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Park, Ed Personal Days 2008 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1035805. ISBN #0812978579 / 9780812978575. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Park, Ed Personal Days 2008 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1035805. ISBN #0812978579 / 9780812978575. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In an unnamed New York-based company, the employees are getting restless as everything around them unravels. There s Pru, the former grad student turned spreadsheet drone; Laars, the hysteric whose work anxiety stalks him in his tooth-grinding dreams; and Jack II, who distributes unwanted backrubs aka jackrubs to his co-workers. On a Sunday, one of them is called at home. And the Firings begin. Rich with Orwellian doublespeak, filled with sabotage and romance, this astonishing literary debut is at once a comic delight and a narrative tour de force. It s a novel for anyone who has ever worked in an office and wondered: Where does the time go? Where does the life go? And whose banana is in the fridge? Praise for PERSONAL DAYS "Witty and appealing...Anyone who has ever groaned to hear 'impact' used as a verb will cheer as Park skewers the avatars of corporate speak, hellbent on debasing the language....Park has written what one of his characters calls 'a layoff narrative' for our times. As the economy continues its free fall, Park's book may serve as a handy guide for navigating unemployment and uncertainty. Does anyone who isn't a journalist think there can't be two books on the same subject at the same time? We need as many as we can get right now." The New York Times Book Review "Never have the minutiae of office life been so lovingly cataloged and collated." "Three First Novels that Just Might Last," Time A "comic and creepy d but...Park transforms the banal into the eerie, rendering ominous the familiar request "Does anyone want anything from the outside world?" The New Yorker "The modern corporate office is to Ed Park's debut novel Personal Days what World War II was to Joseph Heller's Catch-22 a theater of absurdity and injustice so profound as to defy all reason....Park may be in line to fill the shoes left by Kurt Vonnegut and other satirists par excellence." Samantha Dunn, Los Angeles Times "In Personal Days Ed Park has crafted a sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, but always adroit novel about office life...Sharp and lovely language." Newsweek "A warm and winning fiction debut." Publishers Weekly "I laughed until they put me in a mental hospital. But Personal Days is so much more than satire. Underneath Park's masterly portrait of wasted workaday lives is a pulsating heart, and an odd, buoyant hope." Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan "The funniest book I've read about the way we work now." William Poundstone, author of Fortune's Formula "Ed Park joins Andy Warhol and Don DeLillo as a master of the deadpan vernacular." Helen DeWitt, author of The Last Samurai
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Park, Jacqueline Secret Book Of Grazia Dei Rossi 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103377. ISBN #0684848406 / 9780684848402. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Park, Jacqueline Secret Book Of Grazia Dei Rossi 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103377. ISBN #0684848406 / 9780684848402. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi is a sweeping tale of intrigue and romance set in a time rife with court politics, papal chicanery, religious intolerance, and inviolable social rules. Grazia, private secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d'Este, is the daughter of an eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the pope's Jewish physician, and the lover of a Christian prince. In a "secret book," written as a legacy for her son, she records her struggles to choose between the seductions of the Christian world and a return to the family, traditions, and duties of her Jewish roots. As she re-creates Renaissance Italy in captivating detail, Jacqueline Park gives us a timeless portrait of a brave and brilliant woman trapped in an unforgiving, inflexible society.
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Park, Jacqueline The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi Scribner Paperback Fiction 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116109. ISBN #0684848406 / 9780684848402. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Park, Jacqueline The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi Scribner Paperback Fiction 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116109. ISBN #0684848406 / 9780684848402. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi is a sweeping tale of intrigue and romance set in a time rife with court politics, papal chicanery, religious intolerance, and inviolable social rules. Grazia, private secretary to the world-renowned Isabella d'Este, is the daughter of an eminent Jewish banker, the wife of the pope's Jewish physician, and the lover of a Christian prince. In a "secret book," written as a legacy for her son, she records her struggles to choose between the seductions of the Christian world and a return to the family, traditions, and duties of her Jewish roots. As she re-creates Renaissance Italy in captivating detail, Jacqueline Park gives us a timeless portrait of a brave and brilliant woman trapped in an unforgiving, inflexible society.
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Park, Patricia Re Jane: A Novel Pamela Dorman Books 2015 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1134411. ISBN #0525427406 / 9780525427407. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Park, Patricia Re Jane: A Novel Pamela Dorman Books 2015 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1134411. ISBN #0525427406 / 9780525427407. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Re Jane is snappy and memorable, with its clever narrator and insights on clashing cultures. Entertainment Weekly For Jane Re, half-Korean, half-American orphan, Flushing, Queens, is the place she s been trying to escape from her whole life. Sardonic yet vulnerable, Jane toils, unappreciated, in her strict uncle s grocery store and politely observes the traditional principle of nunchi a combination of good manners, hierarchy, and obligation . Desperate for a new life, she s thrilled to become the au pair for the Mazer-Farleys, two Brooklyn English professors and their adopted Chinese daughter. Inducted into the world of organic food co-ops and nineteenth century novels, Jane is the recipient of Beth Mazer s feminist lectures and Ed Farley s very male attention. But when a family death interrupts Jane and Ed s blossoming affair, she flies off to Seoul, leaving New York far behind. Reconnecting with family, and struggling to learn the ways of modern-day Korea, Jane begins to wonder if Ed Farley is really the man for her. Jane returns to Queens, where she must find a balance between two cultures and accept who she really is. Re Jane is a bright, comic story of falling in love, finding strength, and living not just out of obligation to others, but for one s self. Journeying from Queens to Brooklyn to Seoul, and back, this is a fresh, contemporary retelling of Jane Eyre and a poignant Korean American debut.
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Parker, Gilbert Power And The Glory: A Romance Of The Great La Salle hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1009426. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Parker, Gilbert Seats of the Mighty: a Romance of Old Quebec A. L. Burt Company 1905 Hard Cover. Clean text. Spine shaken. Rubbing.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or588076. (keywords: VINTAGE NOVEL) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Parker, John L. Jr. Once a Runner 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132971. ISBN #1416597891 / 9781416597896. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Parker, John L. Jr. Once a Runner 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132971. ISBN #1416597891 / 9781416597896. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Originally self-published in 1978, Once a Runner captures the essence of competitive running and of athletic competition in general and has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published. Inspired by the author s experience as a collegiate champion, the story focuses on Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his school s athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletes protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life against the greatest miler in history. A rare insider s account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners, Once a Runner is an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one man s quest to become a champion.
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Parkhurst, Carolyn Harmony 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1121128. ISBN #0399562605 / 9780399562600. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Parkhurst, Carolyn Harmony 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1121128. ISBN #0399562605 / 9780399562600. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary " A provocative page-turner." People In Parkhurst s deft treatment, Harmony becomes a story of our time. . . Parkhurst cements herself as a writer capable of astonishing humanity and exquisite prose. Washington Post Gorgeously written and patently original. Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dogs of Babel, a taut, emotionally wrenching story of how a seemingly "normal" family could become desperate enough to leave everything behind and move to a "family camp" in New Hampshire--a life-changing experience that alters them forever. How far will a mother go to save her family? The Hammond family is living in DC, where everything seems to be going just fine, until it becomes clear that the oldest daughter, Tilly, is developing abnormally--a mix of off-the-charts genius and social incompetence. Once Tilly--whose condition is deemed undiagnosable--is kicked out of the last school in the area, her mother Alexandra is out of ideas. The family turns to Camp Harmony and the wisdom of child behavior guru Scott Bean for a solution. But what they discover in the woods of New Hampshire will push them to the very limit. Told from the alternating perspectives of both Alexandra and her younger daughter Iris the book's Nick Carraway , this is a unputdownable story about the strength of love, the bonds of family, and how you survive the unthinkable.
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Parkman, Frances Oregon Trail hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or999684. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Passos, John Dos Chosen Country paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1035668. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Passos, John Dos Three Soldiers paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117272. ISBN #0395083893 / 9780395083895. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Passos, John Dos U.S.A. hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032187. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Pasulka, Brigid A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True Mariner Books 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122909. ISBN #0547336284 / 9780547336282. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Pasulka, Brigid A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True Mariner Books 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122909. ISBN #0547336284 / 9780547336282. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary On the eve of World War II, in a place called Half-Village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. To court Anielica Hetmansk he offers up his golden hands and transforms her family s modest hut into a beautiful home, thereby building his way into her heart. War arrives to cut short their courtship, delay their marriage, and send the young lovers far from home, to the promise of a new life in Krak w. Nearly fifty years later, their granddaughter, Beata, repeats their postwar journey, seeking a new life in her grandmother s fairy-tale city. But instead of the whispered prosperity of the New Poland, she discovers a Krak w caught between its future and its past. Whimsical, wise, beautiful, magical, and at times heartbreaking, A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True weaves together two remarkable stories, reimagining half a century of Polish history through the legacy of one unforgettable love affair.
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Pataki, Allison Accidental Empress 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1051150. ISBN #147679474X / 9781476794747. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Pataki, Allison Accidental Empress 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1051150. ISBN #147679474X / 9781476794747. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Accidental Empress is the fascinating and foundational story of this little-known, yet highly significant empress a must read for anyone interested in the sequel Sisi . A New York Times bestseller, The Accidental Empress is the love story of Sisi the Austro-Hungarian Empress and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph is captivating, absorbing, and beautifully told Kathleen Grissom . The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are Europe s most powerful ruling family. With his empire stretching from Austria to Russia, from Germany to Italy, Emperor Franz Joseph is young, rich, and ready to marry. Fifteen-year-old Elisabeth, Sisi, Duchess of Bavaria, travels to the Habsburg Court with her older sister, who is betrothed to the young emperor. But shortly after her arrival at court, Sisi finds herself in an unexpected dilemma: she has inadvertently fallen for and won the heart of her sister s groom. Franz Joseph reneges on his earlier proposal and declares his intention to marry Sisi instead. Thrust onto the throne of Europe s most treacherous imperial court, Sisi upsets political and familial loyalties in her quest to win, and keep, the love of her emperor, her people, and of the world. With Pataki s rich period detail and cast of complex, bewitching characters, The Accidental Empress offers another absolutely compelling story Mary Higgins Clark with this glimpse into one of history s most intriguing royal families, shedding new light on the glittering Hapsburg Empire and its most mesmerizing, most beloved Fairy Queen.
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Pataki, Allison Accidental Empress 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136990. ISBN #147679474X / 9781476794747. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Pataki, Allison Accidental Empress 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136990. ISBN #147679474X / 9781476794747. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary The Accidental Empress is the fascinating and foundational story of this little-known, yet highly significant empress a must read for anyone interested in the sequel Sisi . A New York Times bestseller, The Accidental Empress is the love story of Sisi the Austro-Hungarian Empress and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph is captivating, absorbing, and beautifully told Kathleen Grissom . The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are Europe s most powerful ruling family. With his empire stretching from Austria to Russia, from Germany to Italy, Emperor Franz Joseph is young, rich, and ready to marry. Fifteen-year-old Elisabeth, Sisi, Duchess of Bavaria, travels to the Habsburg Court with her older sister, who is betrothed to the young emperor. But shortly after her arrival at court, Sisi finds herself in an unexpected dilemma: she has inadvertently fallen for and won the heart of her sister s groom. Franz Joseph reneges on his earlier proposal and declares his intention to marry Sisi instead. Thrust onto the throne of Europe s most treacherous imperial court, Sisi upsets political and familial loyalties in her quest to win, and keep, the love of her emperor, her people, and of the world. With Pataki s rich period detail and cast of complex, bewitching characters, The Accidental Empress offers another absolutely compelling story Mary Higgins Clark with this glimpse into one of history s most intriguing royal families, shedding new light on the glittering Hapsburg Empire and its most mesmerizing, most beloved Fairy Queen.
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Patchett, Ann Commonwealth Harper Perennial 2017 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144399. ISBN #0062491830 / 9780062491831. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Patchett, Ann Commonwealth Harper Perennial 2017 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144399. ISBN #0062491830 / 9780062491831. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary 1 New York Times Bestseller The acclaimed, bestselling author winner of the PEN Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating s christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny s mother, Beverly thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them. When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another. Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. It is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together.
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Patchett, Ann Magician's Assistant paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082463. ISBN #0156006219 / 9780156006217. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Pater, Walter Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1097698. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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