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Hannah, Darci The Angel of Blythe Hall: A Historical Novel Ballantine Books 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116110. ISBN #0345520564 / 9780345520562. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hannah, Darci The Angel of Blythe Hall: A Historical Novel Ballantine Books 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116110. ISBN #0345520564 / 9780345520562. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In a tumultuous battle, a beautiful and determined noblewoman claims her birthright while awakening great danger, exquisite passion, and the mystical realm in this enchanting novel of suspense and adventure. Prepared to lay claim to her family s magnificent ancestral fortress in the Scottish border country, Lady Isabeau Blythe is determined to restore her noble family s good name and reclaim these stunning, strife-torn lands. But even the headstrong Isabeau s firm sense of reality is shaken by the inexplicable allure of Blythe Hall, an entrancing castle haunted by dark secrets and otherworldly creatures of light and desire. Isabeau s arrival sets in motion an epic power struggle: a ferocious fight for Scotland, her family, and her heart. Taunted and tempted by a sinister rogue knight, Sir George, who covets her land and her love, and trapped in the madness of her charismatic brother, Julius, who seeks power of unearthly origin, Isabeau can only surrender to the wild visions of the remarkable man she inexplicably longs for. With a bloodthirsty army amassing outside her gates, Isabeau summons help from Gabriel, the elusive man of her dreams. But does this alluring man possess the secrets of the castle and her destiny?
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Hannah, Kristin Comfort & Joy: A Novel Ballantine Books 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144456. ISBN #0345483677 / 9780345483676. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hannah, Kristin Comfort & Joy: A Novel Ballantine Books 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144456. ISBN #0345483677 / 9780345483676. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah is beloved by readers around the world for her unique blend of powerful emotion and exquisite storytelling. In Comfort Joy, she offers a modern-day fairy tale the story of a woman who gets a miraculous chance at happiness. Joy Candellaro once loved Christmas more than any other time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she is at a crossroads in her life; recently divorced and alone, she can t summon the old enthusiasm for celebrating. So without telling anyone, she buys a ticket and boards a plane bound for the beautiful Pacific Northwest. When an unexpected detour takes her deep into the woods of the Olympic rainforest, Joy makes a bold decision to leave her ordinary life behind to just walk away and thus begins an adventure unlike any she could have imagined. In the small town of Rain Valley, six-year-old Bobby O Shea is facing his first Christmas without a mother. Unable to handle the loss, Bobby has closed himself off from the world, talking only to his invisible best friend. His father Daniel is beside himself, desperate to help his son cope. Yet when the little boy meets Joy, these two unlikely souls form a deep and powerful bond. In helping Bobby and Daniel heal, Joy finds herself again. But not everything is as it seems in quiet Rain Valley, and in an instant, Joy s world is ripped apart, and her heart is broken. On a magical Christmas Eve, a night of impossible dreams and unexpected chances, Joy must find the courage to believe in a love and a family that can t possibly exist, and go in search of what she wants . . . and the new life only she can find.
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Hansen, Ron Exiles: A Novel Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078872. ISBN #0374150974 / 9780374150976. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hansen, Ron Exiles: A Novel Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078872. ISBN #0374150974 / 9780374150976. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary With Exiles , Ron Hansen tells the story of a notorious shipwreck that prompted Gerard Manley Hopkins to break years of elected silence with an outpouring of dazzling poetry. In December 1875 the steamship Deutschland left Bremen, bound for England and then America. On board were five young nuns who, exiled by Bismarck s laws against Catholic religious orders, were going to begin their lives anew in Missouri. Early one morning, the ship ran aground in the Thames and more than sixty lives were lost including those of the five nuns. Hopkins was a Jesuit seminarian in Wales, and he was so moved by the news of the shipwreck that he wrote a grand poem about it, his first serious work since abandoning a literary career at Oxford to become a priest. He too would die young, an exile from the literary world. But as Hansen s gorgeously written account of Hopkins s life makes clear, he fulfilled his calling. Combining a thrilling tragedy at sea with the seeming shipwreck of Hopkins s own life, Exiles joins Hansen s Mariette in Ecstasy called an astonishingly deft and provocative novel by The New York Times as a novel that dramatizes the passionate inner search of religious life and makes it accessible to us in the way that only great art can.
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Hansen, Ron The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford W.W. Norton & Company 1990 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1141799. ISBN #0393306798 / 9780393306798. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hardie, Titania House Of The Wind 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090912. ISBN #1416586261 / 9781416586265. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hardie, Titania House Of The Wind 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090912. ISBN #1416586261 / 9781416586265. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The internationally bestselling author of The Rose Labyrinth returns with a love story of magic and healing about two women, centuries apart, who fight to make the world of their dreams a reality. San Francisco, 2007. Madeline Moretti is grieving her fianc s death. Nothing brings her joy anymore, and Maddie s grandmother, a fiery Italian, sends her to Tuscany to heal. Here, Maddie is immersed in the mystery of a ruined villa. Destroyed centuries ago in a legendary storm on the Eve of St. Agnes, it has been known ever since as the Casa al Vento the House of the Wind. Tuscany, 1347. Mia hasn t spoken since her mother s death and lives in silence with her beloved aunt. One dark night, a couple seeks refuge in their villa. Used to welcoming passing pilgrims, Mia is entranced by the young bride s radiance and compassion but is mystified by her reluctance to reveal even her name. Where has she come from, and why must her presence be a secret? As each searches for a way to step into her future, both Mia and Maddie will be haunted by the myth of the young woman who walked unscathed from the ruins of the House
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Hardie, Titania The House of the Wind Washington Square Press 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1003193. ISBN #1416586261 / 9781416586265. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hardie, Titania The House of the Wind Washington Square Press 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1003193. ISBN #1416586261 / 9781416586265. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary The internationally bestselling author of The Rose Labyrinth returns with a love story of magic and healing about two women, centuries apart, who fight to make the world of their dreams a reality. San Francisco, 2007. Madeline Moretti is grieving her fianc s death. Nothing brings her joy anymore, and Maddie s grandmother, a fiery Italian, sends her to Tuscany to heal. Here, Maddie is immersed in the mystery of a ruined villa. Destroyed centuries ago in a legendary storm on the Eve of St. Agnes, it has been known ever since as the Casa al Vento the House of the Wind. Tuscany, 1347. Mia hasn t spoken since her mother s death and lives in silence with her beloved aunt. One dark night, a couple seeks refuge in their villa. Used to welcoming passing pilgrims, Mia is entranced by the young bride s radiance and compassion but is mystified by her reluctance to reveal even her name. Where has she come from, and why must her presence be a secret? As each searches for a way to step into her future, both Mia and Maddie will be haunted by the myth of the young woman who walked unscathed from the ruins of the House
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Harding, Paul Tinkers Bellevue Literary Press 2009 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134778. ISBN #193413712X / 9781934137123. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harding, Paul Tinkers Bellevue Literary Press 2009 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134778. ISBN #193413712X / 9781934137123. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Pulitzer Prize Winner New York Times Bestseller There are few perfect debut American novels. . . . To this list ought to be added Paul Harding s devastating first book, Tinkers. . . . Harding has written a masterpiece. National Public Radio In Paul Harding s stunning first novel, we find what readers, writers and reviewers live for. San Francisco Chronicle Tinkers is truly remarkable. MARILYNNE ROBINSON , Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Home, Gilead, and Housekeeping An old man lies dying. Propped up in his living room and surrounded by his children and grandchildren, George Washington Crosby drifts in and out of consciousness, back to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in Maine. As the clock repairer s time winds down, his memories intertwine with those of his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler and his grandfather, a Methodist preacher beset by madness. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, illness, faith, and the fierce beauty of nature. Paul Harding is the author of two novels: the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tinkers and Enon forthcoming in September 2013 . He graduated from the University of Massachusetts and was a drummer for the band Cold Water Flat before earning his MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop. He has taught writing at Harvard and the University of Iowa. A Guggenheim Fellow, Harding now lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.
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Hardy, Thomas Jude The Obscure 1996 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or954949. ISBN #0760702993 / 9780760702994. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hardy, Thomas Jude The Obscure 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058577. ISBN #0140435387 / 9780140435382. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hardy, Thomas Jude The Obscure 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058577. ISBN #0140435387 / 9780140435382. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "I m an outsider to the end of my days " Jude Fawley s hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy Arabella, who later abandons him. Moving to the town of Christminster where he finds work as a stonemason, Jude meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, freethinking "New Woman." Refusing to marry merely for the sake of religious convention, Jude and Sue decide instead to live together, but they are shunned by society and poverty soon threatens to ruin them. Jude the Obscure , Hardy s last novel, caused a public furor when it was first published, with its fearless and challenging exploration of class and sexual relationships. This edition uses the unbowdlerized text of the first volume edition of 1895, and also includes a list for further reading, appendices and a glossary. In his introduction, Dennis Taylor examines biblical allusions and the critique of religion in Jude the Obscure , and its critical reception that led Hardy to abandon novel writing. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Hardy, Thomas Mayor Of Casterbridge 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1083679. ISBN #0393974987 / 9780393974980. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hardy, Thomas Mayor Of Casterbridge 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1083679. ISBN #0393974987 / 9780393974980. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The text of this edition is based on the Wessex Edition of 1912, which was revised and corrected by the author. It has been collated with the Mellstock Edition of 1920, for which Hardy submitted final corrections. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides new and invaluable source material on Victorian Dorset and, in particular, Dorchester, Hardy s native home and the town upon which Casterbridge is based. Included are six of Hardy s nonfiction writings, notably excerpts from his essay "The Dorsetshire Laboure" 1883 , in which he frankly comments on the social changes he has witnessed in the county. Hardy s Wessex is further examined in an essay by Michael Millgate, by maps of Casterbridge and Wessex, and by a key to local place names. Christine Winfield discusses the novel s manuscript and its complicated history. "Criticism" collects seventeen wide-ranging assessments of the novel--six new to the Second Edition--from both contemporary and modern critics, including Virginia Woolf, Albert J. Guerard, Julian Moynahan, John Paterson, Michael Millgate, Irving Howe, J. Hillis Miller, Ian Gregor, Elaine Showalter, George Levine, William Greenslade, H. M. Daleski, and Suzanne Keen. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.
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Hardy, Thomas Tess Of The D'Urbervilles hardcover. Spine is bound in leather. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or981676. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hardy, Thomas Tess Of The d'Urbervilles paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102780. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hardy, Thomas The Return of the Native Dover Publications 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1061349. ISBN #0486431657 / 9780486431659. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Hardy, Thomas The Return of the Native Dover Publications 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1061349. ISBN #0486431657 / 9780486431659. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "O delivery my heart from this fearful gloom and loneliness," prays the passionate Eustacia Vye, who detests her life amid the dreary environs of Egdon Heath. With the return of Clym Yeobright from Paris, her escape for the heath and its brooding isolation appears to be at hand. Clym finds in Eustacia the same dark mystery of his native heath, and his irresistible attraction to them both leads to a clash of idealism and realism. Thomas Hardy's timeless tale of a romantic misalliance embodies his view of character as fate and underscores the tragic nature of ordinary human lives. Despite his grim outlook Hardy charms readers with the warmth and vitality of his characters, his loving portraits of the English countryside, and his realistic re-creations of local dialect. Shakespearean in its intricate plotting and deft irony, The Return of the Native ranks among the author's greatest works.
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Harmel, Kristin The Blonde Theory 5 Spot 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1061526. ISBN #0446697591 / 9780446697590. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harmel, Kristin The Blonde Theory 5 Spot 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1061526. ISBN #0446697591 / 9780446697590. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Harper Roberts is a corporate attorney in Manhattan.She s smart, attractive, and funny. So whycan t she find a date? Men flock to her at parties whenthey think she s a dumb blonde. But, as soon as theyrealise she s a Harvard-educated lawyer, they flee.Harper s best friend is a magazine editor whosuggests Harper go on assignment for a month as a 'dumb blonde' andsee if it changes her dating perspective. So, for two weeks, Harpergoes undercover. She changes her wardrobe, her conversation, her bodylanguage. The result is a series of comical encounters.Soon, Harper must take a good look in the mirror and realise thatit s not just men who judge people on theirlooks.
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Harms, Kelly The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane St. Martin's Griffin 2014 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138100. ISBN #1250011396 / 9781250011398. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harms, Kelly The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane St. Martin's Griffin 2014 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138100. ISBN #1250011396 / 9781250011398. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This year's lucky winner of a brand-new dream home: Janine Brown of Cedar Falls, Iowa. For heartbroken Janine "Janey" Brown, this announcement has the hallmarks of one of her Aunt Midge's harebrained plans to lure her from her tiny kitchen, where she's been submerging her grief in the pursuit of the perfect pot-au-feu. Meanwhile, across town, Janine "Nean" Brown couldn't be more thrilled. She just knows that this house is her destiny, the chance to escape the latest in her revolving door of crappy jobs and drunken boyfriends. When both Janine Browns descend on Christmas Cove, Maine, to claim the prize they both think is theirs, however, they discover that more than just a dream home awaits them at the water's edge. Filled with wit and charm, The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane is Kelly Harms's enchanting and heartfelt debut a testament to the many ways love finds us, the power of a home-cooked meal, and just what it means to be lucky.
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Harnden, Ruth Peabody Bright Star Or Dark 1945 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1009487. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harper, Karen Mistress Shakespeare 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1068328. ISBN #0399155457 / 9780399155451. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harper, Karen Mistress Shakespeare 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1068328. ISBN #0399155457 / 9780399155451. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A delicious and intriguing historical novel about the woman who was William Shakespeare s secret wife by New York Times bestselling author, Karen Harper. In Mistress Shakespeare , Elizabethan beauty Anne Whateley reveals intimate details of her dangerous, daring life and her great love, William Shakespeare. As historical records show, Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton is betrothed to Will just days before he is forced to wed the pregnant Anne Hathaway of Shottery. The clandestine Whateley Shakespeare match is a meeting of hearts and heads that no one not even Queen Elizabeth or her spymasters can destroy. From rural Stratford-upon- Avon to teeming London, the passionate pair struggles to stay solvent and remain safe from Elizabeth I s campaign to hunt down secret Catholics, of whom Shakespeare is rumored to be a part. Often at odds, always in love, the couple sells Will s first plays and, as he climbs to theatrical power in Elizabeth s England, they fend off fierce competition from rival London dramatists, ones as treacherous as they are talented. Persecution and plague, insurrection and inferno, friends and foes, even executions of those they hold dear, bring Anne s heartrending story to life. Spanning half a century of Elizabethan and Jacobean history and sweeping from the lowest reaches of society to the royal court, this richly textured novel tells the real story of Shakespeare in love.
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Harper, Sandra High Tea 2008 paperback. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084699. ISBN #141658062X / 9781416580621. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harper, Sandra High Tea 2008 paperback. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084699. ISBN #141658062X / 9781416580621. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Magpie's Tearoom is a cozy haven in bustling L.A. -- a place for luncheons, baby showers, or simply hanging out. Its owner, British expat Margaret Moore, relishes tradition...but between a frustrated chef preoccupied with her neglectful producer girlfriend and the tearoom's waitstaff -- a talented but desperate TV star who hasn't acted since Detective Buck Love went off the air, and a twenty-something ing nue who'll do anything to get the part -- her grandmother's scones begin to feel irrelevant. When the critic from Tea Talk announces she is crossing the pond to visit, Margaret attempts to marshal her staff. But, being of the thespian variety, they all want to be doing something else. Yet despite the high personal drama at hand, the customers still demand their perfectly steeped tea and cucumber sandwiches.... As Margaret battles pilot season and produce-coordinator malfunctions, she begins to lose her will to live...in L.A. But can her L.A. neighborhood do without her tearoom?In this delightful debut novel with delicious recipes thrown in, Sandra Harper creates a hilarious world where Earl Grey and watercress make a meal, buttering the scones may get you scolded, and nobody does eggs anymore. Warm up the kettle and pull up a seat -- you don't want to miss High Tea
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Harper, Tom Knights Of The Cross: A Novel Of The Crusades (Novels Of The Crusades) 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1145405. ISBN #1844131424 / 9781844131426. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harrigan, Stephen Gates Of The Alamo 2000 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1026144. ISBN #0679447172 / 9780679447177. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harrigan, Stephen Gates Of The Alamo 2000 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1026144. ISBN #0679447172 / 9780679447177. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo, an event that formed the consciousness of Texas and that resonates through American history. With its vibrant, unexpected characters and its richness of authentic detail, The Gates of the Alamo is an unforgettable re-creation of a time, a place, and a heroic conflict. The time is 1835. At the center of a canvas crowded with Mexicans and Americans, with Karankawa and Comanche Indians, with settlers of many nationalities, stand three people whose fortunes quickly become our urgent concern: Edmund McGowan, a naturalist of towering courage and intellect, whose life's work is threatened by the war against Mexico and whose character is tested by his own dangerous pride; Mary Mott, a widowed innkeeper on the Texas coast, a determined and resourceful woman; and her sixteen-year-old son, Terrell, whose first shattering experience with love leads him instead to war, and into the crucible of the Alamo. As Edmund McGowan and Mary Mott take off in pursuit of Terrell and follow him into the fortress, the powerful but wary attraction between them deepens. And the reader is drawn with them into the harrowing days of the battle itself. Never before has the fall of the Alamo been portrayed with such immediacy. And for the first time the story is told not just from the perspective of the American defenders but from that of the Mexican attackers as well. We follow Blas Montoya, a sergeant in an elite sharpshooter company, as he fights to keep his men alive not only in the inferno of battle but also during the long forced march north from Mexico proper to Texas. And through the eyes of the ambitious mapmaker Telesforo Villasenor, we witness the cold deliberations of General Santa Anna. Filled with dramatic scenes, abounding in fictional and historical personalities -- among them James Bowie, David Crockett, and William Travis -- The Gates of the Alamo enfolds us in history, and through its remarkable and passionate storytelling allows us to participate at last in an American legend.
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Harrington, Rebecca Penelope Vintage 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1124856. ISBN #030795031X / 9780307950314. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harrington, Rebecca Penelope Vintage 2012 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1124856. ISBN #030795031X / 9780307950314. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary When Penelope O Shaunessy, an incoming freshman of average height and lank hair steps into Harvard Yard for the first time she has lots of advice from her mother: "Don't be too enthusiastic, don't talk to people who seem to be getting annoyed, and for heaven's sake, stop playing Tetris on your phone at parties." Penelope needs this advice. She is the kind of girl who passes through much of her life with coffee spilled on her white shirt, who can't quite tell when people are joking, and who, inevitably, always says the wrong thing. But no amount of coaching will prepare Penelope for the people she meets at school. Gloriously skewering the social hierarchy of college, Penelope is the brilliantly funny story of one of the most singular, memorable heroines in recent fiction.
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Harris, Joanne Coastliners: A Novel William Morrow 2002 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112105. ISBN #0060198125 / 9780060198121. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Harris, Joanne Coastliners: A Novel William Morrow 2002 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112105. ISBN #0060198125 / 9780060198121. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Joanne Harris writes fiction that engages every one of the senses: reviewers called Chocolat "delectable" and Five Quarters of the Orange "sweet and powerful." In her new novel, she takes readers to a tiny French island where you can almost taste the salt on your lips. The island, called Le Devin, is shaped somewhat like a sleeping woman. At her head is the village of Les Salants, while the more prosperous village of La Houssini re lies at her feet. You could walk between the towns in an hour, but they could not feel further apart, for between them lie years of animosity. The townspeople of Les Salants say that if you kiss the feet of their patron saint and spit three times, something you've lost will come back to you. And so Madeleine, who grew up on the island, returns after an absence of ten years spent in Paris. She is haunted by this place, and has never been able to feel at home anywhere else. But when she arrives, she will find that her father -- who once built fishing boats that fueled the town's livelihood -- has become even more silent than ever, withdrawing almost completely into an interior world. And his decline seems reflected in the town itself, for when the only beach in Les Salants washed away, all tourism drifted back to La Houssini re. Madeleine herself has been adrift for a long time, yet almost against her will she soon finds herself united with the village's other lost souls is a struggle for survival and salvation.
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