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European Poems and Transitions: Over All the Obscene Boundaries by Lawrence Ferlinghetti More about this book »	The Secret Meaning of Things by Lawrence Ferlinghetti These poems show a progressive continuity and clarity of perception that apprehends the hard reality and luminous irreality in everyday phenomena. More about this book »
The Language of Threads: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama Readers of Women of the Silk never forgot the moving, powerful story of Pei, brought to work in the silk house as a girl, grown into a quiet but determined young... More about this book »	Ordinary Love and Good Will by Jane Smiley Two novellas: Ordinary Love At a reunion with her grown children, a woman recalls the long-ago affair that ended her relationship with their father—and changed all... More about this book »
Good Faith by Jane Smiley The introduction, discussion questions, suggested reading list, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group’s reading of Jane Smiley’s Good... More about this book »	The Last Song of Dusk by Siddharth Shanghvi When the astonishingly lovely Anuradha moves to Bombay to marry Vardhmaan, a charming young doctor, their life together has all the makings of a fairy tale. But... More about this book »
Old School by Tobias Wolff The protagonist of Tobias Wolff’s shrewdly—and at times devastatingly—observed first novel is a boy at an elite prep school in 1960. He is an outsider who has... More about this book »	Space Between The Stars by Deborah Santana In this beautiful, haunting memoir, Deborah Santana shares for the first time her early experiences with racial intolerance, her romantic involvement with musician... More about this book »
Ultima VII--the Black Gate by Raymond Benson Raymond was responsible for Story Direction and Screenplay for this entry in the popular ULTIMA role-playing computer game series. More about this book »	Return of the Phantom by Raymond Benson A "sequel" to Gaston Laroux's popular novel THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. More about this book »

Rooted in Danger by Terry Odell Behind the public façade of Blackthorne, Inc., a high-end private investigation company, lies a band of elite covert operatives, and they’re back doing what they... More about this book »	THE POWER OF PATIENT STORIES: LEARNING MOMENTS IN MEDICINE by Dr. Paul Griner Over the last 30 years, medical advances have provided technology beyond our imagination; the ability to diagnose a condition down to the cellular level,... More about this book »
Benedict Hall by Louise Marley In 1920s Seattle, a young woman physician struggles to succeed in a male-dominated profession, against the wishes of her wealthy family. The inhabitants of... More about this book »	The Art Of Blessing by Curt Klingerman The Art Of Blessing is not another book about giving with the emphasis on finances. It is more about becoming a blessing. The Art Of Blessing challenges the way you... More about this book »
K.I.S.S. Begins at Home by Ida Byrd-Hill Worried today’s school will not deliver your children to their big career leaving them unemployed in the future? Today's, children go crazy during their tween and... More about this book »	River of Dust by Virginia Pye On the windswept plains of northwestern China in 1910, Mongolian nomads swoop down upon an American missionary couple and kidnap their young child. In this story of... More about this book »
Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson Presenting an alternative version of African American history, this novel explores what might have happened if John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harper’s Ferry had been... More about this book »	Yoga Wisdom at Work: Finding Sanity Off the Mat and On the Job by jamie showkeir Co-authored with Maren Showkeir Yoga’s Ancient Wisdom Can Transform Your Work Life Everyone knows that yoga helps reduce stress and increase the body’s... More about this book »
No Character Limit: Truth & Fiction from WriteGirl by Keren Taylor Between texting and tweeting, it may seem that real writing has gone out the window. But it hasn't, and the girls and women of WriteGirl prove it. No Character... More about this book »	Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief,... by Barbara Coloroso In this companion to her bestselling Kids are Worth It!, parenting educator Barbara Coloroso shows how parents can help children find a way through grief and... More about this book »