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Smith, Wilbur Vicious Circle Thomas Dunne Books 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1055708. ISBN #1250000319 / 9781250000316. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Smith, Wilbur Vicious Circle Thomas Dunne Books 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1055708. ISBN #1250000319 / 9781250000316. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Internationally bestselling author Wilbur Smith returns with Vicious Circle --a heart-racing story of family secrets, greed, and revenge. Hector Cross left behind a career of high risks and warfare when he married his beloved Hazel Bannock. But after his new life is tragically upended, he recognizes the ruthless hand of an old enemy behind the attack. Determined to fight back, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends and fellow warriors to hunt down those who pursue him and his loved ones. For he and Hazel have a child, a precious daughter, whom he will go to the ends of the earth to protect. Soon, however, Hector learns that the threat comes not just from his old enemies, but also Hazel's. Brutal figures from her family's past thought long gone are returning, with an agenda so sinister that Hector realizes he is facing a new type of adversary. One whose deadly methods and dark secrets will lead Hector to a series of crimes so shocking that he has no choice but to settle the score.
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Smith, Wilbur Warlock Thomas Dunne Books 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097840. ISBN #0312278233 / 9780312278236. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Smith, Wilbur Warlock Thomas Dunne Books 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097840. ISBN #0312278233 / 9780312278236. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary One of the world's most acclaimed adventure writers returns to the world of ancient Egypt with the stunning sequel to the New York Times bestselling River God . Hidden away in the vast and forbidding deserts of North Africa, Taita has passed the years since the death of his beloved Queen Lostris in prayer and study. He has become the Warlock, wise in the lore of the ancient Gods, and adept of magic and the supernatural. Now Taita answers the summons from the beyond. He leaves the desert vastness and returns to the world of men, to find himself plunged into a terrible conflict against the forces of evil which threaten to overwhelm the throne and the realm of Egypt, and to destroy the young prince Nefer, who is the grandson of Queen Lostris. With vivid depictions of battle and intrigue, of love and passion, with fascinating characters both good and evil, Wilbur Smith brings to life in colorful detail the world of ancient Egypt. This is a masterful feat of story-telling by one of the world's best-selling authors. It is Wilbur Smith at the peak of his formidable powers.
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Smith, Zadie On Beauty Penguin Press HC, The 2005 hardcover. Shelfwear to the dustjacket. . BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1129691. ISBN #1594200637 / 9781594200632. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Smith, Zadie On Beauty Penguin Press HC, The 2005 hardcover. Shelfwear to the dustjacket. . BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1129691. ISBN #1594200637 / 9781594200632. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Howard Belsey, a Rembrandt scholar who doesn't like Rembrandt, is an Englishman abroad and a long-suffering professor at Wellington, a liberal New England arts college. He has been married for thirty years to Kiki, an American woman who no longer resembles the sexy activist she once was. Their three children passionately pursue their own paths: Levi quests after authentic blackness, Zora believes that intellectuals can redeem everybody, and Jerome struggles to be a believer in a family of strict atheists. Faced with the oppressive enthusiasms of his children, Howard feels that the first two acts of his life are over and he has no clear plans for the finale. Or the encore. Then Jerome, Howard's older son, falls for Victoria, the stunning daughter of the right-wing icon Monty Kipps, and the two families find themselves thrown together in a beautiful corner of America, enacting a cultural and personal war against the background of real wars that they barely register. An infidelity, a death, and a legacy set in motion a chain of events that sees all parties forced to examine the unarticulated assumptions which underpin their lives. How do you choose the work on which to spend your life? Why do you love the people you love? Do you really believe what you claim to? And what is the beautiful thing, and how far will you go to get it? Set on both sides of the Atlantic, Zadie Smith's third novel is a brilliant analysis of family life, the institution of marriage, intersections of the personal and political, and an honest look at people's deceptions. It is also, as you might expect, very funny indeed.
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Smith-Ready, Jeri Wicked Game 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082134. ISBN #141655176X / 9781416551768. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Smith-Ready, Jeri Wicked Game 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082134. ISBN #141655176X / 9781416551768. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary LATE NIGHT RADIO YOU CAN SINK YOUR TEETH INTO Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a shudder real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, '60s psychedelia, '80s goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers just how the DJs maintain their cred: they're vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned. Ciara's first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WVMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station -- and the link it provides to their original Life Times -- the vampires would "fade," becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover is a matter of life and undeath. To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara rebrands the station as "WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock 'n' Roll." In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs' vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around -- next to Ciara's complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the "gimmick" enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren't so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher -- and the perils graver -- than any con game Ciara's ever played....
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Smolinski, Jill Flip-Flopped Thomas Dunne Books 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1095261. ISBN #0312285140 / 9780312285142. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Smolinski, Jill Flip-Flopped Thomas Dunne Books 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1095261. ISBN #0312285140 / 9780312285142. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Hawaii may be the island of romance according to the travel brochures, but for Keeley Baker-Kekuhi, lately it's been anything but. She's broke, stuck in a dead-end job studying an extinct volcano-and her husband, Kam, has just dumped her for a hula dancer. Even worse, he's now demanding custody of their four-year-old son. No wonder she's about to throw in the towel on love. But things are looking up. Enter Ian Gardiner, an artist rep whose boyish good looks catch Keeley's eye. A true gentleman, he's sweet, thoughtful, romantic-and nothing like Kam, who just wants to surf and watch TV all day. Plus, Ian's crazy for Keeley. But is he just too good to be true? Kam was perfect for Keeley once, too. Does she have the heart, much less the energy, to try again? Flip-Flopped is a quirky and charming story of Keeley's adventures as she faces single motherhood, a fierce custody battle, a divorce lawyer who can't seem to leave the Summer of Love long enough to focus on Keeley's case, her duties as maid of honor for her best friend's wedding-and a once dormant volcano that's suddenly about to blow. With witty, laugh-out-loud detail, Jill Smolinski serves up smart, spot-on observations about love and relationships, and ultimately shows that life's eruptions can often lead to bigger and better things.
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Snelling, Lauraine Reunion FaithWords 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126096. ISBN #0892969091 / 9780892969098. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Snelling, Lauraine Reunion FaithWords 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126096. ISBN #0892969091 / 9780892969098. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Keira Johnston, a 50-year-old mother of two grown sons, believes she lives a good Christian life without secrets--until she discovers a life-jarring fact her late mother kept hidden all her life. Kiera was born out of wedlock, and the man she had always known as her father had adopted her as an infant. Meanwhile, Keira's beloved 17-year-old niece, Kirsten, has just discovered an unwanted pregnancy. Her boyfriend, Jose, is bound for college and Kirsten does not know what to do. As the family comes together for a reunion, Keira and Kirsten struggle with their fractured pasts and jumbled present. Will truth and honesty be the catalysts that allow the entire family to find peace? Inspired by events in Lauraine Snelling's own life, REUNION is the author's finest novel to date.
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Snow, Carol Just Like Me, Only Better 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139925. ISBN #0425232484 / 9780425232484. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Snow, Carol Just Like Me, Only Better 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139925. ISBN #0425232484 / 9780425232484. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the author of Here Today, Gone to Maui , the story of a woman who finally got a life...some else's. Ever since Veronica's husband found the love of his life-not her-she's been a walking zombie with runny mascara. It doesn't help that she keeps getting mistaken for Haley Rush-the Hollywood starlet whose dazzling life is plastered on every magazine. When Haley's manager offers Veronica a job as a celebrity double, it only takes a moment before she says yes. Veronica gets to drive Haley's car, wear her phenomenal clothes-and have fun with her hot celebrity boyfriend, Brady Ellis. Too bad the job's only part-time, and at the end of the day she has to return to her life as a cash-strapped substitute teacher and cub scout mom. But when real sparks fly with Brady, is it a fantasy come true or a disaster in disguise?
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Sofer, Dalia The Septembers of Shiraz Ecco 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092302. ISBN #0061130400 / 9780061130403. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sofer, Dalia The Septembers of Shiraz Ecco 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092302. ISBN #0061130400 / 9780061130403. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. Terrified by his disappearance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known. As Isaac navigates the tedium and terrors of prison, forging tenuous trusts, his wife feverishly searches for him, suspecting, all the while, that their once-trusted housekeeper has turned on them and is now acting as an informer. And as his daughter, in a childlike attempt to stop the wave of baseless arrests, engages in illicit activities, his son, sent to New York before the rise of the Ayatollahs, struggles to find happiness even as he realizes that his family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger. A page-turning literary debut, The Septembers of Shiraz simmers with questions of identity, alienation, and love, not simply for a spouse or a child, but for all the intangible sights and smells of the place we call home.
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Sohn, Amy Run Catch Kiss: A Gratifying Novel Simon & Schuster 1999 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1083364. ISBN #0684853027 / 9780684853024. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sohn, Amy Run Catch Kiss: A Gratifying Novel Simon & Schuster 1999 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1083364. ISBN #0684853027 / 9780684853024. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary I was only twenty-two and already I was infamous.... From New York's most popular alternative-press columnist comes Run Catch Kiss, a sharp and irresistible novel of love, sex, scandal, and the pursuit of a boyfriend. After graduating from Brown University, saucy, vivacious Ariel Steiner returns to her native New York City to become an actress and take the world by storm. Buoyed by daydreams of winning an Oscar, Ariel is determined to barrel into the limelight as Hollywood's hottest ingenue, and nothing can stand in her way -- nothing, that is, but her freshman fifteen pounds, a senile talent agent, and the fact that she's living with her parents in Brooklyn and sleeping in her childhood bedroom. After nearly landing a TV role as "a chunky young woman who works as a cashier and studies part-time at City College," Ariel is forced to face facts: she's got a long way to go before rocketing to stardom. Living on a coffee, yogurt, and skinless chicken diet and temping for the "Corposhit" in a dingy, claustrophobic office, Ariel awaits her break. When she lands the title role in a rock-musical version of Lolita, she discovers a hidden talent for channeling her erotic fantasies and soon thereafter finds a job as a sex columnist at City Week, New York's hottest downtown weekly. Before long, Ariel's tell-all tales of bad dates with junkies, commitmentphobes, and manic-depressives begin to wreak havoc on her life. The hate mail rolls in, along with sticky crush letters, and her parents learn far more about her than they ever wanted to know. When the objects of her affection realize that they may become subjects of her next steamy column, some refuse to have anything to do with her, while others beg for their fifteen minutes of fame. But when Ariel finally falls in love, her "material" takes on a new, er, passion that even she couldn't imagine, and she must decide who she really is: a nice Jewish girl who wants to settle down, or a brazen sex kitten who'd rather meet a deadline than the man of her dreams. Hilarious and wise, Run Catch Kiss is a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the voyeuristic and avaricious culture that created that dangerous nineties phenomenon: the single girl who wants it all.
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Sojourner, Mary 29 Torrey House Press 2014 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1066752. ISBN #1937226352 / 9781937226350. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sojourner, Mary 29 Torrey House Press 2014 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1066752. ISBN #1937226352 / 9781937226350. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Nell Walker, an L.A. executive who believed she had everything and learns she had nothing, finds herself boarding a bus rolling away from bitter loss toward a fiercely beautiful landscape, an impossible love affair, and a fight for the earth that brings her back to a past richer than anything she could have imagined. "Sojourner's writing is evocative, descriptive and lyrical 29 is a tantalizing read." THE DURANGO HERALD "Sojourner seduces readers with shimmering visions of the West At the same time, she forces us to face the weary but undeniable truth that we're butchering the place Her palpable sorrow about the land permeates the novel, but it's relieved by a sense of humor and plenty of wisecracking dialogue." HIGH COUNTRY NEWS "Sojourner's book crackles and bristles with all of the right tones. The author lived in Twentynine Palms and in the surrounding area, witnessing directly the work of tribes to stop the spread of solar power installations and the invisibility that many native peoples endure. Her book sings with authenticity." THE UTAH REVIEW "Like the leafy sea dragon that moves gracefully in and out of these pages, 29 by Mary Sojourner is equal parts real and ethereal and wholly entrancing." FLAGSTAFF LIVE " Sojourner writes herself onto the page and bares all. Her characters personify past lovers and old friends, but ever apparent is the character of place." ARIZONA DAILY SUN " wry, surreal, and tender 29 reminded me that literature is an ecstatic conversation between reader and author " HIGH DESERT JOURNAL "Ever ascending Sojourner cooks up wrenching sorrow and hilarious banter, environmental and moral conundrums, magnetizing characters, and a place of transcendent beauty in this intoxicating, provocative, and gloriously told desert tale of wildness and community, unexpected bonds and deep legacies, trauma and healing." BOOKLIST starred review "This standout ecological novel from Arizona author Sojourner features picturesque prose, a vivid western setting, and sharply drawn characters." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review "Notable characters carry Sojourner's powerful story of our connection to the earth. A profoundly affecting novel." LIBRARY JOURNAL "In Nell Walker, Mary Sojourner has created a character who discovers in her own desperate way the simple beauty in the interconnectedness of the natural world and the complexities we heap upon it. Written with passion and humor, 29 takes the reader on a journey of hope, humanity, and love." JANA RICHMAN , author of Riding in the Shadows of Saints, The Last Cowgirl , and The Ordinary Truth " 29 is at the intersection of a local road to Nowhere and an interstate to Everywhere. Certainly Mary's prose and storytelling is crystalline and lovely, a kind of geode broth, filled with light and piquancy." DAVID KRANES , author of The Legend s Daughter and The National Tree "A love letter to what we frequently deem unloveable, 29 is a wide armed triumph of hope." LARAINE HERRING , author of Ghost Swamp Blues and Writing Begins with the Breath "This is a story that will stay with the readers and, perhaps, bring them home to their own place, and the importance of fighting for what you love." SUSAN LANG , author of the Mojave novels trilogy "The language is sharp as a butcher's blade, the dialogue rings true and hard, and the story cuts deeply into its reader." H. LEE BARNES , author of Cold Deck, The Lucky, and Car Tag "Sojourner's new novel, much like the desert landscapes in which it is set, will never speak to those who see the Mojave as an annoying blur between L.A. and Vegas, but those adventurous enough or lost enough to wander off I 15 will find a world bursting with fragile beauty, tenacious life, and rock hard truth." GILES CARWYN , author of Queen of Oblivion
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Soli, Tatjana Lotus Eaters 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1069782. ISBN #0312611579 / 9780312611576. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Soli, Tatjana Lotus Eaters 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1069782. ISBN #0312611579 / 9780312611576. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A New York Times Best Seller A New York Times Notable Book A unique and sweeping debut novel of an American female combat photographer in the Vietnam War, as she captures the wrenching chaos and finds herself torn between the love of two men. On a stifling day in 1975, the North Vietnamese army is poised to roll into Saigon. As the fall of the city begins, two lovers make their way through the streets to escape to a new life. Helen Adams, an American photojournalist, must take leave of a war she is addicted to and a devastated country she has come to love. Linh, the Vietnamese man who loves her, must grapple with his own conflicted loyalties of heart and homeland. As they race to leave, they play out a drama of devotion and betrayal that spins them back through twelve war-torn years, beginning in the splendor of Angkor Wat, with their mentor, larger-than-life war correspondent Sam Darrow, once Helen's infuriating love and fiercest competitor, and Linh's secret keeper, boss and truest friend. Tatjana Soli paints a searing portrait of an American woman s struggle and triumph in Vietnam, a stirring canvas contrasting the wrenching horror of war and the treacherous narcotic of obsession with the redemptive power of love. Readers will be transfixed by this stunning novel of passion, duty and ambition among the ruins of war.
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Solomons, Natasha House At Tyneford 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1042885. ISBN #0452297648 / 9780452297647. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Solomons, Natasha House At Tyneford 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1042885. ISBN #0452297648 / 9780452297647. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The start of an affair, the end of an era. Fans of Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden, Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms, and TV's Downton Abbey will love this New York Times bestselling sweeping historical novel of love and loss. It's the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. She arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay, where servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn. But war is coming, and the world is changing. When the master of Tyneford's young son, Kit, returns home, he and Elise strike up an unlikely friendship that will transform Tyneford and Elise forever.
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Solomons, Natasha The House at Tyneford Plume 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088832. ISBN #0452297648 / 9780452297647. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Solomons, Natasha The House at Tyneford Plume 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088832. ISBN #0452297648 / 9780452297647. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary The start of an affair, the end of an era. Fans of Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden, Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms, and TV's Downton Abbey will love this New York Times bestselling sweeping historical novel of love and loss. It's the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. She arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay, where servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn. But war is coming, and the world is changing. When the master of Tyneford's young son, Kit, returns home, he and Elise strike up an unlikely friendship that will transform Tyneford and Elise forever.
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Solzhenitsyn, Alexander One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092659. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Solzhenitsyn, Alexander One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1124044. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sontag, Susan In America Farrar, Straus (2000) 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1066432. ISBN #0374175403 / 9780374175405. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sontag, Susan In America Farrar, Straus (2000) 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1066432. ISBN #0374175403 / 9780374175405. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 1876, a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalewska, Poland's greatest actress, travels to California to found a "utopian" commune. The commune fails, and most of the group go home, but Maryna stays and triumphs on the American stage.
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Sontag, Susan In America Farrar Straus & Giroux 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126360. ISBN #0374175403 / 9780374175405. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sontag, Susan In America Farrar Straus & Giroux 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126360. ISBN #0374175403 / 9780374175405. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A glorious, sweeping new novel from the bestselling author of The Volcano Lover. The Volcano Lover, Susan Sontag's bestselling 1992 novel, retold the love story of Lady Emma Hamilton and Lord Nelson with consummate power. In her enthralling new novel-once again based on a real story-Sontag shows us our own country on the cusp of modernity. In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalewska, Poland's greatest actress, travel to California to found a "utopian" commune. Maryna, who has renounced her career, is accompanied by her small son and husband; in her entourage is a rising young writer who is in love with her. The novel portrays a West that is still largely empty, where white settlers confront native Californians and Asian coolies. The image of America, and of California-as fantasy, as escape, as radical simplification-constantly meets a more complex reality. The commune fails and most of the migrs go home, but Maryna stays and triumphs on the American stage. In America is a big, juicy, surprising book-about a woman's search for self-transformation, about the fate of idealism, about the world of the theater-that will captivate its readers from the first page. It is Sontag's most delicious, most brilliant achievement. Susan Sontag is the internationally acclaimed author of three novels, a volume of stories, and six collections of essays. In 1990 she received a five-year fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation. She lives in New York City.
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Sorrentino, Gilbert Blue Pastorals Dalkey Archive Press 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099606. ISBN #1564782514 / 9781564782519. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Sorrentino, Gilbert Blue Pastorals Dalkey Archive Press 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099606. ISBN #1564782514 / 9781564782519. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "I see him now Somewhere out there in that gloaming that we call the Past that Time forgot--his ratty beard and frizzy hair, his hearty grease sandwiches, his rusted bicycle clips. An unlikely hero, your good faces seem to say..." And so we meet our hero Serge "Blue" Gavotte, a modern-day Candide who quits his job, mounts a piano atop a broken-down pushcart and sets off with wife and child on a visionary quest across contemporary America in search of the "Perfect Musical Phrase." From the dismal plains of the Midwest to the technicolor sunsets of the Southwest, Blue refuses to let financial troubles, lecherous professors or the burdensome weight of his piano prevent him from reaching his final goal. A work of art masquerading as artifice, "Blue Pastoral" is a madhouse production whose hilarious cast of styles and forms includes everything from Rabelaisian lists to Swiftian satires to parodies of such pastoral modes as the eclogue, the idyll, and the elegy.
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