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|  | The Abbess of Crewe by Muriel Spark
A satire of U.S. politics, in particular the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Nixon. The novel takes place in an abbey, where Alexandra, a power-hungry sub-prioress, schemes to be elected the next abbess. The cast of characters includes the Kissinger-like Sister Gertrude; Sister Felicity, the mild, McGovernesque candidate with an agenda based sentimentally on love; and nuns representing Nixon's top aides. AUTHOR: Muriel Spark
PUBLISHER: New Directions Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Bonfire of the Vanities by Michael Prichard, Tom Wolfe
Sherman McCoy is an icon for the superficial life of the wealthy in New York City in the 1980s. His world is shaken by a sudden encounter with unexpected fear and danger when he accidently drives his $50,000 Mercedes into the South Bronx. Wolfe's novel touches on every rung of the social and economic ladder of the times, from inner-city communities, to scavenger-like New York reporters, to the daily grind at an Assistant D. A.'s office, to the highest rungs of the Wall Street bond market. First published in 1987, BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES is Tom Wolfe's first novel. AUTHOR: Michael Prichard, Tom Wolfe
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Scandalous Love by Brenda Joyce
Description not available.Lady Nicole Bragg Shelton is determined to forge her own path in Victorian England and engages the Duke of Clyborough in a scandalous affair, but his reluctance to marry only spurs her on. Reissue. AUTHOR: Brenda Joyce
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Pig Tale by Verlyn Flieger
Description not available.When fifteen-year-old Mokie, an orphan girl with a way with animals, is attacked by the village boys, she flees Little Wicken and travels into the mysterious Wickenwood where she meets a trio of gypsies who might hold the key to her past. AUTHOR: Verlyn Flieger
PUBLISHER: Disney Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Reavers of Blood Sea by Richard A. Knaak
The minotaur pirates of the Blood Sea face a terrible choice as the world around them seems to crumble during the Summer of Chaos. AUTHOR: Richard A. Knaak
PUBLISHER: T S R, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Foreign Bodies by Hwee Hwee Tan
Tan`s first novel is about a Singapore lawyer who refuses to believe, despite the evidence, that her boyfriend is the head of an international gambling cartel. AUTHOR: Hwee Hwee Tan
PUBLISHER: Persea Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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