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Dubus, Andre III Bluesman (Signed) Faber and Faber 1993 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1178160. ISBN #0571198120 / 9780571198122. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dubus, Andre III Garden Of Last Days 2008 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032192. ISBN #0393041654 / 9780393041651. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dubus, Andre III Garden Of Last Days 2008 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1032192. ISBN #0393041654 / 9780393041651. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the author of the New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection House of Sand and Fog --a new big-hearted, painful, page-turning novel. One early September night in Florida, a stripper brings her daughter to work. April's usual babysitter is in the hospital, so she decides it's best to have her three-year-old daughter close by, watching children's videos in the office, while she works. Except that April works at the Puma Club for Men. And tonight she has an unusual client, a foreigner both remote and too personal, and free with his money. Lots of it, all cash. His name is Bassam. Meanwhile, another man, AJ, has been thrown out of the club for holding hands with his favorite stripper, and he's drunk and angry and lonely. From these explosive elements comes a relentless, raw, searing, passionate, page-turning narrative, a big-hearted and painful novel about sex and parenthood and honor and masculinity. Set in the seamy underside of American life at the moment before the world changed, it juxtaposes lust for domination with hunger for connection, sexual violence with family love. It seizes the reader by the throat with the same psychological tension, depth, and realism that characterized Andre Dubus's 1 bestseller, House of Sand and Fog-- and an even greater sense of the dark and anguished places in the human heart.
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Dubus, Andre III House Of Sand And Fog W.W. Norton & Company 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173768. ISBN #0393046974 / 9780393046977. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dubus, Andre III House Of Sand And Fog W.W. Norton & Company 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173768. ISBN #0393046974 / 9780393046977. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Oprah Book Club selection for November 2000. Tense with suspense from the first line, this is one of the great American realist novels. In this page-turning, breathtaking novel, the characters will walk off the page and into your life. And a small house will seem like the most important piece of territory in the world. On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force under the Shah yearns to restore his family's dignity. When an attractive bungalow comes available on county auction for a fraction of its value, he sees a great opportunity for himself, his wife, and his children. But the house's former owner, a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck, doesn't see it that way, nor does her lover, a married cop driven to extremes to win her love and get her house back. House of Sand and Fog is a narrative triumph in which a traditional immigrant success story and a modern love story are turned upside down with brutal, heartrending consequences. It is an American tragedy, and a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.
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Dubus, Andre III House Of Sand And Fog W.W. Norton & Company 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1162300v1. ISBN #0393338118 / 9780393338119. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dubus, Andre III House Of Sand And Fog W.W. Norton & Company 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1162300v1. ISBN #0393338118 / 9780393338119. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The National Book Award finalist, Oprah Book Club pick, 1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture. A former colonel in the Iranian Air Force yearns to restore his family's dignity. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold on to the one thing she has left. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love. In this masterpiece of American realism and Shakespearean consequence, Andre Dubus III's unforgettable characters people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on careen toward inevitable conflict, their tragedy painting a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.
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Dubus, Andre III House Of Sand And Fog W.W. Norton & Company 2011 paperback. Previous owner writing present.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1162300. ISBN #0393338118 / 9780393338119. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dubus, Andre III House Of Sand And Fog W.W. Norton & Company 2011 paperback. Previous owner writing present.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1162300. ISBN #0393338118 / 9780393338119. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary The National Book Award finalist, Oprah Book Club pick, 1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture. A former colonel in the Iranian Air Force yearns to restore his family's dignity. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold on to the one thing she has left. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love. In this masterpiece of American realism and Shakespearean consequence, Andre Dubus III's unforgettable characters people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on careen toward inevitable conflict, their tragedy painting a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.
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Dubus, Andre III House Of Sand And Fog (Signed) W.W. Norton & Company 1999 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1178159. ISBN #0393046974 / 9780393046977. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dubus, Andre III House Of Sand And Fog (Signed) W.W. Norton & Company 1999 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1178159. ISBN #0393046974 / 9780393046977. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary The Oprah Book Club selection for November 2000. Tense with suspense from the first line, this is one of the great American realist novels. In this page-turning, breathtaking novel, the characters will walk off the page and into your life. And a small house will seem like the most important piece of territory in the world. On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force under the Shah yearns to restore his family's dignity. When an attractive bungalow comes available on county auction for a fraction of its value, he sees a great opportunity for himself, his wife, and his children. But the house's former owner, a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck, doesn't see it that way, nor does her lover, a married cop driven to extremes to win her love and get her house back. House of Sand and Fog is a narrative triumph in which a traditional immigrant success story and a modern love story are turned upside down with brutal, heartrending consequences. It is an American tragedy, and a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.
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Duchovny, David Bucky F*cking Dent Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1176659. ISBN #0374110425 / 9780374110420. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Duchovny, David Bucky F*cking Dent Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1176659. ISBN #0374110425 / 9780374110420. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The New York Times bestselling author David Duchovny is back Ted Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, is not like other Ivy League grads. He shares an apartment with Goldberg, his beloved battery-operated fish, sleeps on a bed littered with yellow legal pads penned with what he hopes will be the next great American Novel, and spends the waning days of the Carter administration at Yankee Stadium, waxing poetic while slinging peanuts to pay the rent. When Ted hears the news that his estranged father, Marty, is dying of lung cancer, he immediately moves back into his childhood home, where a whirlwind of revelations ensues. The browbeating absentee father of Ted s youth tries to make up for lost time, but his health dips drastically whenever his beloved Red Sox lose. And so, with help from Mariana the Nuyorican grief counselor with whom Ted promptly falls in love and a crew of neighborhood old-timers, Ted orchestrates the illusion of a Boston winning streak, enabling Marty and the Red Sox to reverse the Curse of the Bambino and cruise their way to World Series victory. Well, sort of. David Duchovny s richly drawn Bucky F cking Dent explores the bonds between fathers and sons and the age-old rivalry between Yankee fans and the Fenway faithful, and grapples with our urgent need to persevere and risk everything in the name of love. Culminating in that fateful moment in October of 78 when the mighty Bucky Dent hit his way into baseball history with the unlikeliest of home runs, this tender, insightful, and hilarious novel demonstrates how life truly belongs to the losers, and that the long shots are the ones worth betting on. Bucky F cking Dent is a singular tale that brims with the mirth, poignancy, and profound solitude of modern life.
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Dudintsev, Vladimir Not By Bread Alone E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1957 hardcover. Previous owner name written in. Some chipping to the dustjacket.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1168691. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Duenas, Maria The Time In Between Atria Books 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1157837. ISBN #1451616899 / 9781451616897. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Duenas, Maria The Time In Between Atria Books 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1157837. ISBN #1451616899 / 9781451616897. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II. Between Youth and Adulthood At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the atelier floors where her single mother works as a seamstress. At fourteen, she quietly begins her own apprenticeship. By her early twenties she has learned the ropes of the business and is engaged to a modest government clerk. But everything changes when two charismatic men burst unexpectedly into her neatly mapped-out life: an attractive salesman and the father she never knew. Between War and Peace With the Spanish Civil War brewing in Madrid, Sira leaves her mother and her fianc , impetuously following her handsome lover to Morocco. However, she soon finds herself abandoned, penniless, and heartbroken in an exotic land. Among the odd collection of European expatriates trapped there by the worsening political situation back on the Continent, Sira reinvents herself by turning to the one skill that can save her: her gift for creating beautiful clothes. Between Love and Duty As England, Germany, and the other great powers launch into the dire conflict of World War II, Sira is persuaded to return to Madrid, where she takes on a new identity to embark upon the most dangerous undertaking of her career. As the preeminent couturier for an eager clientele of Nazi officers wives, Sira becomes embroiled in the half-lit world of espionage and political conspiracy rife with love, intrigue, and betrayal. An outstanding success around the world, The Time in Between has sold more than two million copies and inspired the Spanish television series based on the book, dubbed by the media as the Spanish Downton Abbey. In the US it was a critical and commercial hit, and a New York Times bestseller in paperback. It is one of those rare, richly textured novels that enthrall down to the last page. Mar a Due as reminds us how it feels to be swept away by a masterful storyteller.
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Duffy, Bruce The World As I Found It Houghton Mifflin (P) 1988 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067740. ISBN #0899198082 / 9780899198088. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Duffy, Bruce The World As I Found It Houghton Mifflin (P) 1988 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067740. ISBN #0899198082 / 9780899198088. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary One of the most talked-about bestsellers of the year is now available in paperback. "A most unusual, even preposterous venture: a novel constructed out of the lives, the thoughts, the appetites, the egos, the very toenails and pocket watches of the philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, and G.E. Moore."--Los Angeles Times.
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Duffy, Bruce The World As I Found It Houghton Mifflin 1987 paperback. Crease to the cover.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1170643. ISBN #0899198082 / 9780899198088. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Duffy, Bruce The World As I Found It Houghton Mifflin 1987 paperback. Crease to the cover.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1170643. ISBN #0899198082 / 9780899198088. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary One of the most talked-about bestsellers of the year is now available in paperback. "A most unusual, even preposterous venture: a novel constructed out of the lives, the thoughts, the appetites, the egos, the very toenails and pocket watches of the philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, and G.E. Moore."--Los Angeles Times.
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Dugel, Pramila U. Two in One 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1100274. ISBN #0615632785 / 9780615632780. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dugel, Pramila U. Two in One 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1100274. ISBN #0615632785 / 9780615632780. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Pramila U. Dugel, second time author, is originally from Nepal and was educated in Darjeeling, India. After receiving her Cambridge University Overseas certificate, she graduated with a bachelor degree in Kathmandu. She taught in International Schools in Vienna, Austria, New York, USA, and Beijing, China. As Principal of a private school in Long Beach, CA for nine years, she resigned in 2003 to pursue her dream-to be an author. She established the first Kindergarten in Kathmandu, she has given teachers' workshops, written educational articles Macmillan and has lectured in educational forums. Extensive travel allowed her the opportunity to meet people of various races, religions and cultures. With compassion and sincere interest, she has written this fiction about those who are marginalized and dejected. Could this really happen? The reader can decide.
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Dumas, Alexandre Count Of Monte Cristo Barnes & Noble Classics 2004 hardcover. Abridged. . BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or897150v1. ISBN #1593083335 / 9781593083335. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dumas, Alexandre Count Of Monte Cristo Barnes & Noble Classics 2004 hardcover. Abridged. . BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or897150v1. ISBN #1593083335 / 9781593083335. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Count of Monte Cristo , by Alexandre Dumas , is part of the Barnes Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes Noble Classics : New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Dashing young Edmond Dant s has everything. He is engaged to a beautiful woman, is about to become the captain of a ship, and is well liked by almost everyone. But his perfect life is shattered when he is framed by a jealous rival and thrown into a dark prison cell for 14 years. The greatest tale of betrayal, adventure, and revenge ever written, The Count of Monte Cristo continues to dazzle readers with its thrilling and memorable scenes, including Dant s s miraculous escape from prison, his amazing discovery of a vast hidden treasure, and his transformation into the mysterious and wealthy Count of Monte Cristo a man whose astonishing thirst for vengeance is as cruel as it is just. Luc Sante is the author of Low Life , Evidence , and The Factory of Facts . He teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College.
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Dumas, Alexandre Queen Margot Hyperion 1994 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1160243. ISBN #0786880821 / 9780786880829. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dumas, Alexandre Queen Margot Hyperion 1994 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1160243. ISBN #0786880821 / 9780786880829. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Released to coincide with the new Miramac film starring Isabelle Adjani, this is the classic novel unavailable for over 25 years. Massacres, conspiracies, clandestine trysts, secret alliances, daring escapes, sumptuous feasts, and duels of wit propel the action in this delightful story of French royalty during the 16th century. Advertising with movie.
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Dumas, Alexandre The Knight of Maison-Rouge Modern Library 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048701v1. ISBN #0812969634 / 9780812969634. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dumas, Alexandre The Knight of Maison-Rouge Modern Library 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048701v1. ISBN #0812969634 / 9780812969634. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A major new translation of a forgotten classic Paris, 1793, the onset of the Terror. Brave Republican Maurice rescues a mys-terious and beautiful woman from an angry mob and is unknowingly drawn into a secret Royalist plot a plot revolving around the imprisoned Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, and her enigmatic and fearless champion, the Knight of Maison-Rouge. Full of surprising twists, breakneck adventure, conspiracies, swordplay, romance, and heroism, The Knight of Maison-Rouge is an exhilarating tale of selflessness, love, and honor under the shadow of the guillotine. Dumas here is at the very height of his powers, and with this first and only modern translation, readers can once again ride with the Knight of Maison-Rouge. From the Hardcover edition.
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Dumas, Alexandre The Man in the Iron Mask (Oxford World's Classics) Oxford University Press, USA 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1176420. ISBN #0192838423 / 9780192838421. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dumas, Alexandre The Man in the Iron Mask (Oxford World's Classics) Oxford University Press, USA 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1176420. ISBN #0192838423 / 9780192838421. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Alexandre Dumas was already a best-selling novelist when he wrote this historical romance, combining as he claimed the two essentials of life--"l'action et l'amour." The Man in the Iron Mask concludes the epic adventures of the three Muskateers, as Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and their friend D'Artagnan, once invincible, meet their destinies.
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Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers (Barnes & Noble Classics) Barnes & Noble Classics 2004 paperback. A few light marks.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1154405. ISBN #1593081480 / 9781593081485. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers (Barnes & Noble Classics) Barnes & Noble Classics 2004 paperback. A few light marks.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1154405. ISBN #1593081480 / 9781593081485. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Three Musketeers , by Alexandre Dumas , is part of the Barnes Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes Noble Classics : All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Mixing a bit of seventeenth-century French history with a great deal of invention, Alexandre Dumas tells the tale of young D Artagnan and his musketeer comrades, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. Together they fight to foil the schemes of the brilliant, dangerous Cardinal Richelieu, who pretends to support the king while plotting to advance his own power. Bursting with swirling swordplay, swooning romance, and unforgettable figures such as the seductively beautiful but deadly femme fatale, Milady, and D Artagnan s equally beautiful love, Madame Bonacieux, The Three Musketeers continues, after a century and a half of continuous publication, to define the genre of swashbuckling romance and historical adventure. Barbara T. Cooper is Professor of French at the University of New Hampshire. She is a member of the editorial boards of Nineteenth-Century French Studies and the Cahiers Alexandre Dumas and specializes in nineteenth-century French drama and works by Dumas.
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Dumas, Alexandre Three Muskateers Barnes & Noble Books 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164101. ISBN #1566195438 / 9781566195430. (keywords: Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dumas, Alexandre Twenty Years After (Oxford World's Classics) Oxford University Press, USA 1998 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1179851. ISBN #0192838431 / 9780192838438. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dumas, Alexandre Twenty Years After (Oxford World's Classics) Oxford University Press, USA 1998 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1179851. ISBN #0192838431 / 9780192838438. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Two decades have passed since the famous swordsmen triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady in The Three Musketeers . Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and strategems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England, Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is the titanic struggle with the son of Milady who wears the face of evil.
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Dunant, Sarah In the Company of the Courtesan Random House 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144607. ISBN #1400063817 / 9781400063819. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dunant, Sarah In the Company of the Courtesan Random House 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144607. ISBN #1400063817 / 9781400063819. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperor s army blew a hole in the wall of God s eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment. Thus begins In the Company of the Courtesan , Sarah Dunant s epic novel of life in Renaissance Italy. Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice, the shimmering city born out of water to become a miracle of east-west trade: rich and rancid, pious and profitable, beautiful and squalid. With a mix of courage and cunning they infiltrate Venetian society. Together they make the perfect partnership: the sharp-tongued, sharp-witted dwarf, and his vibrant mistress, trained from birth to charm, entertain, and satisfy men who have the money to support her. Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultan s court. But Fiammetta and Bucino s greatest challenge comes from a young crippled woman, a blind healer who insinuates herself into their lives and hearts with devastating consequences for them all. A story of desire and deception, sin and religion, loyalty and friendship, In the Company of the Courtesan paints a portrait of one of the world s greatest cities at its most potent moment in history: It is a picture that remains vivid long after the
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Dunant, Sarah Sacred Hearts Random House 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127132. ISBN #1400063825 / 9781400063826. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Dunant, Sarah Sacred Hearts Random House 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127132. ISBN #1400063825 / 9781400063826. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The year is 1570, and in the convent of Santa Caterina, in the Italian city of Ferrara, noblewomen find space to pursue their lives under God s protection. But any community, however smoothly run, suffers tremors when it takes in someone by force. And the arrival of Santa Caterina s new novice sets in motion a chain of events that will shake the convent to its core. Ripped by her family from an illicit love affair, sixteen-year-old Serafina is willful, emotional, sharp, and defiant young enough to have a life to look forward to and old enough to know when that life is being cut short. Her first night inside the walls is spent in an incandescent rage so violent that the dispensary mistress, Suora Zuana, is dispatched to the girl s cell to sedate her. Thus begins a complex relationship of trust and betrayal between the young rebel and the clever, scholarly nun, for whom the girl becomes the daughter she will never have. As Serafina rails against her incarceration, others are drawn into the drama: the ancient, mysterious Suora Magdalena with her history of visions and ecstasies locked in her cell; the ferociously devout novice mistress Suora Umiliana, who comes to see in the postulant a way to extend her influence; and, watching it all, the abbess, Madonna Chiara, a woman as fluent in politics as she is in prayer. As disorder and rebellion mount, it is the abbess s job to keep the convent stable while, outside its walls, the dictates of the Counter-Reformation begin to purge the Catholic Church and impose on the nunneries a regime of terrible oppression. Sarah Dunant, the bestselling author of The Birth of Venus and In the Company of the Courtesan , brings this intricate Renaissance world compellingly to life. Amid Sacred Hearts is a rich, engrossing, multifaceted love story, encompassing the passions of the flesh, the exultation of the spirit, and the deep, enduring power of friendship.
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Duncan, David James River Why 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1120554. ISBN #1578050847 / 9781578050840. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Duncan, David James River Why 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1120554. ISBN #1578050847 / 9781578050840. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Since its publication by Sierra Club Books more than two decades ago, The River Why has become a classic, standing with Norman Maclean s A River Runs Through It as our era s most widely read fiction about fly-fishing. This captivating and exuberant tale is told by Gus Orviston, an irreverent young fly fisherman and one of the most appealing heroes in contemporary American fiction. Leaving behind a madcap, fishing-obsessed family, Gus decides to strike out on his own, taking refuge in a remote riverbank cabin to pursue his own fly-fishing passion with unrelenting zeal. But instead of finding fishing bliss, Gus becomes increasingly troubled by the degradation of the natural world around him and by the spiritual barrenness of his own life. His desolation drives him on a reluctant quest for self-discovery and meaning ultimately fruitful beyond his wildest dreams. Stylistically adept and ambitious in scope, The River Why is a touching and powerful novel by an important voice in American fiction. In a new Afterword written for this twentieth-anniversary edition, David James Duncan reflects on the genesis of his book and on the surprising link between fishing and wisdom.
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Duncan, David James The Brothers K Bantam Books 1996 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or873223v1. ISBN #055337849X / 9780553378498. (keywords: Siblings Washington State Family) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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