On New Year's Eve 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he attempted to deliver food and medical...
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Author: Maraniss, DavidSummary:
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Author: Bolaño, RobertoSummary:
Comprising short biographies about imaginary writers, this novel is an entirely original mini-encyclopedia of nonexistent Nazi literature in our hemisphere.
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Author: Grippando, JamesSummary:
Miami attorney Jack Swyteck lands in the heart of the contentious immigration debate when he takes on the heart-wrenching case of an undocumented immigrant who fled to America to protect her...
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Author: Cohen, LeonardSummary:
The poems in this book brim with praise, despair, anger, doubt, and trust. Speaking from the heart of the modern world, these verses give voice to our deepest intuitions.
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Author: Cohen, LeonardSummary:
This collection brings together, for the first time in one volume, a generous selection of Leonard Cohen's song lyrics and poetry, revealing the range and depth of Cohen's work.
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Author: Hallström, Lars K., Beckie, Mary A., Hvenegaard, Glen T., Mündel, Karsten, Alexander, Donald, Baccar, Kirstine, Barr, Michael, Calder, Moira, Carter, Meredith, Chan, Yolande, Connelly, Sean, Corbett, Jonathan, Davis, Anthony, Dixon, Jeffrey, Douglas, David, Epp, Roger, Green, Kelly, Halseth, Greg, Hamilton, Casey, Houle, Karen, Irvine, Melanie, Jones, Bernie, Keenan, Robert, Koster, Rhonda, Lane, Ryan, Markey, Sean, McMann, Shelly, McMillan, Leslie, Moffitt, Morgan, Morrison, Karen, Mündel, Karsten, Pollett, Craig, Prosper, Kerry, Roseland, Mark, Ryser, Laura, Sanders, Claire, Sumner, Jennifer, Vodden, Kelly, von der Gonna, Marc, Wright, ShayneSummary:
Rural communities, often the first indicators of economic downturns, play an important role in planning for development and sustainability. Increasingly, these communities are compelled to...
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Author: Estleman, Loren D.Summary:
Johnny Vermillion and the Prairie Rose Repertory Company bring culture to hardscrabble towns like Purgatory, Diablo and Spunk. The rustlers stop rustlin' and the six-shooters stop shootin' when...
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Author: Haddix, Margaret PetersonSummary:
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third...
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Author: Cobb, William J.Summary:
Goodnight, a fishing town on the Gulf Coast of Texas, is slowly being swallowed by an increasingly lifeless sea. Shrimpers and fishermen, with nothing to catch, watch their vessels rot in the...
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Author: Schlesier, Karl H.Summary:
The Nez Percé War of 1877 draws young John Seton, whose upbringing and ancestry cast him as an outsider in sharply contrasting worlds. His quest to find identity and place in the clash of...
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Author: Schlesier, Karl H.Summary:
Whirlwind, the twin brother of Stone, disappears during a raid into northeastern New Spain. So Stone brings together Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Gataka warriors to go after his missing brother--but there...
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Author: Kelton, ElmerSummary:
When Ranger Andy Pickard is sent to central Texas to investigate a series of killings and cattle thefts, two prominent cattlemen are prime suspects. But the rise of a gang of masked vigilantes and...
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Author: Ruiz Zafón, CarlosSummary:
It's wartime, and the Carver family decides to leave the capital where they live and move to a small coastal village where they've recently bought a home. But from the minute they cross the...
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Author: Majdalani, CharifSummary:
A young military recruit crosses paths with a compatriot who has dismantled a palace in Tripoli and is transporting it across the continent on a camel caravan.
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Author: Johnson, PaulSummary:
Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson's lively, succinct biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores how his legacy endures today. In the rousing style he's famous for, celebrated historian Paul...