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Hardcover: Apr 2001 | Paperback: Sep 2003
"Rarely has an author succeeded so splendidly at making real the inexplicable event (here a life-threatening childbirth) while also reminding us of the struggle between sisters, the enchantment of love, and the kindness of others. Do not miss this ...
Hardcover: Nov 2001 | Paperback: Sep 2002
A radiant novel that gets the rhythms and cadences of small-town life exactly right. An unforgettable story of a time when the world lost its innocence--and of a town that finds its redemption in an extraordinary love.
Hardcover: Aug 2001 | Paperback: Aug 2002
A page-turning mystery, shot through with adventure and intrigue that captures the Vietnam of past and present --- its beauty and squalor, its politics and people.
The All-Consuming Epidemic
Hardcover: Jun 2001 | Paperback: Aug 2002
A fast-paced, very readable book that shows how to "beat the affluence bug" and achieve healthier, happier lives.
Hardcover: Aug 2001 | Paperback: Aug 2002
A delicious compendium of quirky colleagues, erotic pop-ups, deviant passions, and miraculous examples of theft, the book is a grand and complicated "timepiece," told with a devilish sense of fun.
Hardcover: Jun 2001 | Paperback: Jul 2002
A dazzling nautical adventure that finds ensign Richard Sharpe in the middle of one of history's most spectacular naval engagements: the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar.
A Novel
Hardcover: Feb 2001 | Paperback: Jul 2002
Cheryl Benard's deftly comic novel gives us a chance to envision a world designed by women.... It's 2000 something, the world has just been taken over by women, and things are wonderful. Meanwhile, a secret men's movement, is planning a violent ...
Hardcover: Apr 2001 | Paperback: May 2002
The story of a love affair between an enigmatic Chinese prostitute and the Caucasian boy who worships her. Set in San Francisco in the aftermath of the Gold Rush - a time when millions came to seek their fortune and the city was plagued by anti-...
A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Hardcover: Mar 2001 | Paperback: Mar 2002
Robert Sapolsky's exhilarating account of his life in the bush with neighbors both human and primate, by turns hilarious and poignant. The culmination of more than two decades of experience and research, A Primate's Memoir is a magnum opus ...
Hardcover: Apr 2001 | Paperback: Feb 2002
Female Intelligence is a hilarious look at our inability to bridge the communication gap between men and women, despite all the Mars/Venus books on the market.
Hardcover: Apr 2001 | Paperback: Jan 2002
A collection of moving stories about family, culture, and the seduction of memory. The tales of journeys and returns, of error, of loss and recovery, all resound with Divakaruni's unique understanding of the human spirit.
Hardcover: Feb 2001 | Paperback: Jan 2002
Tan's newest novel mixes pure fiction with elements of autobiography. In the acknowledgements she writes, "The heart of this story belongs to my grandmother, its voice to my mother".
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by Nicola Solvinic
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by Chanel Cleeton
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