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Amidst terrible famine a
woman who has strange visions is accused of
witchcraft by her daughter-in-law. Is she
guilty or is her mind simply failing her?
A widow, Güde lives with her son and his
wife, Irmeltrud, and their children.
Irmeltrud resents her presence: she is too
old to work yet she eats from the family's
table. When famine grips the small German
town, Irmeltrud sends Güde out to beg for
food. As the old woman wanders she imagines
that the devil asks for her soul in exchange
for a basket of meat. Later, she arrives
home with...
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Otto Ringling is a straightlaced publishing executive with two kids, a
lovely wife, a fine home in a fancy New York suburb, and a nagging suspicion
that something’s missing. How, then, does he end up on traveling through
Middle America with a berobed Mongolian monk? Ah. The real question to ask
is, Why?
When his sister tricks him into taking her
guru on a trip to their childhood home,
Otto, a confirmed skeptic, is not amused.
Six days on the road with an enigmatic holy
man who answers every question with a riddle
is not what he’d planned. But in an effort
to...
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When a young Japanese
woman’s American fiancé jilts her in San
Francisco with no visa, no money and nowhere
to go, she resolves to find the "American
dream" on her own.
Midori Saito's dream seems about to come
true. Too independent for Japanese society,
she is a young woman who has always felt
like a stranger in her native land. So when
she falls in love with Kevin, an American
English teacher, she readily agrees to leave
home and start a new life...
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Adventure, treasure, and
forbidden love are interwoven in this
beautiful and original debut novel set in
the lush land of 16th-century Southeast Asia
In the fall of 1598, Abraham, a young Jewish
jewel trader, leaves behind the comforts and
familiarity of Venice to live half a world
away in the lush Burmese kingdom of Pegu.
Far from the safety of kin and community, as
well as the memory of his long-dead wife,
Abraham must overcome his fear of these
strangers with the odd...
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In ELLINGTON BOULEVARD Adam Langer has produced a witty and totally original
novel about the ups and downs of life in the wilds of New York’s real estate
jungle.
Returning home to Manhattan from his mother’s funeral in Chicago, unemployed
jazz musician Ike Munson enters his apartment with his dog Herbie and finds
three strangers in his living room - a slick real estate broker and a young
couple ready to overspend to own Ike’s home. Furious at this invasion of...
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Debra Dean, author of the bestselling THE MADONNAS
OF LENINGRAD, has been writing award-winning
short stories for many years. Now, in this
stunning collection, she presents 10 stories
that display the depth and magnitude of her
skill as a literary talent, half of which
have never before been published. New York
City neighbors let down their guard for a
naive puppeteer. A southern matriarch faces
her family at an intervention. A break-in
triggers insomniac introspection in a
desperate actor. Replete with the seamless
storytelling...
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Matthew and Amelia were once
in love and planning to raise a family
together, but a decade later, they have
become professional enemies. To Amelia, who
has dedicated her life to medical ethics,
Matthew’s job as a high-powered
pharmaceutical executive has turned him into
a heartless person who doesn’t care about
anything but money. Now they’re kept in
balance only by Matthew’s best and oldest
friend, Ben, a rising science superstar—and
Amelia’s new boyfriend...
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In this mesmerizing thriller, Michael Stanley penetrates Africa’s exotic
façade to share an authentic look at a modern land caught between tribal
culture and globalism, colonial paternalism and independence; a beautiful
and wild continent teeming with poachers, deadly diamond dealers, and the
aftermath of apartheid.
They found the first body—what the hyena didn’t ravage, that is—near a
waterhole considered magical by the local bush people. A string of clues
suggests that the victim was murdered...
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As the Russia of Nicholas and Alexandra rushes toward
catastrophe, the Grand Duchess Elisavyeta is ensconced in the lavish and
magnificent Romanov court. In the same city, but world apart, Pavel is a
simple village man in search of a better life. When his young wife, Shura,
is shot and killed by tsarist soldiers during a political demonstration,
Pavel dedicates his life to overthrowing the Romanovs. Pavel's underground
group assassinates Elisavyeta's husband, the Grand Duke, changing her life
forever.
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Meg Waite Clayton might
have titled her novel "The Wednesday Sisters
Writing Society," except that it is as much
about shared lives—children and laughter,
illness and eccentricity, miscarriage and
divorce—as it is about shared literary
dreams. THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS begins in the
late 1960s and brilliantly and movingly
tells the intertwined stories of five women
who support one another through the best and
worst of times. It may remind some readers
of Marilyn French’s 1970s classic novel...
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In Maggie Barlow’s world,
reality is overrated. So what if her singing
career has hit a sour note or she’s no
longer the ingénue that she used to be? So
what if she drinks and smokes a bit too much
or likes to chat with a fairy godperson who
appears to her from time to time? She’s the
queen of denial and an actress to boot—she
can just take on the role of someone she
likes better than her sorry self.
Regrettably, that role is currently Dorothy
in the Little Britches Theater Company’s
production...
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The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive from
Boston in the North Carolina mountains to create a timber empire. Although
George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate
child, Serena is new to the mountains—but she soon shows herself the equal
of any worker, overseeing crews, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving her
husband’s life in the wilderness.
Together, this Lord and Lady Macbeth of the woodlands...
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