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Reed, Ishmael The Last Days of Louisiana Red Random House 1974 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1146676. ISBN #0394491882 / 9780394491882. (keywords: Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Reed, Kit Seven For The Apocalypse 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132738. ISBN #081956382X / 9780819563828. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Reed, Kit Seven For The Apocalypse 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132738. ISBN #081956382X / 9780819563828. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Seven for the Apocalypse brings together Kit Reed's powerful 1994 novella with seven short stories about love and isolation. A work of metaphysical science fiction and a finalist for the Tiptree award, Little Sisters of the Apocalypse interweaves two stories. The first follows a motorcycle gang of radical nuns on their mission to save an island of women, abandoned by the men who have gone to war, from a band of outlaws. Of course, not all of the women need, or want, to be saved. The second narrative traces the long-term illness and eventual death of the author's mother, herself a World War II widow. The accompanying short stories, never before collected, include the highly acclaimed "River," "The Singing Marine," and "Voyager." These intense, intelligent tales take a hard and often humorous look at the myths we create in order to comfort ourselves, myths whose danger lies in their very perfection.
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Rees, Matt Mozart's Last Aria Harper Perennial 2011 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150357. ISBN #0062015869 / 9780062015860. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rees, Matt Mozart's Last Aria Harper Perennial 2011 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150357. ISBN #0062015869 / 9780062015860. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Award-winning author Matt Rees takes readers to 18th centuryAustria, where Mozart s estranged sister Nannerl stumblesinto a world of ambition, conspiracy, and immortal music while attempting touncover the truth about her brother s suspicious death. Did Mozart s life endin murder? Nannerl must brave dire circumstances tofind out, running afoul of the secret police, the freemasons, and even theAustrian Emperor himself as she delves into a scandal greater than she had everimagined. With captivating historical details, compelling characters, and areal-life mystery upon which everything hinges, Rees the award-winning authorof the internationally acclaimed Omar Yussefcrime series writes in the tradition of Irvin Yalom s When Nietzsche Wept , Louis Bayard s The Pale Blue Eye , andPhillip Sington s The Einstein Girl to achievethe very best in historical fiction with Mozart s Last Aria .
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Reese, James Book Of Spirits 2005 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136975. ISBN #006056105X / 9780060561055. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Reese, James Book Of Spirits 2005 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136975. ISBN #006056105X / 9780060561055. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In his first novel, the national bestselling The Book of Shadows ,James Reese beguiled readers with a boldly imaginative, darkly erotic tale of awakening that introduced the captivating and deeply unusual Herculine. Now this extraordinary writer continues Herculine's incredible journey of self-discovery -- a search that will lead her into a world of shadows and perils, where she will taste the forbidden and find redemption. September 1826. Taught to trust ... and to learn by a quartet of remarkable saviors, Herculine is bound for America, leaving behind a strange and violent past in France for an uncertain future in an exotic new land. Arriving in Virginia, Herculine is led by fate to Mother-of-Venus, a mysterious old slave woman who is blessed with gifts both terrifying and strange, and to a young poet named Edgar Poe who is haunted by evils of the past. Under the mystical guidance of Mammy Venus, Herculine soon calls upon her powerful legacy to rescue Celia, a beautiful, damaged slave. Landing in the coastal wilds of Florida, Celia stirs passions -- and dark, otherworldly powers -- within Herculine, propelling them into an erotic obsession that only the missing witch Sebastiana d'Azur can break. Hope comes in a missive that will lure the desperate Herculine north, to the chaotic streets of New York and a strange, magical house in which the confused and eager witch is accepted by a band of like-minded sisters and introduced to exquisite carnal pleasures. Finally loosed from the shackles of shame and desire, Herculine heads south once again to find salvation and fulfill her destiny. Set in a time of promise and peril, bondage and bloodshed, James Reese's lush, richly atmospheric, and beautifully told tale shatters the boundaries between the living and the dead, the magical and the ordinary, the imagined and the historical. A novel of the mind and the senses, The Book of Spirits is a mesmerizing and unforgettable work from an exceptional talent.
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Reich, Tova My Holocaust HarperCollinsPublishers 2007 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1142712. ISBN #0061173452 / 9780061173455. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Reichert, Amy E. Luck, Love & Lemon Pie 2016 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128698. ISBN #1501121545 / 9781501121548. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Reichert, Amy E. Luck, Love & Lemon Pie 2016 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128698. ISBN #1501121545 / 9781501121548. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the author of the clever, creative, and sweetly delicious Kirkus Reviews The Coincidence of Coconut Cake and the forthcoming Simplicity of Cider comes a novel about an exasperated wife and mother who makes a play to reignite her marriage and risks everything in a gamble she hopes is a sure bet. When Milwaukee-area wife and mother MJ Boudreaux notices her husband Chris seems more interested in the casino than her, she s more bothered that she isn t upset than by her husband s absence. She picks up poker as a way for them to spend more time together and reignite their marital flame. Although the game doesn t give her the quality time with Chris that she d hoped, MJ finds she has a knack for it. Increasingly unhappy at home, she turns to the felt top of the poker table for comfort. Intoxicated with newfound freedom, MJ begins spending more time at the gambling tables and less with her family, finally carving out for herself a place outside her role of wife and mother. After a string of great wins, MJ finds herself in Vegas, attracting the attention of a certain magnetic poker star. But when she s forced to choose between her family and her new exciting lifestyle, the stakes may be higher than she thought and MJ will have to play her hand carefully or risk losing it all. Don t miss Amy E. Reichert s sparkling new novel The Simplicity of Cider, available now
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Reichl, Ruth Delicious! 2014 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079592. ISBN #1400069629 / 9781400069620. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Reichl, Ruth Delicious! 2014 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079592. ISBN #1400069629 / 9781400069620. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Ruth Reichl is a born storyteller. Through her restaurant reviews, where she celebrated the pleasures of a well-made meal, and her bestselling memoirs that address our universal feelings of love and loss, Reichl has achieved a special place in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers. Now, with this magical debut novel, she has created a sumptuous, wholly realized world that will enchant you. Billie Breslin has traveled far from her home in California to take a job at Delicious , New York s most iconic food magazine. Away from her family, particularly her older sister, Genie, Billie feels like a fish out of water until she is welcomed by the magazine s colorful staff. She is also seduced by the vibrant downtown food scene, especially by Fontanari s, the famous Italian food shop where she works on weekends. Then Delicious is abruptly shut down, but Billie agrees to stay on in the empty office, maintaining the hotline for reader complaints in order to pay her bills. To Billie s surprise, the lonely job becomes the portal to a miraculous discovery. In a hidden room in the magazine s library, Billie finds a cache of letters written during World War II by Lulu Swan, a plucky twelve-year-old, to the legendary chef James Beard. Lulu s letters provide Billie with a richer understanding of history, and a feeling of deep connection to the young writer whose courage in the face of hardship inspires Billie to comes to terms with her fears, her big sister and her ability to open her heart to love. Praise for Delicious Compulsively readable . . . a treat for anyone who loves a warm, character-packed tale a delectable mix of flavor, fantasy, and emotional comfort food. O: The Oprah Magazine Reichl s New York is a fairy-tale town where beautiful food abounds. . . . The novel presents a whole passel of surprises: a puzzle to solve; a secret room; hidden letters; the legacy of James Beard; and a parallel, equally plucky heroine from the past, who also happens to be a culinary prodigy. The New York Times Book Review Fascinating characters . . . There s romance, intrigue, food history, and the fictional appearance of a very real American culinary icon. The Austin Chronicle Reichl s vivid descriptions of food will have readers salivating, and an insider s look at life at a food magazine is fascinating. Her satisfying coming-of-age novel of love and loss vividly demonstrates the power of food to connect people across cultures and generations. Library Journal starred review This savory feast of a first novel blends the rich gifts that readers of Reichl s memoirs and food writing have come to expect. To a tantalizing coming-of-age story about a budding chef and journalist she adds a bittersweet tale of separated sisters. More
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Rekulak, Jason Impossible Fortress Simon and Schuster 2017 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1156147. ISBN #1501193120 / 9781501193125. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Renard, Jules Carrot Top Hillstone 1975 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1159076. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Renault, Mary Funeral Games (A Novel Of Alexander The Great) Vintage Books 2002 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1141811. ISBN #0375714197 / 9780375714191. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Renehan, John Valley 2016 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1055312. ISBN #0451471865 / 9780451471864. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Renehan, John Valley 2016 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1055312. ISBN #0451471865 / 9780451471864. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Named one of Wall Street Journal 's Best Books of 2015 Selected as a Military Times 's Best Book of the Year An intricate mystery unfolds against the backdrop of the Afghanistan war in this former Army Captain's gripping portrait of a fighting division holding a remote outpost. "You're going up the Valley." Black didn't know its name, but he knew it lay deeper and higher than any other place Americans had ventured. You had to travel through a network of interlinked valleys, past all the other remote American outposts, just to get to its mouth. Everything about the place was myth and rumor, but one fact was clear: There were many valleys in the mountains of Afghanistan, and most were hard places where people died hard deaths. But there was only one Valley. It was the farthest, and the hardest, and the worst. When Black, a deskbound admin officer, is sent up the Valley to investigate a warning shot fired by a near-forgotten platoon, he can only see it as the final bureaucratic insult in a short and unhappy Army career. What he doesn't know is that the warning shot was not the worst crime in the Valley before his arrival, and his investigation will not only disturb the platoon's dark secrets but launch a shattering personal odyssey of obsession and discovery. The Valley is a mind-bending mystery and a riveting tour de force that announces John Renehan as a great American storyteller.
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Reuss, Frederick Horace Afoot Vintage 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1025416. ISBN #0375703780 / 9780375703782. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Reuss, Frederick Horace Afoot Vintage 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1025416. ISBN #0375703780 / 9780375703782. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Fiction "Quietly entertaining, thought-filled. . . . The narrative voice is particularly congenial--cool and unflappable, often humorous." --Washington Post Book World Not since The Moviegoer has a first novel limned the human condition with such originality and subtle insight. A small-town iconoclast who is at once deeply principled and occasionally as absurd as the world he rebels against, Quintus Horatius Flaccus or Horace has assumed the name of a Roman poet and has forsworn automobiles, and entertains himself by telephoning strangers to ask them what love is or what they think of St. Bernards. His neighbors in the Midwestern town of Oblivion consider him wacko. This suits Horace just fine, since all he wants in life is "the serenity of not caring." But people are conspiring to make Horace care about them. There's the dying librarian who finds Horace's morbid curiosity oddly bracing. There's the mysterious woman whom Horace rescues, only to become obsessed with her identity. And as Horace finds himself drawn into their affairs, Horace Afoot depicts the unruly dialogue of his mind and heart with sly wit and splendid generosity of feeling. "Delights continuously with its humor, originality and . . . unfolding personalities." --Rocky Mountain News
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Revoyr, Nina Age Of Dreaming 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137402. ISBN #1933354461 / 9781933354460. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Revoyr, Nina Age Of Dreaming 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137402. ISBN #1933354461 / 9781933354460. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Age of Dreaming is a masterpiece of the sort that doesn t just seduce the reader it leaves you transformed. Nina Revoyr deserves to be counted among the top ranks of novelists at work today. Jerry Stahl, author of I, Fatty This is a riveting, wise, and gorgeous novel. Mary Yukari Waters Brilliant and original. . . . The carefully restrained voice of its narrator recalls Ishiguro s The Remains of the Day . Alison Lurie, Pulitzer Prize winner Jun Nakayama was a silent film star in the early days of Hollywood, but by 1964, he is living in complete obscurity until a young writer, Nick Bellinger, reveals that he has written a screenplay with Nakayama in mind. Jun is intrigued by the possibility of returning to movies, but he begins to worry that someone might delve too deeply into the past and uncover the events that led to the abrupt end of his career in 1922. These events include the changing racial tides in California and the unsolved murder of his favorite director, Ashley Bennett Tyler. The Age of Dreaming is part historical novel, part mystery, and part unrequited love story. Nina Revoyr was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a Polish-American father, and grew up in Japan, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. She is the author of two previous novels, The Necessary Hunger and Southland , which was a Book Sense 76 pick, winner of the Ferro-Grumley and Lambda Literary awards, a finalist for an Edgar Award, and one of the Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2003. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Rezzori, Gregor Von Orient-Express 1992 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or966947. ISBN #0394573471 / 9780394573472. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rezzori, Gregor Von Orient-Express 1992 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or966947. ISBN #0394573471 / 9780394573472. (filed under: Fiction ) *
Abruptly leaving his American wife, job, and home, a European-born tycoon purchases a ticket for the famed Orient Express and, as he rides across Europe, muses on the differences between Europe as it is and Europe as he remembers it.
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Rhodes, Dan Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey Harvest Books 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1049020. ISBN #0156029952 / 9780156029957. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rhodes, Dan Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey Harvest Books 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1049020. ISBN #0156029952 / 9780156029957. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Cockroft, a faded composer and socialite, lives in self-imposed exile and fantasizes of true love and extravagant suicides. Rattling around his dilapidated farmhouse in the Italian countryside, his only constant source of company is the ever-loyal Timoleon Vieta, a mongrel with the most beautiful eyes. When a handsome but surly individual arrives on the scene, Cockroft is forced to choose between his dog and this new arrival. He abandons Timoleon outside Rome's Colosseum, where the dog begins the long journey home. In this acclaimed novel, Dan Rhodes, one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, has created a tragicomic work of macabre beauty that both amuses and moves in equal measure.
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Rhodes, Dan Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1038845. ISBN #1841954225 / 9781841954226. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rhodes, Dan Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1038845. ISBN #1841954225 / 9781841954226. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Cockroft is a composer and socialite in self-imposed exile. He has a dilapidated home in the Italian countryside and a trickle of royalties from faded glories that allow him one debauched weekend per month in Florence. And, of course, he has the ever-loyal Timoleon Vieta -- a mongrel with the uncanny knack of touching the lives of damaged people and possessor of the most beautiful eyes. During his sorties into the city, Cockroft invariably drinks too much and propositions young men, leaving them his card along with an offer of free accommodation in return for oral sex every Wednesday. When a handsome but surly individual known only as The Bosnian unexpectedly takes the elderly man's offer, Timoleon senses that he is not all that he claims. In a tragicomic work of macabre beauty, written in a style of deceptive simplicity but fierce emotional immediacy, Rhodes amuses and moves in equal measure. Timoleon Vieta Come Home is a novel about love, sex, and death that fulfills the promise of Rhodes hugely acclaimed two collections of short stories.
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Rhys, Ernest (Editor) Romance (Everyman's Library) hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113807. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rice, Anne Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana Knopf 2008 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or914362. ISBN #1400043522 / 9781400043521. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Rice, Anne Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana Knopf 2008 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or914362. ISBN #1400043522 / 9781400043521. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Anne Rice s second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous life of Christ begins during his last winter before his baptism in the Jordan and concludes with the miracle at Cana. It is a novel in which we see Jesus he is called Yeshua bar Joseph during a winter of no rain, endless dust, and talk of trouble in Judea. Legends of a Virgin birth have long surrounded Yeshua, yet for decades he has lived as one among many who come to the synagogue on the Sabbath. All who know and love him find themselves waiting for some sign of the path he will eventually take. And at last we see him emerge from his baptism to confront his destiny and the Devil. We see what happens when he takes the water of six great limestone jars, transforms it into cool red wine, is recognized as the anointed one, and urged to call all Israel to take up arms against Rome and follow him as the prophets have foretold. As with Out of Egypt , the opening novel, The Road to Cana is based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship. The book s power derives from the profound feeling its author brings to the writing and the way in which she summons up the presence
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