Three Soldiers By John Dos Passos

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Title	:	Three Soldiers
Author	:	John Dos Passos
ISBN	:	1406934852
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	362

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A searing novel exposing the fate of the common soldier during World War I Driven by the idealism that infected many young Americans at the time including Ernest Hemingway , author John Dos Passos joined the Ambulance Corps His rapid and profound disillusionment forms the core of this fierce denouncement of the military and of the far reaching social implications of its A searing novel exposing the fate of the common soldier during World War I Driven by the idealism that infected many young Americans at t...

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The House Of Secrets By Nina Bawden

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Title	:	The House Of Secrets
Author	:	Nina Bawden
ISBN	:	0395586704
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	187

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While staying with their aunt in an English seaside town, the Mallory children find a secret passage into the mysterious old house next door, where their efforts to help a strange girl lead to trouble and adventure....

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How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone By Saša Stanišić

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Title	:	How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
Author	:	Saša Stanišić
ISBN	:	0802118666
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	304

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For young Aleksandar the best magician in the non aligned states and painter of unfinished things life is endowed with a mythic quality in the Bosnian town of Vi egrad, a rich playground for his imagination When his grandfather dies, Aleks channels his storytelling talent to help with his grief.It is a gift he calls on again when the shadow of war spreads to Vi egrad, For young Aleksandar the best magician in the non aligned states and painter of unfinished things life is endowed with a mythic quality in ...

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Kalooki Nights By Howard Jacobson

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Title	:	Kalooki Nights
Author	:	Howard Jacobson
ISBN	:	1416543422
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	450

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Max Glickman, a Jewish cartoonist whose seminal work is a comic history titled Five Thousand Years of Bitterness, recalls his childhood in a British suburb in the 1950s Growing up, Max is surrounded by Jews, each with an entirely different and outspoken view on what it means to be Jewish His mother, incessantly preoccupied with a card game called Kalooki, only begrudgi Max Glickman, a Jewish cartoonist whose seminal work is a comic history titled Five Thousand Years of Bitterness, recalls his ch...

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Emmeline By Charlotte Turner Smith

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Title	:	Emmeline
Author	:	Charlotte Turner Smith
ISBN	:	1551113597
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	520

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The plot of Charlotte Smith s autobiographical first novel Emmeline 1788 includes the expected thrills of the eighteenth century courtship novel abduction, duels, and a fairy tale princess

At the same time, the novel satirically reworks such literary conventions by focusing on the dangers of early engagement and marriage, and challenges a social and legal system in wh

The plot of Charlotte Smith s autobiographical first novel Emmeline 1788 includes the expected thrills of the eighteenth c...

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The Wild Palms By William Faulkner

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Title	:	The Wild Palms
Author	:	William Faulkner
ISBN	:	0679741933
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	304

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In this feverishly beautiful novel originally titled If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem by Faulkner, and now published in the authoritative Library of America text William Faulkner interweaves two narratives, each wholly absorbing in its own right, each subtly illuminating the other In New Orleans in 1937, a man and a woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illi In this feverishly beautiful novel originally titled If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem by Faulkner, and now published...

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The Last Of The Savages By Jay McInerney

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Title	:	The Last Of The Savages
Author	:	Jay McInerney
ISBN	:	0140233067
Format	:
Number of Pages	:	271

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From the bestselling author of Bright Lights, Big City and Brightness Falls comes a chronicle of a generation, as enacted by two men who represent all the passions and extremes of the class of 1969 Patrick Keane and Will Savage meet at prep school at the beginning of the explosive 60s Over the next 30 years, they remain friends even as they pursue radically divergent de From the bestselling author of Bright Lights, Big City and Brightness Falls comes a chronicle of a generation, as enacted by tw...

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Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories By Philip Roth

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Title	:	Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
Author	:	Philip Roth
ISBN	:	0679601597
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	320

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Winner of the National Book AwardRoth s award winning first book about Neil Klugman, Brenda Patimkin, and their relationship which tests the boundaries of suspicion, social class, and love instantly established its author s reputation as a writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion for even the most self deluding of characters....

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The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth By Mary Wroth

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Title	:	The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth
Author	:	Mary Wroth
ISBN	:	0807117994
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	251

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Although her poems are little known today, Lady Mary Wroth was one of the most accomplished women writers of the English Renaissance Her poems were circulated among many of the leading authors of her time, including Ben Johnson, who praised her work for its profound understanding of the nature of romantic love Lady Mary s sonnet cycle, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, was the Although her poems are little known today, Lady Mary Wroth was one of the most accomplished women writers of the English Renaissance Her ...

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Lord Byron Selected Poems By George Gordon Byron

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Title	:	Lord Byron Selected Poems
Author	:	George Gordon Byron
ISBN	:	1581734999
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	144

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The author has restored the early vision of some 30 of his greatest poems, generally considered to be superior to the later versions Edited by Edward Medelson....

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The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose By John Donne

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Title	:	The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose
Author	:	John Donne
ISBN	:	0375757341
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	736

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This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne s great metaphysical love poetry Here are such well known songs and sonnets as A Valediction Forbidding Mourning, The Extasie, and A Nocturnall Upon S Lucies Day, along with the love elegies Jealosie, His Parting From Her, and To His Mistris Going to Bed Presented as well are Donne s satires, epigrams, This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne s great metaphysical love poetry Here are such well known songs and sonnets as A Valed...

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De wetten By Connie Palmen

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Title	:	De wetten
Author	:	Connie Palmen
ISBN	:
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	237

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Het boek bestaat uit zeven hoofdstukken die de namen hebben van zeven manlijke personen de astroloog, de epilepticus, de filosoof, de ex priester, de fysicus, de kunstenaar en de psychiater De relatie van de hoofdpersoon tot deze mannen wordt zeer verrassend, helder en diepgaand beschreven Onder de oppervlakte van deze vlot lezende roman schuilen veel universele vrage Het boek bestaat uit zeven hoofdstukken die de namen hebben van zeven manlijke personen de astroloog, de epilepticus, de filosoof, de ex pr...

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Dr. Johnson's London By Liza Picard

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Title	:	Dr. Johnson's London
Author	:	Liza Picard
ISBN	:	0312276656
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	384

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The practical realities of everyday life are rarely described in history books To remedy this, and to satisfy her own curiosity about the lives of our ancestors, Liza Picard immersed herself in contemporary sources diaries and journals, almanacs and newspapers, government papers and reports, advice books and memoirs to examine the substance of life in mid 18th century The practical realities of everyday life are rarely described in history books To remedy this, and to satisfy her own curiosity about the l...

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Giles Goat-Boy By John Barth

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Title	:	Giles Goat-Boy
Author	:	John Barth
ISBN	:	0385240864
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	750

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In this outrageously farcical adventure, hero George Giles sets out to conquer the terrible Wescac computer system that threatens to destroy his community in this brilliant fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex Time In this outrageously farcical adventure, hero George Giles sets out to conquer the terrible Wescac computer system that threatens to destroy his community in this brilliant fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex Time ...

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Selected Poems By Pierre de Ronsard

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Title	:	Selected Poems
Author	:	Pierre de Ronsard
ISBN	:	0140424245
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	384

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Ronsard is considered one of France s greatest love poets, yet his poetic achievements are not restricted to his verses of love, wine and nature A true Renaissance figure, his themes ranged from politics, science and philsophy, to the bawdy and risqu Using Greco Roman and Italian poetic models, and drawing on the rich images of classical mythology, Ronsard revolutionise Ronsard is considered one of France s greatest love poets, yet his poetic achievements are not restricted to his verses of love...

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William Stout Prehistoric Life Murals By William Stout

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Title	:	William Stout Prehistoric Life Murals
Author	:	William Stout
ISBN	:	1933865105
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	143

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William Stout Prehistoric Life Murals is an astonishing look at dinosaurs and their primeval worlds This lavishly illustrated 144 page volume contains all of Stout s stunning murals for The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Walt Disney World s Animal Kingdom, and the San Diego Natural History Museum In 1981, award winning paleoartist Stout s critically acclaimed book T William Stout Prehistoric Life Murals is an astonishing look at dinosaurs and their primeval worlds This lavishly illustrated 144 page vo...

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One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross By Harry Kemelman

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Title	:	One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross
Author	:	Harry Kemelman
ISBN	:	0449206874
Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Number of Pages	:	248

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This is a discolored aged copy The spine has been taped for preserving and a little edge wear Great copy for 1987 no marks and tight Ships very quickly and packaged carefully...

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