A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can?t help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If ...
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The familiar characters of Hawthorne's dark tale of pride and guilt in colonial New England are given new and added immediacy in the 24 wood engravings by master illustrator Barry Moser.
This is the thrilling story of Nicky Cruz's desperate battle against drugs, alcoholism, and a violent environment, as he searched for a better way of life on the streets of New York City.
Hired by an alcohol-loving Baptist preacher to recover a stolen file, tough Dallas detective Lee Henry Oswald finds himself matching wits with a psychopathic assassin out to retrieve the same file, while confronting dark memories of the incident that cost his former partner, Billy Barganier, his lif ...
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In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 da ...
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A modern classic, <b>Einstein’s Dreams</b> is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible ...
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Best of the Best. Spend Mother's Day with the latest in Jan Karon's bestselling and beloved series. Mitford's longtime Eposcopal priest fills in at a small church on Whitecap Island. Fans old and new will find this trip to Mitford "and" Whitecap twice as good for the soul. Abridged.
First you took [the title] at face value, and picked it up immediately. "This is just the sort of book for which I have been looking!" Many of you, particularly those among you who seek out the maudlin and melodramatic, were struck by the "Heartbreaking" part. Others thought the "Staggering Genius" ...
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The National Book Award finalist for Bastard Out of Carolina illuminates the rural poverty of the South in a story love and loss, beauty and terror, and the intricate web of family love and hatred that spins itself through all our lives. "Elegant and raw, as fine and delicate as a tear, as hard and ...
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Beautiful, uninhibited, yet innocent Star Wood Leigh is trying to earn enough money for cosmetology school when favors for some friends bring her a modeling offer that leads her to Hollywood and new opportunities, both professional and erotic. Reprint.
Strange things are afoot in Pickax these days, despite the small town's quiet charm. An elderly woman dies in a fire, a local politician is defending himself against scandalous rumors, and then a local artist disappears. Journalist Jim Qwilleran and his faithful sleuthing cats Koko and Yum Yum know ...
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Celebrates the remarkable life and diverse accomplishments of this slave turned heroine, from her days as a conductor on the Underground Railroad to her service as a spy during the Civil War. Simultaneous.
A fictional diary of Princess Sophie, later named Catherine, from 1743 until 1745, when at age fifteen she is married to her second cousin Peter, Grand Duke of Russia, who will one day be Emperor. Includes historical notes on her later life.
Perhaps the world's most famous beach bum, and certainly one of the most financially well-set, Jimmy Buffett lives a life that's the envy of his many fans. His loveable everyman persona is displayed to good effect in A PIRATE LOOKS AT FIFTY, a combination of memoir, travel book, and mid-life crisis ...
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Merlyn finally realizes his quest and, after Arthur successfully withdraws the Sword of Kingship from the stone, presents him as the rightful High King of Britain.
When the ghost of his father appears to Prince Hamlet of Denmark, urging him to avenge his murder upon his uncle, the tragic flaw of indecision leads Hamlet to ruin.
In this moving autobiography, Beryl Markham describes growing up in East Africa with her horse-breeder father, who taught her to care for and train the animals for racing. In her 20s, Markham discovered flying, and worked as an airborne deliverer of supplies and mail. In 1936, she became the first w ...
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The 221 illustrations which Daniel Beard drew for the early editions of Twain's popular work are featured along with an uncorrupted text based on proofs, and instructions that passed between Twain and his publisher.
Things haven?t turned out quite as planned for 38-year-old bookstore owner Anne Marie Roche. With no relationship or children of her own, she decides to make some changes in her life. In this eighth in Debbie Macomber?s bestselling CEDAR COVE series, personal transformation is possible for Anne Mari ...
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Julie Garwood, "a master storyteller" (Rendezvous), has captivated readers with such New York Times bestselling novels as The Secret, The Prize, and The Gift. Now she weaves a tale of an orphaned princess who hastily marries an Englishman to protect herself from the turmoil in her own land.
When ten people arrive on private Indian Island off England's southwest coast, lured to a mansion by invitations from a mysterious host, terror mounts as one guest after another is murdered, in a classic whodunit that is an elaboration of the famous children's rhyme "Ten Little Indians." Book avail ...
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