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Five new episodes in the life of Updike`s perennial Bech. Bech is now 70, and still a skirmisher in the literary world wars. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. AUTHOR: John Updike
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Rainbow by Anne Fernihough, D. H. Lawrence, Kate Flint, Keith Cushman, Mark Kinkead-Weekes
Lawrence's novel, declared obscene when it was published in 1915, is the mystical, passionately written chronicle of three generations of a Nottingham farming family. Tom Brangwen marries a widow named Lydia Lensky; Lydia's daughter Anna marries her cousin Will, a woodcarver, and has a large family. Their daughter, Ursula, leaves their simple rural world and becomes a schoolteacher--much as Lawrence himself did. She falls in love with Anton Skrebensky and, when he is called away to war, responds to an ardent fellow teacher, a feminist and epitome of the new woman named Winifred. Anton returns, and she rejects him. The struggles of Ursula and her sister Gudrun to find their way in a changing world are continued in Lawrence's WOMEN IN LOVE. AUTHOR: Anne Fernihough, D. H. Lawrence, Kate Flint, Keith Cushman, Mark Kinkead-Weekes
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Making Bonsai Landscapes by Herb L. Gustafson
Whether it`s the cool serenity of a cave, the warm colors of the desert, or the lushness of a forest, Saikei -- the art of the living landscape -- captures in small scale the splendor of nature. This classic form of bonsai contains miniature trees, rocks, soil, water, and related vegetation to form replicas of gardens, deserts, and countryside. Since Saikei usually features young plant material, it is the least expensive bonsai art, perfect for beginners since you can complete a project in only a matter of hours. Understand the concept of depth in a landscape and the five elements of style (harmony, consistency, balance, scale, and interest), potting and pruning, and which tools and containers work best. Hundreds of photographs showcase masterful examples and lead you through the various stages of a unicorn garden, ancient gorge, and more. AUTHOR: Herb L. Gustafson
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Gardening
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 | Myra Breckinridge & Myron by Edgar Box
Myra Breckenridge is a gay man who has had a sex-change operation. She travels to California to teach at a drama school and write about 1940s movie stars. The character of Myra allows Vidal all sorts of political fun with sexual stereotypes; he also uses alternating narrators to tell Myra's story. In MYRON, published six years later, Vidal continues the story by having Myra transport back to 1948, reverting to her masculine self in the process, where Myron finds himself on the set of a B-movie. AUTHOR: Edgar Box
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Writers Dreaming by Naomi Epel
Twenty-six writers--including Stephen King, Maya Angelou, and William Styron--discuss their dreams and the creative process. AUTHOR: Naomi Epel
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Inferno of Dante by John Freccero, Robert Pinsky, Dante Alighieri
When Robert Pinsky's new verse translation of the Inferno was published in hardcover in 1994, Pinsky was praised for creating a supple American equivalent for Dante's vernacular music where many others have failed (Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker). Now Pinsky is serving as Poet Laureate of the United States, and the ample, elegant Inferno featuring Michael Mazur's illustrations is available at last in a paperback edition. In addition to Mazur's thirty-five monotypes, this edition presents the Italian text and English translation on facing pages, explanatory notes, and a Foreword by the leading Dante scholar John Freccero. AUTHOR: John Freccero, Robert Pinsky, Dante Alighieri
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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