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Publisher: Penguin
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/25/2005
ISBN-13: 9780142437803
ISBN-10: 0142437808

A New England farmer eking out a hardscrabble existence on an unproductive farm must choose between his duty to care for his difficult, invalid wife and his love for her vivacious young cousin. Reissue.

Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/15/2008
ISBN-13: 9780670018703
ISBN-10: 0670018708

Documenting his reluctant grandparents' experiences during the infamous siege of Leningrad, a young writer learns his grandfather's story about how a military deserter and he endeavored to secure their pardons by gathering hard-to-find ingredients for a powerful colonel's daughter's wedding cake.

Publisher: Picador
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/22/2008
ISBN-13: 9780312427467
ISBN-10: 0312427468

Following his girlfriend to her new teaching position in Thailand, a young reporter takes a job with one of Thailand's English-language newspapers, where he becomes involved in researching the story of charismatic American anthropologist Martiya van der Leun, following her suicide in the Thai prison where she was serving a lengthy sentence for murder. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/20/2011
ISBN-13: 9780061997105
ISBN-10: 0061997102

In this inspirational tale filled with adventure, friendship and family, the author relates how he and his little dog named Atticus M. Finch attempted to climb all 48 of New Hampshire's 4,000-foot peaks twice to pay tribute to a friend who died of cancer and raise money for charity. 100,000 first printing.

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Publisher: Warner Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/1996
ISBN-13: 9780446519458
ISBN-10: 0446519456

A psychiatrist and the author of the best-selling Many Lives, Many Masters describes how he helped two of his patients discover that they have been lovers over the centuries. National ad/promo. Tour.

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Publisher: Harper
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9780061537936
ISBN-10: 0061537934

Evaluating his life on the eve of his death, atypical canine Enzo considers the sacrifices his master, Denny Swift, has made in his pursuit of becoming a professional race car driver; the painful custody battle between Denny and his in-laws, and the dog's own efforts to preserve the Swift family. 200,000 first printing.

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Publisher: Prometheus Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9781616142162
ISBN-10: 1616142162

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Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/03/2011
ISBN-13: 9780670021048
ISBN-10: 0670021040

Forging a deep friendship with a Wampanoag chieftain's son on the Great Harbor settlement where her minister father is working to convert the tribe, Bethia follows his subsequent ivy league education and efforts to bridge cultures among the colonial elite. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March. 350,000 first printing.

Publisher: W.W. Norton
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/02/2007
ISBN-13: 9780393061727
ISBN-10: 0393061728

Documents the heroic true story of Warsaw Zoo keepers and resistance activists Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who in the aftermath of Germany's invasion of Poland saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish citizens by smuggling them into empty cages and their home villa. 70,000 first printing.

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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/22/2011
ISBN-13: 9780345521309
ISBN-10: 0345521307

Follows the life of Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, as she navigates 1920s Paris. By the author of A Ticket to Ride.

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