paid no heed to his quarry s death throes. His attention remained fixed on the long blade in his fist, on its pommel of yellowed ivory carved in the shape of a djinni s snarling visage. I am al-Hashishiyya, he said to the glittering-eyed devil. I am Death incarnate. So am I , the devil replied . . . On the banks of the ageless Nile, from a palace of gold and lapis lazuli, the young Caliph Rashid al-Hasan rules as a figurehead over a crumbling empire. Cairo is awash in deception. In the shadow of the Gray Mosque, generals and emirs jockey for position under the scheming eyes of the powerful grand vizier. In the crowded souks and narrow alleys, warring factions employ murder and terror to silence their opponents. Egypt bleeds. And the scent draws her enemies in like sharks: the swaggering Kurd, Shirkuh, who serves the pious Sultan of Damascus and Amalric, the Christian king of Jerusalem whose greed is insatiable and whose knights are hungry for battle. And yet, all is not lost. There is an old man who lives on a remote mountainside in a distant land. He holds the power of life and death over the warring factions of the Muslim world and decides to come to the Caliph s aid. He sends his greatest weapon into Egypt. He sends a single man. An Assassin. The one they call the Emir of the Knife.... In this lighting-paced epic, bestselling author Scott Oden masterfully blends history and adventure in the style of Robert E. Howard. Bringing medieval Cario, the true jewel of the Arabian Nights, to exhilarating life, full of intrigue and thunderous battle, Oden resurrects one of the Ancient World s most beautiful and beguiling countries.
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Oe, Kenzaburo Personal Matter paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1131556. ISBN #0802150616 / 9780802150615. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ohanesian, Aline Orhan's Inheritance: A Novel Algonquin Books 2016 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1169660. ISBN #161620530X / 9781616205300. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oke, Janette Love's Enduring Promise Bethany House 1980 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1163922. ISBN #0871233452 / 9780871233455. (keywords: Christian Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Okri, Ben Famished Road Anchor Books 1993 paperback. Different cover than shown. . BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or982686. ISBN #0385425139 / 9780385425131. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Okri, Ben Famished Road Anchor Books 1993 paperback. Different cover than shown. . BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or982686. ISBN #0385425139 / 9780385425131. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the decade since it won the Booker Prize, Ben Okri's Famished Road has become a classic. Like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude , it combines brilliant narrative technique with a fresh vision to create an essential work of world literature. The narrator, Azaro, is an abiku , a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. The life he foresees for himself and the tale he tells is full of sadness and tragedy, but inexplicably he is born with a smile on his face. Nearly called back to the land of the dead, he is resurrected. But in their efforts to save their child, Azaro's loving parents are made destitute. The tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits propels this latter-day Lazarus's story.
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Olds, Bruce Raising Holy Hell: A Novel Henry Holt & Co 1995 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133075. ISBN #0805038566 / 9780805038569. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Olds, Bruce Raising Holy Hell: A Novel Henry Holt & Co 1995 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133075. ISBN #0805038566 / 9780805038569. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The history books record that John Brown led the failed raid on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and was hanged for his crimes on December 2, 1859. It is perhaps less well known that he was the son of Ohio abolitionists; a divinity school dropout; a loyal husband and doting father of twenty children; a chronic business failure and bankrupt; an acquaintance of Emerson and Thoreau; an intimate of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman; and a visionary who not only foresaw but made inevitable the bloody apocalypse that was the American Civil War. Employing a provocative, wide-ranging collage of literary mediums and fictional devices - including private correspondence, diary and journal excerpts, newspaper articles, songs, poems, folktales, interviews, oral reminiscences, speeches, scriptural citations, epigraphs, interior monologues, and eyewitness recollections - the lot served up in an intricate mosaic of alternating narrative voices, Raising Holy Hell creates a colorful, multitextured evocation both of American slavery and of its most devout and deadly foe.
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Oliveira, Robin My Name Is Mary Sutter Viking 2010 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1143137. ISBN #0670021679 / 9780670021673. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oliveira, Robin My Name Is Mary Sutter 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082288. ISBN #1611290600 / 9781611290608. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oliveira, Robin My Name Is Mary Sutter 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082288. ISBN #1611290600 / 9781611290608. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "A simply remarkable book. Robin Oliveira brings the Civil War era vividly alive with a heroine no reader will ever forget." -Ron Rash, author of Serena Mary Sutter is a brilliant young midwife who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Eager to run away from recent heartbreak, Mary travels to Washington, D.C., to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Under the guidance of two surgeons, who both fall unwittingly in love with her, and resisting her mother's pleas to return home to help with the difficult birth of her twin sister's baby, Mary pursues her medical career against all odds. Rich with historical detail-including cameo appearances by Abraham Lincoln and Dorothea Dix, among others- My Name Is Mary Sutter is certain to be recognized as one of the great novels about the Civil War.
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Oliver, Lauren Before I Fall HarperCollins 2017 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1174883. ISBN #0062656325 / 9780062656322. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Oliver, Lauren Before I Fall HarperCollins 2017 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1174883. ISBN #0062656325 / 9780062656322. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This special paperback edition of the New York Times bestselling novel by award-winning author Lauren Oliver features poster art from the major motion picture starring Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, and Kian Lawley, as well as special interviews about the making of the movie. Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last. The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. Living the last day of her life seven times during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing. With this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as one of today's foremost authors of young adult fiction. Like Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why and Gayle Forman's If I Stay , Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person's life can affect so many others. Named to numerous state reading lists, the novel was also recognized as a Best Book of the Year by Amazon.com, Barnes Noble, The Daily Beast , NPR, and Publishers Weekly .
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Olsen, Jack Alphabet Jackson Playboy Press 1974 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or842237. ISBN #0872234185 / 9780872234185. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Olsen, Tillie Yonnondio : From the Thirties Delta / Seymour Lawrence 1995 Soft Cover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or402203. ISBN #0385291795 / 9780385291798. (keywords: FICTION_GENERAL) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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