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The Dovekeepers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hoffman, Alice, PUBLISHER: Scribner Book Company, "The Dovekeepers" is Alice Hoffman's most ambitious and mesmerizing novel: "striking....Hoffman grounds her expansive, intricately woven, and deepest new novel in biblical history, with a devotion and seriousness of purpose" ("Entertainment Weekly").Nearly years ago, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman's novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path. The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets--about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love. "The Dovekeepers "is Alice Hoffman's masterpiece. Acquista Ora

The Cutting Season A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Attica Locke, PUBLISHER: Harper, NA

The Preservationist A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kramon Justin, PUBLISHER: Pegasus Books, NA

The Desert Contract A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: John Lathrop, PUBLISHER: Scribner, NA

Constance A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomas Rosie, PUBLISHER: The Overlook Press, NA

The Unfinished Gift A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dan Walsh, PUBLISHER: Revell, NA

A Tale of Two Cities

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dickens, Charles / Dickens, Charles, PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Dickens unfolds a masterpiece of drama, adventure, and courage featuring Charles Darnay, a man falsely accused of treason. He bears an uncanny resemblance to the dissolute, yet noble Sydney Carton. Brilliantly plotted, the novel culminates in a daring prison escape in the shadow of the guillotine.

Lion's Blood: A Novel of Slavery and Freedom in an Alternate

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barnes, Steven, PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Steven Barnes' alternate history establishes a universe in which Africa arose as the superior military and economic power and used white slave labor from Europe to colonize the Americas. The novel takes place in A.D., and involves two main families: one of Islamic African aristocrats, the other of Druidic Irish slaves. Beautifully written with historical flavor, "Lion's Blood" is a combination of Gone With the Wind and Roots. Two young men, one of each racial line, must learn to deal with their world and with each other.

The Peking Letter: A Novel of the Chinese Civil War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Topping, Seymour, PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, In this historical novel of the Chinese civil war, a young American scholar, Eric Jensen, who is studying ancient Chinese philosophy and art, falls in love with a Chinese revolutionary and is unexpectedly drawn by her into a desperate struggle to save Peking from destruction. Jensen's journey takes him across remote battlefields where the armies of Mao Tse-tung and Chiang Kai-shek are locked in enormous battles, through allies under Communist siege, and along the byways of old Peking from imperial palaces to elegant brothels. As he and his Chinese love pursue their underground mission, the Central Intelligence Agency also embroils Jensen in a bitter ideological confrontation in the United States over China policy. Seymour Topping, a renowned journalist who covered the Chinese civil war, creates in this novel a vivid, panoramic picture of revolutionary China. The Peking Letter is at once a love story, a spy thriller, and a remarkable view of a society on the brink of social and cultural transformation.

Will Write for Shoes: How to Write a Chick Lit Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yardley, Cathy, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Griffin, One of the hottest markets for new writers today, the women's fiction genre called Chick Lit is attracting new authors daily. In "Will Write for Shoes, "veteran Chick Lit and romance author Cathy Yardley draws upon years of teaching about commercial women's fiction to give aspiring novelists invaluable advice and step-by-step methods for writing and selling a successful Chick Lit novel. Features include: The history of Chick LitA blueprint for writing a Chick Lit novelNew trends in the genreTips and tools for breaking into the marketComplete with a directory of agents and publishers who acquire Chick Lit, sample submission materials, and online resources, this fun and comprehensive manual" "is a must-have for all women who want to write a Chick Lit novel.

Beyond Suspicion: A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tanguy Viel, PUBLISHER: The New Press, NA

The Perfect Man: A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Naeem Murr, PUBLISHER: Random House, NA

The Fornax Drive A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Steven Burgauer, PUBLISHER: iUniverse Inc, NA

The Assassins Song A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: M G Vassanji, PUBLISHER: Viking, NA

The Reverend A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kenneth B Frank, PUBLISHER: iUniverse Inc, NA

The Ground Beneath Her Feet

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rushdie, Salman, PUBLISHER: Picador USA, In this remaking of the myth of Orpheus, Rushdie tells the story of Vina Apsara, a pop star, and Ormus Cama, an extraordinary songwriter and musician, who captivate and change the world through their music and their romance. Beginning in Bombay in the fifties, moving to London in the sixties, and New York for the last quarter century, the novel pulsates with a half-century of music and celebrates the power rock 'n' roll.

The Red House

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Haddon, Mark, PUBLISHER: Anchor Canada, A dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family, from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The set up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. All eight arrive with low expectations for a pleasant holiday. But because of Haddon's extraordinary narrative technique, the stories of these eight people are anything but simple. Told through the alternating viewpoints of each character, The Red House""becomes a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes, tightly-guarded secrets and illicit desires, all adding up to a portrait of contemporary family life that is bittersweet, comic, and deeply felt. " " The Red House""is a literary tour-de-force that illuminates the puzzle of family in a profoundly empathetic manner--a novel sure to entrance the millions of readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Eureka Graphic Novel

Primi 3 numeri di "Eureka Graphic Novel" in ottime condizioni. Prezzo da concordare

Between Darkness and Light

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Norman, Lisanne, PUBLISHER: Daw Books, The seventh novel of the action-packed science fiction series takes readers into the heart of a secret Prime base-where Kusac must make an alliance with an enemy general to save his son's life.

Graphic Novel Warcraft - Sunwell la trilogia

Vendo graphic novel Warcraft. Ottimo stato, letto solo una volta, praticamente nuovo.

The P-47 A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ted S Overcash, PUBLISHER: iUniverse Inc, NA

The Two Destinies A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilkie Collins, PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing LLC, NA

The Office of Mercy A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ariel Djanikian, PUBLISHER: Penguin Books, NA

Death in the Grotto A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Joe McCormack, PUBLISHER: iUniverse Inc, NA

The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salsini, Paul, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, During World War II, the beautiful hills of Tuscany are transformed into horrific battlefields as Italian partisans sabotage the Germans. When Hitler's SS begins to commit ghastly atrocities, terrified villagers flee to farmhouses in the hills for refuge. The villagers initially cower as the war rages around them, but they overcome petty differences, confront betrayal by one villager, fearlessly house an escaped prisoner and survive a raid by the Nazis. As the brutal war continues, a young girl finds love, two boys become heroes, and secrets are revealed. Then an unthinkable event changes their lives forever. Inspired by the experiences of author Paul Salsini's relatives, "The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany" is a riveting story of courage, endurance, and the power of the human spirit in the cruelest of times. "Paul Salsini has the gift of thoroughly knowing and deeply understanding the people and the region in which his drama is set, and so the sky literally is the limit for this moving debut novel of a luscious country too often forgotten when we consider the ravages of the 'Good War.'" -Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of "The Deep End of the Ocean" and "Cage of Stars." "Salsini's style is plain, his choice of detail unerring, his scenes vivid, his control of the narrative superb. "The Cielo" is a memorable novel." -Donald Pfarrer, author of "Neverlight" and "The Fearless Man." "Salsini's beautiful novel of Italy during World War II, peopled with a wide range of characters, deepens our knowledge of both Tuscan hill towns and the terrible effects of war on civilians." -Martha Bergland, author of "A Farm Under a Lake" and "Idle Curiosity." www.thecielobook.com

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