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Shapero, B. A. The Muralist Algonquin Books 2015 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1124881. ISBN #1616203579 / 9781616203573. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shapero, B. A. The Muralist Algonquin Books 2015 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1124881. ISBN #1616203579 / 9781616203573. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary When Aliz e Benoit, a young American painter working for the Works Progress Administration WPA , vanishes in New York City in 1940, no one knows what happened to her. Not her Jewish family living in German-occupied France. Not her arts patron and political compatriot, Eleanor Roosevelt. Not her close-knit group of friends and fellow WPA painters, including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Lee Krasner. And, some seventy years later, not her great-niece, Danielle Abrams, who, while working at Christie s auction house, uncovers enigmatic paintings hidden behind works by those now famous Abstract Expressionist artists. Do they hold answers to the questions surrounding her missing aunt? Entwining the lives of both historical and fictional characters, and moving between the past and the present, The Muralist plunges readers into the divisiveness of prewar politics and the largely forgotten plight of European refugees refused entrance to the United States. It captures both the inner workings of New York s art scene and the beginnings of the vibrant and quintessentially American school of Abstract Expressionism. As she did in her bestselling novel The Art Forger , B. A. Shapiro tells a gripping story while exploring provocative themes. In Aliz e and Danielle she has created two unforgettable women, artists both, who compel us to ask: What happens when luminous talent collides with unstoppable historical forces? Does great art have the power to change the world?
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Shapero, Rich Arms From The Sea 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126174. ISBN #0971880174 / 9780971880177. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shapero, Rich Arms From The Sea 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126174. ISBN #0971880174 / 9780971880177. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Lyle is a young man who hates his life in the State of Salt, a cultural and literal desert. He vandalizes a state icon, then swallows a poison pill that transports him not to death, but to a liminal realm-blue, watery, and wholly alien. He's rescued and shepherded by henchmen of the Polyp, god of the oceanic world they call "heaven." A series of encounters unfolds between Lyle and the monstrous, seductive god, who gradually reveals his grandeur and mysterious purpose. Lyle is horrified at first but soon finds himself falling for the Polyp and the potent and bizarre creative potential he represents . . . Whimsical and outlandish but also timely and dead serious, Arms from the Sea navigates imagined realms of possibility, pointing to what it might mean to redeem a desolate world.
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Shapero, Rich Wild Animus paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047679. ISBN #0971880107 / 9780971880108. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sharfeddin, Heather Windless Summer 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044657. ISBN #0385341873 / 9780385341875. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sharfeddin, Heather Windless Summer 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044657. ISBN #0385341873 / 9780385341875. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A father s love. A shattering secret. A summer that will change lives forever. In the town of Rocket, Washington a summer playground for windsurfers and tourists a windless summer ignites fear as businesses and residents move away. Rocket s motel, run by a lonely widower named Tom Jemmet, is hard hit. And Tom has demons of his own: memories of a beautiful wife that still haunt him, and a troubled young daughter whose retreat into a silent world confounds her father and sparks whispers in town. Swirling around Tom are lives much like his own, townspeople yearning for wind but also for hope, even love. Charlene, a mail clerk, helps care for Tom s daughter while a secret gnaws at her heart Lauren, the town vet, has fallen for Tom, who barely notices and newspaper editor Hap is hatching a foolish plan to save his town. That s when a miracle or something like it strikes Tom s run-down motel. Guests who stay in Room 6 begin experiencing sudden acts of fate, both terrible and great. But while tourists descend on Rocket and the the town shows new signs of life, the truth about Tom s motel and the death of his wife as well as the secret hopes and fears of everyone around him are exposed in ways that are both surprising and inevitable .
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Sharma, Nick How To Be a Hero 2016 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122193. ISBN #0991480406 / 9780991480401. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sharma, Nick How To Be a Hero 2016 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122193. ISBN #0991480406 / 9780991480401. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Join Amith as he heads on a quest to become a hero to save one of his most beloved family members. How to be a Hero is a magical realism tale about a young, brash little boy named Amith. He and his best friend Shaneel play together in the streets of their isolated, poverty-stricken village in India. They sneak through alleyways and sit on top of walls to get glimpses of movies that inspire their clever fantasies. Because, in their minds, they are not kids, they are heroes. So they dream like only children can, imagining stories and creating wondrous illusions of being heroes just to escape the sickness and death that surround them. But then, death makes its presence felt, as someone very close becomes ill, and the kids once imagined skills are put to the real test. After being inspired by a movie that they think is real, they venture out into the foreboding Indian Jungle to find the Holy Grail to cure them of their troubles. But they are not alone. Accompanying them is a lonely, love-stricken, relentless little girl, named Karishma, who leads them into the depths of the darkness. And it is in this abyss-like mysterious and unending jungle where they are taken to their very limits. Friendships are on the line, bravery is put to the test, and love plays its dirty tricks, as the very real danger of reality surfaces and the kids are forced to suffer the consequences of their actions. Hopes, dreams, truth, and regret fill their minds, as they realize they are the most fragile creatures in the jungle, and they must each find out what it truly means to be a hero.
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Sharon, Rona Royall Blood Kensington 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147050. ISBN #0758228589 / 9780758228581. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sharpe, Matthew Jamestown Soft Skull Press 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032729. ISBN #1933368608 / 9781933368603. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sharpe, Matthew Jamestown Soft Skull Press 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032729. ISBN #1933368608 / 9781933368603. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Jamestown chronicles a group of settlers more like survivors from the ravaged island of Manhattan, departing just as the Chrysler Building has mysteriously plummeted to the earth. This ragged band is heading down what s left of I-95 in a half-school bus, half-Millennium Falcon. Their goal is to establish an outpost in southern Virginia, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area. Based on actual accounts of the Jamestown settlement from 1607 to 1617, Jamestown features historical characters including John Smith, Pocahontas, and others enacting an imaginative re-version of life in the pioneer colony. In this retelling, Pocahontas s father Powhatan is half-Falstaff, half-Henry V, while his consigliere is a psychiatrist named Sidney Feingold. John Martin gradually loses body parts in a series of violent encounters, and John Smith is a ruthless and pragmatic redhead continually undermining the aristocratic leadership. Communication is by text-messaging, IMing, and, ultimately, telepathy. Punctuated by jokes, rhymes, rim shot dialogue, and bloody black-comic tableaux, Jamestown is a trenchant commentary on America's past and present that confirms Matthew Sharpe s status as a major talent in contemporary fiction.
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Sharpe, Matthew Sleeping Father 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032563. ISBN #193236000X / 9781932360004. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sharpe, Matthew Sleeping Father 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032563. ISBN #193236000X / 9781932360004. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Sleeping Father begins with a divorced dad who inadvertently combines two incompatible anti-depressant medications, goes into a coma, has a stroke, and emerges with brain damage. His teenage son the protagonist of the book, Chris and his teenage daughter Cathy inherit money from their grandfather and decide to rehabilitate him on their own. decide to make one. Absent an adequate father, the children decide to make one, bringing with it a host of difficulties and opportunities. Chris tries everything from sex to capitalism in his search for guidance on the path to adulthood and Cathy, believing her secular Jewishness inadequate in the provision of a benign divine Father, looks to Catholicism for solace and meaning. The Sleeping Father explores the shift in the way Americans think about mental health: away from regarding ourselves as being shaped by our upbringings and toward regarding ourselves as being shaped by the chemicals in our bloodstreams. The American family, in this novel, emerges as a microcosm of larger social institutions; Moms and Dads as in-home teachers, priests, presidents, and CEOs. In focusing on the Schwartz family in crisis, Sharpe addresses the larger crisis in faith and authority in contemporary American life.
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Sharpe, Tom Wilt in Nowhere 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132206. ISBN #0091799651 / 9780091799656. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sharpe, Tom Wilt in Nowhere 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132206. ISBN #0091799651 / 9780091799656. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In Tom Sharpe s fourth uproarious Wilt novel, the indefatigable Henry Wilt embarks on the voyage of a lifetime a cross-country trip through England, without map or compass, carrying little more than a backpack and the boots on his feet. A week later sees him drunk and unconscious in the back of an arsonist s pickup truck. His trip goes even further downhill from there until he revives in the hospital, unable to figure out how he could possibly stand accused of arson, assassination and robbery. Meanwhile, Eva has taken the quads to visit Uncle Wally and Aunt Joan in Tennessee. With the four girls leaving their customary trail of insanity and destruction wherever they go, not to mention a mob of embittered drug enforcement agents, Eva s journey has also spiralled out of control. Bitingly funny, Wilt in Nowhere pits Wilt against the intricacies of police persecution and the underbelly of Britain s medical facilities, brilliantly exposing the farcical realities of small-town England and America. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Sharpe, Tom Wilt in Nowhere Arrow Books 2005 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150183. ISBN #0099474131 / 9780099474135. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shattuck, Shari Lethal 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112586. ISBN #0743463854 / 9780743463850. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shattuck, Shari Lethal 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112586. ISBN #0743463854 / 9780743463850. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary She's whip-smart and wise-cracking... Los Angeles socialite Callaway Wilde is having her day in court -- on jury duty, that is: even supremely wealthy heiresses accustomed to the good life still have to serve in the name of justice. But on a break from the courtroom, while browsing the hushed, upscale shops of the city's Little Japan district, Cally encounters a crime-in-progress: a beautiful young Asian woman is being assaulted by a menacing thug -- and when Cally steps in to exact a little justice of her own, she takes a bullet for her troubles. ...and happy to be alive. Luckily, the 600 Japanese art book Cally purchased on a whim deflected the round -- confirming the importance of impulse shopping. Unluckily, the mystery behind Aya, the alluring medical student Cally rescued, has only just begun. Uncovering Aya's shadowed past is a dangerous proposition for Cally and her irresistibly sexy detective-lover Evan Paley. An even more dangerous proposition is getting closer to Evan -- Cally knows he's the one, but is she ready to trade in their open-door policy for a lifetime commitment and risk needing someone that much? The future may be decided for her as she and Evan descend into a lethal world of drugs, murder, and the sensual secrets of the geisha....
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Shattuck, Shari Man She Thought She Knew 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112581. ISBN #1416516689 / 9781416516682. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shattuck, Shari Man She Thought She Knew 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112581. ISBN #1416516689 / 9781416516682. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary He's her hottest accessory... She may be super-rich and drop-dead gorgeous, but Los Angeles socialite Callaway Wilde can be as insecure as any girl about her man's love. Saying yes to a marriage proposal from sexy detective Evan Paley was a leap of faith for Cally, who has been pursued by many -- and almost killed on occasion -- for her money. When her fianc disappears, Cally fears he's left her high and dry. Turns out she's right, but for the wrong reasons: he's been kidnapped. Is he an accessory to a crime? It started with a mysterious phone call that pulls Evan away from a little one-on-one time with Cally. Evan refuses to identify the caller -- a woman in distress -- which brings Cally down to earth fast. What secrets could he be keeping? Big ones, apparently: a dead body soon turns up in Evan's house, and Evan has vanished. On a heart-pounding race to find him, Cally follows a trail of clues to cold-blooded murder and deadly corruption -- and may uncover more than she bargained for about the man she thought she knew.
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Shaw, Bernard Adventures Of The Black Girl in Her Search For God hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110298. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaw, Bernard Everybody's Political What's What? hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or1082851. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaw, Bernard Quintessence Of G.B.S. hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1075060. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaw, Irvin Four Complete Novels: Rich Man, Poor Man / Beggarman, Thief / Evening In Byzantium / Nightwork 1988 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126075. ISBN #0517347970 / 9780517347973. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaw, Irvin Four Complete Novels: Rich Man, Poor Man / Beggarman, Thief / Evening In Byzantium / Nightwork 1988 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126075. ISBN #0517347970 / 9780517347973. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Includes "Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggarman, Thief" "Evening in Byzantium" and "Nightwork."
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Shaw, Irwin In the Company of Dolphins Bernard Geis Associates 1964 Hard Cover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or653232. (keywords: Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaw, Irwin Short Stories: Five Decades hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097292. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaw, Irwin The Young Lions hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Cracked Hinge / still useable. Book #or1123857. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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