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A Life in Letters
Anton Chekhov
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• Author(s): Anton Chekhov • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: HistoricalThe life story of a Russian master as he told it to others From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germa...
View full detailsPersonal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: Abridged Edition
Alexander Von Humboldt
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• Author(s): Alexander Von Humboldt • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: Essays & TraveloguesFrom the Back CoverAlexander von Humboldt became a wholly new kind of nineteenth-century hero - the scientist...
View full detailsA Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literature
Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson
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• Author(s): Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshIncluding works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Ce...
View full detailsEarly Christian Lives
Athanasius
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• Author(s): Athanasius • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: Christianity - Literature & the ArtsWritten between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of ea...
View full detailsSeven Viking Romances
Various
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• Author(s): Various • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: European - GeneralCombining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales...
View full detailsJacques the Fatalist and His Master
Denis Diderot
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• Author(s): Denis Diderot • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: ClassicsDenis Diderot (1713-1784) was among the greatest writers of the Enlightenment, and in Jacques the Fatalist he brilliantly challenged the art...
View full detailsA Harlot High and Low
Honoré de Balzac
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• Author(s): Honoré de Balzac • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: ClassicsFinance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the heart of this powerful novel, which intr...
View full detailsRoderick Hudson
Henry James
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• Author(s): Henry James • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: ClassicsWhen wealthy Rowland Mallet first sees a sculpture by Roderick Hudson, he is astounded and pronounces it to be a work of genius, and is ...
View full detailsPhilosophy and Social Hope
Richard Rorty
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• Author(s): Richard Rorty • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernRichard Rorty is one of the most provocative figures in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This colle...
View full detailsThe Obedience of a Christian Man
William Tyndale
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• Author(s): William Tyndale • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: Christian Living - DevotionalOne of the key foundation books of the English Reformation, The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) makes a rad...
View full detailsThe First Poems in English
Anonymous
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• Author(s): Anonymous • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThis selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written dow...
View full detailsAutobiography
John Stuart Mill
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• Author(s): John Stuart Mill • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralOne of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age ...
View full detailsGrowing Up Ethnic in America: Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American
Maria Mazziotti Gillan
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• Author(s): Maria Mazziotti Gillan • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Anthologies (multiple authors)Stories navigating the commplicated terrain of race in America, from acclaimed writers ...
View full detailsThe Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
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• Author(s): Edgar Allan Poe • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: Science Fiction - Collections & AnthologiesOne of the greatest of all horror writers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) also composed pioneering tales...
View full detailsDecadent Poetry from Wilde to Naidu
Lisa Rodensky
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• Author(s): Lisa Rodensky • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThe poems collected in this volume are exquisite and languorous expressions of a spirit of self-indulgence...
View full detailsThe Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
R. D. Laing
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• Author(s): R. D. Laing • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Psychotherapy - BehaviorismDr. Laing's first purpose is to make madness and the process of going mad comprehensible. In this, with case studies of sch...
View full detailsRed Sorghum: A Novel of China
Mo Yan
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• Author(s): Mo Yan • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryThe acclaimed novel of love and resistance during late 1930s China by Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Spanni...
View full detailsA History of India: Volume 1
Romila Thapar
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• Author(s): Romila Thapar • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralA history of India upto 1300 AD introducing the beginnings of India's cultural dynamics
The Classic Slum: Salford Life in the First Quarter of the Century
Robert Roberts
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• Author(s): Robert Roberts • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General"A vivid, unforgettable picture of the quality--or lack of it--of life in England among 'ordinary' people."--Peter ...
View full detailsHack/Slash Volume 3: Friday the 31st Tp
Tim Seeley
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• Author(s): Tim Seeley • Publisher: Image Comics • Publisher Imprint: Image Comics • BISAC: Horror Surviving the first horror movie is tough. Surviving the sequel is near impossible. Making it to the third? Now that's, well, superhuman! Cassie a...
View full detailsChoose to Lose: The 7-Day Carb Cycle Solution
Chris Powell
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• Author(s): Chris Powell • Publisher: Balance • Publisher Imprint: Balance • BISAC: Diet & Nutrition - DietsDon't lose the will to become the person you want to be. Choose to Lose the weight, and start the next chapter of your life as the pe...
View full detailsThe Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
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• Author(s): Mitch Albom • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: Visionary & MetaphysicalEddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job i...
View full detailsThe Excellent 11: Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire, and Educate Children
Ron Clark
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• Author(s): Ron Clark • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: Non-Formal EducationWhen The Essential 55 was published, Ron Clark became a tireless promoter, traveling the country to speak to l...
View full detailsLucky Man
Michael J. Fox
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• Author(s): Michael J. Fox • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing ArtsA funny, highly personal, gorgeously written account of what it's like to be a 30-year-old...
View full detailsFoolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love
Ashanti
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• Author(s): Ashanti • Publisher: Hyperion Books • Publisher Imprint: Hyperion Books • BISAC: American - African American & BlackIn this humorous and honest poetry collection, 'Princess of Hip Hop' Ashanti shares her unique perspective on lif...
View full detailsThe Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
Diane Ravitch
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• Author(s): Diane Ravitch • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Educational Policy & ReformAn urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education experts In this landmark book...
View full detailsThe Global Achievement Gap: Why Our Kids Don't Have the Skills They Need for College, Careers, and Citizenship -- And What We Can Do about It
Tony Wagner
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• Author(s): Tony Wagner • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Educational Policy & Reform - Federal LegislationDespite the best efforts of educators, our nation's schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teac...
View full detailsFrom Russia with Love: A James Bond Novel
Ian Fleming
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• Author(s): Ian Fleming • Publisher: William Morrow & Company • Publisher Imprint: William Morrow & Company • BISAC: Thrillers - EspionageJAMES BOND GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SMERSH IN A BID TO SECURE A KEY PIECE OF SOVIET INTELLIGENCESMERS...
View full detailsThe Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict
Adam Horowitz
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• Author(s): Adam Horowitz • Publisher: Bold Type Books • Publisher Imprint: Bold Type Books • BISAC: International Relations - DiplomacyThe Goldstone Report is one of the most controversial UN reports ever published. It alleges that both Israel ...
View full detailsEnding the Struggle Against Yourself: A Workbook for Developing Deep Confidence and Self-Acceptance
Stan Taubman
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• Author(s): Stan Taubman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Personal Growth - Self-EsteemThe mantra of self-esteem has by now reached us all: we hear that we should focus on our positive ...
View full detailsPainting Your Way Out of a Corner: The Art of Getting Unstuck
Barbara Diane Barry
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• Author(s): Barbara Diane Barry • Publisher: Tarcherperigee • Publisher Imprint: Tarcherperigee • BISAC: CreativityIn the tradition of The Artist's Way, an exciting program that introduces painting as a jumping-off point for realizing one's full...
View full detailsOn Such a Full Sea: On Such a Full Sea: A Novel
Chang-Rae Lee
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• Author(s): Chang-Rae Lee • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Dystopian"Watching a talented writer take a risk is one of the pleasures of devoted reading, and On Such a Full Sea provides all that an...
View full detailsThe Sound of Things Falling
Juan Gabriel Vasquez
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• Author(s): Juan Gabriel Vasquez • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Historical - General* National Bestseller and Dublin Literary Award winner* Hailed by Edmund White as "a brilliant new novel" on the cove...
View full detailsThe First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
Lesley Hazleton
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• Author(s): Lesley Hazleton • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: ReligiousThe extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited--and remade. Lesley Hazleton's new book, Agnostic: A ...
View full detailsThis Is How You Lose Her
Junot Díaz
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• Author(s): Junot Díaz • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)Finalist for the 2012 National Book AwardA Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012Finalist for the 2012 Story PrizeChosen ...
View full detailsBefore You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Danielle Evans
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• Author(s): Danielle Evans • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)Introducing a new star of her generation, an electric debut story collection about mixed-race and African-American...
View full detailsThe Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman
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• Author(s): Elliot Perlman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryHow breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so far away.From the civil rights struggle in the United ...
View full detailsJuliet, Naked
Nick Hornby
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• Author(s): Nick Hornby • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: LiteraryNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ETHAN HAWKE AND ROSE BYRNE From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, a quintessential Nick H...
View full detailsThe Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Steven Johnson
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• Author(s): Steven Johnson • Publisher: MixIG • Publisher Imprint: MixIG • BISAC: HistoryA National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year from the author of Extra Life "By turns a medical t...
View full detailsBrilliance of the Moon: Tales of the Otori, Book Three
Lian Hearn
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• Author(s): Lian Hearn • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Fantasy - HistoricalBrilliance of the Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tal...
View full detailsThe Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Timothy Keller
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• Author(s): Timothy Keller • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Christian Theology - ApologeticsA New York Times bestseller people can believe in--by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) ...
View full detailsNerd Do Well: A Small Boy's Journey to Becoming a Big Kid
Simon Pegg
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• Author(s): Simon Pegg • Publisher: Avery Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Avery Publishing Group • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing ArtsThe unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, star of Shaun of the De...
View full detailsBright from the Start: The Simple, Science-Backed Way to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind from Birth to Age 3
Jill Stamm
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• Author(s): Jill Stamm • Publisher: Avery Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Avery Publishing Group • BISAC: EducationA cutting-edge handbook for parents from a pioneer in infant brain development Should you really read to your baby? Can teac...
View full detailsThe Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters
Gregory Zuckerman
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• Author(s): Gregory Zuckerman • Publisher: Portfolio • Publisher Imprint: Portfolio • BISAC: Industries - Energy"A lively, exciting, and definitely thought-provoking book." --Booklist Things looked grim for American energy in 2006, but a handful...
View full detailsEnchantment: Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
Guy Kawasaki
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• Author(s): Guy Kawasaki • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Marketing - GeneralEnchantment, as defined by bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki, is not about manipulating people. It transforms sit...
View full detailsLike a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School
Richard Branson
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• Author(s): Richard Branson • Publisher: Portfolio • Publisher Imprint: Portfolio • BISAC: Management - GeneralIt's business school, the Branson way.Whether you're interested in starting your own business, improving your leadership skills, or si...
View full detailsHow to Be Richer, Smarter, and Better-Looking Than Your Parents
Zac Bissonnette
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• Author(s): Zac Bissonnette • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Personal Finance - Money ManagementStriking out on your own for the first time is exhilarating. But in a culture full of bad...
View full detailsEveryday Oracles: Decoding the Divine Messages That Are All Around Us
Ann Bolinger-McQuade
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• Author(s): Ann Bolinger-McQuade • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Divination - Fortune TellingIt could be a cloud in the shape of a loved one's face or an extremely relevant song playin...
View full detailsMain Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World
Victoria Moran
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• Author(s): Victoria Moran • Publisher: Tarcherperigee • Publisher Imprint: Tarcherperigee • BISAC: Health & Healing - GeneralHollywood celebrities are doing it. Corporate moguls are doing it. But what about those of us living in the real wo...
View full detailsThe Complete Diabetes Prevention Plan: A Guide to Understanding the Emerging Epidemic of Prediabetes and Halting Its Pr
Sandra Woodruff
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• Author(s): Sandra Woodruff • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Diseases & Conditions - DiabetesThe Complete Diabetes Prevention Plan is a guide to halting the development of diabetes. In clear,...
View full detailsStop Inflammation Now!: A Step-by-Step Plan to Prevent, Treat, and Reverse Inflammation--The Leading Cause of Heart Disease and Related Conditions
Richard Fleming
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• Author(s): Richard Fleming • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Diseases & Conditions - HeartAn innovative cardiologist reveals the twelve main causes of heart attack and stroke, and presents hi...
View full detailsThe Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
Sampson Davis
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• Author(s): Sampson Davis • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Cultural & RegionalA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A remarkable story about the power of friendship. Chosen by Essence to be among the forty mos...
View full detailsThinner
Stephen King
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• Author(s): Stephen King • Publisher: Scribner Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Scribner Book Company • BISAC: Horror - GeneralThe "extraordinary" (Booklist) novel of a cursed man's quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it be...
View full detailsQuicksand
Nella Larsen
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• Author(s): Nella Larsen • Publisher: Union Square & Co. • Publisher Imprint: Union Square & Co. • BISAC: ClassicsThe orphan of a Danish mother and a West Indian father, Helga Crane is a young woman caught between cultures and in search ...
View full detailsJugos para una vida saludable: Una guia para obtener el maximo beneficio de las frutas y los vegetales frescos
Cherie Calbom
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• Author(s): Cherie Calbom • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Diet & Nutrition - NutritionJuicing for Life, the best-selling A-to-Z guide to the health benefits of fresh fruit and vegetable juic...
View full detailsHealing with Pressure Point Therapy: Simple, Effective Techniques for Massaging Away More Than 100 Annoying Ailments
Jack Forem
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• Author(s): Jack Forem • Publisher: Prentice Hall Press • Publisher Imprint: Prentice Hall Press • BISAC: Acupressure & Acupuncture (see also Medical - Acupuncture)This comprehensive guide shows readers how to treat common health problems us...
View full detailsThe Story of England
Michael Wood
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• Author(s): Michael Wood • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralIn The Story of England Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen ...
View full detailsThe New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass
Bill Maher
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• Author(s): Bill Maher • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Form - Essays From bestselling author and host of HBO's Real Time, Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serves up a savagely ...
View full detailsRav Hisda's Daughter, Book I: Apprentice: A Novel of Love, the Talmud, and Sorcery
Maggie Anton
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• Author(s): Maggie Anton • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - General"A lushly detailed look into a fascinatingly unknown time and culture--a tale of Talmud, sorcery, and a mos...
View full detailsAttachments
Rainbow Rowell
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• Author(s): Rainbow Rowell • Publisher: Plume Books • Publisher Imprint: Plume Books • BISAC: Romance - ContemporaryFrom the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Slow Dance, Wayward Son, Fangirl, Carry On, and Landline comes a ...
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