Describes the early cooperative relationships between Ice Age humans and dogs as well as human society's later efforts to domesticate and control dog species through reproduction, revealing how...
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Author: Derr, MarkSummary:
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Author: Button, JamesSummary:
Working for Rudd, James paints a colourful picture of the machinations of government and shows how far the party has moved from the idealism and pragmatism of his father's generation. He ends on a...
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Author: MCCULLOUGH, ColleenSummary:
In the mental ward of an Australian military hospital just after World war Two, nurse Honour Langtry cares intensely for the five men in her charge. A new arrival, a model soldier drawn to Honour...
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Author: SHUTE, NevilSummary:
A love story of a bomber pilot and a WAAF officer at an RAF station in England during the second World War.
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Author: NAZER, MendeSummary:
The extraordinary story of a young Sudanese girl who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, and how, in September 2000, she finally escaped to freedom. Mende Nazer grew up in the remote Nuba...
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Author: Lowry, LoisSummary:
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot...
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Author: Gladwell, SandraSummary:
The best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high...
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Author: Cannon, ElaineSummary:
This book is about trials and sorrows, but it is also about happiness, blessings, and perspective. Using personal experiences, stories, scriptural references and other examples, Elaine Cannon here...
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Author: Grisham, JohnSummary:
Law firm partners Oscar Finley and Wally Figg see a chance for huge financial gain when they learn of a pending class action lawsuit against the makers of Krayoxx, a popular cholesterol-reducing...
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Author: Giffin, EmilySummary:
Marian Caldwell is a thirty-six year old television producer, living her dream in New York City. With a fulfilling career and satisfying relationship, she has convinced everyone, including herself...
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Author: Piper, DonSummary:
As he is driving home from a minister's conference, Baptist minister Don Piper collides with a semi-truck that crosses into his lane. He is pronounced dead at the scene. For the next 90 minutes,...
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Author: Flower, KathySummary:
A traveller's guide to customs and culture of China.
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Author: Mallery, SusanSummary:
Former underwear model turned entrepreneur Clay Stryker has loved, tragically lost and vowed that he'll never risk his heart again. After making his fortune, the youngest of the rugged Stryker...
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Author: McGuire, JamieSummary:
The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her...
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Author: Flynn, GillianSummary:
On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets...