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Goddess of the market Goddess of the market Jennifer Burns Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets s… OL13771777W
Dragonholder Dragonholder Todd McCaffrey An enthralling biography of one of the most luminous shining stars of fantasy and science fiction, world builder and dragon master Anne McCaffrey, written by her son, collaborator, and most devoted f… OL14934103W
Edith Wharton Edith Wharton Hermione Lee From Hermione Lee, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning biographer of Virginia Woolf and Willa Cather, comes a superb reexamination of one of the most famous American women of letters.Delving… OL16025713W
My first real romance My first real romance Joan Dial,Nora Roberts,Heather Graham,LaVyrle Spencer,Jennifer Blake,Alice Morgan,Susanna Collins,Tom Silberkleit,Cynthia Wright,Jerry Biederman,Jude Deveraux,Anne Hampson,Rebecca Brandewyne,Sylvie F. Sommerfield Presents the first actual romantic experiences of such romance authors as Rebecca Brandewyne, Susanna Collins, Jude Deveraux, Joan Dial, Heather Graham, Anne Hampson, Alice Morgan, Nora Roberts, Sylv… OL16039372W
Susan Mallery's Fool's Gold Cookbook Susan Mallery's Fool's Gold Cookbook Susan Mallery Fool’s Gold is known as the Land of Happy Endings, but it’s also the land of heart appetites. Throughout the series, the residents of Fool’s Gold have found joy, comfort and good times through food. … OL17748710W
Pilgrimage Pilgrimage Lynn N. Austin "A fiction writer learns to reconnect with God in this memoir about a trip to Israel"-- Austin was struggling with spiritual dryness in a season of loss and unwanted change. Tracing her travels thro… OL19704506W
Hourglass Hourglass Dani Shapiro "The best-selling novelist and memoirist delivers her most intimate and powerful work: a piercing, life-affirming memoir about marriage and memory, about the frailty and elasticity of our most essent… OL20052229W
You zou zai liang ge shi jie zhi jian You zou zai liang ge shi jie zhi jian Edwina Pendarvis "Between Two Worlds : A Biography of Pearl S. Buck offers a fresh new account of this famous woman born of two nations. It is a multicultural effort that Buck would surely approve. Written by an Amer… OL20558257W
Romanced to death Romanced to death Susan Rogers Cooper Romantic novelist E.J. Pugh has been nominated for a Lady, a coveted award from the American Romance Writers' Association. The convention is to be held in nearby Austin, Texas so E.J. is going. It sh… OL24296047W
Hoyt Street Hoyt Street Mary Helen Ponce It's the 1940s. Little Mary Helen Ponce and her family live in Pacoima. Unmindful of their poverty, Mary Helen and her friends sneak into the circus, run wild at church bazaars, and snitch apricots f… OL3510430W
The world of Willa Cather The world of Willa Cather Mildred R. Bennett xvi, 285 p., [16] p. of plates : 20 cm OL3522444W
Too strong for fantasy Too strong for fantasy Marcia Davenport 483 p. : 24 cm OL4321523W
Writer of the plains Writer of the plains Thomas Streissguth A biography of the American author Willa Cather, emphasizing her youth and early career but covering all of her life. OL441766W
Obsession, Deceit and Really Dark Chocolate Obsession, Deceit and Really Dark Chocolate Kyra Davis Sophie Katz's relationship with the irresistible and occasionally insufferable P.I. Anatoly Darinsky is on the fritz when a friend recruits Sophie's investigation skills to decode her possibly two-ti… OL5878737W
Sex, murder and a double latte Sex, murder and a double latte Kyra Davis When a mystery writer cries bloody murder, everyone blames her overactive imagination…Thriller scribe Sophie Katz is as hard-boiled as a woman who drinks Grande Caramel Brownie Frappuccinos can be. S… OL5878738W
When Katie wakes When Katie wakes Connie May Fowler Bestselling author Connie May Fowler tells her own extraordinary story for the first time--the harrowing years of her childhood followed by the abusive relationship she endured as a young woman--and … OL61570W
Borrowed Finery Borrowed Finery Paula Fox In this moving and unusual memoir - this portrait of a life adrift - there are many things Paula can't remember, many things she can't explain, but the gaps are telling, signifying a child's quiet ac… OL67364W
A backward glance A backward glance Edith Wharton Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high qu… OL98566W