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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao : Drown
Junot Diaz
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Oscar is an overweight Dominican from the ghetto in New Jersey. He dreams of becoming a writer and finding love, but Fukœ, the curse, has haunted his family for generations. Also included is the short story "Drown"
2007; ; isbn:9780143142805 More Information |
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Be happy without being perfect : how to break free from the perfection deception
Alice D. Domer and Alice Lesch Kelly
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A look at the problem of women who are overwhelmed in their quest to be perfect. Examines the repercussions of setting unrealistic expectations in terms of health and happiness and explains how to scale back demands and create realistic goals
2008; ; isbn:9780739358214 More Information |
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The serpent's tale
Ariana Franklin
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Henry II has his wife Eleanor, imprisoned for fear she and their sons will overthrow him. When his mistress is poisoned he sends for Adelia Aguilar to investigate the murder. Eleanor has escaped from prison and someone is trying to frame her for the murder. Adelia saves the queen but learns that she is trying to overthrow the king
2008; ; isbn:9780143142874 More Information |
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Homer
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"When Paris of Troy fell in love with Helen of Sparta and took her to his homeland, the princes of Greece launched a fleet of a thousand ships filled with armed men to bring her back. Led by Helen's brother-in-law, Agamemnon, this immense force would besiege Troy for 10 years in a staggering effort to rescue the princess. The Iliad is the story ...
1994; 14 sound discs (16.75 hr.) : ; isbn:1402517580 More Information |
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Homer
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A Greek epic tells of the adventures of the hero Odysseus during his perilous and protracted journey home from the Trojan War
1989; 11 sound discs (12.5 hr.) : ; isbn:1402523254 More Information |
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The man who would be king : [& other stories]
by Rudyard Kipling
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The primary story here is of two vagabonds who plan to slip into a culture they don't understand and become its rulers
1989; ; isbn:1402570929 |
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Lies, sissies, and fiascoes : the best of "This American Life"
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1999; ; isbn:0737900342 |
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Autumn lover
Elizabeth Lowell
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Returning to her Wyoming ranch at the Civil War's end, Elyssa Sutton finds it picked bare by scavengers and coveted by determined men. Yet the proud young woman vows never again to abandon her Ruby Mountain home, though it means enlisting the aid of a dark and dangerous stranger who lives for revenge alone.Hunter Maxwell has suffered from the savagery ...
2007; ; isbn:9781423332091 More Information |
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16 Lighthouse Road
Debbie Macomber
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The protagonist, Olivia Lockhart, is a woman judge, who denies a divorce in court, and in her small town of Cedar Cove, makes big news because of the ruling
2007; ; isbn:9781423348122 More Information |
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John Adams
David McCullough
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Biography of John Adams portraying him as a brilliant, fiercely independent Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution and then rose to become the second president of the United States
2001; ; isbn:0743572432 More Information |
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Hide and seek
Fern Michaels
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The Sisterhood must defend themselves against Mitch Riley, the assistant director of the FBI, who has set up a special task force to hunt them down and is determined to frame their lawyer and the judge who helped them evade prison
2007; ; isbn:9781423344780 More Information |
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Stranger in paradise : a Jesse Stone novel
Robert B. Parker
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Apache hit man, Wilson "Crow" Cromartie, returns to Paradise after ten years to take Amber Francisco back to her father in Florida, but before returning he is suppose to kill her mother, Fiona. It's up to police chief Jesse Stone to provide protection to them
2008; ; isbn:9780739340011 More Information |
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