Dark Romance of Dian Fossey By Harold T.P. Hayes

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Title	:	Dark Romance of Dian Fossey
Author	:	Harold T.P. Hayes
ISBN	:	0671742310
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	0

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Without scientific training but with abundant determination, Dian Fossey persuaded the eminent Louis Leakey to send her to Africa to study the last remaining mountain gorillas.

Fossey, always extreme, was what you call hands on She virtually lived with the gorillas, slowly earning their trust However, the closer to anthropoids, the farther from humans More militant eac

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Una storia di amore e di tenebra By Amos Oz

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Title	:	Una storia di amore e di tenebra
Author	:	Amos Oz
ISBN	:	8807818574
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	632

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A e tenebra sono due delle forze che agiscono in questo libro, un autobiografia in forma di romanzo, un opera letteraria complessa che comprende le origini della famiglia di Oz, la storia della sua infanzia e giovinezza prima a Gerusalemme e poi nel kibbutz di Hulda, l esistenza tragica dei suoi genitori, e una descrizione epica della Gerusalemme di quegli anni, di Tel A e tenebra sono due delle forze che agiscono in More...

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Band-Aid for a Broken Leg By Damien Brown

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Title	:	Band-Aid for a Broken Leg
Author	:	Damien Brown
ISBN	:	1743310218
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	360

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A powerful, surprisingly funny, and ultimately uplifting account of life on the medical front line, and a moving testimony of the work done by Medecins Sans Frontieres Damien Brown, a young doctor, thinks he s ready when he arrives for his first posting with Medecins Sans Frontieres in Africa But the town he s sent to is an isolated outpost of mud huts, surrounded by land A powerful, surprisingly funny, and ultimately uplifting account of life on the medical front line, and a movin More...

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Aquarium By Viktor Suvorov

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Title	:	Aquarium
Author	:	Viktor Suvorov
ISBN	:	0586068791
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	416

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Viktor Suvorov takes us inside the Aquarium, Moscow headquarters of the GRU, the super secret Russian military intelligence organization and rival of the KGB It is here that agents are brought to be trained, disciplined, and when necessary, broken.In shocking fashion, Suvorov recounts the first day of training when he is forced to watch a film that shows a disaffected GRU Viktor Suvorov takes us inside the Aquarium, More...

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The Floating Brothel By Siân Rees

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Title	:	The Floating Brothel
Author	:	Siân Rees
ISBN	:	0747272867
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	256

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Winter 1788, London Outside the royal stables, at the bottom of the Mall a 26 year old Scottish prostitute staked out her space and began her night s work so begins Sian Rees s fascinating history of the 200 odd women convicts disorderly girls who, at the very end of the 1780s, found themselves condemned to Transportation to Parts Beyond the Seas The Floating Winter 1788, London Outside the royal stables, at the bottom of the Mall a 26 year old Scot More...

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My Two Worlds By Sergio Chejfec

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Title	:	My Two Worlds
Author	:	Sergio Chejfec
ISBN	:	1934824283
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	103

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Approaching his fiftieth birthday, the narrator in My Two Worlds is wandering in an unfamiliar Brazilian city, in search of a park A walker by inclination and habit, he has decided to explore the city after attending a literary conference he was invited following the publication of his most recent novel, although, as he has been informed via anonymous e mail, the novel is Approaching his fiftieth birthday, the narrator in My Two Worlds is wandering in an u More...

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A Suitable Boy (A Suitable Boy, #1) By Vikram Seth

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Title	:	A Suitable Boy (A Suitable Boy, #1)
Author	:	Vikram Seth
ISBN	:	0060786523
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	1474

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Vikram Seth s novel is, at its core, a love story Lata and her mother, Mrs Rupa Mehra, are both trying to find through love or through exacting maternal appraisal a suitable boy for Lata to marry Set in the early 1950s, in an India newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis, A Suitable Boy takes us into the richly imagined world of four large extend Vikram Seth s novel is, at its core, a love story Lata and her mother, Mrs Rupa Mehra, More...

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River, Cross My Heart By Breena Clarke

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Title	:	River, Cross My Heart
Author	:	Breena Clarke
ISBN	:	0316899984
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	245

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Five year old Clara Bynum is dead, drowned in the Potomac River in the shadow of a seemingly haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters River, Cross My Heart, which marks the debut of a wonderfully gifted new storyteller, weighs the effect of Clara s absence on the people she has left behind her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world Five year old Clara Bynum is dead, drowned in the Potomac River in the shadow of a see More...

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The Secrets of Mariko By Elisabeth Bumiller

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Title	:	The Secrets of Mariko
Author	:	Elisabeth Bumiller
ISBN	:	0679772626
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	352

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As it follows a Japanese housewife named Mariko Tanaka over the course of a year, The Secrets of Mariko transcends reportage to yield the kind of human insights we expect from literature Meet Mariko, a cheerful, overscheduled woman who cares for three children, two aging parents, and an unresponsive husband As readers watch Mariko take part in PTA meetings, bicker with h As it follows a Japanese housewife named Mariko Tanaka over the course of a year, The More...

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The Butcher's Wife By Li Ang

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Title	:	The Butcher's Wife
Author	:	Li Ang
ISBN	:	072061161X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	142

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Chen Jiangshui is a pig butcher in a small coastal Taiwanese town Stocky, with a paunch and deep set beady eyes, he resembles a pig himself His brutality towards his new young wife, Lin Shi, knows no bounds The she screams, the he likes it She is further isolated by the vicious gossip of her neighbors who condemn her for screaming aloud As they see it, women Chen Jiangshui is a pig butcher in a small coastal Taiwan More...

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Blood River By Tim Butcher

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Title	:	Blood River
Author	:	Tim Butcher
ISBN	:	1407414933
Format	:	Paperback
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When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H M Stanley s famous expedition but travelling alone Despite warnings that his plan was suicidal , Butcher set out for the Congo s eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots Making his way in a When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was More...

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For the King By Catherine Delors

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Title	:	For the King
Author	:	Catherine Delors
ISBN	:	0525951741
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	329

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From the author of the critically acclaimed Mistress of the Revolution comes a spellbinding historical thriller set in post revolutionary Paris For her first novel, Mistress of the Revolution, which the Associated Press dubbed one of the best reads of the year, Catherine Delors earned comparisons to Tracy Chevalier and Philippa Gregory In For the King, she again demo From the author of the critic More...

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Meltdown in Tibet By Michael Buckley

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Title	:	Meltdown in Tibet
Author	:	Michael Buckley
ISBN	:	1137279540
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	256

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Tibetans have experienced waves of genocide since the 1950s Now they are facing ecocide The Himalayan snowcaps are in meltdown mode, due to climate change accelerated by a rain of black soot from massive burning of coal and other fuels in both China and India The mighty rivers of Tibet are being dammed by Chinese engineering consortiums to feed the mainland s thirst for Tibetans have experienced waves of genocide sin More...

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The Debt of Tears (The Story of the Stone #4) By Cao Xueqin

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Title	:	The Debt of Tears (The Story of the Stone #4)
Author	:	Cao Xueqin
ISBN	:	0140443711
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	400

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The Story of the Stone c 1760 , also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber , is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature Divided into five volumes, of which The Debt of Tears is the fourth, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the author s own family The two main cha The Story of the Stone c 1760 , also known by the title More...

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The Harp in the South By Ruth Park

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Title	:	The Harp in the South
Author	:	Ruth Park
ISBN	:	0140008535
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	251

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Since it was first published in 1948, this compassionate novel has become a favourite with generations of Australian readers.The Harp in the South is a nostalgic and moving portrait of the eventful family life of the Darcys of Number Twelve and a Half Plymouth Street in Surry Hills, a Sydney slum There grow the bitter sweet first and last loves of Roie Darcy, who becomes Since it was first published in 1948, this com More...

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Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina By Monica Brown

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Title	:	Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
Author	:	Monica Brown
ISBN	:	0892392355
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	32

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My name is Marisol McDonald, and I don t match At least, that s what everyone tells me Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut brown skin Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box And don t even think of asking her to choose one or the other activity at recess she ll just be a soccer play My name is Marisol McDonald, and I don t match At least, that s what everyone tells me Maris More...

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Tales of the Night By Peter Høeg

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Title	:	Tales of the Night
Author	:	Peter Høeg
ISBN	:	038525685X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	272

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These stories, which vary in theme but all bear the mark of Peter H eg s graceful and thoughtful prose, are set in eight separate corners of the world On this fateful night, a young mathematician encounters Joseph Conrad during a train ride through the war torn Congo in Journey into a Dark Heart a pair of star crossed lovers in Lisbon dance through their memories of th These stories, which vary in theme but all bear the mark of Peter H eg s graceful and thoughtful prose, are set in eight separat More...

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