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Jan.06.2009
Prague depicts an intentionally lost Lost Generation as it follows five American expats who come to Budapest in the early 1990s to seek their fortune — financial, romantic, and spiritual — in an exotic city newly opened to the West. They harbor the vague suspicion...
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Dec.10.2008
“NOSE DOWN,EYES UP” is, in spirit, a kind of follow up book to “WALKING IN CIRCLES BEFORE LYING DOWN” .It is, however, about a different set of overly communicative dogs. It also marks the first time I have tried to write a human male narrator. I have often written about the weird twists and...
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Nov.26.2008
Described as “the closest thing to a rock star” in graphic design today (USA Today), Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd’s iconic covers, with their inventive marriage of type and found images,...
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Nov.10.2008
For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.
Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with...
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Oct.23.2008
An extensive tour of Oregon vineyards and wineries and visits to wine country villages and towns.
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Sep.25.2008
I am told that The Power of One is the largest selling book within Australia by any living author. It remains published in eleven languages and has sold well over four million copies worldwide. It was my first book and is roughly the story of my early life in Africa. I had set out to write it as...
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Sep.19.2008
A comprehensive guide to a state that is difficult to comprehend -- with the Pacific Ocean and a temperate rain forest in the west, and dry sagebrush steppes in the east, and with tall snow-capped peaks, large rivers, lakes, and an active volcano in between. Plus bustling cities, with world-class...
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Sep.19.2008
A fairly comprehensive guide book to the California Coast, covering such topics as history, landscape, people, communities, and wildlife, based on more than forty years of travel and insights. Side trips take the reader to hidden beaches, lonely shores, prime wineries, uncommon restaurants, and...
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Sep.17.2008
Jillian Westfield has the perfect suburban life straight out of the upscale women's magazines that she obsessively reads. She’s got the modern-print rugs of Metropolitan Home, the elegant meals from Gourmet, the clutter-free closets out of Real Simple, and the elaborate Easter egg hunts seen in...
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Aug.18.2008
In Victorian England, a society wife makes a New Year's resolution to be a better person, which results in heated correspondence with a man serving a life sentence for murdering his own wife.
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