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Cornwell, Bernard Vagabond 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1143038. ISBN #0060935782 / 9780060935788. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Corporon, Yvette Manessis When the Cypress Whispers Harper Paperbacks 2015 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113774. ISBN #0062318918 / 9780062318916. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Corporon, Yvette Manessis When the Cypress Whispers Harper Paperbacks 2015 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113774. ISBN #0062318918 / 9780062318916. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary On a beautiful Greek island, myths, magic, and a colorful cast of characters come together in When the Cypress Whispers , Yvette Manessis Corporon s lushly atmospheric story about past and present, family and fate, love and dreams that poignantly captures the deep bond between an American woman and her Greek grandmother. The daughter of Greek immigrants, Daphne aspires to the American Dream, yet feels as if she s been sleepwalking through life. Caught between her family s old-world traditions and the demands of a modern career, she cannot seem to find her place. Only her beloved grandmother on Erikousa, a magical island off the coast of Greece, knows her heart. Daphne s fondest memories are of times spent in the kitchen with Yia-yia, cooking and learning about the ancient myths. It was the thought of Yia-yia that consoled Daphne in the wake of her husband s unexpected death. After years of struggling to raise her child and pay the bills, Daphne now has a successful restaurant, a growing reputation as a chef, and a wealthy fianc everything she s ever wanted. But across the ocean, Yia-yia can see through the storybook perfection of Daphne s new life and now she is calling her back to Erikousa. She has secrets about the past to share with her granddaughter stories from the war, of loyalty and bravery in the face of death. She also has one last lesson to teach her: that security is not love, and that her life can be filled with meaning again.
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Correll, Angela Grounded 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063784. ISBN #1938467566 / 9781938467561. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Correll, Angela Grounded 2013 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063784. ISBN #1938467566 / 9781938467561. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary New York City flight attendant Annie Taylor is grounded, putting a halt to weekends in Rome and her jet-setting lifestyle. Soon her noncommittal boyfriend s true nature is revealed, and to top it all off, she loses her apartment. With nowhere else to go, Annie leaves the city for the family farm in Kentucky, a place she s avoided for years. She finds a shotgun-wielding grandmother, a farm in disrepair, and a suspicious stranger renting the old stone house. The country quiet haunts Annie with reminders of a past that can t be changed. She tries persuading her grandmother to sell the farm, but is met with stubborn refusal? Yet in the midst of her crashing life, Annie sees a glimmer of hope for a second chance. Jake Wilder is contemplating jumping off the corporate ladder to follow his passion for sustainable farming. He s almost ready to propose to Camille, a girl who wants more, not less. Annie believes Jake is about to make a terrible mistake, but does she have the right to tell him? As the summer heats up, so do Annie s unexpected feelings for Jake and her interest in the land. When a sudden phone call comes from New York, Annie is forced to choose between coming to terms with her past or leaving it all behind.
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Corrigan, Kelly Glitter and Glue: A Memoir Ballantine Books 2014 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097421. ISBN #034553283X / 9780345532831. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Corrigan, Kelly Glitter and Glue: A Memoir Ballantine Books 2014 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097421. ISBN #034553283X / 9780345532831. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of The Middle Place comes a new memoir that examines the bond sometimes nourishing, sometimes exasperating, occasionally divine between mothers and daughters. When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized the family dynamic as Your father s the glitter but I m the glue. This meant nothing to Kelly, who left childhood sure that her mom with her inviolable commandments and proud stoicism would be nothing more than background chatter for the rest of Kelly s life, which she was carefully orienting toward adventure. After college, armed with a backpack, her personal mission statement, and a wad of traveler s checks, she took off for Australia to see things and do things and Become Interesting. But it didn t turn out the way she pictured it. In a matter of months, her savings shot, she had a choice: get a job or go home. That s how Kelly met John Tanner, a newly widowed father of two looking for a live-in nanny. They chatted for an hour, discussed timing and pay, and a week later, Kelly moved in. And there, in that house in a suburb north of Sydney, 10,000 miles from the house where she was raised, her mother s voice was suddenly everywhere, nudging and advising, cautioning and directing, escorting her through a terrain as foreign as any she had ever trekked. Every day she spent with the Tanner kids was a day spent reconsidering her relationship with her mother, turning it over in her hands like a shell, straining to hear whatever messages might be trapped in its spiral. This is a book about the difference between travel and life experience, stepping out and stepping up, fathers and mothers. But mostly it s about who you admire and why, and how that changes over time. Praise for Glitter and Glue I loved this book, I was moved by this book, and now I will share this book with my own mother along with my renewed appreciation for certain debts of love that can never be repaid. Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love Kelly Corrigan s thoughtful and beautifully rendered meditation invites readers to reflect on their own launchings and homecomings. I accepted the invitation and learned things about myself. You will, too. Isn t that why we read? Wally Lamb, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Water Kelly Corrigan is no stranger to mining the depths of her heart. . . . In Glitter and Glue, Corrigan turns the microscope on her relationship with her own mother. . . . Through her own experience of caring for children, she begins, for the first time, to appreciate the complex woman who raised her. O: The Oprah Magazine Corrigan is a lively, nimble cheerleader for the joys of family. People A funny, sparkling memoir. More Corrigan writes with warmth and delicate humor. The Washington Post An irresistible cocktail of lyrical writing and solid, useful insight. San Francisco Chronicle In this endearing, funny, and thought-provoking memoir, Kelly Corrigan s memories of long-ago adventures illuminate the changing relationships between mothers and children as well as everything else that really matters. Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project
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Corrigan, Kelly The Middle Place Hachette Books 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122852. ISBN #1401340938 / 9781401340933. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Corrigan, Kelly The Middle Place Hachette Books 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122852. ISBN #1401340938 / 9781401340933. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "An amazing story told with steep honesty. The Middle Place is memoir at its highest form." --Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You and The Real McCoy "If you're in a book club or just love to read, make sure this book ends up in your lap, where it will remain until you finish. Plan to laugh, cry, and be consumed by Kelly Corrigan." --Winston-Salem Journal "Bravely reveals the frightened daughter inside the grown-up wife and mother." --Elle "Come for the writing, stay for the drama. Or vice-versa. Either way, you won't regret it." --San Francisco Chronicle For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything. At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, two funny, active kids, and a weekly newspaper column. But even as a thriving adult, Kelly still saw herself as the daughter of garrulous Irish-American charmer George Corrigan. She was living deep within what she calls the Middle Place--"that sliver of time when parenthood and childhood overlap"--comfortably wedged between her adult duties and her parents' care. But Kelly is abruptly shoved into coming-of-age when she finds a lump in her breast--and gets the diagnosis no one wants to hear. When George, too, learns that he has late-stage cancer, it is Kelly's turn to take care of the man who had always taken care of her--and to show us a woman who finally takes the leap and grows up.
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Cort, Robert Action! 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1069882. ISBN #0812972163 / 9780812972160. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cort, Robert Action! 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1069882. ISBN #0812972163 / 9780812972160. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary What do you do when your oldest friend, Steve McQueen, pulls out his Smith Wesson and blows your defenseless dining-room chair to smithereens? Or when your hottest client, sex goddess Romy Schneider, demands you leave your wife for her? Those are just a couple of the dilemmas faced by AJ Jastrow, the fictional protagonist of Action , Robert Cort s page-turning saga about a legendary Hollywood family. When we first meet AJ in 1948, a few weeks shy of his thirteenth birthday, he ranks as minor Hollywood royalty Dad is the movie industry s most prominent attorney, Mom is a retired actress whose uncle is Adolph Zukor, founder of Paramount. But this year will prove to be the end of the movie industry s Golden Age and the beginning of exile for the Jastrow family. When AJ returns to Tinseltown after a decade s absence, he realizes that fulfilling his father s legacy of creating a movie empire will prove a life s work. Along the way, AJ s soldiers-in-arms include the Machiavellian producer Ray Stark, who teaches him how to win at Monopoly and studio politics; Wall Street genius Charlie Bluhdorn, who coaxes AJ to fly under the radar on a secret mission; AJ s wife, Stephanie, who reminds him that a conscience isn t a luxury; and his daughter and prot g e, Jessica, who refuses to leave his side despite irresistible temptation. His enemies are formidable: studio president Paul Herzog, who seeks to destroy the son as he did the father; the wily agent Mike Ovitz, who intuits the weaknesses of any rival; AJ s mother, Hollywood s wealthiest woman, who cannot abide disloyalty; and AJ s son, Ricky, an actor of uncommon ability, who holds a devastating grudge against his dad. By blending and transforming fact into fiction, by introducing real characters to fictional ones, Robert Cort gives the reader an inside account of Hollywood s path and drift from the end of World War II to the present. And utilizing his insider s knowledge, gained as one of the town s premier producers, he provides an intimate chronicle of how movies are really made, how producers work, and how the industry has evolved, often at the cost of its collective soul. Provocative and vastly entertaining, Action is popular fiction at its best, a story that is both enlightening and great fun to read. From the Hardcover edition.
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Costain, Thomas B. The Silver Chalice Doubleday 1952 hardcover. Book Club edition.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or761165. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Costain, Thomas B. The Silver Chalice Doubleday 1952 hardcover. Book Club edition.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or761165. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The colorful, passionate world of early Christianity comes to vivid life in this story of Basil of Antioch. Basil, a sensitive artisan, is purchased from slavery and commissioned to create a decorative casing for the Chalice that Jesus used at the Last Supper. Basil travels to Jerusalem, Greece, and Rome, meets the apostles, braves the perils of persecution, and finally makes a fateful choice that allows him to "see" Jesus. The dramatic plot, compelling characters, and spiritual depth of The Silver Chalice made it one of the most popular historical novels of the twentieth century.
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Costain, Thomas B. Three Edwards: a History of the Plantagenets hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1073345. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coughlin, Jack Dead Shot St. Martin's hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1146360. ISBN #0312379129 / 9780312379124. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coughlin, Jack; Davis, Donald A. Kill Zone: A Sniper Novel (Kyle Swanson Sniper Novels) St. Martin's Press 2007 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123399. ISBN #0312360185 / 9780312360184. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coughlin, Jack; Davis, Donald A. Kill Zone: A Sniper Novel (Kyle Swanson Sniper Novels) St. Martin's Press 2007 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1123399. ISBN #0312360185 / 9780312360184. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An American general is captured in the Middle East by terrorists who threaten to behead him within days. One strange fact: moments before he is rendered unconscious during the attack, the general notices that his captors speak American English. What s going on? Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Swanson, a top Marine sniper, is vacationing on a yacht in the Mediterranean when he receives orders to mount a top secret mission to rescue the general. But as the Marines prepare to land in the Syrian desert, they fall victim to a terrible accident. Swanson, the only survivor, then discovers they were also flying into an ambush. How did the enemy have details of a mission known only to a few top American government officials? Swanson takes off across the desert alone to find the captured general and realizes he is fighting a particularly ruthless and dangerous enemy: American mercenaries working for a very-high-level group of U.S. officials with ties to the White House itself, part of a clandestine conspiracy whose hidden goal is nothing less than total control of the American military. Their sworn enemy is the captured general whose fate now rests in Swanson s hands. Filled with the kind of action that author Jack Coughlin lived during his career as a Marine sniper, Kill Zone marks the debut of an extraordinary new series.
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Coulter, Catherine Aftershocks 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1008497. ISBN #0778321088 / 9780778321088. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coulter, Catherine Aftershocks 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1008497. ISBN #0778321088 / 9780778321088. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Timing is everything. . . Model Georgina Hathaway is more than just a beautiful face in a magazine. The twenty-three-year-old's career has brought her independence and a maturity that belies her youth. She can afford the finer things in life, but there's something else she wants: Dr. Elliot Mallory. Dr. Elliot Mallory is older, more experienced and sophisticated than Georgina. Although he doesn't want to have feelings for her, he's endlessly intrigued by her bright mind, humor and charm. Sill, with maturity comes wisdom--or so Elliot believes--and a long-term relationship with Georgina would be anything but wise. After all, she is young and just beginning her career, and if she ties herself to him now, she'll be cheated out of all that the future can hold. How can he deny Georgina that? But by letting her go, will he lose the best thing that has ever happened to him?
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Coulter, Catherine Prince of Ravenscar Putnam Adult 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or953170. ISBN #0399158073 / 9780399158070. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coulter, Catherine Prince of Ravenscar Putnam Adult 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or953170. ISBN #0399158073 / 9780399158070. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The number-one New York Times -bestselling author returns with a brand-new Sherbrooke novel, featuring a cast of witty and outrageous characters and two wonderfully complex mysteries. In April 1831, her grace Corinne Monroe wants her widowed son, Lord Julian, to marry her best friend's daughter, Miss Sophie Wilkie. Julian last saw Sophie when she was twelve years old, silent, skinny, and always staring at him. However, his mother is nothing if not persuasive, and Julian reluctantly accompanies her to London to meet the young lady. And he knows that whatever happens isn't going to be good. Lord Devlin Monroe, Julian's nephew, is very fond of his intriguing reputation in society: he delights, he frightens, he brings on delicious shudders. He's enjoying an extraordinarily pleasant bachelor life until Miss Roxanne Radcliffe and her niece, Miss Sophie Wilkie, appear in London society, and he finds himself wondering how he could have enjoyed midnight alone. Julian and Devlin must discover what really happened three years earlier when Julian's first wife, Lily, was found dead. If they don't find out the truth, their lives could be ruined. And there is another, even more perfidious, danger that lurks in the shadows, waiting.
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Coulter, Catherine Wizard's Daughter 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102326. ISBN #0739491792 / 9780739491799. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coulter, Catherine Wizard's Daughter 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102326. ISBN #0739491792 / 9780739491799. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Dear Reader: When Ryder Sherbrooke finds a child nearly beaten to death in an alley in Eastbourne, he takes her home to Brandon House. She doesn't speak for six months. Her first words, oddly enough, are a haunting song: I dream of beauty and sightless night I dream of strength and fevered might I dream I'm not alone again But I know of his death and her grievous sin. Ah, and just what does this strange song mean that was seemingly imprinted on the child's brain? She names herself Rosalind de la Fontaine since she cannot remember who she is. In her first season in London in 1835, under the aegis of the Sherbrookes, she meets Nicholas Vail, the 7th Earl of Mountjoy, newly arrived from Macau. It is instant fascination on both their parts, but for different reasons. With Grayson Sherbrooke, they are led to an ancient copy of a mysterious book written by a sixteenth-century wizard. The book is written in a baffling code that neither Grayson nor Nicholas can read. But Rosalind can, easily. Strange things start happening. Both Nicholas and Rosalind know it has to do with the old book and, perhaps, even her past, particularly the song she first sang as a child. The urgency builds as they realize Rosalind is the key to a centuries-old mystery. Enjoy, Catherine Coulter
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Coupland, Douglas Girlfriend in a Coma Harper Perennial 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1133131. ISBN #0060987324 / 9780060987329. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coupland, Douglas Girlfriend in a Coma Harper Perennial 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1133131. ISBN #0060987324 / 9780060987329. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary After making love for the first time, high school senior Karen Ann McNeil confides to her boyfriend Richard of the dark visions she's been recently suffering. It's only a few hours later on that snowy Friday night in 1979 that she descends into a coma. Nine months later she gives birth to a daughter, Megan, her child by Richard, the protagonist of this disturbingly funny novel. Karen remains comatose for the next seventeen years. Richard and her circle of friends reside in an emotional purgatory throughout the next two decades; passing through careers as models, film special effects technicians, doctors, and demolition experts, before finally being reunited on a conspiracy driven supernatural television series. Upon Karen's reawakening, life grows as surreal as their television show. With apocalyptic events occurring, Karen, Richard, and their friends explore the essential mysteries of life, faith, decency, and existence. Amid the world's rubble they attempt to restore their own humanity.
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Coupland, Douglas JPod Bloomsbury USA 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1114248. ISBN #1596911050 / 9781596911055. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coupland, Douglas JPod Bloomsbury USA 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1114248. ISBN #1596911050 / 9781596911055. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary JPod , Douglas Coupland's most acclaimed novel to date, is a lethal joyride into today's new breed of tech worker. Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers whose surnames begin with "J" are bureaucratically marooned in jPod, a no-escape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive Vancouver game design company. The jPodders wage daily battle against the demands of a boneheaded marketing staff, who daily torture employees with idiotic changes to already idiotic games. Meanwhile, Ethan's personal life is shaped or twisted by phenomena as disparate as Hollywood, marijuana grow-ops, people-smuggling, ballroom dancing, and the rise of China. JPod 's universe is amoral, shameless, and dizzyingly fast-paced like our own. Douglas Coupland is a novelist who also work in visual arts and theater. His novels include Generation X, Microserfs, All Families Are Psychotic, Hey Nostradamus , and Eleanor Rigby. He lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. Praise for JPod: "JPod is a sleek and necessary device: the finely tuned output of an author whose obsolescence is thankfully years away."-New York Times Book Review"It's to Coupland's credit that in JPod he's still nimble enough to take the post-modern man-too young for Boomer nostalgia and too old for youthful idealism-and drown his sorrows in a willful, joyful satire that revels in the same cultural conventions that it sends up."-Rocky Mountain News "It's time to admire Coupland's virtuoso tone and how he has refined it over 11 novels. The master ironist just might redefine E. M. Forster's famous dictate 'Only connect' for the Google age."-USA Today "Zeitgeist surfer Douglas Coupland downloads his brain into JPod."-Vanity Fair Also available: JPod - HC ISBN-10 1-59691-104-2 ISBN 13 978-1-59691-104-8 24.95 All Families Are Psychotic - PB, ISBN-10 1-58234-215-6 ISBN-13 1-58234-215-3 13.95 Hey Nostradamus - PB, ISBN-10 1-58234-415-9 ISBN-13 1-58234-415-7 13.95 Eleanor Rigby - HC, ISBN-10 1-58234-5
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Coupland, Douglas Microserfs 1996 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or992370. ISBN #0060987049 / 9780060987046. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coupland, Douglas Microserfs 1996 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or992370. ISBN #0060987049 / 9780060987046. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Narrated in the form of a Powerbook entry by Dan Underwood, a computer programmer for Microsoft, this state-of-the-art novel about life in the '90s follows the adventures of six code-crunching computer whizzes. Known as "microserfs," they spend upward of 16 hours a day "coding" writing software as they eat "flat" foods such as Kraft singles, which can be passed underneath closed doors and fearfully scan the company email to see what the great Bill might be thinking and whether he is going to "flame" one of them. Seizing the chance to be innovators instead of cogs in the Microsoft machine, this intrepid bunch strike out on their own to form a high-tech start-up company named Oop in Silicon Valley. Living together in a sort of digital flophouse --"Our House of Wayward Mobility" -- they desperately try to cultivate well-rounded lives and find love amid the dislocated, subhuman whir and buzz of their computer-driven world. Funny, illuminating and ultimately touching, Microserfs is the story of one generation's very strange and claustrophobic coming of age.
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Coupland, Douglas Miss Wyoming Pantheon Books 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or950309. ISBN #0375407340 / 9780375407345. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coupland, Douglas Miss Wyoming Pantheon Books 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or950309. ISBN #0375407340 / 9780375407345. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the bestselling author of Generation X and Microserfs , a smart, funny, fast-paced mystery with a heartfelt American romance at its core. Susan is a former child-beauty-pageant contender. John is a hard-living movie producer. She walks away from a plane crash without so much as a scratch. He comes away from a near-death experience with a unique, vivid plan. Susan refuses to spend one more day peddling herself for cheesy TV sitcom parts and takes advantage of a very weird situation to disappear. John turns his back on a hedonistic life making blockbuster action flicks. Shedding their self-made identities, each sets out on an uncharted course across the Gap-clogged, strip-mall landscape of California, searching for the thing--Love--that neither has ever really known, but that they now think they just might, actually, desperately want. Assisting Susan and John are a blackmailing pageant mom, a pair of suburban eggheads, a rust-belt refugee, and a salad bar of other twentieth-century Americans who all share the dream of one day taking center stage. In Miss Wyoming , Douglas Coupland has combined the literary and the popular in a sparkling and witty caper that quietly resonates into the eternal.
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Coupland, Douglas Miss Wyoming Vintage 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1133109. ISBN #0375707239 / 9780375707230. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coupland, Douglas Miss Wyoming Vintage 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1133109. ISBN #0375707239 / 9780375707230. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the bestselling author of Generation X and Microserfs,comes the absurd and tender story of a hard-living movie producer and a former child beauty pageant contender who only find each other by losing themselves. Waking up in an L.A. hospital, John Johnson is amazed that it was the flu and not an overdose of five different drugs mixed with cognac that nearly killed him. As a producer of high-adrenaline action flicks, he's led a decadent and dangerous life, purchasing his way through every conceivable variant of sex. But each variation seems to take him one notch away from a capacity for love, and while movie-making was once a way for him to create worlds of sensation, it now bores him. After his near-death experience, John decides to walk away from his life. Susan Colgate is an unbankable former tv star and child beauty pageant contender. Forced to marry a heavy metal singer in need of a Green Card after her parents squander her sitcom earnings, she becomes the alpha road rat. But when the band's popularity dwindles, the marriage dissolves. Flying back to Los Angeles in Economy, Susan's plane crashes and only she survives. As she walks away from the disaster virtually unscathed, Susan, too, decides to disappear. John and Susan are two souls searching for love across the bizarre, celebrity-obsessed landscape of LA, and are driven, almost fatefully, toward each other. Hilarious, fast-paced and ultimately heart-wrenching, Miss Wyoming is about people who, after throwing off their self-made identities, begin the fearful search for a love that exposes all vulnerabilities.
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Courtenay, Bryce The Power of One Ballantine Books 1996 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113781. ISBN #034541005X / 9780345410054. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Courtenay, Bryce The Power of One Ballantine Books 1996 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113781. ISBN #034541005X / 9780345410054. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama. The New York Times Unabashedly uplifting . . . asserts forcefully what all of us would like to believe: that the individual, armed with the spirit of independence the power of one can prevail. Cleveland Plain Dealer In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams which are nothing compared to what life actually has in store for him. He embarks on an epic journey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice where he will learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the power of one. Totally engrossing . . . presents the metamorphosis of a most remarkable young man and the almost spiritual influence he has on others . . . Peekay has both humor and a refreshingly earthy touch, and his adventures, at times, are hair-raising in their suspense. Los Angeles Times Book Review Marvelous . . . It is the people of the sun-baked plains of Africa who tug at the heartstrings in this book. . . . Bryce Courtenay draws them all with a fierce and violent love. The Washington Post Book World Impressive. Newsday A compellin
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Coutts, Marion The Iceberg: A Memoir Grove Press, Black Cat 2016 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107006. ISBN #0802124607 / 9780802124609. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coutts, Marion The Iceberg: A Memoir Grove Press, Black Cat 2016 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107006. ISBN #0802124607 / 9780802124609. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Winner of the Wellcome Prize A finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Costa Award A memoir quite unlike any other. It has the strength of an arrow: taut, spiked, quavering, working to its fatal conclusion...an extraordinary story told in an extraordinary way. The Sunday Times The most heartbreaking memoir of the year. Independent on Sunday Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize, and finalist for every major nonfiction award in the UK, including the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Costa Award, The Iceberg is artist and writer Marion Coutts astonishing memoir; an adventure of being and dying and a compelling, poetic meditation on family, love, and language. In 2008, Tom Lubbach, the chief art critic for The Independent was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The Iceberg is his wife, Marion Coutts , fierce, exquisite account of the two years leading up to his death. In spare, breathtaking prose, Coutts conveys the intolerable and, alongside their two year old son Ev whose language is developing as Tom s is disappearing Marion and Tom lovingly weather the storm together. In short bursts of exquisitely textured prose, The Iceberg becomes a singular work of art and an uplifting and universal story of endurance in the face of loss.
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