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|  | Acts of God by Mary Morris
When Tess Winterstone, lonely and depressed in California after her divorce, returns to Illinois for her high-school reunion, she encounters an ex-boyfriend, an old rival, and--unexpectedly--a slew of new problems. AUTHOR: Mary Morris
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way by Charles Bukowski
Description not available.One of America's greatest modern writers and most influencial poets presents a stellar, never-before-published collection of poems. AUTHOR: Charles Bukowski
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice S. De Regniers, Beni Montresor
Every day for a week a young boy is invited to tea with the king and queen, and every day he brings a different friend including a seal, a hippopotamus, and several lions. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings. Winner of the 1965 Caldecott Medal. AUTHOR: Beatrice S. De Regniers, Beni Montresor
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Titan by George Plimpton
A biography of the famed American industrialist and benefactor. Widely reviled during his lifetime for his rapacious business practices, Rockefeller amassed the greatest fortune of his times and eventually became as adept at giving away funds as he was at making them. AUTHOR: George Plimpton
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio Publishing Group
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | Servants of the Map by Andrea Barrett
Four stories and two novellas, most of them oriented toward the sciences--Barrett`s specialty--and several of them interconnected. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. AUTHOR: Andrea Barrett
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | More Precious Than Silver
After a whirlwind romance with Union soldier Drake DeSpain, 17-year-old Jennifer Hamilton elopes against her mother's will. It doesn't taker her long to realize that marriage is nothing like the romance novels she secretly reads; but she continues to dream and to pray anyway. Eventually Drake ends up in jail, which forces Jennifer to find work with a local newspaper. Then Drake is killed, leaving her to raise their two children alone. Boldly, and against the advice of others, she moves to Nevada to run a newspaper that Drake had won in a bet. But the presses have stopped and the editor is a drunk. Determined, Jennifer learns the ins and outs of the newspaper business and of life in a mining boomtown. In time, she uncovers the corruption of the mining companies and, with help from Mark Twain and other colorful characters, vows to aid the working miner. Her hopes are high -- she has a new love, a new purpose and the paper is succeeding. But she has yet to recognize the help and real love -- the riches untold -- that are waiting in the wings.
CATEGORY: General
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