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The Help The Help Kathryn Stockett Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi… OL11999891W
L’étranger L’étranger Albert Camus *L'Étranger* est le premier roman publié d’Albert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la tétralogie que Camus nommera « cycle de l’absurde » qui décrit les fondements de la philosophie camusienn… OL1230613W
Demanding respect Demanding respect Paul Douglas Lopes How is it that comic books—the once-reviled form of lowbrow popular culture—are now the rage for Hollywood blockbusters, the basis for bestselling video games, and the inspiration for literary graphi… OL13645253W
Cactus Island Cactus Island Manchee, William.,William Manchee Stan is called out to Possum Kingdom Lake in Central Texas where a boy scout has been killed in a tragic Jeep accident. At first glance it appears to be just a typical case of a reckless teenager dri… OL13838574W
Vinyl Cafe Unplugged Vinyl Cafe Unplugged Stuart McLean Bestselling author and radio storytelling sensation Stuart McLean revisits the heartwarming and hilarious friends from his iconic Vinyl Cafe.Dave and his wife Morley would no doubt tell you that life… OL15191028W
Bless Me, Ultima Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo A. Anaya,Rudolfo Anaya Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan pa… OL152076W
A political biography of Henry Fielding A political biography of Henry Fielding J. A. Downie Although scholars agree that Henry Fielding subscribed to Revolution Principles, existing accounts of his political ideas are insufficiently aware of the ways in which the various strands of Whig pol… OL15569553W
Il cimitero di Praga Il cimitero di Praga Umberto Eco "19th-century Europe--from Turin to Prague to Paris--abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. In Italy, republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. In… OL15653145W
Moonlight on linoleum Moonlight on linoleum Terry Helwig "Forced by her mother's instability to care for her five siblings, Helwig crafts a moving story of a mother she loved and struggled to understand"-- OL15941930W
The beginner's goodbye The beginner's goodbye Anne Tyler "Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearance… OL16142302W
Wild Wild Cheryl Strayed A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed th… OL16142316W
Ayn Rand Nation Ayn Rand Nation Gary Weiss Thirty years after her death, Ayn Rand’s ideas have never been more important. Unfettered capitalism, unregulated business, bare-bones government providing no social services, glorification of selfis… OL16215449W
Contemporary nursing Contemporary nursing Susan R. Jacob,Barbara Cherry xviii, 516 pages : 24 cm OL16312109W
The street sweeper The street sweeper Elliot Perlman "From the author of Seven Types of Ambiguity, an epic that reaches across generations and spans continents, revealing the interconnectedness and interdependence of humanity and the profound impact of… OL16342588W
The sickness The sickness Alberto Barrera "Dr. Miranda is coming to terms with a tragedy: his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and has only a few weeks to live. And yet the doctor--the son--finds it impossible to tell him. Ern… OL16451589W
The Good Times are Killing Me The Good Times are Killing Me Lynda Barry **Fiction, Graphic Novel:** Nationally syndicated cartoonist Lynda Barry's moving, quirky and honest first novel about a young girl's coming of age--which has also been a hit off-Broadway play--is b… OL16515705W
Bring Up the Bodies Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning [Wolf Hall;](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL464512W) and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thoma… OL16547664W
Blue asylum Blue asylum Kathy Hepinstall Amid the mayhem of the American Civil War, a Virginia plantation wife is put on trial by her slaveholder husband. Iris Dunleavy is convicted of madness by a Virginia judge; it is the only reasonable … OL16615585W
Hild Hild Nicola Griffith You are a prophet and seer with the brightest mind in an age. Your blood is that of the man who should have been king. That's what the king and his lords see. And they will kill you, one day. Britain… OL16817571W
Eastern European poets Eastern European poets Rosemary M. Canfield Reisman Profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. Discusses influential Eastern European poets such as Paul Celan, Itzik … OL16988205W
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