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The Power & the Glory
This story of bravery, cowardice, and moral decay is set in Mexico during the Calles regime of the 1930s, when the practice of Christianity was violently suppressed. It portrays the heroic and doomed efforts of a priest to minister secretly to the Catholics of the region. The whiskey priest is one of Greene's most memorable characters: a drunkard and fornicator, he nevertheless attempts to keep the Church alive in his province and puts his life at risk in the process. He is pursued throughout the story by the Chief of Police, a Javert-like figure who is a model of decorum, human decency--and coldheartedness. Widely acclaimed as one of Greene's finest books, it was the work that first established Green's reputation as a master of the novel form.
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Quiet Days in Clichy by Henry Miller
Henry Miller looks back on his struggling-artist days in Paris, when he and his buddy Alfred Joey Perles explored the city and indulged in the kind of sexual adventures Miller subsequently made famous. Here is the real Paris of the 1930s, vivid and close-up: the food, the wine, the brothels, the artists, and the penetrating eye of Henry Miller, who saw and absorbed it all.

AUTHOR: Henry Miller
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

Grow Old along with Me by Sandra H. Martz
Falling in love again after being widowed, redefining roles with children, men facing retirement, women discovering new opportunities for growth--this eloquent anthology appreciates the similarities and differences between men and women aging, transforming our myths of aging into a real sense of wonder and expectation.

AUTHOR: Sandra H. Martz
PUBLISHER: Moyer Bell
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

Poems of Fernando Pessoa by Edwin Honig, Fernando Pessoa, Susan M. Brown
An English translation of the poetry of Fernando Pessoa, one of the most influential poets of modern Portugal.

AUTHOR: Edwin Honig, Fernando Pessoa, Susan M. Brown
PUBLISHER: City Lights Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

Paris Stories by Mavis Gallant, Michael Ondaatje
Description not available.The literary great presents a collection of short stories that focus on the human drama and historical import of Paris and offer a kaleidoscopic portrait of the people and places that create a world within a world. Original.

AUTHOR: Mavis Gallant, Michael Ondaatje
PUBLISHER: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

Origami Bridges by Diane Ackerman
Ackerman shares her experience undergoing intense psychoanalysis in these self-probing poems.

AUTHOR: Diane Ackerman
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction