In his first novel to follow the publication of his enormous success, The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck�s vision comes wonderfully to life in this imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus...
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Author: Steinbeck, JohnSummary:
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Author: Petterson, Per.Summary:
Sixty-seven-year-old Trond Sander lives secluded in a far corner of Norway. Casting his mind back to 1948, he recalls a horse stealing prank with his best friend that turned tragic and changed his...
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Author: Bausum, Ann.Summary:
The story of America has always been shaped by people from all corners of the Earth who came in search of a better life and a brighter future. Immigration remains one of the critical topics in...
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Author: Watson, LarrySummary:
The American West is bestselling author Larry Watson's forte, and in this, his tenth novel, he has created his most vivid, genuine antihero yet in Calvin Sidey, a man stuck in a myth. Calvin Sidey...
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Author: McCarthy, CormacSummary:
In The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy fulfills the promise of All the Pretty Horses and at the same time give us a work that is darker and more visionary, a novel with the unstoppable momentum of a...
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Author: Ray, ShannSummary:
As Evelynne Lowry, the daughter of a copper baron, comes of age in early 20th century Montana, the lives of horses dovetail with the lives of people and her own quest for womanhood becomes...
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Author: Johansen, IrisSummary:
Photojournalist Bess Grady arrives in a sleepy tropical town for a well-deserved vacation, but she finds that conspiracy and murder--not rest and relaxation--are on the agenda.
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Author: Hansen, EricSummary:
Outfitted with a pair of ratty sand shoes and a knapsack full of trade goods, Eric Hansen set off to cross the rainforest of Borneo, one of the last places on earth largely untouched by Western...
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Author: Wexler, DjangoSummary:
Fourth in the "audacious and subversive"* Shadow Campaigns novels, following The Price of Valor, The Shadow Throne, and the acclaimed The Thousand Names. After their defeats at the hands of...
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Author: Wexler, DjangoSummary:
Anyone can plot a coup or fire an assassin' s bullet. But in a world of muskets and magic, it takes considerably more to seize the throne. The ailing King of the Vordan lies on his deathbed....
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Author: Wexler, DjangoSummary:
In the latest Shadow Campaigns novel, Django Wexler continues his "epic fantasy of military might and magical conflict" following The Shadow Throne and The Thousand Names, as the realm of Vordan...
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Author: Jennewein, Jim.Summary:
In order to save his one true love and prevent the destruction of the earth, Dane the Defiant must defeat an old--and undead--enemy.
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Author: Jennewein, Jim.Summary:
In the fortress of King Eldred the Moody, Dane the Defiant receives honors and a magical rune sword that belonged to his father, but he also finds treachery that sends him and his friends on a...
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Author: Cheripko, Jan.Summary:
Relates how one delegate to the Second Continental Congress battled bad weather and physical disabilities to arrive in Philadelphia in 1776, in time for the historic vote that led to independence...
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Author: Rovira, AlexSummary:
As childhood friends enjoy a chance meeting after 50 years, one of them tells the old story that led to his success. The enchanting parable that follows combines a dash of fairy-tale lore with a...