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story of my life: the autobiography of George Sand. by Maria Espinosa More than an autobiography of an extraordinary woman, it is also the story of a century of French history as lived through the experiences and fates of three... More about this book »	TRIANGLE by Katharine Weber By the time she dies at age 106, Esther Gottesfeld, the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, has told the story of that day many times. But her own role... More about this book »
The Long Night of Flying by Sharon Olson In The Long Night of Flying, Sharon Olson’s engaging first collection, the reader is taken on a journey into a world of vulnerability, incipience, and mystery.... More about this book »	You Can't Catch Death by Ianthe Brautigan More about this book »
TAKING CARE OF CLEO by Bill Broder The year is 1928, the height of Prohibition; the setting is a resort town on the northwestern shore of Lake Michigan. The Bearwalds are the only Jewish family in... More about this book »	Chocolate & Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen by Clotilde Dusoulier In her first book, Clotilde Dusoulier provides a glimpse into the life of a young Parisian as she savors all that the city has to offer and shares her cooking... More about this book »
Ofrenda de propia piel by Alicia Kozameh More about this book »	259 Steps, The Last Immortal by Alicia Kozameh More about this book »
259 saltos, uno inmortal by Alicia Kozameh More about this book »	Patas de Avestruz by Alicia Kozameh More about this book »

Twin-Sun River: An American POW in China by Shouhua Qi “Turncoats” and “Diabolic Brainwashing” are among the headlines that met the 21 young American GIs who refused repatriation when the armistice was signed to... More about this book »	The Listener by Michael L Schmicker This brief requiem for my mother and her passing is a meditation on the transformative healing power of listening. From my mother, I learned that... More about this book »
Smoke Portrait by Trilby Kent Glen Phayre, a young English woman in her twenties, has left England to live with her aunt, who runs a tea plantation in Ceylon and fills her days with good works... More about this book »	Medina Hill by Trilby Kent In the grimy London of 1935, eleven-year-old Dominic Walker has lost his voice. His mother is sick and his father’s unemployed. Rescue comes in the form of his... More about this book »
The Fatal Gift of Beauty by nina burleigh The sexually violent murder of twenty-one-year-old British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, on the night of November 1, 2007, became an international... More about this book »	Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres Life in Midwest America was far from a pastoral paradise for Julia Scheeres. Her family's move to rural Indiana dropped Julia and her adopted brother David into a... More about this book »
Seeking Center by Joan Gelfand More about this book »	Mayan Calendar Girls by Linton Robinson When it came to calendars, those ancient Mayans got a lot of things right. But they also missed a few bits. So TEAM 2012 fills in the whole picture: a batch of... More about this book »
The Edge of Maybe by Ericka Lutz "Lutz's delightful family drama skewers all that we enlightened Bay Area folk hold dear, from organic food and green tea to yoga and husbands who cook risotto... More about this book »	Dearest by Carole Marshall The traumatic tale of Amelia’s life is brought to the forefront when childhood friend, Claude Croft, does find her. Claude implores her to help him locate a... More about this book »