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Selznick, Matthew Wayne Pilgrimage Volume 2 2013 paperback. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1108589. ISBN #0976942488 / 9780976942481. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Semple, Maria Today Will Be Different Little, Brown and Company 2016 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077025. ISBN #0316403431 / 9780316403436. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Semple, Maria Today Will Be Different Little, Brown and Company 2016 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077025. ISBN #0316403431 / 9780316403436. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Instant New York Times Bestseller Named a Notable Book of 2016 by the Washington Post, one of Amazon's Top 100 Books of the Year, one of New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books, one of The Guardian's Best Books of 2016, one of NPR's Best Books of 2016, a Must-Read Book of 2016 by PopSugar , one of EW 's 20 Best Books of 2016, one of Glamour's Top Ten Books of the Year, and one of Kirkus Reviews' "Best 100 Fiction Books of 2016" A brilliant novel from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette , about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future. Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action-life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office-but not Eleanor-that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret. TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT is a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living.
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Semple, Maria Where'd You Go, Bernadette Back Bay Books 2013 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1140612. ISBN #0316204269 / 9780316204262. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Senna, Danzy Caucasia 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1072355. ISBN #1573227161 / 9781573227162. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Senna, Danzy Caucasia 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1072355. ISBN #1573227161 / 9781573227162. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In Caucasia Danzy Senna's extraordinary debut novel and national bestseller Birdie and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white mother, intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970s Boston. The sisters are so close that they have created a private language, yet to the outside world they can't be sisters: Birdie appears to be white, while Cole is dark enough to fit in with the other kids at the Afrocentric school they attend. For Birdie, Cole is the mirror in which she can see her own blackness. Then their parents' marriage falls apart. Their father's new black girlfriend won't even look at Birdie, while their mother gives her life over to the Movement: at night the sisters watch mysterious men arrive with bundles shaped like rifles. One night Birdie watches her father and his girlfriend drive away with Cole they have gone to Brazil, she will later learn, where her father hopes for a racial equality he will never find in the States. The next morning in the belief that the Feds are after them Birdie and her mother leave everything behind: their house and possessions, their friends, and most disturbing of all their identity. Passing as the daughter and wife of a deceased Jewish professor, Birdie and her mother finally make their home in New Hampshire. Desperate to find Cole, yet afraid of betraying her mother and herself to some unknown danger, Birdie must learn to navigate the white world so that when she sets off in search of her sister, she is ready for what she will find. At once a powerful coming-of-age story and a groundbreaking work on identity and race in America, " Caucasia deserves to be read all over" Glamou
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Sepetys, Ruta Out Of The Easy 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130896. ISBN #0147508436 / 9780147508430. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sepetys, Ruta Out Of The Easy 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130896. ISBN #0147508436 / 9780147508430. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary It s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. She devises a plan get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street. Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test. With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny.
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Serena, Anthony FBI Murders 2003 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1037977. ISBN #0972798498 / 9780972798495. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Serena, Anthony FBI Murders 2003 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1037977. ISBN #0972798498 / 9780972798495. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Murder of J. Edgar Hoover On May 1, 1972, J Edgar Hoover drove home after a full day's work, satisfied that another May Day had passed and, thanks to his singular effort, America had not fallen before the communist juggernaut. He had dinner with his ailing associate, Clyde Tolsen, and spent the next thirty minutes rough-housing with his dogs on the rear lawn of his suburban Washington home. He retired early. And died peacefully in his sleep. OR DID HE ? Patrick Desmond, a young architect living the good life in 1970's Boston, comes into an inheritance that hurtles him from his "yuppie" life style into the perilous world of political intrigue. A week after J. Edgar Hoover's death, Patrick's uncle--Francis X. Cavanaugh, Inspector, FBI--and another high-level bureau executive die under the most unusual circumstances. Patrick's inheritance: Inspector Cavanaugh's journal detailing deceit and betrayal at the highest levels of the United States government. AND SOMEONE WANTS THIS JOURNAL ENOUGH TO KILL FOR IT This novel touches on many of the events that fractured the social and political structure of America during the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations and reveals that J. Edgar Hoover had more potential assassins than Abraham Lincoln. Inspector Cavanaugh is involved in investigations into the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King, Jr., the Black Power movement, New Orleans DA Jim Garrison's "Truth of Consequences" grand jury, religious fundamentalism, a FBI agent that might be a serial killer, a SSS board that refused to induct draftees, a FBI agent driven berserk by his wife's poodle, the cult murders of a couple and their three daughters, the torture-murder of a Black Panther member by the Ladies Auxilliary, and mass murders and deportations of young blacks by the Ku Klux Klan's secret "Silver Dollar Club." As Patrick sets off on a picaresque flight through Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington and California to solve the FBI murders and perhaps save his own life, he establishes a long queue of possible assassins including the Ku Klux Klan, Hoover's domestic staff, the FBI, the CIA, the Nixon White House, students of the New Left, Catholic priests, renegade Mormons and others.
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Seth, Vikram Suitable Boy 1994 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132088. ISBN #0060925000 / 9780060925000. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Seth, Vikram Suitable Boy 1994 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132088. ISBN #0060925000 / 9780060925000. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Vikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: the tale of Lata's--and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra's--attempts to find a suitable boy for Lata, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. Set in the early 1950s in an India newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis, A Suitable Boy takes us into the richly imagined world of four large extended families and spins a compulsively readable tale of their lives and loves. A sweeping panoramic portrait of a complex, multiethnic society in flux, A Suitable Boy remains the story of ordinary people caught up in a web of love and ambition, humor and sadness, prejudice and reconciliation, the most delicate social etiquette and the most appalling violence.
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Seton, Anya Green Darkness hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112127. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Seton, Cynthia Propper Fine Romance 1982 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1018925. ISBN #0393300323 / 9780393300321. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Seton, Cynthia Propper Fine Romance 1982 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1018925. ISBN #0393300323 / 9780393300321. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An elegantly written comedy of manners, constructed around serious ideas ideas jovially and sometimes outrageously explored by a group of civilized people. . . .It has been a long time since so much sparkling, quirky talk has appeared in an American novel. . . .This novel is a pure, a rare delight. Eugenia Thornton, Cleveland Plain Dealer Shines with elusive insights about persons we recognize at once as acquaintances and friends, caught briefly in events that are part of their upper-class life, part of their inevitable sexual prisons, part of their middle age. To be able to say consistently interesting things about these embroilments class, sex, age is a triumph for a novelist. Cynthia Propper Seton has pulled off just such a triumph. Doris Grumbach, Los Angeles Times
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Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel Washington Square Press 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138050. ISBN #0743298039 / 9780743298032. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel Washington Square Press 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138050. ISBN #0743298039 / 9780743298032. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Sometimes, when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny. Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for so long. Calling on Margaret Lea, a young biographer troubled by her own painful history, Vida disinters the life she meant to bury for good. Margaret is mesmerized by the author's tale of gothic strangeness -- featuring the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess,a topiary garden and a devastating fire. Together, Margaret and Vida confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth themselves.
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Severin, Tim Viking: Odinn's Child Pan Macmillan 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047673. ISBN #0330426737 / 9780330426732. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Severin, Tim Viking: Odinn's Child Pan Macmillan 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047673. ISBN #0330426737 / 9780330426732. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 1001, the young child, Thorgils Leiffson, son of Leif the Lucky and Thorgunna, arrives on the shores of Greenland to be brought up by a young woman Gudrid. Thorgils is a rootless character of quicksilver intelligence and adaptability. He has inherited his mother s ability of second sight, and his mentors teach him the ancient ways and warn him of the invasion of the White Christ into the land of the Old Gods. Guided by a restless quest for adventure and the wanderlust of his favored god, Odinn, Thorgils fortunes will take him into worlds of unimaginable danger and discovery.
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Severin, Tim Viking: Sworn Brother Pan Macmillan 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047744. ISBN #0330426745 / 9780330426749. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Severin, Tim Viking: Sworn Brother Pan Macmillan 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047744. ISBN #0330426745 / 9780330426749. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In London in 1019, a few months have passed since Thorgils escaped the clutches of the Irish Church, only to find himself at the center of a capricious love affair with Aelfgifu wife of Knut the Great, ruler of England, and one of the most powerful men of the Viking empire. As this passionate relationship between the two begins to unfold, it forebodes inevitable consequences. When Thorgils is finally on the run again, he meets Grettir, an outlaw feared for his volatility, and the two become travel companions and sworn brothers. At the gates of Byzantium, Thorgils loyalty is put to the ultimate test.
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Sewell, Anna Black Beauty 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063366. ISBN #1566195918 / 9781566195911. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sewell, Anna Black Beauty 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063366. ISBN #1566195918 / 9781566195911. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness. Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. Ages 9 to 12
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Sey, Susan Time For Trouble 2015 paperback. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128890. ISBN #1938580117 / 9781938580116. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sey, Susan Time For Trouble 2015 paperback. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128890. ISBN #1938580117 / 9781938580116. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Family first... To Drew Blake, happiness is very simple: Never want more than you have. Never risk what you re afraid to lose. And above all, never get attached. Outside of his family, there s nothing and nobody that Drew takes seriously. Except Meg, his best friend forever. Your fight is my fight... Meghan Wise doesn t do casual. She fights hard, she works hard and she falls hard. One kiss and she knew that Drew would be a man worth having. But more importantly? He d be a friend worth keeping. Which meant no more kissing. Ever. It s a promise she s kept for eight long years, and with no regrets. Until a dead man shows up at happy hour, looking for a favor. What we have, we share... A rootless childhood left Drew with lots of loose ends, abandoned friends and unpaid debts. So when an old friend who isn t nearly as dead as Drew had been led to believe walks into Drew s favorite bar looking for help, Drew s all over it. But the guy wants more than a favor. He wants Meg. And suddenly Drew s looking at his best friend in a whole new light... Then love changes everything.
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Shaara, Jeff Glorious Cause: A Novel Of The American Revolution Ballantine Books 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or986248. ISBN #0345427564 / 9780345427564. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff Glorious Cause: A Novel Of The American Revolution Ballantine Books 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or986248. ISBN #0345427564 / 9780345427564. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In Rise to Rebellion , bestselling author Jeff Shaara captured the origins of the American Revolution as brilliantly as he depicted the Civil War in Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure . Now he continues the amazing saga of how thirteen colonies became a nation, taking the conflict from kingdom and courtroom to the bold and bloody battlefields of war. It was never a war in which the outcome was obvious. Despite their spirit and stamina, the colonists were outmanned and outfought by the brazen British army. General George Washington found his troops trounced in the battles of Brooklyn and Manhattan and retreated toward Pennsylvania. With the future of the colonies at its lowest ebb, Washington made his most fateful decision: to cross the Delaware River and attack the enemy. The stunning victory at Trenton began a saga of victory and defeat that concluded with the British surrender at Yorktown, a moment that changed the history of the world. The despair and triumph of America s first great army is conveyed in scenes as powerful as any Shaara has written, a story told from the points of view of some of the most memorable characters in American history. There is George Washington, the charismatic leader who held his army together to achieve an unlikely victory; Charles Cornwallis, the no-nonsense British general, more than a match for his colonial counterpart; Nathaniel Greene, who rose from obscurity to become the finest battlefield commander in Washington s army; The Marquis de Lafayette, the young Frenchman who brought a soldier s passion to America; and Benjamin Franklin, a brilliant man of science and philosophy who became the finest statesman of his day. From Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, William Howe to Light Horse Harry Lee, from Trenton and Valley Forge, Brandywine and Yorktown, the American Revolution s most immortal characters and poignant moments are brought to life in remarkable Shaara style. Yet, The Glorious Cause is more than just a story of the legendary six-year struggle. It is a tribute to an amazing people who turned ideas into action and fought to declare themselves free. Above all, it is a riveting novel that both expands and surpasses its beloved author
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Shaara, Jeff Gods And Generals Ballantine Books 1996 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or777129. ISBN #0345404920 / 9780345404923. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff Gods And Generals Ballantine Books 1996 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or777129. ISBN #0345404920 / 9780345404923. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas Stonewall Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War; Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly establishes himself as one of the finest leaders of the Union army; Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up his promising academic career and goes on to become one of the most heroic soldiers in American history; and Robert E. Lee, never believing until too late that a civil war would ever truly come to pass. Profound in its insights into the minds and hearts of those who fought in the war, Gods and Generals creates a vivid portrait of the soldiers, the battlefields, and the tumultuous times that forever shaped the nation. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Shaara, Jeff Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War Ballantine Books 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044468. ISBN #0345427513 / 9780345427519. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War Ballantine Books 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044468. ISBN #0345427513 / 9780345427519. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this stunning, unforgettable novel, Jeff Shaara carries us back thirteen years before the Civil War, when that momentous conflict's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the first time in the Mexican-American War. "BRILLIANT DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THE SHAARA GIFT." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution SHAARA RELIES "ON THE HISTORY BEHIND THE MEN AND THEIR CAMPAIGNS TO TELL THE TALE. . . . Most poignant of all is the appearance of so many characters who will fight under opposing flags 13 years later. Stonewall Jackson shows up as a humorless young lieutenant with a spiritual reverence for his artillery, and Ulysses S. Grant awkwardly meets Robert E. Lee. . . . The salvaging of such episodes from history is ultimately a patriotic task, deserving of gratitude." --The Washington Post Book World "COMPELLING . . . THRILLING . . . Shaara briskly drives the U.S. forces to Mexico City, building suspense at each battle, all towards the climactic storming of the gates of the capital. . . . He has humanized the mythos of Lee as no one ever has and, in doing, makes an enduring contribution to literature." --Civil War Book Review "SHAARA, AS USUAL, IS AT HIS BEST IN ACTION AND CONFRONTATION AND IN EVOKING HOW IT FELT TO BE THERE." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Shaara, Jeff Rise To Rebellion Ballantine Books 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1002298. ISBN #034542753X / 9780345427533. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff Rise To Rebellion Ballantine Books 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1002298. ISBN #034542753X / 9780345427533. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Jeff Shaara dazzled readers with his bestselling novels Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure , and Gone for Soldiers . Now the acclaimed author who illuminated the Civil War and the Mexican-American War brilliantly brings to life the American Revolution, creating a superb saga of the men who helped to forge the destiny of a nation. In 1770, the fuse of revolution is lit by a fateful command??Fire ??as England?s peacekeeping mission ignites into the Boston Massacre. The senseless killing of civilians leads to a tumultuous trial in which lawyer John Adams must defend the very enemy who has assaulted and abused the laws he holds sacred. The taut courtroom drama soon broadens into a stunning epic of war as King George III leads a reckless and corrupt government in London toward the escalating abuse of his colonies. Outraged by the increasing loss of their liberties, an extraordinary gathering of America?s most inspiring characters confronts the British presence with the ideals that will change history. John Adams, the idealistic attorney devoted to the law, who rises to greatness by the power of his words . . . Ben Franklin, one of the most celebrated men of his time, the elderly and audacious inventor and philosopher who endures firsthand the hostile prejudice of the British government . . . Thomas Gage, the British general given the impossible task of crushing a colonial rebellion without starting an all-out war . . . George Washington, the dashing Virginian whose battle experience in the French and Indian War brings him the recognition that elevates him to command of a colonial army . . . and many other immortal names from the Founding Family of the colonial struggle?Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Warren, Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee? captured as never before in their full flesh-and-blood humanity. More than a powerful portrait of the people and purpose of the revolution, Rise to Rebellion is a vivid account of history?s most pivotal events. The Boston Tea Party, the battles of Concord and Bunker Hill?all are recreated with the kind of breathtaking detail only a master like Jeff Shaara can muster. His most impressive achievement, Rise to Rebellion reveals with new immediacy how philosophers became fighters, ideas their ammunition, and how a scattered group of colonies became the United States of America.
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Shaara, Jeff Rise To Rebellion Ballantine Books 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or986245. ISBN #034542753X / 9780345427533. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff Rise To Rebellion Ballantine Books 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or986245. ISBN #034542753X / 9780345427533. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary Jeff Shaara dazzled readers with his bestselling novels Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure , and Gone for Soldiers . Now the acclaimed author who illuminated the Civil War and the Mexican-American War brilliantly brings to life the American Revolution, creating a superb saga of the men who helped to forge the destiny of a nation. In 1770, the fuse of revolution is lit by a fateful command??Fire ??as England?s peacekeeping mission ignites into the Boston Massacre. The senseless killing of civilians leads to a tumultuous trial in which lawyer John Adams must defend the very enemy who has assaulted and abused the laws he holds sacred. The taut courtroom drama soon broadens into a stunning epic of war as King George III leads a reckless and corrupt government in London toward the escalating abuse of his colonies. Outraged by the increasing loss of their liberties, an extraordinary gathering of America?s most inspiring characters confronts the British presence with the ideals that will change history. John Adams, the idealistic attorney devoted to the law, who rises to greatness by the power of his words . . . Ben Franklin, one of the most celebrated men of his time, the elderly and audacious inventor and philosopher who endures firsthand the hostile prejudice of the British government . . . Thomas Gage, the British general given the impossible task of crushing a colonial rebellion without starting an all-out war . . . George Washington, the dashing Virginian whose battle experience in the French and Indian War brings him the recognition that elevates him to command of a colonial army . . . and many other immortal names from the Founding Family of the colonial struggle?Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Warren, Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee? captured as never before in their full flesh-and-blood humanity. More than a powerful portrait of the people and purpose of the revolution, Rise to Rebellion is a vivid account of history?s most pivotal events. The Boston Tea Party, the battles of Concord and Bunker Hill?all are recreated with the kind of breathtaking detail only a master like Jeff Shaara can muster. His most impressive achievement, Rise to Rebellion reveals with new immediacy how philosophers became fighters, ideas their ammunition, and how a scattered group of colonies became the United States of America.
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Shaara, Jeff Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution Ballantine Books 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088770. ISBN #0345427548 / 9780345427540. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution Ballantine Books 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088770. ISBN #0345427548 / 9780345427540. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Jeff Shaara dazzled readers with his bestselling novels Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure , and Gone for Soldiers . Now the acclaimed author who illuminated the Civil War and the Mexican-American War brilliantly brings to life the American Revolution, creating a superb saga of the men who helped to forge the destiny of a nation. In 1770, the fuse of revolution is lit by a fateful command Fire as England s peacekeeping mission ignites into the Boston Massacre. The senseless killing of civilians leads to a tumultuous trial in which lawyer John Adams must defend the very enemy who has assaulted and abused the laws he holds sacred. The taut courtroom drama soon broadens into a stunning epic of war as King George III leads a reckless and corrupt government in London toward the escalating abuse of his colonies. Outraged by the increasing loss of their liberties, an extraordinary gathering of America s most inspiring characters confronts the British presence with the ideals that will change history. John Adams, the idealistic attorney devoted to the law, who rises to greatness by the power of his words . . . Ben Franklin, one of the most celebrated men of his time, the elderly and audacious inventor and philosopher who endures firsthand the hostile prejudice of the British government . . . Thomas Gage, the British general given the impossible task of crushing a colonial rebellion without starting an all-out war . . . George Washington, the dashing Virginian whose battle experience in the French and Indian War brings him the recognition that elevates him to command of a colonial army . . . and many other immortal names from the Founding Family of the colonial struggle Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Warren, Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee captured as never before in their full flesh-and-blood humanity. More than a powerful portrait of the people and purpose of the revolution, Rise to Rebellion is a vivid account of history s most pivotal events. The Boston Tea Party, the battles of Concord and Bunker Hill all are recreated with the kind of breathtaking detail only a master like Jeff Shaara can muster. His most impressive achievement, Rise to Rebellion reveals with new immediacy how philosophers became fighters, ideas their ammunition, and how a scattered group of colonies became the United States of America.
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Shaara, Jeff Rising Tide 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1057998. ISBN #034546138X / 9780345461384. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff Rising Tide 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1057998. ISBN #034546138X / 9780345461384. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I. Now he embarks upon his most ambitious epic, a trilogy about the military conflict that defined the twentieth century. The Rising Tide begins a staggering work of fiction bound to be a new generation s most poignant chronicle of World War II. With you-are-there immediacy, painstaking historical detail, and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic events that pulled America into the vortex of this monumental conflict. As Hitler conquers Poland, Norway, France, and most of Western Europe, England struggles to hold the line. When Germany s ally Japan launches a stunning attack on Pearl Harbor, America is drawn into the war, fighting to hold back the Japanese conquest of the Pacific, while standing side-by-side with their British ally, the last hope for turning the tide of the war. Through unforgettable battle scenes in the unforgiving deserts of North Africa and the rugged countryside of Sicily, Shaara tells this story through the voices of this conflict s most heroic figures, some familiar, some unknown. As British and American forces strike into the soft underbelly of Hitler s Fortress Europa, the new weapons of war come clearly into focus. In North Africa, tank battles unfold in a tapestry of dust and fire unlike any the world has ever seen. In Sicily, the Allies attack their enemy with a barely tested weapon: the paratrooper. As battles rage along the coasts of the Mediterranean, the momentum of the war begins to shift, setting the stage for the massive invasion of France, at a seaside resort called Normandy. More than an unprecedented and intimate portrait of those who waged this astonishing global war, The Rising Tide is a vivid gallery of characters both immortal and unknown: the as-yet obscure administrator Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose tireless efficiency helped win the war; his subordinates, clashing in both style and personality, from George Patton and Mark Clark to Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery. In the desolate hills and deserts, the Allies confront Erwin Rommel, the battlefield genius known as the Desert Fox, a wounded beast who hands the Americans their first humiliating defeat in the European theater of the war. From tank driver to paratrooper to the men who gave the commands, Shaara s stirring portrayals bring the heroic and the tragic to life in brilliant detail. A new level of accomplishment from this already acclaimed author, The Rising Tide will leave readers eager for the next volume of this superb saga of the war that saved and changed the world. From the Hard
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Shaara, Jeff The Glorious Cause: A Novel of the American Revolution Ballantine Books 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1053721. ISBN #0345427564 / 9780345427564. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff The Glorious Cause: A Novel of the American Revolution Ballantine Books 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1053721. ISBN #0345427564 / 9780345427564. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary In Rise to Rebellion , bestselling author Jeff Shaara captured the origins of the American Revolution as brilliantly as he depicted the Civil War in Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure . Now he continues the amazing saga of how thirteen colonies became a nation, taking the conflict from kingdom and courtroom to the bold and bloody battlefields of war. It was never a war in which the outcome was obvious. Despite their spirit and stamina, the colonists were outmanned and outfought by the brazen British army. General George Washington found his troops trounced in the battles of Brooklyn and Manhattan and retreated toward Pennsylvania. With the future of the colonies at its lowest ebb, Washington made his most fateful decision: to cross the Delaware River and attack the enemy. The stunning victory at Trenton began a saga of victory and defeat that concluded with the British surrender at Yorktown, a moment that changed the history of the world. The despair and triumph of America s first great army is conveyed in scenes as powerful as any Shaara has written, a story told from the points of view of some of the most memorable characters in American history. There is George Washington, the charismatic leader who held his army together to achieve an unlikely victory; Charles Cornwallis, the no-nonsense British general, more than a match for his colonial counterpart; Nathaniel Greene, who rose from obscurity to become the finest battlefield commander in Washington s army; The Marquis de Lafayette, the young Frenchman who brought a soldier s passion to America; and Benjamin Franklin, a brilliant man of science and philosophy who became the finest statesman of his day. From Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, William Howe to Light Horse Harry Lee, from Trenton and Valley Forge, Brandywine and Yorktown, the American Revolution s most immortal characters and poignant moments are brought to life in remarkable Shaara style. Yet, The Glorious Cause is more than just a story of the legendary six-year struggle. It is a tribute to an amazing people who turned ideas into action and fought to declare themselves free. Above all, it is a riveting novel that both expands and surpasses its beloved author
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Shaara, Jeff The Steel Wave Ballantine Books 2008 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1034857. ISBN #0345461428 / 9780345461421. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff The Steel Wave Ballantine Books 2008 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1034857. ISBN #0345461428 / 9780345461421. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Jeff Shaara, America s premier author of military historical fiction, brings us the centerpiece of his epic trilogy of the Second World War. General Dwight Eisenhower once again commands a diverse army that must find its single purpose in the destruction of Hitler s European fortress. His primary subordinates, Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery, must prove that this unique blend of Allied armies can successfully confront the might of Adolf Hitler s forces, who have already conquered Western Europe. On the coast of France, German commander Erwin Rommel fortifies and prepares for the coming invasion, acutely aware that he must bring all his skills to bear on a fight his side must win. But Rommel s greatest challenge is to strike the Allies on his front, while struggling behind the lines with the growing insanity of Adolf Hitler, who thwarts the strategies Rommel knows will succeed. Meanwhile, Sergeant Jesse Adams, a no-nonsense veteran of the 82nd Airborne, parachutes with his men behind German lines into a chaotic and desperate struggle. And as the invasion force surges toward the beaches of Normandy, Private Tom Thorne of the 29th Infantry Division faces the horrifying prospects of fighting his way ashore on a stretch of coast more heavily defended than the Allied commanders anticipate Omaha Beach. From G.I. to general, this story carries the reader through the war s most crucial juncture, the invasion that altered the flow of the war, and, ultimately, changed history.
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Shaara, Jeff The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II Ballantine Books 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or917135. ISBN #0345461401 / 9780345461407. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Shaara, Jeff The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II Ballantine Books 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or917135. ISBN #0345461401 / 9780345461407. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary General Dwight Eisenhower commands a diverse army that must destroy Hitler s European fortress. On the coast of France, German commander Erwin Rommel prepares for the coming invasion, as the F hrer thwarts the strategies Rommel knows will succeed. Meanwhile, Sergeant Jesse Adams, a veteran of the 82nd Airborne, parachutes with his men behind German lines. And as the invasion force surges toward the beaches of Normandy, Private Tom Thorne of the 29th Infantry Division faces the horrifying prospect of fighting his way ashore on Omaha Beach, a stretch of coast more heavily defended than the Allied commanders anticipate. From G.I. to general, The Steel Wave carries us through the war s most crucial juncture, the invasion that altered the flow of the war and, ultimately, changed his
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