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Bryan, Helen War Brides 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110519. ISBN #1612183328 / 9781612183329. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Bryan, Helen War Brides 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110519. ISBN #1612183328 / 9781612183329. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An international bestseller with over one million readers. With war threatening to spread from Europe to England, the sleepy village of Crowmarsh Priors settles into a new sort of normal: Evacuees from London are billeted in local homes. Nightly air raids become grimly mundane. The tightening vice of rationing curtails every comfort. Men leave to fight and die. And five women forge an unlikely bond of friendship that will change their lives forever. Alice Osbourne, the stolid daughter of the late vicar, is reeling from the news that Richard Fairfax broke their engagement to marry Evangeline Fontaine, an American girl from the Deep South. Evangeline s arrival causes a stir in the village but not the chaos that would ensue if they knew her motives for being there. Scrappy Elsie Pigeon is among the poor of London who see the evacuations as a chance to escape a life of destitution. Another new arrival is Tanni Zayman, a young Jewish girl who fled the horrors of Europe and now waits with her newborn son, certain that the rest of her family is safe and bound to show up any day. And then there s Frances Falconleigh, a madcap, fearless debutante whose father is determined to keep her in the countryside and out of the papers. As the war and its relentless hardships intensify around them, the same struggles that threaten to rip apart their lives also bring the five closer together. They draw strength from one another to defeat formidable enemies hunger, falling bombs, the looming threat of a Nazi invasion, and a traitor in their midst and find remarkable strength within themselves to help their friends. Theirs is a war-forged loyalty that will outlast the fiercest battle and endure years and distance. When four of the women return to Crowmarsh Priors for a VE Day celebration fifty years later, television cameras focus on the heartwarming story of these old women as war brides of a bygone age, but miss the more newsworthy angle. The women s mission is not to commemorate or remember they ve returned to settle a score and avenge one of their own. Revised edition: This edition of War Brides includes editorial revisions.
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Bryant, Lynne Alligator Lake NAL 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or917005. ISBN #0451235789 / 9780451235787. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buchan, Elizabeth Good Wife Strikes Back 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130380. ISBN #0143034499 / 9780143034490. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buchan, Elizabeth Good Wife Strikes Back 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130380. ISBN #0143034499 / 9780143034490. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Elizabeth Buchan s New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman was hailed as a thoughtful, intelligent, funny, coming-of-middle-age story by The Boston Globe . Now she s back with another wise and entertaining novel about a woman who veers off the beaten path and finds much more than she bargained for. After nineteen years of being the perfect wife to an ambitious politician, Fanny Savage is restless. Tired of merely keeping quiet and looking good at public engagements, she remembers the career she abandoned and the life she left behind as a successful partner in her father s Italian wine business. She has devoted two decades to being the Good Wife. Was it worth it after all? Could it be time for a trip back to Italy to the pleasures of sun, wine, and food? Could it be time for . . . a change?
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Buchan, Elizabeth Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Viking Adult 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or952125. ISBN #0670032069 / 9780670032068. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buchan, Elizabeth Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Viking Adult 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or952125. ISBN #0670032069 / 9780670032068. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary For twenty-five years, Rose Lloyd has juggled marriage, motherhood, and career with remarkable success. It has been a life of family picnics, books and wine, a cherished house, and her own exquisitely designed garden sunny and comfortable. But then the carefully managed life to which Rose has become accustomed comes crashing down around her when over the course of a few days her marriage and her career both fall apart. Can Rose, whose anguish is barely softened by the ministrations of friends and grown children with their own problems, ever start over? Not easily. But it's amazing what prolonged reflection, the slimming effect of a lost appetite, a new slant on independence and a little Parisian lingerie will do. Especially when an old flame suddenly reappears. Full of humor, clever insight, and a whimsical sense of the absurd, Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman is an irresistible and finely written fantasy for anyone who ever wondered what a certain age would look like from beyond the looking-glass-and who will find it ripe with promise that the best days are yet to come.
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Buchanan, Cathy Marie Painted Girls 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136458. ISBN #1594632294 / 9781594632297. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buchanan, Cathy Marie Painted Girls 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136458. ISBN #1594632294 / 9781594632297. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A heartrending, gripping novel about two sisters in Belle poque Paris. 1878 Paris. Following their father s sudden death, the van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without his wages, and with the small amount their laundress mother earns disappearing into the absinthe bottle, eviction from their lodgings seems imminent. With few options for work, Marie is dispatched to the Paris Op ra, where for a scant seventeen francs a week, she will be trained to enter the famous ballet. Her older sister, Antoinette, finds work as an extra in a stage adaptation of mile Zola s naturalist masterpiece L Assommoir . Marie throws herself into dance and is soon modeling in the studio of Edgar Degas, where her image will forever be immortalized as Little Dancer Aged Fourteen . There she meets a wealthy male patron of the ballet, but might the assistance he offers come with strings attached? Meanwhile Antoinette, derailed by her love for the dangerous mile Abadie, must choose between honest labor and the more profitable avenues open to a young woman of the Parisian demimonde. Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change, The Painted Girls is a tale of two remarkable sisters rendered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of civilized society. In the end, each will come to realize that her salvation, if not survival, lies with the other.
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Buchholtz, Johannes Saga Of Frank Dover hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130582. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl Three Daughters of Madame Liang hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1039335. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Dragon Seed Triangle Books 1942 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Book plate attached. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Price clipped. Book #or943544. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Dragon Seed Blakiston Company 1945 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or994768. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Exile hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087101. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1053831. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Good Earth 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139920. ISBN #0743272935 / 9780743272933. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Good Earth 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139920. ISBN #0743272935 / 9780743272933. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, its ambitions and rewards. Her brilliant novel -- beloved by millions of readers -- is a universal tale of the destiny of man.
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Buck, Pearl S. Good Earth 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076031. ISBN #0743272935 / 9780743272933. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Good Earth 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076031. ISBN #0743272935 / 9780743272933. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, its ambitions and rewards. Her brilliant novel -- beloved by millions of readers -- is a universal tale of the destiny of man.
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Buck, Pearl S. Imperial Woman hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1086908. ISBN #0895771942 / 9780895771940. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Kinfolk John Day Company 1949 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or843850. (keywords: Classics Literature Fiction China Chinese) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Kinfolk hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087106. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Peony John Day Company 1948 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1144622. (keywords: JEWISH JEW CHINA COLONY HISTORY NOVEL FICTION CHINESE JEWS) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. Peony John Day Company 1948 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Wear from use. Some Staining. Book #or1144602. (keywords: JEWISH JEW CHINA COLONY HISTORY NOVEL FICTION CHINESE JEWS) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth Washington Square Press 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Remnant of sticker removal. Book #or927007. ISBN #0743272935 / 9780743272933. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth Washington Square Press 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Remnant of sticker removal. Book #or927007. ISBN #0743272935 / 9780743272933. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, its ambitions and rewards. Her brilliant novel -- beloved by millions of readers -- is a universal tale of the destiny of man.
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Buck, William Ramayana University of California Press 2000 paperback. 1981 priting. . BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105505. ISBN #0520227034 / 9780520227033. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buck, William Ramayana University of California Press 2000 paperback. 1981 priting. . BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105505. ISBN #0520227034 / 9780520227033. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, two Sanskrit verse epics written some 2,000 years ago. In Ramayana written by a poet known to us as Valmiki , William Buck has retold the story of Prince Rama--with all its nobility of spirit, courtly intrigue, heroic renunciation, fierce battles, and triumph of good over evil--in a length and manner that will make the great Indian epics accessible to the contemporary reader. The same is true for the Mahabharata --in its original Sanskrit, probably the longest Indian epic ever composed. It is the story of a dynastic struggle, between the Kurus and Pandavas, for land. In his introduction, Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes, "Apart from William Buck s rendition no other English version has been able to capture the blend of religion and martial spirit that pervades the original epic." Presented accessibly for the general reader without compromising the spirit and lyricism of the originals, William Buck s Ramayana and Mahabharata capture the essence of the Indian cultural heritage.
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Buckley, Christopher Florence Of Arabia 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1050387. ISBN #0812972260 / 9780812972269. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buckley, Christopher Florence Of Arabia 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1050387. ISBN #0812972260 / 9780812972269. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The bestselling author who made mincemeat of political correctness in Thank You for Smoking , conspiracy theories in Little Green Men , and Presidential indiscretions No Way to Treat a First Lady now takes on the hottest topic in the entire world Arab-American relations in a blistering comic novel sure to offend the few it doesn t delight. Appalled by the punishment of her rebellious friend Nazrah, youngest and most petulant wife of Prince Bawad of Wasabia, Florence Farfarletti decides to draw a line in the sand. As Deputy to the deputy assistant secretary for Near East Affairs, Florence invents a far-reaching, wide-ranging plan for female emancipation in that part of the world. The U.S. government, of course, tells her to forget it. Publicly, that is. Privately, she s enlisted in a top-secret mission to impose equal rights for the sexes on the small emirate of Matar pronounced Mutter , the Switzerland of the Persian Gulf. Her crack team: a CIA killer, a snappy PR man, and a brilliant but frustrated gay bureaucrat. Her weapon: TV shows. The lineup on TV Matar includes A Thousand and One Mornings, a daytime talk show that features self-defense tips to be used against boyfriends during Ramadan; an addictive soap opera featuring strangely familiar members of the Matar royal family; and a sitcom about an inept but ruthless squad of religious police, pitched as Friends from Hell. The result: the first deadly car bombs in the country since 1936, a fatwa against the station s entire staff, a struggle for control of the kingdom, and, of course, interference from the French. And that s only the beginning. A merciless dismantling of both American ineptitude and Arabic intolerance, Florence of Arabia is Christopher Buckley s funniest and most serious novel yet, a biting satire of how U.S. good intentions can cause the Shiite to hit the fan. From
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Buckley, Christopher Little Green Men Random House 1999 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or979821. ISBN #0679452931 / 9780679452935. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buckley, Christopher Little Green Men Random House 1999 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or979821. ISBN #0679452931 / 9780679452935. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 1994, Christopher Buckley published one of the most acclaimed and successful comic novels of the decade, Thank You for Smoking. Now Buckley returns to the strange land of Washington, D.C., in Little Green Men , a millennial comedy of manners about aliens and pundits . . . and how much they have in common. The reluctant hero of this hilarious novel is John Oliver Banion, a stuffy Washington talk-show host, whose privileged life is thrown into upheaval when aliens abduct him from his exclusive country-club golf course. But were his gray-skinned captors aliens . . . or something far more sinister? After Banion is abducted again--this time in Palm Springs--he believes he has been chosen by the extraterrestrials to champion the most important cause of the millennium, and he embarks on a crusade, appearing before a convention of UFO believers and demanding that Congress and the White House seriously investigate UFOs. His friends and family suspect that Banion is having some kind of manic-depressive midlife crisis and urge him to seek therapy before his credibility as a pillar of the punditocracy is ruined. So John Oliver Banion must choose: keep his establishment status or become the leader of millions of impassioned and somewhat scruffy new friends who want to expose the government's secret alien agenda. Little Green Men proves once and for all that the truth is out there. Way out there. And it reaffirms Christopher Buckley's status as the funniest humanoid writer in the universe. Coming soon from Christopher Buckley:
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Buckley, Christopher No Way To Treat a First Lady Random House 2002 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or890490. ISBN #0375507345 / 9780375507342. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Buckley, Christopher No Way To Treat a First Lady Random House 2002 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or890490. ISBN #0375507345 / 9780375507342. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Christopher Buckley, the bestselling author of the comic classics The White House Mess and Thank You for Smoking , returns to the funniest place in America: Washington, D.C. Elizabeth Tyler MacMann, the First Lady of the United States, has been charged with killing her philandering husband, the President of the United States. In the midst of a bedroom spat, she allegedly hurled a historic Paul Revere spittoon at him, with tragic results. The attorney general has no choice but to put the First Lady on trial for assassination. The media has never warmed to Beth MacMann her nickname in the tabloids is Lady Bethmac , and as America girds for a scandalous, sensational trial, Beth reaches out to the only defense attorney she trusts, Boyce Shameless Baylor, who charges 1,000 an hour and has represented a Who s Who of scoundrels: murderous running backs, society wife-killers, Los Alamos spies, and national-security sellouts. Why Boyce Baylor? Because Beth loved him once, when they were law students. Boyce wanted to marry her, but Beth chose the future President instead. Now, after all these years, Boyce has a second chance. To what lengths will a shameless lawyer go to win the Trial of the Millennium and regain the love of his life? Buckley has been described by the Los Angeles Times Book Review as one of the best and surest political humorists in America and by Entertainment Weekly as a superb writer of politically incorrect satire. No Way to Treat a First Lady is flat-out hilarious. And furthermore, it s a love
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