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2013.
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""Beyond the green land, the pubs and the auburn hair, is a rich culture dating back nine thousand years, including invasions by just about every nation in Northern Europe. The Irish have survived as a people, perhaps because of the genetics of hope, the richness of tale-telling and laughter, and the scent of peat in the air."--Jay Ben Adlersberg The Emerald Isle is known for its gorgeous countryside, and rightfully so. From the rugged cliffs...
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[2005]
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This hip, witty, and occasionally irreverent guide to creating book club get-togethers is based on Gardner's popular newsletter. It features fiction and nonfiction selections, ranging from timeless classics to beach reads, and recipes for easy-to-transport cocktails, finger foods, sit-down dinners and snacks, all organized by month.
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2019.
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"A beautiful collection of curated poems, individually selected to provide the perfect balm for every emotional need Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice are tailored to those moments in life when we need them most, from general glumness to news overload, and from infatuation to losing the spark. Whatever you're facing, there is a poem in these pages that will do the trick. This pocket-size companion...
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[2013]
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"An anthology of American poetry about nature and the environment, divided into a historical section with poetry written from roughly the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century and a contemporary section with over 300 poems written since 1960 by a diverse group of more than 170 poets. Introduction by Robert Hass"--Provided by publisher.
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1984
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Sisterhood Is Global has been revered as the essential feminist text on the international women's movement since its first appearance, when it was hailed as "a historic publishing event." The anthology features original essays Morgan commissioned from a deliberately eclectic mix of women both famous and less known-grass-roots activisits, politicians, scholars, querillas, novelists, social scientists, and journalists-representing seventy countries,...
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[1996]
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The complete lesbian resource guide, Our Right to Love instantly became a classic when it was first published in 1978. Now fully revised and expanded for the 1990s, this new edition includes over 60 articles and interviews covering the many aspects of lesbian life: relationships, sexuality, health, activism, education and sports, religion and spirituality, the law and legal issues, multiethnic lesbian experience, and lesbian culture. A group of essays...
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[2010]
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Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved uncle is convinced she was murdered, and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced investigative journalist Mickael Blomkvist and the tattooed and troubled yet resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate--with...
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2016.
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From the epic of Gilgamesh, almost two thousand years BCE, to the modern fantasies of Stephen King's Dark Tower series and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter, authors have created fictional realms that have captivated audiences. Miller has guided a team of writers to unlock the mysteries and meanings of nearly 100 fantastical and awe-inspiring lands. The essays explore the contemporary events and circumstances that influenced each work, and examine how elements...
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[1997]
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"This long-awaited anthology celebrates the experience of Native American women and is at once an important contribution to our literature and an historical document. From people who value stories and songs from literary traditions...it is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind to collect the poetry, fiction, prayer and memoir from Native American women. It is about the process of writing and speaking that sheds light on what it means to be...
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2002.
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For 90 years "Poetry" has been America's most distinguished magazine of verse. This 90th anniversary anthology may be the most bountiful collection of American poems ever published. It offers a record of poetic achievement as well as some of the vagaries, fads, fashions, and failures of the last 90 years.
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[2014]
Description
" ... [Draws from] letters, diary entries, speeches, articles, messages and poems to provide an incomparable literary portrait of a nation at war with itself, while illuminating the military and political events that brought the Union to final victory and slavery and secession to their ultimate destruction ..."--Dust jacket flap.
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30 days by K Larsen// The 6th Extinction: A Sigma Force novel by James Rollins// Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner// Aijlan: The Silk Revolution (The Lords of Misrule book 1) by Andy Graham// The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott// The American Heiress by Dorothy Eden// Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key by S l Morgan// Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog// Armed and...
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30 days by K Larsen// The 6th Extinction: A Sigma Force novel by James Rollins// Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner// Aijlan: The Silk Revolution (The Lords of Misrule book 1) by Andy Graham// The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott// The American Heiress by Dorothy Eden// Ancient Guardians: The Legacy of the Key by S l Morgan// Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog// Armed and...
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