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Angelou, Maya Heart Of a Woman 1997 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133361. ISBN #0375500723 / 9780375500725. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Angelou, Maya Heart Of a Woman 1997 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133361. ISBN #0375500723 / 9780375500725. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have with the white world around them. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the Harlem Writers Guild. She continues to sing, most notably at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, but more and more she begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. She helps organize a benefit cabaret for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and then is appointed Martin Luther Kings Northern Coordinator. Shortly after that, through her friend Abbey Lincoln, she takes one of the lead parts in Genet's The Blacks it was a remarkable cast, including Godfrey Cambridge, Roscoe Lee Brown, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Raymond St. Jacques, and Lou Gossett , and even writes music for the production. In the meantime her personal life has taken a tempestuous turn. She has left the New York bail bondsman she was intending to marry and has fallen in love with a South African freedom fighter named Vusumzi Make, who sweeps her off her feet and eventually takes her to London and then to Cairo, where, as her marriage begins to break up, she becomes the first female editor of the English-language magazine. The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of famous people, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X, but perhaps most important is the story of Maya Angelou's relationship with her son. Because this book chronicles, finally, the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she had cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.
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Angelou, Maya Heart Of a Woman Random House 1997 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some Staining. Slight moisture damage. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1169014. ISBN #0375500723 / 9780375500725. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Angelou, Maya Heart Of a Woman Random House 1997 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some Staining. Slight moisture damage. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1169014. ISBN #0375500723 / 9780375500725. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have with the white world around them. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the Harlem Writers Guild. She continues to sing, most notably at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, but more and more she begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. She helps organize a benefit cabaret for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and then is appointed Martin Luther Kings Northern Coordinator. Shortly after that, through her friend Abbey Lincoln, she takes one of the lead parts in Genet's The Blacks it was a remarkable cast, including Godfrey Cambridge, Roscoe Lee Brown, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Raymond St. Jacques, and Lou Gossett , and even writes music for the production. In the meantime her personal life has taken a tempestuous turn. She has left the New York bail bondsman she was intending to marry and has fallen in love with a South African freedom fighter named Vusumzi Make, who sweeps her off her feet and eventually takes her to London and then to Cairo, where, as her marriage begins to break up, she becomes the first female editor of the English-language magazine. The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of famous people, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X, but perhaps most important is the story of Maya Angelou's relationship with her son. Because this book chronicles, finally, the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she had cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.
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Anthony, Tom Rebels of Mindanao Beaufort Books 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048593. ISBN #0825305144 / 9780825305146. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Anthony, Tom Rebels of Mindanao Beaufort Books 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048593. ISBN #0825305144 / 9780825305146. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Al Qaeda terrorists are spreading silently throughout the globe wreaking violence on all who oppose them. Their newest target: the small Philippine island of Mindanao. On the brink of civil war, success in Mindanao would trigger a chain reaction across the pacific threatening democracy and peace around the globe.Haunted by the failure of his last mission and the lost lives of his team, Thomas Thornton had hoped to escape his former life as a military operative, seeking the calm beauty of tropical Mindanao. When two West Point friends, now high ranking officials in the government and military, ask him to run one last op, he finds himself in the fray once more. Thornton recruits a hunter-killer team of Manobo tribesmen to begin covert actions against the insurgency. The mission: eliminate a Turkish warrior carrying millions in cash into Mindanao to finance an Islamic revolution. The deal: make the Turk and the cash disappear, no questions asked.
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Anton, Maggie Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved Plume 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088422. ISBN #0452288622 / 9780452288621. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Anton, Maggie Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved Plume 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088422. ISBN #0452288622 / 9780452288621. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The first novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to Troyes, France, to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world, writing the first Talmud commentary, and secretly teaching Talmud to his daughters. Joheved, the eldest of his three girls, finds her mind and spirit awakened by religious study, but, knowing the risk, she must keep her passion for learning and prayer hidden. When she becomes betrothed to Meir ben Samuel, she is forced to choose between marital happiness and being true to her love of the Talmud. Rich in period detail and drama, Joheved is a must read for fans of Tracy Chevalier?s Girl With a Pearl Earring .
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Ardagh, Philip House Called Awful End 2002 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1118891. ISBN #0805068287 / 9780805068283. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ardagh, Philip House Called Awful End 2002 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1118891. ISBN #0805068287 / 9780805068283. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The first book in a hilarious, action-packed trilogy. Eddie Dickens is sent off to stay with his aunt and uncle and a riotously funny comedy of errors ensues. When both Eddie Dickens's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly around the edges, and smell of hot water bottles, it's agreed he should go and stay with relatives at their house, Awful End. Unfortunately for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even-Madder Aunt Maud. . . . This hilarious historical spoof, the first in the Eddie Dickens trilogy, has been called "a scrumptious cross between Dickens and Monty Python."
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Arenas, Reinaldo Old Rosa Grove Press 1994 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1145430. ISBN #0802134068 / 9780802134066. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Armstrong, Thomas Ring Has No End William Sloane 1958 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or1158129. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Arnold-Ratliff, Katie Bright Before Us Tin House Books 2011 hardcover. signed by author. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048730. ISBN #1935639196 / 9781935639190. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Arnold-Ratliff, Katie Bright Before Us Tin House Books 2011 hardcover. signed by author. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048730. ISBN #1935639196 / 9781935639190. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A haunting debut novel that explores the fraught journey toward adulthood, the nature of memory, and the startling limits to which we are driven by grief Facing the prospect of fatherhood, disillusioned by his fledgling teaching career, and mourning the loss of a former relationship, Francis Mason is a prisoner of his past mistakes. When his second-grade class discovers a dead body during a field trip to a San Francisco beach, Francis spirals into unbearable grief and all-consuming paranoia. As his behavior grows increasingly erratic, and tensions arise with the school principal and the parents of his students, he faces the familiar urge to flee a choice that forces him to confront the character weaknesses that have shattered his life again and again, and to accept the wrenching truth about the past he's never been able to move beyond. A haunting debut novel, Bright Before Us explores the fraught journey toward adulthood, the nature of memory, and the startling limits to which we are driven by grief.
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Arthur, Elizabeth Antarctic Navigation Ballantine Books 1996 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1098549. ISBN #0345402073 / 9780345402073. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Arthur, Elizabeth Antarctic Navigation Ballantine Books 1996 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1098549. ISBN #0345402073 / 9780345402073. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "ALL THE INGREDIENTS A READER COULD HOPE FOR: parallel historical and contemporary dramas, a contest between personal aspirations and the powers of nature, the testing of human relationships under extreme conditions, and a magnificent setting." --The Boston Globe "THIS NOVEL, LIKE SCOTT'S JOURNEY, IS BOLD IN CONCEPT . . . . Morgan Lamont, the narrator of Elizabeth Arthur's novel, lies broken in the land of dreams. . . .Born on the fiftieth anniversary of Scott's death on his return trip from the South Pole in 1912, she begins her own sledding and man-hauling experiences at the age of five, when her Flexible Flyer slips away and she saves it in an act of youthful heroism. From then on, her life is drawn, almost magnetically, to the man and the last continent. . . .Arthur demonstrates great craftsmanship in planning and shaping her plot." --The New York Times Book Review "AS ELIZABETH ARTHUR CONVINCES US IN HER METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED, POWERFULLY DRAWN, AND DEEPLY FELT NOVEL, there are many beginnings and endings sealed within the polar ice . . . . Antarctic Navigation is more than an adventure story recast in contemporary feminist terms. It is also a bumpy coming-of-age tale: an exploration of the unmapped terrain of the heart; a flirtation with the complexities of ecopolitics, pacifism, and New Age mysticism; a dip into history, memoir, and science, and Arthur's passionate love letter to the natural world." --Miami Herald "ONE ALMOST FEELS THAT THE AUTHOR WROTE IT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SCOTT, that she so breathed in the necessary geographical, scientific, emotional, and spiritual aspects of that dreadful journey as to transcend fiction and spin reality. . . .So convincing that for several chapters I was deluded into thinking she was telling her own story and that she had actually been to the pole." --Beryl Bainbridge New York Newsday
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Asher, Marty Shelter 1986 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1035497. ISBN #087795772X / 9780877957720. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ashton, Blair Deeds of Darkness Little, Brown and Company 1957 hardcover. First Edition. PO bookplate, price sticker. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or1168677. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ashworth, Jenn A Kind of Intimacy Europa Editions 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1133703. ISBN #1933372869 / 9781933372860. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ashworth, Jenn A Kind of Intimacy Europa Editions 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1133703. ISBN #1933372869 / 9781933372860. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In Annie Fairhurst's world, the persistent exhortation to better oneself regularly moves her to embark on thoroughly terrifying journeys. After an attempt at marriage and motherhood, Annie is obese, socially awkward, yet determined to escape a difficult past and to start over. She moves into a new neighborhood, bringing virtually nothing from her previous life with her. Then again, there is very little of her previous life left to bring. She has wiped the slate clean. Neil, Annie's unsuspecting new neighbor, makes the mistake of being friendly and, convinced his friendliness indicates that he is enamored of her, Annie's bizzare behavior escalates from petulant to, finally, criminal. All the while, Annie is convinced that she is the one to whom life has dealt a foul hand, that she is the real victim. As the persona she has so meticulously created begins to crumble, a bloody and disastrous finale seems inevitable. Told by a narrator as easy to fall for as she is difficult to believe, A Kind of Intimacy is a sardonic look at self-help gone disastrously wrong.
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Aslam, Nadeem Maps For Lost Lovers 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102044. ISBN #0571221831 / 9780571221837. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Aslam, Nadeem Maps For Lost Lovers 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102044. ISBN #0571221831 / 9780571221837. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In an unnamed town Jugnu and his lover Chanda have disappeared. Rumours abound in the close-knit Pakistani community, and then on a snow-covered January morning Chanda's brothers are arrested for murder. Telling the story of the next twelve months, Maps for Lost Lovers opens the heart of a family at the crossroads of culture, community, nationality and religion, and expresses their pain in a language that is arrestingly poetic. 'This is a deeply pastoral novel, tied to the seasons and resonating with birdsong ...Like Aslam, I was heartbroken when the dense, dark tapestry was finished.' Independent on Sunday 'Despite the violence that lies at the heart of the novel, it is a celebration of love and life. Sights and sounds, smells and colours are not so much vivid backdrops for the narrative as structural, mood- and texture-enhancing parts of it ...This is that rare sort of book that gives a voice to those voices that are seldom heard.' Observer
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Aston, Elizabeth Exploits & Adventures Of Miss Alethea Darcy 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1028232. ISBN #0743261933 / 9780743261937. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Aston, Elizabeth Exploits & Adventures Of Miss Alethea Darcy 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1028232. ISBN #0743261933 / 9780743261937. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Exploits Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy takes readers back into the imagined family of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Their musical daughter Alethea makes a disastrous marriage to a man whose charming manners conceal an unpleasant nature. Flinging caution to the winds, she flees her marital home, masquerading as a gentleman, and accompanied only by her redoubtable maid, Figgins, she sets off for Venice to take refuge with her sister Camilla. But events -- always dramatic and sometimes dangerous -- conspire to thwart her plans. Before she can meet up with Camilla, chance and her love of music lead her into the world of Italian opera, while her encounter with the aloof and difficult Titus Manningtree, in Italy to pursue a lost Titian painting, is to change her life -- although fate has several more tricks to play before she can find happiness. With wit, aplomb, and delectable style, Elizabeth Aston once again re-creates the world of Jane Austen, populating her novel with captivating characters firmly rooted in Austen's traditions but distinctly her own, resulting in another delightful comedy of manners, morals, and marriage.
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Aston, Elizabeth Mr. Darcy's Dream 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040646. ISBN #1416547266 / 9781416547266. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Aston, Elizabeth Mr. Darcy's Dream 2009 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040646. ISBN #1416547266 / 9781416547266. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the author of Mr. Darcy's Daughters, the delightful escapades of the Darcy family continue with an enchanting story set at Pride and Prejudice's Pemberley. When Phoebe, a young niece of Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy, is shattered by an unhappy romance, she retreats to Pemberley and is joined by kind-hearted Louisa Bingley, unmarried after three London seasons. Once the young ladies are situated in the house, several handsome strangers also arrive -- all hopeful of winning the girls' hearts. As preparations for the ball which Mr. and Mrs. Darcy are to give at Pemberley gain momentum, mischief and love triangles abound, making life as difficult as possible for anyone connected with the Darcy family. Populated with authentic characters firmly rooted in Jane Austen's mores and stylistic traditions, Mr. Darcy's Dream has an unforgettable combination of romance, societal scandals, friendship, family, and marriage.
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Aston, Elizabeth Writing Jane Austen: A Novel Touchstone 2010 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1170504. ISBN #141658787X / 9781416587873. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Atir, Yiftach Reicher The English Teacher Penguin Books 2016 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067454. ISBN #014312918X / 9780143129189. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Atir, Yiftach Reicher The English Teacher Penguin Books 2016 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067454. ISBN #014312918X / 9780143129189. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary For readers of John Le Carr and viewers of Homeland , a slow-burning psychological spy-thriller by a former brigadier general of intelligence in the Israeli army "Atir provides an astonishing look at Middle Eastern spycraft." The Washington Post After attending her father s funeral, former Mossad agent Rachel Goldschmitt empties her bank account and disappears. But when she makes a cryptic phone call to her former handler, Ehud, the Mossad sends him to track her down. Finding no leads, he must retrace her career as a spy to figure out why she abandoned Mossad before she can do any damage to Israel. But he soon discovers that after living under cover for so long, an agent s assumed identity and her real one can blur, catching loyalty, love, and truth between them. In the midst of a high-risk, high-stakes investigation, Ehud begins to question whether he ever knew his agent at all. In The English Teacher , Yiftach R. Atir drew on his own experience in intelligence to weave a psychologically nuanced thriller that explores the pressures of living under an assumed identity for months at a time.
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Atkins, Dani Then and Always Ballantine Books 2014 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107746. ISBN #0804178526 / 9780804178525. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Atkins, Dani Then and Always Ballantine Books 2014 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107746. ISBN #0804178526 / 9780804178525. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary For fans of One Day, What Alice Forgot, and the hit film Sliding Doors, comes an absorbing and surprising debut novel about a young woman who, after an accident, gets a second chance at life . . . just not in one she remembers. Rachel Wiltshire has everything she s ever wanted: a close group of friends, a handsome boyfriend, and acceptance to the journalism program at her top-choice college. But one fateful evening, tragedy tears her world apart. Five years later, Rachel returns home for the first time to celebrate her best friend s wedding. Still coping with her grief, she can t stop thinking about the bright future she almost had, if only that one night had gone differently. But when a sudden fall lands her in the hospital, Rachel wakes to find that her life has completely changed. Now the people she loves most are not the way she remembers them. Unable to trust her own recollections, Rachel tries to piece together what really happened, and not even she can predict the astonishing truth. Praise for Then and Always Readers who enjoyed Liane Moriarty s What Alice Forgot and Sophie Kinsella s Remember Me? will like Then and Always . Booklist Clear your schedule for an addicting read. Then and Always is a twisty, romantic, keep-you-guessing story about the kind of love you never forget. National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti, author of He s Gone Heartfelt, gorgeous and completely believable . . . Atkins latest novel unfolds beautifully and will touch readers deeply. RT Book Reviews Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader s Circle for author chats and more.
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Atkinson, Kate One Good Turn Back Bay Books 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1156769. ISBN #0316012823 / 9780316012829. (keywords: Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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