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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Half a life	V. S. Naipaul	One of the finest living writers in the English language, V. S. Naipaul gives us a tale as wholly un-expected as it is affecting, his first novel since the exultantly acclaimed A Way in the World, pu…	OL103096W
The Dante Club	Matthew Pearl	A New York Times BestsellerWords can bleed.In 1865 Boston, the literary geniuses of the Dante Club--poets and Harvard professors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James Russe…	OL11638015W
Martin Eden	Jack London	Jack London's Martin Eden was first published in 1909 and is the story of a young writer's quest for celebrity and love. Much loved by writers who identify with Martin's belief that when he posted a …	OL144822W
Murder at Union Station	Margaret Truman	When Washington's splendid Union Station opened its doors in 1908, the glorious structure epitomized capital stylishness. Today, restored and refurbished, the station is again a hub of activity where…	OL14851975W
Matters of the Heart	Danielle Steel	In a spellbinding blend of suspense and human drama, Danielle Steel tells a powerful and unusual story of one woman's journey from darkness into light, as she fights to escape a mesmerizing sociopath…	OL14873591W
The Collected Jack London	Steven J. Kasdin,Jack London	The North: To build a fire -- An odyssey of the North -- The white silence -- The son of the wolf -- To the man on trail -- The wisdom of the trail -- In a far country -- Siwash -- Th…	OL15031706W
The Vanishing Passenger	Gertrude Chandler Warner,Robert Papp	The famous mystery writer, Gilbert Finch, is coming to Greenfield to speak at the library, and the Aldens can't wait to meet him. When they go with Grandfather to pick Finch up at the train station, …	OL15061326W
Instant Lives	Howard Moss,Edward Gorey	A classic artistic parody from two of the world's most satiric minds. Moss uncovers remarkable historical anecdotes, which are accompanied by Gorey's absurdly deadpan drawings. Although the insightfu…	OL15068448W
There are monsters everywhere	Mercer Mayer	A boy who is certain that his house is filled with monsters takes a karate class in order to vanquish them.	OL15075000W
Your Oasis on Flame Lake	Lorna Landvik	When longtime best friends Devera and BiDi of Flame Lake, Minnesota, long for change in their lives and Devera's husband opens a nightclub in their basement, a crisis ensues and the ability to forgiv…	OL15419894W
Waxwings	Jonathan Raban	A novel set in Seattle at the turn of the millennium follows two immigrants as they struggle to achieve the American dream in the midst of terrorism, economic fireworks, and unrest in the streets.	OL15857720W
The 19th century	Sarah Halliwell	Introduces some of the major artists, writers, and composers who flourished in the United States and abroad during the nineteenth century.	OL16019407W
Light before day	Christopher Rice	Abruptly fired while pursuing a career-making story, journalist Adam Murphy is left adrift in West Hollywood, until he encounters mystery novelist James Wilton, with whom he investigates the disappea…	OL16061897W
The phantom of the post office	Kate Klise	With the impending closure of the post office, the transition to the new communication system VEXT-mail is anything but smooth for the human and paranormal residents of Ghastly, Illinois.	OL16167342W
War dances	Sherman Alexie	A collection of short stories includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his distant, American Indian father who is sl…	OL16177047W
Auf den Inseln des letzten Lichts	Rolf Lappert	Tobey and his older sister Megan, raised in poverty in Ireland, are abandoned by their mother while Tobey is still a baby. Years later, Tobey sets off for Dublin. He does not return to the village un…	OL16262090W
My two worlds	Sergio Chejfec	"Approaching his fiftieth birthday, the narrator in "My Two Worlds" is wandering in an unfamiliar Brazilian city, in search of a park. A walker by inclination and habit, he has decided to explore the…	OL16360696W
The forbidden wife	Sharon Kendrick	The new bride at Blackwood Manor...? After her mother died, Ashley Jones spent her childhood in care and foster homes. Alone in the world, she desperately needs her new live-in job as an author's…	OL16454964W
A Duke's temptation	Jillian Hunter	The Duke of Gravenhurst, the notorious author of dark romances, is accused of corrupting the morals of the public. But among his most devoted fans is the well-born Lily Boscastle, who seeks employmen…	OL16552745W
Thou shalt not road trip	Antony John	Sixteen-year-old Luke Dorsey is sent on a cross-country tour to promote his bestselling spiritual self-help guide accompanied by his agnostic older brother and former girlfriend Fran, from whom he le…	OL16624485W