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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Being there	Jerzy N. Kosinski	Being There is a satirical novel by the Polish born writer Jerzy Kosinski, first published in 1971. Set in America the story concerns Chance, a simple gardener who unwittingly becomes a much sought a…	OL10695414W
Black Hills	Nora Roberts	In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Nora Roberts takes readers deep into the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, where the shadows keep secrets, hunters stalk the land, and a childhood friendship m…	OL111417W
Time and again	Nora Roberts	Time Was Cal Hornblower is flying his ship when he has an accident. He wakes up in a remote Oregon cabin, rescued by Libby Stone. But something is drastically wrong. His environment is different, …	OL111537W
The Switch	Elmore Leonard	Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara hit it off in prison, where they were both doing time for grand theft auto. Now that they're out, they're joining forces for one big score. The plan is to kidnap the wife…	OL111652W
The White Gryphon (Valdemar	Mercedes Lackey,Larry Dixon	It has been ten years since the magical Cataclysm, which destroyed the twin strongholds of the two world's most powerful Mages, killing Urtho, creator of the gryphons, and sending his forces into exi…	OL112573W
Reaganism, Thatcherism, and the social novel	Colin Hutchinson	"Reagan and Thatcher changed everything - even fiction, which is often seen as a bastion of left-liberal thought. This insightful book examines the work of both British and American authors over the …	OL11922153W
The End of Youth	Rebecca Brown	The End of Youth is a collection of 13 linked stories, essays and rants, about carrying on after youth’s hope is gone. In "Afraid of the Dark," a child learns that there is good reason to be afraid…	OL12037831W
Transcending the new woman	Charlotte J. Rich	"Examines multiethnic women writers' responses to the ideal of the New Woman in America at the dawn of the twentieth century, opening up a world of literary texts that lend new insight, revealing how…	OL12512567W
Daddy's little girl	Mary Higgins Clark	From Mary Higgins Clark, America's bestselling "Queen of Suspense," comes a chilling story of murder that reaches the heights of suspense while exploring the depths of the criminal mind. Ellie Cavana…	OL13060W
Dark horse	Tami Hoag	In her latest thriller, New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag takes readers on a suspense-filled ride of shocks and twists leading to an explosive finish. It is the story of an ex-cop, a missin…	OL134443W
Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories]	Edgar Allan Poe	Tales of Mystery and Imagination, London: George Harrap and New York: Brentanos, 1919. (This famous and frequently copied collection features elaborate illustrations by Harry Clarke. The original edi…	OL13537898W
Deliverance	James Dickey	The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the state's most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a…	OL14856962W
The Hotel New Hampshire	John Irving	The Hotel New Hampshire follows the Berry family across two continents and through three hotels. Family members attract friends who substitute lust, violence, laughter and tears for the standard bour…	OL14858720W
Lady killer	Lisa Scottoline	Mary DiNunzio is a trademark Lisa Scottoline heroine—she's strong, she's smart, and she's got plenty of attitude. In recent years, she's become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates, but …	OL14914127W
Selections from the Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Assignation / Cask of Amontillado / Descent Int…	Edgar Allan Poe	[Assignation](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645797W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) [Descent into the Maelstrom](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273476W) [Fall o…	OL14938101W
Thirty-Two Stories	Edgar Allan Poe	[Assignation](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645797W) Balloon-Hoax [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) [Descent in…	OL14938126W
The Call of the Wild	Jack London	As Buck, a mixed breed dog, is taken away from his home, instead of facing a feast for breakfast and the comforts of home, he faces the hardships of being a sled dog. Soon he lands in the wrong hands…	OL14942956W
Bayou Bad Boys	Nancy Warren,JoAnn Ross,E. C. Sheedy	"Cajun Heat" is written by JoAnn Ross Bad boy bayou movie star Gabe Broussard has come back to his Louisiana hometown for some peace, but things only heat up the minute he reunites with Emma Quinlan…	OL14958711W
The Bohemian Girl	Willa Cather	A short story from the Classic Shorts collection: The Bohemian Girl by Willa Cather	OL14993888W
Men on Men 2000	Various,Karl Woelz,David Bergman	Now spanning eight volumes and two decades, the Men on Men series continues to showcase the remarkable talent of gay literary writers. These venerable collections of short stories have become a gay…	OL15063639W