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Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family—rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other’s trucks, and...
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It's 1948, an era when newspapermen were stars -- and San Francisco sportswriter Billy Nichols is no exception. Known as Mr. Boxing throughout the city, he is the...
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Light from a Nearby Window
Light from a Nearby Window introduces a new generation of poets who have become a driving force in Mexican literature today. Until quite recently, contemporary...
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The Tattoo Hunter
From the date of its original publication in Spanish, The Tattoo Hunter established itself as a new classic of the city by the Bay. Now in translation, this neo-...
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El Cazador De Tatuajes
Spanish-language Edition. El Cazador De Tatuajes established itself as a new classic of the city by the Bay. This neo-noir novel is a powerful account of the dark...
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"I love you. The meeting ran late. I want a divorce." One little word, one casual lie, one devastating announcement--and our lives are turned upside down forever...
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Early in this novel, there is a wonderful scene—rich with embarrassment—in which Louis Glasser, the altogether unlikely hero, helps his Harvard-educated son buy a...
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Hours after giving birth, a young woman flees her baby and her husband and slips into a new life, leaving both to rebuild lives for themselves without her. "Tells...
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 When a young man dies accidentally, his fiance must grapple with his contentious teenaged daughter.  "Caroline Leavitt's sixth novel showcases her...
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A new father struggles to care for his mysteriously ill wife, calling on her estranged sister for help. "Leavitt's devotion to her characters, and to a...
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What scares you the most? An impressive lineup of the biggest names in gay and lesbian publishing come together to share tales of things that go bump in the night...
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Barbed-Wire Butterflies by Jessica Kristie
Released January 23, 2013: Elani Benjamin had never imagined the level of fear and uncertainty that was now a demoralizing part of her everyday life. With freedom...
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The Between Times
What if...for the first time in the history of the United States we took a social and economic nose dive into oblivion? THE BETWEEN TIMES is just such a scenario. A...
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Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. SALT AND PAPER is a daily reflection that is immediate and an accumulation of life experience in poetry and prose fragments placing a...
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Catalina Kiss
After graduating from college (the first woman in her family to do so), Gwendolyn Ross sets off for Catalina Island, where she’ll be interning at the new bird park...
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How can a person write a whole book just on verbs? Is she crazy? If not, then why has no one else done it before her? When I was considering writing this book, I...
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From the penthouses and ethnic hubbub of New York, to the grand casas and poverty of Mexico City, from the Vatican to the altars of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a...
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In Italy, a devoted mother and child live in secret.  In New York, a dangerous billionaire with Vatican ties keeps a coma patient alive in hopes of locating...
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The narratives of Karen Head’s Sassing are mournful but defiant tales, seeking a place of repose “somewhere between/the smoldering ruins of Atlanta/and a base...
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The Color of My Heart
Living in the foothills of North Carolina, Laura Carter has it all: a nice home, wonderful adoptive parents, two lovely teenage daughters, and a to-die-for handsome...
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