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|  | Old Masters by Ewald Osers, Thomas Bernhard
In this exuberantly satirical novel, the tutor Atzbacher has been summoned by his friend Reger to meet in a Viennese museum. While Reger gazes at a Tintoretto portrait, Atzbacher--who fears Reger's plans to kill himself--gives us a portrait of the musicologist: his wisdom, his devotion to his wife, and his love-hate relationship with art. With characteristically acerbic wit, Bernhard exposes the pretensions and aspirations of humanity in a novel at once pessimistic and strangely exhilarating. AUTHOR: Ewald Osers, Thomas Bernhard
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | The Jewels of Tessa Kent by Alison Fraser, Judy Krantz
Tessa Kent, a precocious 14-year-old, gives birth to an illegitimate daughter. Her parents, devout Catholics, raise the infant, Maggie, as their own child. As Tessa becomes a great movie star, Maggie lives for her glorious sister's infrequent, whirlwind visits. Only when Maggie is 18 does she learn the truth about her mother. Mortally wounded, she breaks all ties with Tessa and starts work at the Manhattan auction house of Scott & Scott. Five years later, a life-altering crisis makes Tessa determined to end the estrangement. Tessa can find only one way to reach her daughter -- she decides to auction her immensely valuable collection of spectacular jewels with S&S on the condition that Maggie and she work closely together on the sale. For Tessa, her entire future now hangs on the desperate hope of an almost impossible reconciliation. A behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of an auction house, a tale of two amazing women and the men they love, and the story of family, love, and loss, The Jewels of Tessa Kent is classic Judith Krantz, with entirely new depths of emotion. AUTHOR: Alison Fraser, Judy Krantz
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Teacher Appreciation Day by Lynn Plourde, Thor Wickstrom
On Teacher Appreciation Day a young student named Maybella Jean Wishywashy has a hard time finding the perfect way to let the teacher knows just how important and special she is to her. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Lynn Plourde, Thor Wickstrom
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
The author of Picture Perfect explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood (New York Times Book Review). Paige's mother left when she was five. When Paige becomes a mother herself, she is overwhelmed by the demands. Unable to forget her past, Paige struggles with the difficulties of marriage and motherhood. AUTHOR: Jodi Picoult
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
The Mayfair family is heir to the awesome gift--or curse--of witchery. Knowledge of the legacy was withheld from neurosurgeon Rowan Mayfair until the power passed to her on the death of a relative. With this power comes the attention of the demon Lasher, who now wants to enter the mortal world forever through one of his human conduits. AUTHOR: Anne Rice
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Three Novels by Karel Capek, M. Weatherall, R. Weatherall, William Harkins
Three novels-- Hordubal , Meteor , An Ordinary Life --that confirm Capek as a great Czechoslovakian writer. AUTHOR: Karel Capek, M. Weatherall, R. Weatherall, William Harkins
PUBLISHER: Catbird Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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