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Traveling light Traveling light Katrina Kittle "Travel light and you can sing in the robber's face" was the best advice Summer Zwolenick ever received from her father, though she didn't recognize it at the time. Three years after the accident tha… OL102621W
From the Dust Returned From the Dust Returned Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury, America's most beloved storyteller, has spent a lifetime carrying readers to exhilarating and dangerous places, from dark street comers in unfamiliar cities and towns to the edge of the… OL103193W
David Copperfield David Copperfield Charles Dickens David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rooke… OL10322056W
The God of Small Things The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down … OL1052138W
The Edge of Winter The Edge of Winter Luanne Rice Neve Halloran and her daughter have shared a fierce love for the austere beauty of Rhode Island's South County ever since Neve guided Mickey's first baby steps along the sandy shore. Now, with Micke… OL106215W
Cloud Nine Cloud Nine Luanne Rice What would you do with a second chance at life?Sarah Talbot thought she'd never see another birthday. But against all odds, she beat the illness that could have killed her, reopened her bedding shop,… OL106221W
A visitation of spirits A visitation of spirits Randall Kenan From Publishers Weekly As its title suggests, a powerful strain of mysticism runs through this story of personal awakening in a black North Carolina family, but first-time novelist Kenan has a rare … OL109713W
Barchester Towers Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope *The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 2: Barchester Towers* Written as a sequel to "The Warden", this is the second book of the Barsetshire novels. Described as humorous, this wonderful novel that… OL109724W
Mr. Scarborough's Family Mr. Scarborough's Family Anthony Trollope It will be necessary, for the purpose of my story, that I shall go back more than once from the point at which it begins, so that I may explain with the least amount of awkwardness the things as they… OL109858W
Hoosier school-master Hoosier school-master Edward Eggleston Edward Eggleston (1837-1902) was born in Vevay, Indiana. He was both a novelist and a historian, authoring several texts of U.S. history. OL1145619W
The privileges The privileges Jonathan Dee Smart, socially gifted, and chronically impatient, Adam and Cynthia Morey are so perfect for each other that united they become a kind of fortress against the world. In their hurry to start a new lif… OL11616178W
The lemur The lemur John Banville,Eduard Castanyo Montserrat "John Glass's life in New York should be plenty comfortable. He's given up his career as a journalist to write an authorized biography of his father-in-law, communications magnate and former CIA agen… OL11651248W
The Women of Pemberley (Pemberley Chronicles #2) The Women of Pemberley (Pemberley Chronicles #2) Rebecca Ann Collins The Women of Pemberley follows the lives of five women, some from the beloved works of Jane Austen, some new from the author’s imagination, into a new era of post industrial revolution England, at th… OL11892645W
Dream house Dream house Valerie Laken Dream House is a riveting debut novel that tells the story of a domestic drama that will forever change the lives of two families.One terrible night. One outraged act. What price will people pay to h… OL12006918W
April Shadows April Shadows V. C. Andrews **April had always felt like an outsider.** Her older sister Brenda was tall, athletic, competitive, and sure of herself. But April Taylor was short, sensitive, and overweight -- and she couldn't … OL134820W
Petals on the Wind Petals on the Wind V. C. Andrews Petals on the Wind is a novel written by V. C. Andrews in 1980. It is the second book in the Dollanganger series. The timeline takes place from the siblings' successful escape in November 1960 to the… OL134890W
Hello goodbye Hello goodbye Emily Chenoweth In a single week, a family leaves behind its past and a daughter awakens to the future in Emily Chenoweth's intimate and beautifully crafted debut novel.In the winter of 1990, Helen Hansen--counselor… OL13604594W
TOMORROW TOMORROW Graham Swift Paula lies awake, her husband of years asleep beside her. The next day, she knows, will redefine all their lives. Recalling the years before and after her children were born, she begins her story whi… OL13671905W
The Writing on My Forehead The Writing on My Forehead Nafisa Haji Free-spirited and rebellious Muslim-American Saira Qader rejected the constricting notions of family, duty, obligation, and fate, choosing instead to become a journalist, but when tragedy strikes fiv… OL13753390W
The tie that binds The tie that binds Kent Haruf Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand, police officer at her door. She is charged with murder. The clues: a sack of chick… OL14856872W
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