?From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres: the powerful and deeply affecting story of one woman’s life, from post Civil-War Missouri to California in the midst of World War II. ?When
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David Stacton’s The Judges of The Secret Court?is a long-lost triumph of American fiction as well as one of the finest books ever written about the Civil War. Stacton’s gripping and atmospheric story
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This paperback edition includes:* A sneak preview of The Twelve, coming in 2012* A revealing interview with author Justin CroninNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY TIME MAGAZINE AND ONE OF
He was the Great Compromiser, a canny and colorful legislator whose life mirrors the story of America from its founding until the eve of the Civil War. Speaker of the House, senator, secretary of stat
THE DOOMSDAY WEAPON!Master Makarov’s grandson, the too-powerful wizard Laxus, has seen the new Fairy Tail guild hall and doesn’t like what he sees! So he gathers some of the strongest wizards in the
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Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor of Aquitaine has spent the past dozen frustrating years as wife to the pious King Louis VII of France. But when Henry of Anjou, the young and dynamic future kin
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Tom Sawyer is a mischievous young boy with an undying hunger for adventure, and a knack for getting into trouble. He lives with his Aunt Polly in the Mississippi River town of St Petersburg, Missouri.
Apple is back for another story filled with plenty of drama, boys, gossip —?and, of course, angst. Things in Apple's life are slowly getting back to normal: her friendship with Happy seems to have sur
AFTER THE FALL OF NIGHT?Jet and Iridium—best friends turned bitter enemies—teamed up to foil the evil plans of the rogue superhero known as Night, but in defeating him they inadvertently destroyed the
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Jenny and Amanda Ruth were best friends in a small Alabama town until eighteen-years-old Amanda Ruth was murdered. Now, fourteen years later, Jenny has traveled with her husband to China to scatter Am
With more than 120 titles still in print, Louis L'Amour is recognized the world over as one of the most prolific and popular American authors in history. Though he met with phenomenal success in every
In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill.Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leo
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From acclaimed puzzle creator and Newsday crossword editor Stanley Newman comes a book no crossword lover can do without — a guide to the most common crossword clues. This go-to resource is sure to ma
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A series of misadventures outlines the trials and tribulations of being a single woman on the wrong side of twenty-five in India, as Aisha deals with her mother's presentation of candidates for an arr
Impressionism has probably been given the most attention of any style of art in the last decades. Although it seems as if everything has already been said and shown, this book pursues a new, original
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