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That Night
by Alice McdermottSet on Long Island in the 60s, Rick and Sheryl are high school sweethearts who eventually became lovers. Then Sheryl discovers that she's pregnant...
Appendix to the I Hate to Cook Book
by Peg Bracken140 brand-new recipes and more of those hilarious tips on how to stay happy on the kitchen front
The Purple Pirate (The Sixth Book of Tros of Samothrace)
by Talbot MundyTros has chosen Arsinoe, Cleopatra's younger sister, to be his wife, frustrating the fiery queen's desire for him. She tries to thwart his plan to sail around the world in his trireme.
Worlds in Collision
by Immanuel VelikovskyPropounds the theory that more than once within historical times, the order in our planetary system was disturbed and caused enormous cataclysms. From the book: WORLDS IN COLLISION, the most discussed book of our time, propounds the startling theory that more than once within historical times the order in our planetary system was disturbed and caused enormous cataclysms; the earth became a primeval chaos lashed by tornadoes of cinders; the skies darkened; land masses were destroyed and large portions of the human race perished.
Anne Boleyn
by Marie Louise BruceHenry VIII;s campaign to win over Anne Boleyn at last succeeded, but her reign was short, and her fall was stunning, swift and cruel.
Black Sunday
by Thomas HarrisIn a race to kill the Super Bowl spectators, an American vet and PLO accomplices are pitted against the FBI and an Israeli agent.
Desperate Games
by Pierre BoulleA group of scientists now rule the world, and many problems disappear, but new ones surface, including the awesomeness of freedom.
The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers
by Robert HeilbronerAdam Smith, Malthus, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, John Maynard Keynes, and more...
A Reader's Guide to Great Twentieth Century English Novels
by Frederick R. Karl Marvin MagalanerBiographies and discussions of the works of Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, and Aldous Huxley.
The Honorary Consul
by Graham GreeneSet in South America in the 1970s, this novel examines love, compassion, betrayal and faith
Black William
by Robert NeillA novel of love and intrigue in 18th century England, when George I has ascended the throne but many are determined that James Edward Stuart will rule.
The Call of the Wild
by Jack LondonFirst published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.
The Vital Spark: 101 Outstanding Lives
by Lowell ThomasFrom Solomon to Winston Churchill, here are the biographies of 101 individuals who led amazing lives.
The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized Technology
by Erich H. FrommAn analysis of our technological society and its effects on us; he shows that we still have time to make man the master of the machine rather than its servant - if we understand the crossroads we are facing and have the courage and imagination to shift from the priorities of things and death to the priorities of life and humankind.
Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain
by Sheila Ostrander Lynn SchroederEncounters with Russia's scientifically tested psychics and their research in Soviet Russia, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia
Topper: A Ribald Adventure
by Thorne SmithThe astounding adventures of Cosmo Topper, a law-abiding, home-loving, highly respected member of suburbia, yet destined to take part in hilarious escapades with sundry madcap gentry of another world.