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Half Moon Bay

A Novel

By: Alice LaPlante

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“An eerie, tense, and finely written novel…Readers will grip their chairs” (SFGate.com) as they try to unravel this tale of psychological suspense from the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Turn of Mind. Jane loses everything when her teenage daughter is killed in a senseless accident. Devastated, she manages to make one tiny stab at a new life: she moves from San Francisco to the seaside town of Half Moon Bay. Jane is inconsolable, and yet, as the months go by, she is able to cobble together some version of a job, of friends, of the possibility of peace. And then, children begin to disappear. And soon, Jane sees her own pain reflected in all the parents in the town. She wonders if she will be able to live through the aching loss, the fear all around her. And as the disappearances continue, she begins to see that what her neighbors are wondering is if it is Jane herself who has unleashed the horror of loss. Alice LaPlante’s “well-crafted novel of psychological suspense” is a chilling story about a mother haunted by her past, a “brooding suspense novel…dark, starkly beautiful…LaPlante uses a seductively dangerous landscape to mirror her heroine’s inner life” (Kirkus Reviews).

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Turn of Mind

By: Alice LaPlante

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Turn of Mind

By: Alice LaPlante

The New York Times bestseller—a stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired orthopedic surgeon with dementia. With unmatched patience and a pulsating intensity, Alice LaPlante brings us deep into a brilliant woman’s deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse. As the book opens, Dr. Jennifer White’s best friend, Amanda, who lived down the block, has been killed, and four fingers surgically removed from her hand. Dr. White is the prime suspect and she herself doesn’t know whether she did it. Told in White’s own voice, fractured and eloquent, a picture emerges of the surprisingly intimate, complex alliance between these life-long friends—two proud, forceful women who were at times each other’s most formidable adversaries. As the investigation into the murder deepens and White’s relationships with her live-in caretaker and two grown children intensify, a chilling question lingers: is White’s shattered memory preventing her from revealing the truth or helping her to hide it? “An electrifying book. Thought-provoking, humane, funny, tragic, a tour de force that can’t be a first novel—and yet it is.” —Ann Packer, New York Times–bestselling author “This poignant debut immerses us in dementia’s complex choreography . . . [A] lyrical mosaic, an indelible portrait of a disappearing mind.” —People “LaPlante has imagined a lunatic landscape well. The twists and turns of mind this novel charts are haunting and original.” —The New York Times Book Review

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802195563

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A Circle of Wives

By: Alice LaPlante

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A Circle of Wives

By: Alice LaPlante

* An Indie Next Pick * A LibraryReads Selection * An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Mysteries & Thrillers) * A Daily Candy Best Book of March * One of More Magazine’s "Five Thrillers Not to Read After Dark" When Dr. John Taylor turns up dead in a hotel room, the local police uncover enough incriminating evidence to suspect foul play. Detective Samantha Adams, whose Palo Alto beat usually covers petty crimes, is innocently thrown into a high-profile case that is more complicated than any she has faced before. A renowned reconstructive surgeon and a respected family man, Dr. Taylor was beloved and admired. But beneath his perfect façade was a hidden life—in fact, multiple lives. Dr. Taylor was married to three very different women in three separate cities. As the circumstances surrounding his death emerge, Detective Adams finds herself tracking down a murderer through a tangled web of marital deception and revenge. New York Times bestselling author Alice LaPlante’s haunting and complex novel of family secrets dissects—with scalpel-like agility—the intricacies of desire and commitment, trust and jealousy.

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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0802122922

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9780802122926

Coming of Age at the End of Days

By: Alice LaPlante

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Coming of Age at the End of Days

By: Alice LaPlante

Never one to conform, Anna always had trouble fitting in. Earnest and willful, as a young girl she quickly learned how to hide her quirks from her parents and friends. But when, at sixteen, a sudden melancholia takes hold of her life, she loses her sense of self and purpose. Then the Goldschmidts move in next door. They're active members of a religious cult, and Anna is awestruck by both their son Lars and their fervent violent prophecies for the Tribulation at the End of Days. Within months, Anna's life--her family, her home, her very identity--will undergo profound changes"--Amazon.com.

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0802121659

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9780802121653

The Making of a Story

A Norton Guide to Creative Writing

By: Alice LaPlante

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The Making of a Story

A Norton Guide to Creative Writing

By: Alice LaPlante

An introduction to the fundamentals of creative writing, both fiction and nonfiction, takes aspiring writers through each stage of the creative process, from initial idea to final manuscript, accompanied by examples of short fiction and essays.

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W. W. Norton

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0393061647

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9780393061642

Circle of Wives Otpb

By: Alice Laplante

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Circle of Wives Otpb

By: Alice Laplante

When Dr. John Taylor is found dead in a hotel room in his own hometown, the local police find enough incriminating evidence to suspect foul play. Detective Samantha Adams, whose posh Palo Alto beat usually covers small-town crimes, is innocently thrown into a high-profile murder case that is more intricately intertwined than she could ever imagine. A renowned plastic surgeon, respected family man and active community spokesman, Dr. Taylor was well loved and admired. But, hidden from the public eye, he led a secret life-in fact, multiple lives. A closeted polygamist, Dr. Taylor was married to three very different women in three separate cities. And when these three unsuspecting women show up at his funeral, suspicions run high. Detective Adams soon finds herself tracking down a murderer through a deceitful web of lies, marital discord and broken dreams. With a rare combination of gripping storytelling, vivid prose and remarkable insight into character, Alice LaPlante brings to life a story of passion and obsession that will haunt readers long after they turn the final page. A charged, provocative and surprising psychological thriller, A Circle of Wives dissects the dynamics of love and marriage, of trust and jealousy, and poses the terrifying question: How well do you really know your spouse?

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1443433667

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Method and Madness

The Making of a Story

By: Alice LaPlante

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Method and Madness

The Making of a Story

By: Alice LaPlante

A fresh, inspiring guide to writing fiction.

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W. W. Norton

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0393928179

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Half Moon Bay

A Novel

By: Alice LaPlante

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A Novel

By: Alice LaPlante

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Turn of Mind

By: Alice LaPlante

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Turn of Mind

By: Alice LaPlante

Is the perfect murder the one you can't forget or the one you can't remember? Dr. Jennifer White, a brilliant former surgeon in the early grips of Alzheimer's, is suspected of murdering her best friend, Amanda. Amanda's body was found brutally disfigured — with four of her fingers cut off in a precise, surgical manner. As the police pursue their investigation and Jennifer searches her own mind for fractured clues to Amanda's death, a portrait emerges of a complex relationship between two uncompromising, unsentimental women, lifelong friends who were at times each other's most formidable adversaries.

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Bond Street Books

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0385669860

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Write Yourself Out of a Corner: 100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity

By: Alice LaPlante

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Write Yourself Out of a Corner: 100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity

By: Alice LaPlante

100 imagination-stretching writing exercises inspired by the idea of creative constraints, from the author of The Making of a Story. When you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt—for example, “you must use the words ‘cloud’ and ‘green’” or “you must set the scene in a crowded grocery store”—can get your brain working in unexpected ways. In this creative writing guide, longtime teacher and novelist Alice LaPlante shares 100 original exercises that will simultaneously push you into a corner and give you the tools to write yourself out of it. LaPlante explains the purpose of each exercise—to sharpen your ear for dialogue, generate surprising images, or access intense emotions—and breaks down student examples to reveal how to achieve these goals. Whether you are looking to jumpstart new ideas or find a fresh angle on a work in progress, and whether you write fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry, Write Yourself Out of a Corner will strengthen your imagination and your craft.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393541851

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A Circle of Wives

By: Alice LaPlante

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Gifts from the Fire

American Ceramics, 1880–1950

By: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen,Martin Eidelberg

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Gifts from the Fire

American Ceramics, 1880–1950

By: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen,Martin Eidelberg

From the 1880s to the 1950s, pioneering American artists drew upon the rich traditions and recent innovations of European and Asian ceramics to develop new designs, decorations, and techniques. The extraordinary range and inventiveness of these American interpretations of international trends—from the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements to the modernism of Matisse and the Wiener Werkstätte to abstracted, minimalist styles—are exemplified in this book by more than 180 works from the outstanding collection of Martin Eidelberg. Splendid new photography and engaging essays by two of the foremost experts on American art pottery trace the period’s decorative developments, from sculptural and painted ornament to adornment with deeply colored glazes and textures. Featured makers include the renowned Rookwood, Grueby, and Van Briggle Potteries, as well as leading artists such as Maija Grotell, George E. Ohr, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Louis C. Tiffany, Rockwell Kent, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Leza McVey. A vivid and accessible overview of American ceramics and ceramists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gifts from the Fire reveals how artists working in the United States drew upon diverse, global influences to produce works of astonishing variety and ingenuity.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588397327

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Write Yourself Out of a Corner: 100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity

By: Alice LaPlante

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Pronouns and Determiners

Dyad Learning Program

By: Alice C. Pack,Judith Muyskens,Linda Harlow,Jean-Francois Briere,Michèle Vialet

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Pronouns and Determiners

Dyad Learning Program

By: Alice C. Pack,Judith Muyskens,Linda Harlow,Jean-Francois Briere,Michèle Vialet

BRAVO! brings parity to the intermediate course, enabling students of diverse backgrounds to review first-year structures independently before delving into new material.

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Heinle & Heinle Publishers

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0883770814

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9780883770818

Playing for Profit

How Digital Entertainment is Making Big Business Out of Child's Play

By: Alice LaPlante,Rich Seidner

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Playing for Profit

How Digital Entertainment is Making Big Business Out of Child's Play

By: Alice LaPlante,Rich Seidner

Summary: Playing for Profit examines how digital interactivity will affect the future of the technology and entertainment businesses, demanding new rules, different players, and bigger profits. It takes an insightful look into the strategies and methods that are driving the digital entertainment and interactive gaming industries, dissecting the thinking behind such issues as product innovation, market domination, risk taking, attracting and nurturing visionary employees, and unparalleled customer service. This book outlines how the entire entertainment industry will be redefined and how the current business models found in radio, recorded music, television, and computer games will be affected. Playing for Profit offers valuable lessons for managers in entertainment and technology companies and will dazzle the enthusiasts who follow the successes and failures of this remarkable industry.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471296147

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A Company of Scientists

Botany, Patronage, and Community at the Seventeenth-century Parisian Royal Academy of Sciences

By: Alice Stroup

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A Company of Scientists

Botany, Patronage, and Community at the Seventeenth-century Parisian Royal Academy of Sciences

By: Alice Stroup

Who pays for science, and who profits? Historians of science and of France will discover that those were burning questions no less in the seventeenth century than they are today. Alice Stroup takes a new look at one of the earliest and most influential scientific societies, the Acad�mie Royale des Sciences. Blending externalist and internalist approaches, Stroup portrays the Academy in its political and intellectual contexts and also takes us behind the scenes, into the laboratory and into the meetings of a lively, contentious group of investigators. Founded in 1666 under Louis XIV, the Academy had a dual mission: to advance science and to glorify its patron. Creature of the ancien r�gime as well as of the scientific revolution, it depended for its professional prestige on the goodwill of monarch and ministers. One of the Academy's most ambitious projects was its illustrated encyclopedia of plants. While this work proceeded along old-fashioned descriptive lines, academicians were simultaneously adopting analogical reasoning to investigate the new anatomy and physiology of plants. Efforts to fund and forward competing lines of research were as strenuous then as now. We learn how academicians won or lost favor, and what happened when their research went wrong. Patrons and members shared in a new and different kind of enterprise that may not have resembled the Big Science of today but was nevertheless a genuine "company of scientists.

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0520059492

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Rendez-Vous

An Invitation to French

By: Judith A. Muyskens,Patricia Barney Westphal,Alice C. Omaggio-Hadley,Claudine Chalmers

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Rendez-Vous

An Invitation to French

By: Judith A. Muyskens,Patricia Barney Westphal,Alice C. Omaggio-Hadley,Claudine Chalmers

The sixth edition of Rendez-vous offers a complete beginning college-level French program, as it leads students to explore the richness of the French language and Francophone cultures. Our aim has been to retain key features that were praised in our previous editions, while introducing a fully integrated and revised multimedia package. The overall goal of this new edition remains as always to provide students with the basic tools of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation, along with abundant and varied opportunities for practicing French in communicative and interactive contexts. Emphasizing French within a cultural context and as it is spoken in authentic, everyday situations, Rendez-vous strives to develop proficiency in the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, while introducing students to the richness and diversity of the French-speaking world.

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0075408686

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Coming of Age at the End of Days

A Novel

By: Alice LaPlante

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Coming of Age at the End of Days

A Novel

By: Alice LaPlante

A girl is lured into fanaticism in this psychological thriller with “stunning twists”—by the New York Times–bestselling author of Turn of Mind (San Francisco Chronicle). Never one to conform, Anna always had trouble fitting in. Earnest and willful, she quickly learned, as a young girl, how to hide her quirks from her parents and friends. But at sixteen, a sudden melancholia takes hold of her life. Then the Goldschmidts move in next door. The new neighbors are active members of a religious cult, and Anna is awestruck by both their son, Lars, and their fervent violent prophecies for the Tribulation at the End of Days. Within months, Anna’s life—her family, her home, her very identity—will undergo profound changes. But when her newfound beliefs threaten to push her over the edge, she must find her way back to the center, in this “crisp meditation on the deadly mixture of mental illness and religious charlatanism” (San Francisco Chronicle). “LaPlante crafts prose that cuts to the quick and is the perfect vehicle for this dark tale. . . . A compelling read.” —The Seattle Times

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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0802191347

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9780802191342

Absences

By: Alice LaPlante

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Absences

By: Alice LaPlante

Merveilleux. Cette exploration déchirante de la lente désintégration de l'esprit est profondément émouvante et complètement bouleversante, tout en étant passionnante. J'ai adoré. " S. J. Watson, auteur de Avant d'aller dormir Amanda O'Toole, soixante-quinze ans, a été retrouvée morte à son domicile, amputée de quatre doigts de la main droite. La police soupçonne la voisine et amie d'Amanda, le docteur Jennifer White – chirurgien orthopédiste à la retraite – d'être l'auteur de ce meurtre. Mais Jennifer est atteinte de la maladie d'Alzheimer et ne sait pas elle-même si elle est coupable. Elle partageait une relation extrêmement intime avec Amanda, même si ces deux femmes énergiques et orgueilleuses avaient été aussi par moments des adversaires redoutables. Amanda entendait parfois régir la vie de son amie et, sous prétexte d'honnêteté, dévoiler certains secrets qui auraient dû rester enfouis, relatifs notamment au mari de Jennifer, James, avocat retors, décédé depuis peu. Sans enfant et marraine de Fiona, la fille de Jennifer, Amanda instaurait une rivalité et un rapport de forces constant avec son amie, plus brillante, plus gâtée qu'elle par la vie. C'est la voix de Jennifer qui raconte cette amitié complexe et sa vie passée, de façon fragmentée, par des bribes, des souvenirs, des conversations, ou encore par le biais d'un journal qu'elle tient pour tenter de combattre la détérioration de son esprit et où ses enfants et amis sont amenés à témoigner de temps à autre. Ils émergent également de ce brouillard de la conscience, tour à tour confuse et lucide, de Jennifer : Amanda, bien sûr, Fiona, mais aussi Mark, le fils de Jennifer, ambigu comme son père, ou encore Magdalena, la garde-malade dévouée mais qui a des secrets, elle aussi. Jennifer White finira-t-elle par retrouver dans sa mémoire malade des révélations sur le meurtre d'Amanda ? Est-ce elle qui l'a tuée et lui a ainsi mutilé la main ? Pour quelle raison ? Face à une personnalité aussi imprévisible et tourmentée, la vérité ne peut être simple.

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Robert Laffont

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2221136640

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