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Lelia
Dostoevsky called Lélia “Sand’s immense ethical quest.” It is the most self-revealing of her novels. Published in 1833, it shocked the public by advocating the same...
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Dark Plums
Dark Plums is Maria Espinosa’s exploration of a young woman’s search for love and self in Manhattan. Set in the late 1950’s, Adrianne, a young girl from Texas,...
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From the Publisher Nothing gets Eleanor Samuels's heart racing like a double scoop of mocha fudge chunk. Sure, the magazine writer may have some issues aside from...
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From the PublisherTake the long way home...  Full of big dreams of the fast life, Tallie Beck hit the road at the age of seventeen to become a rock 'n roll star-and...
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A story of love, lust, and pest control set against the changing seasons of San Francisco.
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In the traditions of Gregory Maguire's Wicked and Geraldine Brooks' March, Tink is the dark and fearless biography of an all-too misunderstood character from one...
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THREE FEMALE FRIENDS FACE MIDLIFE CRISES IN A NO-HOLDS-BARRED EXPLORATION OF SEX, MARRIAGE, AND THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE.Holly: Filled with regret for being a stay-...
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Road to California
The earliest perception of California was of a wonderful land of mystery and plenty, a Terrestrial Paradise. California would become a magnet for generations of...
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American Monsters by Sezin Koehler, illustrated by Rose Deniz
"An important work of post-modern feminist horror, American Monsters is a poignant, angry volume about predation, the corruption of the rave scene, and...
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Reach Your Zen Moment! The latest edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Buddhism updates one of Alpha Books's most successful books in the religion/...
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Over five years in the writing, The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient...
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"A remarkable book: part travelogue, part rant, part memoir, part literary analysis and urban history, it is like nothing else I've ever read. In wondering why we...
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In this hilarious collection of personal essays, New York Times bestselling author Merrill Markoe reveals, among other things, the secret formula for comedy: Start...
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The Wedding Shroud
The Wedding Shroud can be purchased via my website, Amazon, Amazon UK, iBooks and Kobo. In 406BC, the young Roman Caecilia is wedded to Vel Mastarna, an Etruscan...
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     The Big One follows the lives of nine very different but interrelated characters through the day before, the day of, and the day after the...
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A sexy paranormal romance
Book One in the Mermaid Catcher Series Award-winning author Kimberly Llewellyn introduces a sexy new series with a tale of a woman discovering her special aquatic...
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