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What do readers say about Tuck Everlasting?
imagery and detailed language it had great descriptions a family living forever a chapter bookWhen ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles upon the Tuck family's disturbing secret, she is forced to come to terms with her conflicting emotions. She feels drawn to the loving, gentle and rather eccentric Tucks, but what they tell her is too incredibl... More details on Tuck Everlasting
The road that led to Treegap had been trod out long before by a herd of cows who were, to say the least, relaxed. It wandered along in curves and easy angles, swayed off and up in a pleasant tangent t...
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What do readers say about Circe?
wonderfully descriptive language a story of loneliness and longing mournful witch fantasy storyThe international Number One bestseller from the author of The Song of Achilles, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE.
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightie... More details on Circe
When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist. They called me nymph, assuming I would be like my mother and aunts and thousand cousins. Least of the lesser goddesses, our powers were so modes...
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What do readers say about The Outlander?
simple yet beautiful language a widow's escape sentimental adventure tale poetic and arrestingOn a moonlit night in 1903, a mysterious young woman flees alone across the Canadian wilderness, one quick step ahead of her pursuers. Mary Boulton is nineteen years old, half mad, and widowed - by her own hand.
Tearing through the forest with dogs ... More details on The Outlander
IT WAS NIGHT, and dogs came through the trees, unleashed and howling. They burst from the cover of the woods and their shadows swam across a moonlit field. For a moment, it was as if her scent had tor...
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What do readers say about South of Broad?
interesting and complex first person narration timeless southern literature sweeping family sagas#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"A big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage" (The Washington Post) by the celebrated author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered-and shadowed-by tra... More details on South of Broad
Nothing happens by accident. I learned this the hard way, long before I knew that the hard way was the only path to true, certain knowledge. Early in my life, I came to fear the power of strange conve...
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What do readers say about The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear?
simple yet engaging wonderfully descriptive prose fast paced and enjoyable fun and light-hearted fantasyNow in English, the German bestseller that combines the fantasy of Lord of the Rings with the humour of Baron Munchausen.
Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur - a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Here he
tells the am... More details on The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
The Minipirates were the masters of the Zamonian Sea. Nobody knew this, however, because they were too small to be noticed. No wave was too high, no storm too tempestuous and no whirlpool too powerful...
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What do readers say about The Enchanted April?
poetic and lilting a month in italy warm and languid tone stiff and old fashionedElizabeth von Arnim's novel tells the story of four dissimilar women in 1920s England who leave their damp and rainy environs to go on a holiday to a secluded coastal castle in Italy. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, who belong to the same ladies' cl... More details on The Enchanted April
IT BEGAN in a woman’s club in London on a February afternoon—an uncomfortable club, and a miserable afternoon—when Mrs. Wilkins, who had come down from Hampstead to shop and had lunched at her club, t...
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What do readers say about Land of Wolves?
descriptive writing is strong shocking plot twist wonderfully descriptive prose there are many layersThe new novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.
"It's the scenery-and the big guy standing in front of the scenery-that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson's lean and leathery mysteries."
-The New York Times Bo... More details on Land of Wolves
It’s hard to think of a place in Wyoming where the wind doesn’t reign supreme; where the sovereignty of sound doesn’t break through the parks of the Bighorns with a hoarse-throated howl. I sometimes w...
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What do readers say about My Name Is Asher Lev?
an orthodox jewish artist fine and vivid religion and art short, declarative sentencesNATIONAL BESTSELLER
In this modern classic from the National Book Award-nominated author of The Chosen, a young religious artist is compulsively driven to render the world he sees and feels, even when it leads him to blasphemy.
"A novel of finely ... More details on My Name Is Asher Lev
I am an observant Jew. Yes, of course, observant Jews do not paint crucifixions. As a matter of fact, observant Jews do not paint at all—in the way that I am painting. So strong words are being writte...
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What do readers say about The Weight of This World?
intense and brutal dark and violent gritty appalachian noir it was too cringeyCritically acclaimed author David Joy, whose debut Where All Light Tends to Go was hailed as "a savagely moving novel that will likely become an important addition to the great body of southern literature" (The Huffington Post), returns to the mounta... More details on The Weight of This World
Aiden was damn near starved to death when he inhaled the last half of his sausage biscuit in one gigantic bite. He balled up the Bojangles’ wrapper and shot it through the open window of his ’76 Ford ...
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What do readers say about Urban Shaman?
wish fulfillment fantasy wonderfully descriptive prose interesting story, and entertaining compressed to a novellaJoanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt. No worries. No pressure. Never mind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing herself from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, ... More details on Urban Shaman
Well, all right, that’s wildly untrue. There are lots of things worse than red-eye flights. There are starving children in Africa, hate crimes and Austin Powers’s teeth. That’s just off the top of my ...
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