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Strachan, Mari The Earth Hums in B Flat Canongate U.S. 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116101. ISBN #1847671926 / 9781847671929. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Strachan, Mari The Earth Hums in B Flat Canongate U.S. 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116101. ISBN #1847671926 / 9781847671929. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Earth Hums in B Flat is a story of dark family secrets unraveled by the shrewd insight of twelve-year-old Gwenni Morgan, a child with an irrepressible spirit living in a Welsh village that is reluctantly entering the modern age. From the small bed that she shares with her sister at night she flies up into the starry sky above her village and looks down on the lives of its inhabitants. And when the family that she babysits for is rocked by the sudden, unexplainable disappearance of their patriarch, Gwenni is determined to solve the mystery of Ifan Evan s whereabouts. Turning amateur detective, she is unaware that the trail will lead her closer to home than she ever imagined. Told with a breathtaking, irresistible blend of freshness and wisdom, the voice that sixty-two-year-old Welsh debut novelist Mari Strachan has created with Gwenni is vibrant, charming, and full of heart. An unforgettable character, Gwenni s unique way of seeing the world lends her the ability to make the ordinary extraordinary. A magical novel about the trials of youth, familial duty, and understanding, The Earth Hums in B Flat will transport you to another time and place.
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Stradal, J. Ryan Kitchens Of The Great Midwest Pamela Dorman Books/Viking 2015 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1143133. ISBN #052542914X / 9780525429142. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Stradal, J. Ryan Kitchens of the Great Midwest Penguin Books 2016 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117593. ISBN #0143109413 / 9780143109419. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Stradal, J. Ryan Kitchens of the Great Midwest Penguin Books 2016 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117593. ISBN #0143109413 / 9780143109419. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A sweet and savory treat. People An impressive feat of narrative jujitsu . . . that keeps readers turning the pages too fast to realize just how ingenious they are. The New York Times Book Review , Editor s Pick Kitchens of the Great Midwest is a novel about a young woman with a once-in-a-generation palate who becomes the iconic chef behind the country s most coveted dinner reservation. It was selected as a best book of the year by Amazon, BookPage , LibraryReads, and NPR. When Lars Thorvald s wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine and a dashing sommelier he s left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He s determined to pass on his love of food to his daughter starting with pur ed pork shoulder. As Eva grows, she finds her solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. From Scandinavian lutefisk to hydroponic chocolate habaneros, each ingredient represents one part of Eva s journey as she becomes the star chef behind a legendary and secretive pop-up supper club, culminating in an opulent and emotional feast that s a testament to her spirit and resilience. Each chapter in J. Ryan Stradal s startlingly original debut tells the story of a single dish and character, at once capturing the zeitgeist of the Midwest, the rise of foodie culture, and delving into the ways food creates community and a sense of identity. By turns quirky, hilarious, and vividly sensory, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is an unexpected mother-daughter story about the bittersweet nature of life its missed opportunities and its joyful surprises. It marks the entry of a brilliant new talent.
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Straight, Susan Highwire Moon Anchor 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1125344. ISBN #0385722613 / 9780385722612. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Straight, Susan Highwire Moon Anchor 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1125344. ISBN #0385722613 / 9780385722612. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Serafina is an illegal migrant worker living in California when the police catch her and send her back to Mexico without her three-year old daughter. Twelve years later, with a pair of silver barrettes her only tangible memory of Elvia, Serafina begins a harrowing journey back across the border to find her daughter. At the same time Elvia, now fifteen and pregnant, resolves to track her mother down. They travel a landscape populated by desperately poor migrants moving from harvest to harvest, truckers living hand-to-mouth in seedy motels, and lost children in foster homes. But the memory of love inspires hope, and out of these women s losses and their determination Straight has crafted a deeply moving tale of the meaning of home and
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Straight, Susan Take One Candle Light a Room Pantheon 2010 hardcover. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1034011. ISBN #0307379140 / 9780307379146. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Straight, Susan Take One Candle Light a Room Pantheon 2010 hardcover. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1034011. ISBN #0307379140 / 9780307379146. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the author of A Million Nightingales a writer of exceptional gifts and grace Joyce Carol Oates comes a luminous new novel about the forces that tear families apart and the ties that bind them together. Fantine Antoine is a travel writer, a profession that keeps her happily away from her Southern California home. When she returns to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of her closest childhood friend, Glorette, she finds herself pulled into the tumultuous life of Glorette s twenty-two-year-old son and Fantine s godson Victor. After getting involved in a shooting, Victor has fled to New Orleans. Together with her father, Fantine follows Victor, determined to help him avoid the criminal future that he suddenly seems destined for. Fantine s own fate will be altered on this journey as well: her father will reveal the wrenching secrets of his past, and she will be compelled to question the most essential choices she s made in her life. As they cross from California to the heart of Louisiana, all three characters will come face-to-face with the issues of race that beset them: Fantine, whose light skin has allowed her a kind of invisibility; her father, who grew up in the Jim Crow South and has tried to guard his family against that world; and Victor, whose fall into violence mirrors the path of so many other young black men. For Fantine, finding Victor could offer them both a way to face the past and decide between different futures. Powerful and moving, Take One Candle Light a Room illuminates the intricacies of human connection and the ways in which we find a place for ourselves within our families and the world.
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Strauss, Darin More Than It Hurts You 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1114878. ISBN #0452295521 / 9780452295520. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Strauss, Darin More Than It Hurts You 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1114878. ISBN #0452295521 / 9780452295520. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Read Darin Strauss's posts on the Penguin Blog Josh Goldin's happy yet unexamined existence is shattered one morning when his wife, Dori, rushes their eight-month- old son to the emergency room in severe distress. Dr. Darlene Stokes, an African-American physician and single mother, suspects Munchausen by proxy, a rarely diagnosed and controversial phenomenon where a mother intentionally harms her baby. As each of them is forced to confront a reality that has become a nightmare, Darlene, Dori, and Josh are pushed to their breaking points. Darin Strauss's extraordinary novel is set in a world turned upside down-where doctors try to save babies from their parents, police use the law to tear families apart, and the people you think you know best end up surprising you the most.
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Street, Julia Montgomery Drovers' Gold Dodd, Mead, and Company 1961 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1146363. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Street, Mary The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy Berkley 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134447. ISBN #0425219909 / 9780425219904. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Street, Mary The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy Berkley 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134447. ISBN #0425219909 / 9780425219904. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Pride and Prejudice told from a delightfully different point of view. "The Holy Grail of P P sequels." Austenblog Originally published in the U.K., Mary Street's ingenious retelling of Jane Austen's classic story now makes its U.S. debut-to the delight of the fans of Austen's comic masterpiece of divine romance. In Fitzwilliam Darcy, Austen created the ultimate romantic hero. Yet Pride and Prejudice reveals little of Darcy's innermost thoughts. Here, Street unveils the true motives and mysteries of Elizabeth Bennet's enigmatic suitor. Through Darcy's eyes we discover the reality of his relationships with his sister Georgiana, his cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam, the dastardly Wickham, his friend Bingley, and his formidable aunt, Lady Catherine. And of course, all his memorable encounters with Elizabeth, from that first view of her fine eyes to his disastrous proposal, and then to a pride and arrogance tempered by an unquenchable love.
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Streeter, Edward Father of the Bride Simon and Schuster 1949 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1146020. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Streeter, Edward Father of the Bride Simon and Schuster 1949 hardcover. Book Club edition.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Cracked Hinge / still useable. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Some Chipping. Book #or729838. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Strohmeyer, Sarah Smart Girls Get What They Want 2012 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078345. ISBN #0061953407 / 9780061953408. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Strohmeyer, Sarah Smart Girls Get What They Want 2012 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078345. ISBN #0061953407 / 9780061953408. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Gigi, Bea, and Neerja are best friends and total overachievers. Even if they aren't the most popular girls in school, they aren't too worried. They know their real lives will begin once they get to their Ivy League colleges. There will be ivy, and there will be cute guys in the libraries hopefully with English accents But when an unexpected event shows them they're missing out on the full high school experience, it's time to come out of the honors lounge and into the spotlight. They make a pact: They will each take on their greatest challenge and they will totally rock it. Gigi decides to run for student rep, but she'll have to get over her fear of public speaking and go head-to-head with gorgeous California Will. Bea used to be one of the best skiers around, until she was derailed. It could be time for her to take the plunge again. And Neerja loves the drama club but has always stayed behind the scenes until now. These friends are determined to show the world that smart girls really can get what they want but that could mean getting way more attention than they ever bargained for. . . .
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Stromberg, David Baddies Melville paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1149810. ISBN #193363376X / 9781933633763. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Strong, L.A.G. Sacred River: An Approach To James Joyce hardcover. Limited Edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1016066. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Strout, Elizabeth Anything Is Possible: A Novel Random House Trade Paperbacks 2018 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150971. ISBN #0812989414 / 9780812989410. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Strout, Elizabeth Anything Is Possible: A Novel Random House Trade Paperbacks 2018 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150971. ISBN #0812989414 / 9780812989410. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by 1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. Winner of The Story Prize A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book One of USA Today s top 10 books of the year Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother s happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton the heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton, the author s celebrated New York Times bestseller returns to visit her siblings after seventeen years of absence. Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, and the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout s place as one of America s most respected and cherished authors. Praise for Anything Is Possible When Elizabeth Strout is on her game, is there anybody better? . . . This is a generous, wry book about everyday lives, and Strout crawls so far inside her characters you feel you inhabit them. . . . This is a book that earns its title. Try reading it without tears, or wonder. USA Today four stars Readers who loved My Name Is Lucy Barton . . . are in for a real treat. . . . Strout is a master of the story cycle form. . . . She paints cumulative portraits of the heartache and soul of small-town America by giving each of her characters a turn under her sympathetic spotlight. NPR These stories return Strout to the core of what she does more magnanimously than anyone else. The Washington Post In this wise and accomplished book, pain and healing exist in perpetual dependence, like feuding siblings. The Wall Street Journal
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Strout, Elizabeth My Name Is Lucy Barton Random House 2016 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1147390. ISBN #0812979524 / 9780812979527. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Strout, Elizabeth My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel Random House 2016 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139080. ISBN #1400067693 / 9781400067695. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Strout, Elizabeth My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel Random House 2016 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139080. ISBN #1400067693 / 9781400067695. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this extraordinary novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys . NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post The New York Times Book Review NPR BookPage LibraryReads Minneapolis Star Tribune St. Louis Post-Dispatch Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy s life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two daughters. Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant storytelling voice of Lucy herself: keenly observant, deeply human, and truly unforgettable. LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Praise for My Name Is Lucy Barton A quiet, sublimely merciful contemporary novel about love, yearning, and resilience in a family damaged beyond words. The Boston Globe It is Lucy s gentle honesty, complex relationship with her husband, and nuanced response to her mother s shortcomings that make this novel so subtly powerful. San Francisco Chronicle A short novel about love, particularly the complicated love between mothers and daughters, but also simpler, more sudden bonds . . . It evokes these connections in a style so spare, so pure and so profound the book almost seems to be a kind of scripture or sutra, if a very down-to-earth and unpretentious one. Newsday Spectacular . . . Smart and cagey in every way. It is both a book of withholdings and a book of great openness and wisdom. . . . Strout is in supreme and magnificent command of this novel at all times. Lily King, The Washington Post An aching, illuminating look at mother-daughter devotion. People This slim, perceptive novel packs more sentiment and pain into its unsparingly honest and forthright prose than novels two and three times as long. Strout . . . has always awed us with her ability to put into words the mysterious and unfathomable ways in which people cherish each other. Chicago Tribune
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Stroyar, J.N. The Children's War Washington Square Press 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048615. ISBN #0743407407 / 9780743407403. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Stroyar, J.N. The Children's War Washington Square Press 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048615. ISBN #0743407407 / 9780743407403. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Peter has had more identities than he can remember and suffered pains and humiliations he longs to forget. But, whether spy or prisoner, slave or propaganda tool, none of his roles has brought the one thing he wants above all: freedom. THE CHILDREN'S WAR Bad papers. That's how Peter's nightmare began. Living in contemporary Europe under Nazi domination -- more than fifty years after the truce among the North American Union, the Third Reich, and the Soviet Union -- Peter has struggled to make sense of the reign of terror that governs his world. Now, arrested for bearing a false identity, he is pulled full-force into a battle against Nazi oppression. The crusade for freedom that belonged to generations past is now Peter's legacy -- and his future depends not on running away, but on fighting back. Escaping a Nazi prison camp and joining the Underground Home Army, Peter dedicates himself to breaking down the system that betrayed him. But by facing the evil at the heart of the Nazi political machine, Peter falls deeper into a web of intrigue and adventure that risks everything he holds dear -- in this life and for the sake of future generations. A disturbingly real vision of what could have been, The Children's War is a page-turning epic thriller with a mesmerizing premise and an unforgettable cast of characters. J.N. Stroyar's searingly authentic, impassioned vision of human triumph over the forces of corruption and cruelty stands as a powerful tribute to the millions who have sacrificed and died in the name of freedom.
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Struther, Jan Mrs. Miniver Grosset & Dunlap 1940 Hard Cover. Book: Clean text. DJ: Tears/sm. pieces missing.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or643561. (keywords: NOVEL BRITISH FAIMLY LIFE) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Struther, Jan Mrs. Miniver hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or949197. (keywords: Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Stuart, Jesse Taps for Private Tussie hardcover. . Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1009572. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Stuart, Julia The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise: A Novel Doubleday 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1034260. ISBN #0385533284 / 9780385533287. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Stuart, Julia The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise: A Novel Doubleday 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1034260. ISBN #0385533284 / 9780385533287. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Brimming with charm and whimsy, this exquisite novel set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightful magic of the contemporary classics Chocolat and Am lie . Balthazar Jones has lived in the Tower of London with his loving wife, Hebe, and his 120-year-old pet tortoise for the past eight years. That s right, he is a Beefeater they really do live there . It s no easy job living and working in the tourist attraction in present-day London. Among the eccentric characters who call the Tower s maze of ancient buildings and spiral staircases home are the Tower s Rack Ruin barmaid, Ruby Dore, who just found out she s pregnant; portly Valerie Jennings, who is falling for ticket inspector Arthur Catnip; the lifelong bachelor Reverend Septimus Drew, who secretly pens a series of principled erot ica; and the philandering Ravenmaster, aiming to avenge the death of one of his insufferable ravens. When Balthazar is tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie within the Tower walls to house the many exotic animals gifted to the Queen, life at the Tower gets all the more interest ing. Penguins escape, giraffes are stolen, and the Komodo dragon sends innocent people running for their lives. Balthazar is in charge and things are not exactly running smoothly. Then Hebe decides to leave him and his beloved tortoise runs away. Filled with the humor and heart that calls to mind the delight ful novels of Alexander McCall Smith, and the charm and beauty of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society , The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise is a magical, wholly origi nal novel whose irresistible characters will stay with you long after you turn the
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