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THE SACRED HOOP
THE SACRED HOOP, by Bill Broder, Sierra Club Books "Bill Broder's THE SACRED HOOP is a special book in which the moral qualities of the human spirit, linked...
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For a Croyant, Felix Valasay lives a charmed life of blender drinks and pleasuring women, so he’s less than thrilled to be interrupted mid-hookup by notorious...
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Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-life Parenthood
Inspired by the daily conversation taking place on Salon.com's cutting-edge, wildly popular website Mothers Who Think, this first collection by coeditors Camille...
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Midori By Moonlight
From Publishers Weekly Aspiring Cinderella Midori Saito does not heed her mother's warning-"Running off with a foreigner will bring you nothing but trouble...
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Wintering, A Novel of Sylvia Plath (U.S. hardcover edition)
This engrossing debut novel depicts Sylvia Plath's feverish artistic process in the bitter aftermath of her failed marriage to Ted Hughes -- the excruciating yet...
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Delicious
by former member
Welcome to sunny Hawaii, where the palm trees sway, the tropical breezes blow, and a gangland-style turf war is erupting. Joseph is one of the best chefs in...
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Moist
by former member
“Smith’s energetic thriller is an ode to the hard-boiled Los Angeles of Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy, spun out in brighter-than-life Starburst colors.” —Los...
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Salty: A Novel
by former member
It’s rock stars vs. pirates in Thailand in the latest comic thriller by Mark Haskell Smith, a man who “writes like Carl Hiaasen’s oversexed cousin” (Booklist).“[...
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Women In Praise of the Sacred
From Publishers Weekly Edited by poet Jane Hirshfield, this anthology collects poetry by women from 43 centuries and many countries that speaks to matters of the...
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Swimming with Humuhumu, written by Ron Hirschi, illustrated by Tammy Yee
The award-winning author of 50 books (and counting), Fisheries Biologist Ron Hirschi takes Maddie and Cole on an adventure exploring Hawaii's marine life. "Little...
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Iki the Littlest 'Opihi, by Tammy Yee
Little Iki lives in the rough surge zone of Hawai'i's rocky shore. Like the other 'opihi, Iki must learn to cling tightly to the rocks, or risk being swept away...
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The Boy Who Tricked the Ghosts, written by Ellie Crowe, Illustrated by Tammy Yee
Written by Ellie Crowe, Illustrated by Tammy Yee   Award-winning writer Ellie Crowe recounts the harrowing tale of Kaulula'au, a real-life mischiefmaker who...
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"Your poetry is an open artery that bleeds out love, hope, sorrow and truths rarely told with such honest abandon - the kind that makes my own pages turn while...
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blank_pageThere are many career books on how to find a job. Books may tell you to network but not how to do so effectively. Books will encourage you to follow up...
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On the road with a pair of sexual con artists preying on men and their wallets. Author Kernochan followed a real "dry hustler" duo before writing this...
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Remedios is a prose poetry retelling of the history of the Atlantic world, from Arabia to the Dakotas, from the Andes to Angola, the story of Puerto Rian women and...
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Grandma Hazel's Funny, Funny Kidz Jokebook (WARNING: Contains No Stupid Knock-Knock Jokes or Dumb Pictures to Take Up Space)
In fourth grade I bought a dinosaur joke book from Scholastic Book Services. I anticipated its arrival. When delivered the slim volume was 40 pages and contained...
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Independent Harley rider Jake Axelrod is conflicted when his ex-girlfriend calls from Chicago one morning at dawn. Emotionally distressed, Karen Watson begs the...
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