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Rushdie, Salman Ground Beneath Her Feet Henry Holt and Company 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1170952. ISBN #0805053085 / 9780805053081. (keywords: Fiction, Slaman Rushdie, love Story-Fiction-contemporary) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rushdie, Salman Moor's Last Sigh 1996 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132985. ISBN #0679420495 / 9780679420491. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rushdie, Salman Moor's Last Sigh 1996 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132985. ISBN #0679420495 / 9780679420491. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In his first novel since The Satanic Verses, Rushdie gives readers a masterpiece of controlled storytelling, informed by astonishing scope and ambition, by turns compassionate, wicked, poignant, and funny. From the paradise of Aurora's legendary salon to his omnipotent father's sky-garden atop a towering glass high-rise, the Moor's story evokes his family's often grotesque but compulsively moving fortunes in a world of possibilities embodied by India in this century.
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Rushdie, Salman Satanic Verses, The Picador 1997 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1175465. ISBN #0312270828 / 9780312270827. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rushdie, Salman The Enchantress Of Florence Random House 2008 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1143554. ISBN #0375504338 / 9780375504334. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ruskovich, Emily Idaho 2017 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1093660v1. ISBN #0812994043 / 9780812994049. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ruskovich, Emily Idaho 2017 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1093660v1. ISBN #0812994043 / 9780812994049. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A stunning debut novel about love and forgiveness, about the violence of memory and the equal violence of its loss from O. Henry Prize winning author Emily Ruskovich Ann and Wade have carved out a life for themselves from a rugged landscape in northern Idaho, where they are bound together by more than love. With her husband s memory fading, Ann attempts to piece together the truth of what happened to Wade s first wife, Jenny, and to their daughters. In a story written in exquisite prose and told from multiple perspectives including Ann, Wade, and Jenny, now in prison we gradually learn of the mysterious and shocking act that fractured Wade and Jenny's lives, of the love and compassion that brought Ann and Wade together, and of the memories that reverberate through the lives of every character in Idaho . In a wild emotional and physical landscape, Wade s past becomes the center of Ann s imagination, as Ann becomes determined to understand the family she never knew and to take responsibility for them, reassembling their lives, and her own. Praise for Idaho You know you re in masterly hands here. Emily Ruskovich s language is itself a consolation, as she subtly posits the troubling thought that only decency can save us. . . . Ruskovich s novel will remind many readers of the great Idaho novel, Marilynne Robinson s Housekeeping. . . . A wrenching and beautiful book. The New York Times Book Review Sensuous, exquisitely crafted. The Wall Street Journal The first thing you should know about Idaho, the shatteringly original debut by O. Henry Prize winner Emily Ruskovich, is that it upturns everything you think you know about story. . . . You could read Idaho just for the sheer beauty of the prose, the expert way Ruskovich makes everything strange and yet absolutely familiar. San Francisco Chronicle Mesmerizing . . . an eerie story about what the heart is capable of fathoming and what the hand is capable of executing. Marie Claire Idaho is a wonderful debut. Ruskovich knows how to build a page-turner from the opening paragraph. Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Ruskovich s debut is haunting, a portrait of an unusual family and a state that becomes a foreboding figure in her vivid depiction. The Huffington Post Idaho is both a place and an emotional dimension. Haunted, haunting, Ruskovich s novel winds through time, braiding events and their consequences in the most unexpected and moving ways. Andrea Barrett Ruskovich digs deeply into everyday moments, and shows that it is there, in our quietest thoughts and experiences, where we find and create our true selves. Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief Idaho caught and held me absolutely. Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams Ruskovich has written a poem in prose, a beautiful and intricate homage to place, and a celebration of the defeats and triumphs of love. Beautifully crafted, emotionally evocative, and psychologically astute, Idaho is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Chinelo Okparanta, author of Under the Udala Trees Ruskovich has intricately entwined a terrifying human story with an austere and impervious setting. The result something bigger than either is beautiful, brutal, and incandescent. Deirdre McNamer, author of Red Rover
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Russell, Christopher Sniper Bedwetter Books 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1016422. ISBN #1450757251 / 9781450757256. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Russell, Christopher Sniper Bedwetter Books 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1016422. ISBN #1450757251 / 9781450757256. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Sniper takes a very loose and imaginary look at The Baltimore Snipers, examining the relationships of paired serial killers as an ultimate expression of repressed desire. Russell writes a perverse version of the classic American love story told through the narrative chaos of nameless characters, past-life flashbacks, false recollection, parental and bureaucratic influence that define the psychological space of the outsider. The text s 200 full color pages are profusely illustrated, reproducing Russell s first set of drawings scratched into photographic emulsion, which has now become his signature style. The release of Sniper revives the Bedwetter brand, which achieved notoriety during its 12 issue existence with a destroy-to-enjoy design strategy and an embrace of difficult literary and visual material. With Sniper, Russell has created a design and layout that makes the process of reading its own adventure.
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Russell, W. Clark Wreck Of The Grosvenor 1920 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088385. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Russinovich, Mark Zero Day 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1026482. ISBN #031261246X / 9780312612467. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Russinovich, Mark Zero Day 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1026482. ISBN #031261246X / 9780312612467. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An airliner's controls abruptly fail mid-flight over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals everywhere have to abandon their computer databases when patients die after being administered incorrect dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling systems malfunction. At first, these random computer failures seem like unrelated events. But Jeff Aiken, a former government analyst who quit in disgust after witnessing the gross errors that led up to 9 11, thinks otherwise. Jeff fears a more serious attack targeting the United States computer infrastructure is already under way. And as other menacing computer malfunctions pop up around the world, some with deadly results, he realizes that there isn't much time if he hopes to prevent an international catastrophe. Written by a global authority on cyber security, Zero Day presents a chilling "what if" scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than possible today---it's a cataclysmic disaster just waiting to happen.
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Russo, Richard Bridge of Sighs Vintage Books 2008 paperback. First few pages wrinkled.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1180196. ISBN #1400030900 / 9781400030903. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Russo, Richard Bridge of Sighs Vintage Books 2008 paperback. First few pages wrinkled.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1180196. ISBN #1400030900 / 9781400030903. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Louis Charles Lynch also known as Lucy is sixty years old and has lived in Thomaston, New York, his entire life. He and Sarah, his wife of forty years, are about to embark on a vacation to Italy. Lucy's oldest friend, once a rival for his wife's affection, leads a life in Venice far removed from Thomaston. Perhaps for this reason Lucy is writing the story of his town, his family, and his own life that makes up this rich and mesmerizing novel, interspersed with that of the native son who left so long ago and has never looked back. Bridge of Sighs , from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls , is a moving novel about small-town America that expands Russo's widely heralded achievement in ways both familiar and astonishing.
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Russo, Richard Empire Falls Vintage 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1175683. ISBN #0375726403 / 9780375726408. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rutherford, Alex Raiders from the North: Empire of the Moghul St. Martin's Griffin 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122799. ISBN #0312573227 / 9780312573225. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rutherford, Alex Raiders from the North: Empire of the Moghul St. Martin's Griffin 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122799. ISBN #0312573227 / 9780312573225. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary It is 1494, and the new ruler of Ferghana, Babur, faces a seemingly impossible challenge. He is determined to equal his great ancestor, Tamburlaine, whose conquests stretched from Delhi to the Mediterranean, from wealthy Persia to the wild Volga. But he is dangerously young to inherit a crown, and treasonous plots, tribal rivalries, rampaging armies, and ruthlessly ambitious enemies will threaten his destiny, his kingdom, even his survival. Already an acclaimed international bestseller, Raiders from the North chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most powerful and magnificent dynasties the world has ever known. Full of breathtaking bloodshed and treachery, this is historical adventure at its very best.
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Rutherfurd, Edward Dublin Saga: The Princes Of Ireland Ballantine Books 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1150018. ISBN #0345472357 / 9780345472359. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rutherfurd, Edward Dublin Saga: The Princes Of Ireland Ballantine Books 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1150018. ISBN #0345472357 / 9780345472359. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the internationally bestselling author of London and Sarum -- a magnificent epic about love and war, family life and political intrigue in Ireland over the course of seventeen centuries. Like the novels of James Michener, The Princes of Ireland brilliantly interweaves engrossing fiction and well-researched fact to capture the essence of a place. Edward Rutherfurd has introduced millions of readers to the human dramas that are the lifeblood of history. From his first bestseller, Sarum , to the 1 bestseller London , he has captivated audiences with gripping narratives that follow the fortunes of several fictional families down through the ages. The Princes of Ireland , a sweeping panorama steeped in the tragedy and glory that is Ireland, epitomizes the power and richness of Rutherfurd s storytelling magic. The saga begins in pre-Christian Ireland with a clever refashioning of the legend of Cuchulainn, and culminates in the dramatic founding of the Free Irish State in 1922. Through the interlocking stories of a wonderfully imagined cast of characters -- monks and noblemen, soldiers and rebels, craftswomen and writers -- Rutherfurd vividly conveys the personal passions and shared dreams that shaped the character of the country. He takes readers inside all the major events in Irish history: the reign of the fierce and mighty kings of Tara; the mission of Saint Patrick; the Viking invasion and the founding of Dublin; the trickery of Henry II, which gave England its foothold on the island in 1167; the plantations of the Tudors and the savagery of Cromwell; the flight of the Wild Geese ; the failed rebellion of 1798; the Great Famine and the Easter Rebellion. With Rutherfurd s well-crafted storytelling, readers witness the rise of the Fenians in the late nineteenth century, the splendours of the Irish cultural renaissance, and the bloody battles for Irish independence, as though experiencing their momentous impact firsthand. Tens of millions of North Americans claim Irish descent. Generations of people have been enchanted by Irish literature, and visitors flock to Dublin and its environs year after year. The Princes of Ireland will appeal to all of them -- and to anyone who relishes epic entertainment spun by a master. From the Hardcover edit
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Rutherfurd, Edward Forest 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1057009v1. ISBN #0609603825 / 9780609603826. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rutherfurd, Edward Forest 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1057009v1. ISBN #0609603825 / 9780609603826. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In The Forest , Edward Rutherfurd, whose greatly admired Sarum and London have captivated millions of readers, now unfolds the saga of nine turbulent centuries in the life of the quintessential English heartland: the New Forest. The New Forest lies in a vast bowl scooped from England's southern coast. To its west runs the river Avon, from Sarum to the harbor at Christchurch, and to its east the port of Southampton. In the heart of the New Forest itself, some one hundred thousand acres of forest and heath sweep down to the Solent water and the Isle of Wight and overlook the English Channel just beyond. From the time of the Norman Conquest to the present day, the New Forest has remained a mysterious, powerful, almost mythical place. It is here that Saxon and Norman kings rode forth with their hunting parties, and where William the Conqueror's son Rufus was mysteriously killed. The mighty oaks of the forest were used to build the ships for Admiral Nelson's navy, and the fishermen who lived in Christchurch and Lymington helped Sir Francis Drake fight off the Spanish Armada. The New Forest is the perfect backdrop for the families who people this epic story -- a story that makes clear the connections between the dark, dangerous, sensuous life of the primeval forest and the genteel life of Georgian and Regency society. There are well-born ladies and lowly woodsmen, sailors and smugglers, witches and Cistercian monks, who live in the lovely abbey of Beaulieu. The Forest's Lady Adela is the cousin of Walter Tyrrell, who is blamed for the death of Rufus, son of the Conqueror. There is Brother Adam of Beaulieu, who is content with his service to God until a poaching incident puts him in contact with an intriguing young woman named Mary Furzey. There is the merchant Totton family of the harbor town of Lymington, and the Penruddocks and Lisles of Moyles Court. The feuds, wars, loyalties, and passions of many hundreds of years reach their climax in a crime that shatters the decorous society of Bath in the days of Jane Austen. Edward Rutherfurd is a master storyteller whose sense of place and of character -- whether fictional or historical -- is at its most vibrant in The Forest . Like Sarum and London , it is a gripping novel of living history.
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Rutherfurd, Edward London Ballantine Books 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173149. ISBN #0345455681 / 9780345455680. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rutherfurd, Edward London Ballantine Books 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173149. ISBN #0345455681 / 9780345455680. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A TOUR DE FORCE . . . LONDON TRACKS THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CAPITAL FROM THE DAYS OF THE CELTS UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME. . . . BREATHTAKING. The Orlando Sentinel Now in a handsome new trade paperback edition, here is Edward Rutherfurd s classic novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. He brings this vibrant city s long and noble history alive through the ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and intrigues of half-a-dozen families, from the age of Julius Caesar to the twentieth century. Generation after generation, these families embody the passion, struggle, wealth, and verve of the greatest city in the world. REMARKABLE . . . The invasion by Julius Caesar s legions in 54 B.C. . . . The rise of chivalry and the Crusades . . . The building of the Globe theatre . . . and the coming of the Industrial Revolution. . . . What a delightful way to get the feel of London and of English history. . . . We witness first-hand the lust of Henry VIII. We overhear Geoffrey Chaucer deciding to write The Canterbury Tales. . . . Each episode is a punchy tale made up of bite-size chunks ending in tiny cliffhangers.
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Rutherfurd, Edward Rebels Of Ireland: The Dublin Saga Doubleday Canada 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173666v1. ISBN #0385512899 / 9780385512893. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rutherfurd, Edward Rebels Of Ireland: The Dublin Saga Doubleday Canada 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173666v1. ISBN #0385512899 / 9780385512893. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Princes of Ireland , the first volume of Edward Rutherfurd s magisterial epic of Irish history, ended with the disastrous Irish revolt of 1534 and the disappearance of the sacred Staff of Saint Patrick. The Rebels of Ireland opens with an Ireland transformed; plantation, the final step in the centuries-long English conquest of Ireland, is the order of the day, and the subjugation of the native Irish Catholic population has begun in earnest. Edward Rutherfurd brings history to life through the tales of families whose fates rise and fall in each generation: Brothers who must choose between fidelity to their ancient faith or the security of their families; a wife whose passion for a charismatic Irish chieftain threatens her comfortable marriage to a prosperous merchant; a young scholar whose secret rebel sympathies are put to the test; men who risk their lives and their children s fortunes in the tragic pursuit of freedom, and those determined to root them out forever. Rutherfurd spins the saga of Ireland s 400-year path to independence in all its drama, tragedy, and glory through the stories of people from all strata of society--Protestant and Catholic, rich and poor, conniving and heroic. His richly detailed narrative brings to life watershed moments and events, from the time of plantation settlements to the Flight of the Earls, when the native aristocracy fled the island, to Cromwell s suppression of the population and the imposition of the harsh anti-Catholic penal laws. He describes the hardships of ordinary people and the romantic, doomed attempt to overthrow the Protestant oppressors, which ended in defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, and the departure of the Wild Geese. In vivid tones Rutherfurd re-creates Grattan s Parliament, Wolfe Tone's attempted French invasion of 1798, the tragic rising of Robert Emmet, the Catholic campaign of Daniel O Connell, the catastrophic famine, the mass migration to America, and the glorious Irish Renaissance of Yeats and Joyce. And through the eyes of his characters, he captures the rise of Charles Stewart Parnell and the great Irish nationalists and the birth of an Ireland free of all ties to England. A tale of fierce battles, hot-blooded romances, and family and political intrigues, The Rebels of Ireland brings the story begun in The Princes of Ireland t
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Rutherfurd, Edward Rebels Of Ireland: The Dublin Saga Doubleday Canada 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173666. ISBN #0385512899 / 9780385512893. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rutherfurd, Edward Rebels Of Ireland: The Dublin Saga Doubleday Canada 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173666. ISBN #0385512899 / 9780385512893. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary The Princes of Ireland , the first volume of Edward Rutherfurd s magisterial epic of Irish history, ended with the disastrous Irish revolt of 1534 and the disappearance of the sacred Staff of Saint Patrick. The Rebels of Ireland opens with an Ireland transformed; plantation, the final step in the centuries-long English conquest of Ireland, is the order of the day, and the subjugation of the native Irish Catholic population has begun in earnest. Edward Rutherfurd brings history to life through the tales of families whose fates rise and fall in each generation: Brothers who must choose between fidelity to their ancient faith or the security of their families; a wife whose passion for a charismatic Irish chieftain threatens her comfortable marriage to a prosperous merchant; a young scholar whose secret rebel sympathies are put to the test; men who risk their lives and their children s fortunes in the tragic pursuit of freedom, and those determined to root them out forever. Rutherfurd spins the saga of Ireland s 400-year path to independence in all its drama, tragedy, and glory through the stories of people from all strata of society--Protestant and Catholic, rich and poor, conniving and heroic. His richly detailed narrative brings to life watershed moments and events, from the time of plantation settlements to the Flight of the Earls, when the native aristocracy fled the island, to Cromwell s suppression of the population and the imposition of the harsh anti-Catholic penal laws. He describes the hardships of ordinary people and the romantic, doomed attempt to overthrow the Protestant oppressors, which ended in defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, and the departure of the Wild Geese. In vivid tones Rutherfurd re-creates Grattan s Parliament, Wolfe Tone's attempted French invasion of 1798, the tragic rising of Robert Emmet, the Catholic campaign of Daniel O Connell, the catastrophic famine, the mass migration to America, and the glorious Irish Renaissance of Yeats and Joyce. And through the eyes of his characters, he captures the rise of Charles Stewart Parnell and the great Irish nationalists and the birth of an Ireland free of all ties to England. A tale of fierce battles, hot-blooded romances, and family and political intrigues, The Rebels of Ireland brings the story begun in The Princes of Ireland t
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Rutland, Eva No Crystal Stair 2009 paperback. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1081245. ISBN #1934178012 / 9781934178010. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rutland, Eva No Crystal Stair 2009 paperback. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1081245. ISBN #1934178012 / 9781934178010. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Telling the remarkable story of black Americans in the 20th century through the character of Ann Elizabeth Carter, this historical novel weaves real events throughout the tale of America making slow, steady, and still unfinished progress towards racial equality. Raised in the privileged and comfortable world of Atlanta s black elite, Ann Elizabeth still endures the dangers and rank discrimination of the deep south. When she marries Tuskegee Airman Robert Metcalf during World War II, their world broadens to include war-torn Germany, postwar Los Angeles, school integration, marches and sit-ins of the civil rights era, Cold War Europe, and the black separatist movement of the 1960s and early 1970s.
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Ryan, Jennifer The Chilbury Ladies' Choir Broadway Books 2017 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1155728. ISBN #1101906774 / 9781101906774. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ryan, Marah Ellis Told in the Hills hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1004499. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ryan, Michael Guy Novel Permanent Presa hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1149848. ISBN #1579624405 / 9781579624408. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ryan, Teresa LeYung Love Made Of Heart 2002 hardcover. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058680. ISBN #0758202164 / 9780758202161. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ryan, Teresa LeYung Love Made Of Heart 2002 hardcover. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058680. ISBN #0758202164 / 9780758202161. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "The Chinese word for 'love' is made up of many brush strokes. In the center of the word 'love' is the word 'heart.' Love is made of heart..." Twenty-seven-year-old Ruby Lin has what many women envy: a beautiful apartment in one of San Francisco's best neighborhoods, a busy social life, and a coveted position as manager of special events for the tony St. Mark Hotel. But it's Ruby's personal life that's become unmanageable ever since the day her mother's emotional breakdown forced Ruby to hospitalize her, shaming the family. Now, Ruby is caught in the crossroads between two vastly different cultures--one in which she is the American girl, raised on kitschy television shows and black-and-white movies, and one in which she is known only as Daughter, the eldest, fulfiller of responsibilities. In putting together the pieces of her mother's life, Ruby finds herself exploring the wounds of her own past. Starting with a forbidden locked tin box and the yellowing photograph inside, Ruby embarks on a startling journey of self-discovery that takes her through a family history rife with violence, betrayal and loss that reaches back through generations, from China to America, and finally to the secret pain of a mother's sacrifice. Like the Chinese calligraphy that adorns her walls, Ruby comes to see that "life is not a straight road, " but a language drawn with many brush strokes, where every misunderstanding must yield to the simple message of the heart. Filled with warmth and wisdom, this luminous debut novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in fiction as it explores the complex bonds between mothers and daughters, the choices that divide us, and the love that brings us home.
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Ryan, William Constant Soldier Mantle 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1176203. ISBN #1447255011 / 9781447255017. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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