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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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Cowan, James A Mapmaker's Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice Shambhala 1996 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or869781. ISBN #1570621969 / 9781570621963. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cowan, James A Mapmaker's Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice Shambhala 1996 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or869781. ISBN #1570621969 / 9781570621963. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In sixteenth-century Venice, in an island monastery, a cloistered monk experiences the adventure of a lifetime all within the confines of his cell. Part historical fiction, part philosophical mystery, A Mapmaker's Dream tells the story of Fra Mauro and his struggle to realize his life's work: to make a perfect map one that represents the full breadth of Creation. News of Mauro's projects attracts explorers, pilgrims, travelers, and merchants, all eager to contribute their accounts of faraway people and places. A she listens to the tales of the strange and fantastic things they've seen, Mauro comes to regard the world as much more than continents and kingdoms: that it is also made up of a vast and equally real interior landscape of beliefs, aspirations, and dreams. Mauro's map grows and takes shape, becoming both more complete and incomprehensible. In the process, the boundaries of Mauro's world are pushed to the extreme, raising questions about the relationship between representation, imagination, and the nature of reality itself.
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Coward, Noel Star Quality: The Collected Stories Of Noel Coward E.P. Dutton 1987 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some staining to page edges. Book #or928217. ISBN #0525483136 / 9780525483137. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coward, Noel Star Quality: The Collected Stories Of Noel Coward E.P. Dutton 1987 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some staining to page edges. Book #or928217. ISBN #0525483136 / 9780525483137. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cowell, Alan S. Paris Correspondent The Overlook Press 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1012106. ISBN #1590206711 / 9781590206713. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cowell, Alan S. Paris Correspondent The Overlook Press 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1012106. ISBN #1590206711 / 9781590206713. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary High-profile journalist Alan S. Cowell's latest novel is a fast-paced trip into the dark heart of a newspaper office abroad. Addictive and illuminating, it deftly portrays the rivalries and complicated passions at the story's heart. Ed Clancy and Joe Shelby are journalists with The Paris Star , an English-language paper based in Paris. Relics from a time when print news was in its heyday, when being a reporter meant watching a city crumble around you as you called in one last dispatch, the Internet age has taken them by surprise. The two friends are faced with the death of what they hold most dear--their careers, and, for Shelby, a woman he cannot bring himself to mention. The Paris Correspondent is a tribute to journalism, love, and liquor in a turbulent era. Written in riveting prose that captures the changing world of a foreign correspondent's life, Alan S. Cowell's breakout novel is not to be missed. Writing from experience and in homage to Reynolds Packard's Dateline Paris , his razor-sharp and darkly funny style will win readers the world over.
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Cox, Elizabeth Slow Moon 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1035595. ISBN #081297770X / 9780812977707. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cox, Elizabeth Slow Moon 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1035595. ISBN #081297770X / 9780812977707. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary On an early spring night in 1991, Sophie and Crow, flushed with anticipation, slip away from a rowdy high school party and sneak off into the woods. Tonight, for the first time, they will make love. An hour later, Sophie lies unconscious, covered with blood, and Crow is crashing through the underbrush, hurling himself into the river to escape the police. . . . What was meant to be an idyllic, intimate evening has turned into a nightmare. Despite Crow s frantic claims of innocence, evidence at the scene suggests his guilt. And Sophie, by now awake in the hospital, refuses to speak, leaving the residents of the couple s seemingly placid Tennessee town to draw their own wildly varying conclusions. If Crow isn t to blame, then who assaulted Sophie, and what compelled Crow to flee? With each answer comes a new set of questions. Elizabeth Cox s vibrant and lyrical narrative revisits the events leading up to the fateful night, then shows how the tragedy reverberates throughout the community, among parents, friends, teachers, and neighbors all connected to the young lovers, all with a stake in what happens next. As growing suspicions divide the town, a closer look reveals that everyone has something to hide. A compelling and passionate page-turner, The Slow Moon waxes full with suspense, a haunting story of innocence lost, lives betrayed, and the courage required to face the truth. From the Hardcover edition.
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Cox, Lynne Swimming in the Sink: A Memoir Vintage 2017 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110218. ISBN #1101971835 / 9781101971833. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cox, Lynne Swimming in the Sink: A Memoir Vintage 2017 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110218. ISBN #1101971835 / 9781101971833. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this stunning memoir of life after loss, open-water swimming legend and bestselling author of Grayson Lynne Cox tells of facing the one challenge that no amount of training could prepare her for. A celebrated athlete who set swimming records around the world, Lynne Cox achieved astonishing feats of strength and endurance. She was the first to swim the frigid waters of the Bering Strait, the Strait of Magellan, and the coast of Antarctica, and she was the fastest to swim the English Channel. But it is a different kind of struggle that pushes her to the brink. In a short period of time, Lynne loses her father, and then her mother, and then Cody, her beloved Labrador retriever. Soon after, Lynne herself is diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition that leaves her unable to swim and barely able to walk. But against all odds, and with the support of her friends and family, Lynne begins the slow pull toward recovery, reaching always for the open waters that give her the freedom and mastery that mean everything to her. What follows is a beautifully poignant meditation on loss and an exhilarating celebration of life as, to Lynne s surprise, she begins to find, within the unfamiliar space of vulnerability, the greatest treasures like falling in love.
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Cox, Michael The Meaning of Night: A Confession W. W. Norton & Company 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135722. ISBN #0393330346 / 9780393330342. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cox, Michael The Meaning of Night: A Confession W. W. Norton & Company 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135722. ISBN #0393330346 / 9780393330342. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The atmosphere of Bleak House , the sensuous thrill of Perfume , and the mystery of Jonathan Strange Mr. Norrell all combine in a story of murder, deceit, love, and revenge in Victorian England. "After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper." So begins the "enthralling" Booklist , starred review and "ingenious" Boston Globe story of Edward Glyver, booklover, scholar, and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. A chance discovery convinces him that he was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. Overwhelmed by his discovery, he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he knows is rightfully his. Glyver's path to reclaim his prize leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels, and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's most beautiful and enchanting country houses, and finally to a consuming love for the beautiful but enigmatic Emily Carteret. His is a story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession and ambition. And at every turn, driving Glyver irresistibly onward, is his deadly rival: the poet-criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt. The Meaning of Night is an enthralling novel that will captivate readers right up to its final thrilling revelation.
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Coyle, Harold; Tillman, Barrett Vulcan's Fire 2008 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088047. ISBN #0765313731 / 9780765313737. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Coyle, Harold; Tillman, Barrett Vulcan's Fire 2008 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088047. ISBN #0765313731 / 9780765313737. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this explosive series from New York Times bestseller Harold Coyle and noted military author Barrett Tillman, a new type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder. With its military and intelligence agencies spread thin, the United States constantly calls upon the services of these organizations--and Strategic Solutions, Inc. is among the best. After a few bloody and unprofitable contracts, SSI is faced with a financial crisis. Forced to take contracts from less than reputable clients, the upper management and field agents find themselves in a labor dispute. When the Israeli government offers SSI an opportunity to help Druze militias in southern Lebanon fend off encroachment by Hezbollah, they know it's a fragile situation. If the truth were known, the international outcry against Israel would be deafening. Forced to work with a government whose ultimate motives are unclear, SSI takes the job and descends into a shadowy no-man s-land of tangled alliances and hostilities. Meanwhile, Hezbollah elements are planning their most audacious strike yet, assembling teams to detonate suitcase nukes in contested areas of Lebanon, hoping to destabilize the entire country. Caught between two elements of an age-old conflict, the battles the SSI fights may be a diversion...
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Crace, Jim Pesthouse 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092756. ISBN #0385520751 / 9780385520751. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Crace, Jim Pesthouse 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092756. ISBN #0385520751 / 9780385520751. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Jim Crace is a writer of spectacular originality and a command of language that moves a reader effortlessly into the world of his imagination. In The Pesthouse he imagines an America of the future where a man and a woman trek across a devastated and dangerous landscape, finding strength in each other and an unexpected love. Once the safest, most prosperous place on earth, the United States is now a lawless, scantly populated wasteland. The machines have stopped. The government has collapsed. Farmlands lie fallow and the soil is contaminated by toxins. Across the country, families have packed up their belongings to travel eastward toward the one hope left: passage on a ship to Europe. Franklin Lopez and his brother, Jackson, are only days away from the ocean when Franklin, nearly crippled by an inflamed knee, is forced to stop. In the woods near his temporary refuge, Franklin comes upon an isolated stone building. Inside he finds Margaret, a woman with a deadly infection and confined to the Pesthouse to sweat out her fever. Tentatively, the two join forces and make their way through the ruins of old America. Confronted by bandits rounding up men for slavery, finding refuge in the Ark, a religious community that makes bizarre demands on those they shelter, Franklin and Margaret find their wariness of each other replaced by deep trust and an intimacy neither one has ever experienced before. The Pesthouse is Jim Crace s most compelling novel to date. Rich in its understanding of America s history and ethos, it is a paean to the human spirit.
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Crafts, Hannah; Gates, Henry Louis Bondwoman's Narrative Warner Books Inc 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1144725. ISBN #0446530085 / 9780446530088. (keywords: VIRGINIA FICTION AFRO AMERICANS HISTORICAL) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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