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Sinclair, Upton Oil! Penguin Books 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1172179. ISBN #0143112260 / 9780143112266. (keywords: Classics) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis An Isaac Bashevis Singer Reader Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1979 hardcover. . Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1170959. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis Enemies, A Love Story 1988 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1085336. ISBN #0374515220 / 9780374515225. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis Enemies, A Love Story 1988 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1085336. ISBN #0374515220 / 9780374515225. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Almost before he knows it, Herman Broder, refugee and survivor of World War II, has three wives: Yadwiga, the Polish peasant who hid him from the Nazis; Masha , his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife, miraculously returned from the dead. Astonished by each new complication, and yet resigned to a life of evasion, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of perpetually impending doom.
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis In My Father's Court paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122098. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis Isaac Bashevis Singer Three Complete Novels: The Slave; Enemies, A Love Story; Shosha Wings Books 1995 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1170168. ISBN #0517122731 / 9780517122730. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis Isaac Bashevis Singer: Three Complete Novels Wings Books 1995 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Yellowing from age. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1167487. ISBN #0517122731 / 9780517122730. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis Shadows on the Hudson Plume 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1168527. ISBN #0452280036 / 9780452280038. (keywords: JEWS FICTION NEW YORK) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis The Manor Farrar, Straus & Company 1967 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1174401. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singer, Randy Advocate : He Defied an Emperor & Inspired a Faith Tyndale House Pub 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1158817. ISBN #1414348606 / 9781414348605. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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SINGER; Noiville, Florence Isaac B. Singer: A Life 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1085358. ISBN #0374178003 / 9780374178000. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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SINGER; Noiville, Florence Isaac B. Singer: A Life 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1085358. ISBN #0374178003 / 9780374178000. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Isaac Bashevis Singer 1904-1991 is widely recognized as the most popular Yiddish writer of the twentieth century. His translated body of work, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978, is beloved around the world. But although Singer was a very public and outgoing figure, much about his personal life remains unknown. In Isaac Bashevis Singer , Florence Noiville offers a glimpse into the world of this much-beloved but persistently elusive figure. An astonishingly prolific writer, Singer was able to recreate the lost world of Jewish Eastern Europe and also to describe the immigrant experience in America. Drawing heavily upon folklore, Singer s work is noted for its mystical strain. But he was also heavily concerned with the problems of his own day, and through his novels and stories runs a strong undercurrent of social consciousness. Unafraid to celebrate peasant life, Singer was often accused of being vulgar, yet he was also recognized for a deeply moral sensibility. And much like his work, Singer s personal life was marked by contradiction: the son of a Rabbi, he struggled with warring currents of devotion and doubt. Solicitous of affection, he was also known for his philandering. Devoted to the notion of family, he abandoned his own son before the Second World War. Drawing on letters, personal recollections, and interviews with Singer s friends, family, and publishing contemporaries, Florence Noiville speaks to these paradoxes. More appreciation than comprehensive biography, her narrative is rich in detail about the people, places, and ideas that shaped Singer s world. A remarkably vivid portrait of the man and his work emerges a compassionate, vivid, and insightful vision of one of the twentieth century s greatest storytellers.
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Singh, Khushwant Train to Pakistan Grove Press 1981 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1171275. ISBN #0802132219 / 9780802132215. (keywords: Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singh, Sonia Goddess For Hire 2004 paperback. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078913. ISBN #006059036X / 9780060590369. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Singh, Sonia Goddess For Hire 2004 paperback. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078913. ISBN #006059036X / 9780060590369. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A hip chick from Newport Beach, California, who's just turned thirty, discovered she's the incarnation of the Hindu goddess Kali,and happens to be unemployed and still livingwith her parents. Saving the world, though,may prove to be a curry-scented breezecompared to dealing with her extendedIndian family. In their eyes she isn't just theblack sheep -- she's low-grade mutton. To make matters worse, despite frequent andtherapeutic bouts of shopping and Starbucks,and the mentoring of a Taco Bell-loving,Coca Cola-guzzling swami, Maya hastrouble just surviving, thanks to the attentionsof a Kali-hating fanatic and a matchmaking aunthell-bent on finding her a nice Indian boy. Maya hasno interest in boys. She wants a man and she may have found one. He's tall, dark, and gorgeous ... and completely uninterested in her. In the name of all that's holy and fashionable ...what on Earth is a goddess to do?
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Sirls, William The Crown Lord Vireo/Rare Bird 2018 hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1141358. ISBN #1947856464 / 9781947856462. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sisman, Robyn Summer in the City Plume 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047965. ISBN #0452286123 / 9780452286122. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sisman, Robyn Summer in the City Plume 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047965. ISBN #0452286123 / 9780452286122. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Suze Wilding and Lloyd Rockwell are complete strangers. She lives in London; he lives in New York. But when their advertising firm sponsors a job swap, having them trade apartments and jobs for the summer, they find themselves living each other s lives. From the beginning, these two seem polar opposites Suze is impetuous, brash, and commitment phobic, whereas Lloyd, cautious and thoughtful, is looking to settle down with his suitable girlfriend. But when Suze discovers a plot at work to get Lloyd fired, the two begin communicating long-distance, and can t help wondering if they might just be perfect for one another.
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Sittenfeld, Curtis American Wife: A Novel Random House 2008 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135226. ISBN #1400064759 / 9781400064755. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sittenfeld, Curtis American Wife: A Novel Random House 2008 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135226. ISBN #1400064759 / 9781400064755. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary On what might become one of the most significant days in her husband s presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led her to the White House and the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, almost in opposition to itself. A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice learned the virtues of politeness early on from her stolid parents and small Wisconsin hometown. But a tragic accident when she was seventeen shattered her identity and made her understand the fragility of life and the tenuousness of luck. So more than a decade later, when she met boisterous, charismatic Charlie Blackwell, she hardly gave him a second look: She was serious and thoughtful, and he would rather crack a joke than offer a real insight; he was the wealthy son of a bastion family of the Republican party, and she was a school librarian and registered Democrat. Comfortable in her quiet and unassuming life, she felt inured to his charms. And then, much to her surprise, Alice fell for Charlie. As Alice learns to make her way amid the clannish energy and smug confidence of the Blackwell family, navigating the strange rituals of their country club and summer estate, she remains uneasy with her newfound good fortune. And when Charlie eventually becomes President, Alice is thrust into a position she did not seek one of power and influence, privilege and responsibility. As Charlie s tumultuous and controversial second term in the White House wears on, Alice must face contradictions years in the making: How can she both love and fundamentally disagree with her husband? How complicit has she been in the trajectory of her own life? What should she do when her private beliefs run against her public persona? In Alice Blackwell, New York Times bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld has created her most dynamic and complex heroine yet. American Wife is a gorgeously written novel that weaves class, wealth, race, and the exigencies of fate into a brilliant tapestry a novel in which the unexpected becomes inevitable, and the pleasures and pain of intimacy and love are laid bare. Praise for American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld is an amazing writer, and American Wife is a brave and moving novel about the intersection of private and public life in America. Ambitious and humble at the same time, Sittenfeld refuses to trivialize or simplify people, whether real or imagined. Richard Russo What a remarkable and brave thing: a compassionate, illuminating, and beautifully rendered portrait of a fictional Republican first lady with a life and husband very much like our actual Republican first lady s. Curtis Sittenfeld has written a novel as impressive as it is improbable. Kurt Andersen
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Sittenfeld, Curtis Man Of My Dreams 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1145556. ISBN #0812975391 / 9780812975390. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sittenfeld, Curtis Man Of My Dreams 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1145556. ISBN #0812975391 / 9780812975390. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Being raised in an unstable household makes you understand that the world doesn t exist to accommodate you, which, in Hannah s observation, is something a lot of people struggle to understand well into adulthood. from The Man of My Dreams In her acclaimed debut novel, Prep , Curtis Sittenfeld created a touchstone with her pitch-perfect portrayal of adolescence. Her prose is as intensely realistic and compelling as ever in The Man of My Dreams, a disarmingly candid and sympathetic novel about the collision of a young woman s fantasies of family and love with the challenges and realities of adult life. Hannah Gavener is fourteen in the summer of 1991. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah s own life, her parents marriage is crumbling. And somewhere in between these two extremes just maybe lie the answers to love s most bewildering questions. But over the next decade and a half, as she moves from Philadelphia to Boston to Albuquerque, Hannah finds that the questions become more rather than less complicated: At what point can you no longer blame your adult failures on your messed-up childhood? Is settling for someone who s not your soul mate an act of maturity or an admission of defeat? And if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being plucky or just pathetic? None of the relationships in Hannah s life are without complications. There s her father, whose stubbornness Hannah realizes she s unfortunately inherited; her gorgeous cousin, Fig, whose misbehavior alternately intrigues and irritates Hannah; Henry, whom Hannah first falls for in college, while he s dating Fig; and the boyfriends who love her more or less than she deserves, who adore her or break her heart. By the time she s in her late twenties, Hannah has finally figured out what she wants most but she doesn t yet know whether she ll find the courage to go after it. Full of honesty and humor, The Man of My Dreams is an unnervingly insightful and beautifully written examination of the outside forces and personal choices that make us who we are. From the Hardcover edition.
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Skelton, Red Great Lazarus hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1016868. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Skibell, Joseph English Disease 2003 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092070. ISBN #1565122577 / 9781565122574. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Skibell, Joseph English Disease 2003 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092070. ISBN #1565122577 / 9781565122574. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary THE ENGLISH DISEASE is a remarkable feat, a story that mixes the Marx brothers and Maimonides, pornographic yoga with Polish paranoia, and the brutality of kindergarten with the beauty of the Kiddush. It's the tale of Charles Belski, an expert in the works of Gustav Mahler, who, like Mahler himself, is talented and neurotic, and a nonpracticing Jew. Belski suffers guilt over his own contribution to the decline of the Jewish religion, especially since he married a gentile and now has a gentile daughter. As if he can't conjure up enough angst on his own, his great-grandfather appears before him in a dream to admonish him for neglecting the obligations of his faith. For Belski, the dilemma is how an assimilated intellectual can connect with an ancient and irrational to him religion without losing his sense of self. Is he the self-hating Jew that his obstreperous colleague pegs him for? Can his wife and daughter bully him into opening up his heart and letting in a little joy? Belski tries to come to grips with the meaninglessness of modern life, the demands of tradition, the nature of love and fidelity, and the true significance of the lyrics to Goodnight Irene. Joseph Skibell has written a novel that is sad, funny, daring, and ultimately redemptive.
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