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541) The book lover
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When Lucinda Barrett's husband destroys their marriage in a shocking betrayal, she's left with nothing but the shattered remnants of her life-- and her novel. Desperate to keep one last dream alive, she sets out on a 1,000 mile journey to get it into the hands of readers-- one bookstore at a time. Ruth Hardaway knows all about shattered dreams. For the last 30 years she's devoted her life to her store, The Book Lover, trying to bury her painful past....
542) The far end of happy
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"After enduring years of a struggling marriage, Ronnie Farnham has decided to divorce her husband and is beginning to hope for a happy future--until the morning Jeff is supposed to move out, when he locks himself in their barn with a rifle. When a massive police presence arrives to control the 12-hour stand off, the women in Jeff's life are pushed to their breaking points. Based on the author's harrowing personal story, The Far End of Happy is a powerful...
543) American rhapsody
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"The setting: Washington, Hollywood, and the landscape of the American Republic. ... The stars: Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Al Gore, John McCain, Ken Starr, and Monica Lewinsky. The supporting players: Warren Beatty, James Carville, Sharon Stone, Larry Flynt, Vernon Jordan, Linda Tripp, Matt Drudge, and Bob Packwood (with cameos by Richard Nixon and Farrah Fawcett, Eleanor Roosevelt and David Geffen, Robert Evans and Richard Gere). ......
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"An incisive reflection on identity and wealth, and a refreshing racial queer story of survival All Things Seen and Unseen follows Alex Nguyen, an isolated, chronically ill university student in her early 20s. After a suicide attempt and subsequent lengthy hospitalization, she finds herself without a job, kicked out of campus housing, unable to afford school, and still struggling in the aftermath of a relationship's dissolution. Hope comes in the...
546) Jernigan: a novel
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Peter Jernigan's life is slipping out of control. His wife's gone, he's lost his job and he's a stranger to his teenage son. Worse, his only relief from all this reality - alcohol - is less effective by the day. And when the medicine doesn't work, you up the dose. And when that doesn't work, what then? (Apart from upping the dose again anyway, because who knows?) Jernigan's answer is to slowly turn his caustic wit on everyone around him - his wife...
547) Theory of bastards
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"Stage four. Surgery. Recovering." While those are the simple words that once described Dr. Francine Burk's situation, the reality is much more complex. Her new reality is feeling unduly thrilled by her increasing ability to walk across a room without assistance. And it's being offered a placement at a prestigious research institute where she can put to good use her recent award money. With the Foundation's advanced technological resources and a group...
548) La lista prohibida
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"Durante años, Sarah y Jennifer, dos amigas inseparables, elaboraron una lista de cosas que había que evitar a toda costa por motivos de seguridad. La llamaron la 'Lista prohibida'. Una noche, sin embargo, en contra de lo que les dictaba su instinto, subieron a un taxi. Y esa decisión cambiara sus vidas para siempre. Secuestradas por un sádico, pasaron tres años encerradas junto a otras dos chicas en un sótano. Una década después, Sarah se...
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"In a tiny village in rural Iran, Zal's demented mother--horrified by his pale skin and hair, the opposite of her own--becomes convinced her baby is evil. She puts him in a wire birdcage on her veranda with the rest of her caged flock, and there he stays for the next ten years: eating birdseed and insects, defecating on the newspaper he squats upon, squawking and shrieking like the other birds.He is rescued from that hell and adopted by a behavioral...
550) Fervor
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"Gabe, Jace y Ash son tres de los hombres más ricos y poderosos del país. Están acostumbrados a conseguir todo lo que desean. Absolutamente todo. En el caso de Jace, se trata de una mujer cuyos encantos lo pillan por sorpresa... Jace Crestwell, Ash McIntyre y Gabe Hamilton han sido amigos y socios en los negocios durante todas sus vidas. Son tres hombres poderosos e irresistiblemente sexys. Además, Jace y Ash lo comparten todo, lo que incluye...
551) Éxtasis
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Gabe, Jace y Ash son tres de los hombres más ricos y poderosos del país. Están acostumbrados a conseguir todo lo que desean. Absolutamente todo. En el caso de Gabe se traduce en hacer realidad una fantasía concreta con una mujer que era fruta prohibida para él. Ahora ella está lista... Cuando Gabe Hamilton vio a Mia Crestwell entrar en el salón de baile para su gran debut, supo que iba a ir al infierno por lo que había planeado. Después de...