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Saving the Donner Party

By: Richard F. Kaufman, PhD

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Books, articles, and commentaries have told the story of how the storm of the century in the fall of 1846 trapped eighty-one innocent men, women, and children in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and how brave men risked their lives to save them. In Saving the Donner Party, author Dr. Richard F. Kaufman tells the story of the rescuers of the Donner Party. During the last two decades, Dr. Kaufman has compiled a record of historical documents and letters from Sutter's Fort State Park and the California State Library. He reviews the older literature with a more modern approach, introducing orbital satellite studies with panoramic descriptions of travel routes not seen before. Using historical weather statistics and tree ring technology, he presents a more thorough understanding of the so-called "storm of the century" that enveloped the Donner Party. His account focuses on the massive effort and expenditure of resources by the rescue parties, involving the progress of the Mexican War going on at that time. Saving the Donner Party presents an in-depth interpretation of the event with surprising revelations that changed the historical setting and legacy of California, adding richly to the literature of this topic and updating the knowledge of the Donner Party episode.

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Archway Publishing

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1480809381

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9781480809383

The Ungodly

A Novel of the Donner Party

By: Richard Rhodes

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The Ungodly

A Novel of the Donner Party

By: Richard Rhodes

In 1846 several hundred wagons set out from Independence, Missouri, to follow the California Trail. One group, the Donner Party, braver or more foolhardy than the rest, chose an untried route that would shorten the distance. It did. It also subjected them to obstacles so formidable that it cost many of them their lives. Yet it preserved their names and the story of their travail down through history-crowded years. No work of fiction has rendered this remarkable epic of ordeal with more vividness and power than Richard Rhodess novel of the Donner Party, The Ungodly.

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Stanford University Press

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0804756414

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9780804756419

Where Clare Leads, Ireland Follows

By: Richard Fitzpatrick

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Where Clare Leads, Ireland Follows

By: Richard Fitzpatrick

Profiles leading personalities in a range of disciplines: sports, arts, business, crime, and broadcasting, from County Clare, Ireland.

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Mercier Press Ltd

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185635606X

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9781856356060

The Weatherman's Daughters

A John Denson Mystery

By: Richard Hoyt

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The Weatherman's Daughters

A John Denson Mystery

By: Richard Hoyt

In The Weatherman's Daughters, Richard Hoyt returns to his highly acclaimed John Denson mystery series with a natty new twist. Frustrated by his inability to trace a criminal monster, Denson sets down his skepticism and accepts, provisionally, the shamanistic ways of his Native partner, Willie Prettybird. Out-of-body flying? Entering the spirit of an animal? Can it be true? Can Denson solve murders by playing Carlos Castaneda to Willie's Don Juan? Two daughters of a Portland weatherman have been killed for no apparent reason. Denson and Willie are called from their remote cabins on Whorehouse meadow in the Cascade Mountains to help. But for once Denson is stumped-this is a trail he can't seem to follow. An exotic dancer wants to join the investigation, and Denson cannot resist her. But does she really intend to help? Or is she a spy or saboteur? Willie offers Denson a challenge. Since your rational ways aren't working, open the door to shamanism. Leave your body and seek to join the spirit of an animal who might be a guide. Fearing that he will never come back, Denson takes the risk. The trail revealed smells of bear galls, ancient Chinese medicine, and right-wing malcontents. Denson, the tracker, is profoundly changed by his discoveries. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

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Macmillan

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1429975687

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9781429975681

The Collected Stories of Richard Yates

By: Richard Yates

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The Collected Stories of Richard Yates

By: Richard Yates

A literary event of the highest order, The Collected Stories of Richard Yates brings together Yates's peerless short fiction in a single volume for the first time. Richard Yates was acclaimed as one of the most powerful, compassionate, and technically accomplished writers of America's postwar generation, and his work has inspired such diverse talents as Richard Ford, Ann Beattie, André Dubus, Robert Stone, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. This collection, as powerful as Yate's beloved Revolutionary Road, contains the stories of his classic works Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (a book The New York Times Book Review hailed as "the New York equivalent of Dubliners") and Liars in Love; it also features nine new stories, seven of which have never been published. Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers, the grim humor that attends life on a tuberculosis ward, or the moments of terrified peace experienced by American soldiers in World War II, Yates examines every frayed corner of the American dream. His stories, as empathetic as they are unforgiving, are like no others in our nation's literature. Published with a moving introduction by the novelist Richard Russo, this collection will stand as its author's final masterpiece.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466853654

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9781466853652

Old Soldiers Sometimes Lie

By: Richard Hoyt

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Old Soldiers Sometimes Lie

By: Richard Hoyt

Fifty years ago, General Douglas MacArthur permitted General Tomayuki Yamashita to be executed for alleged war crimes. Determined to clear his name, Yamashita's granddaughter unravels a secret pact between Emperor Hirohito and MacArthur.

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Macmillan

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0765342251

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9780765342256

Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

Stories

By: Richard Yates

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Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

Stories

By: Richard Yates

Now available in eBook for the first time, Richard Yates's groundbreaking collection of short fiction. First published in 1962, a year after Revolutionary Road, this sublime collection of stories seems even more powerful today. Out of the lives of Manhattan office workers, a cab driver seeking immortality, frustrated would-be novelists, suburban men and their yearning, neglected women, Richard Yates creates a haunting mosaic of the 1950s, the era when the American dream was finally coming true—and just beginning to ring a little hollow. In Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, you'll discover some of the most influential and sharply observed short fiction of the 20th century, and find out why Richard Yates was a true American master.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466853689

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9781466853683

Chicago Census Report

By: Richard Edwards

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Chicago Census Report

By: Richard Edwards

Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3382108526

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9783382108526

Cirrhosis

A Practical Guide to Management

By: Samuel S. Lee,Richard Moreau

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Cirrhosis

A Practical Guide to Management

By: Samuel S. Lee,Richard Moreau

Cirrhosis: a practical guide to management providesgastroenterologists and hepatologists with an up-to-date clinicalguide presenting the very best evidence-based practice in thediagnosis, treatment and management of liver cirrhosis and its manycomplications. Designed to offer practical guidance at alltimes, it provides doctors with an extremely useful tool in theclinical setting, with each chapter featuring diagnostic/managementalgorithms, key points and other pedagogic features. Divided into 2 parts, a diagnosis and pathophysiology section and amanagement of complications section, key topics include: - Diagnostic laboratory tests - Diagnostic imaging modalities - Acute-on chronic liver failure - Agents and drugs to avoid - End stage liver failure: liver transplant evaluation - Hepatocellular carcinoma Aimed at the specialist, as well as the practicing trainee at thetop-end of specialty training, the emphasis throughout is onproviding optimum clinical management guidance most relevant topracticing hepatologists and gastroenterologists, and is aninvaluable guide to this increasingly common condition.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118412680

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9781118412688

Revolutionary Road, The Easter Parade, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

Introduction by Richard Price

By: Richard Yates

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Revolutionary Road, The Easter Parade, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

Introduction by Richard Price

By: Richard Yates

Three classic works—including the virtuosic Revolutionary Road—that exemplify the remarkable gifts of this great American master "It is Yates’s relentless, unflinching investigation of our secret hearts, and his speaking to us in language as clear and honest and unadorned and unsentimental and uncompromising as his vision, that makes him such a great writer.” —Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls Richard Yates’s first novel, National Book Award finalist Revolutionary Road, is the unforgettable portrait of a marriage built on dreams that tragically never come to fruition. In The Easter Parade, he tells the story of two sisters whose parents’ divorce overshadows their entire lives. And in the stories in Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, we witness men and women striving for better lives amid discouragement and disillusion.

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Everyman's Library

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0307270890

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9780307270894

Sunset Limited

The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930

By: Richard J. Orsi

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Sunset Limited

The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930

By: Richard J. Orsi

The only major US railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific played a major role in the shaping of the West & the development of southern California in particular. 'Sunset Limited' explores the corporate strategy over time to reveal how the company saw its place in the world.

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Univ of California Press

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0520251644

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9780520251649

County Comparisons

By: Richard L. Miller

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County Comparisons

By: Richard L. Miller

Volume III of the series: The U.S. Atlas of Nuclear Fallout 1951-1962. Comparisons of all United States counties for total fallout from the U.S. Nuclear Test Program 1951-1962. 740 pages. Illustrated.

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Two-Sixty Press

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1881043126

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9781881043126

Boyos

By: Richard Marinick

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Boyos

By: Richard Marinick

Jack "Wacko" Curran, a rising young player in the Boston underworld, dreams of replacing a drug-dealing Mob boss, and figures that the bankroll from the armored-car heist he's planning will put him on his way. Trouble is, Curran's getaway driver has spilled the beans to the mobster.

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Justin, Charles & Co.

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1932112421

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9781932112429

Frontiers of Legal Theory

By: Richard A. Posner

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Frontiers of Legal Theory

By: Richard A. Posner

The most exciting development in legal thinking since World War II has been the growth of interdisciplinary legal studies. Judge Richard Posner has been a leader in this movement, and his new book explores its rapidly expanding frontier.

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Harvard University Press

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0674013603

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9780674013605

Taming the Elephant

Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California

By: John F. Burns,Richard J. Orsi

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Taming the Elephant

Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California

By: John F. Burns,Richard J. Orsi

The final of four volumes in the 'California History Sesquicentennial Series', this text compiles original essays which treat the consequential role of post-Gold Rush California government, politics and law in the building of a dynamic state with lasting impact to the present day.

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Univ of California Press

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0520234111

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9780520234116

McALISTER AND THE GREAT WAR - The Prequel to the McAlister Line Series

WWI Action and Adventure Aplenty

By: Richard Marman

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McALISTER AND THE GREAT WAR - The Prequel to the McAlister Line Series

WWI Action and Adventure Aplenty

By: Richard Marman

On his seventeenth birthday, New South Wales farm boy, Callan McAlister joins the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and is swept away to war. His first taste of blood comes from an unexpected enemy in the Sinai Desert, before being shipped to Gallipoli. Callan receives a shock while convalescing in peaceful, idyllic Ireland during the Easter of 1916. But the Western Front awaits — all before his nineteenth birthday. Callan falls in love with a lovely English beauty, Ivy Brown, but their path to happiness is neither easy nor pre-ordained. A lowly Australian private soldier is viewed with doubt and disapproval by Ivy’s aristocratic family — not to mention Callan’s chances of surviving the brutality of the Great War. An offer to join the fledgling Royal Flying Corps (RFC) may be Callan’s chance to escape the endless mud-filled trenches, infested with rats, lice, trench fever and foot-rot, and tormented by German machine-gunners and artillery bombardments. But, with minimal training, an RFC pilot’s life expectancy is tenuous at best. Ivy also experiences her baptism of fire as an ambulance driver for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY). Callan and Ivy’s struggle reaches its startling climax in an air race to the far reaches of the British Empire where law and justice are the domain of the most powerful and those ruthless enough to go to any lengths to achieve their desires. If you read only one book set against WWI during its centenary anniversary, make it McAlister and the Great War. This novel, ranging across a truly global canvas, explores many fascinating and thrilling historical incidents that occurred during the tragic conflict.

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Abela Publishing Ltd

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1910882720

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9781910882726

The Last Lead Holders

By: Richard Deatherage

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The Last Lead Holders

By: Richard Deatherage

As the recession of 2008 looms, Richard Deatherage faces the daunting realization that his 30-year drafting career may soon come to an end. With the advent of computer-aided drafting (CAD) technology taking center stage in 21st-century architectural design, his beloved art of hand-drafting with a lead pencil seems destined for obsolescence. However, for Richard, this isn’t just a matter of losing a job – it’s the loss of a passion that has driven him for decades. Yet, he discovers that the diversities that shaped his character and strengths over a lifetime of experience can still be drawn upon to find a new path towards fulfillment. In this inspiring memoir, Richard shares his journey of coming to terms with a changing industry, and how he tapped into the resilience and creativity that he had developed over the years to carve out a new niche for himself. With a candid and insightful voice, he shows how, even when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges, one can continue to pursue their passions and find joy in their work. For anyone facing the upheaval of a changing industry or struggling to find their place in the workforce, Richard’s story serves as a beacon of hope and a reminder that with determination and a willingness to adapt, one can thrive even in the face of adversity.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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COVID

A Novel of Surgical Suspense (McBride # 3)

By: Richard Van Anderson

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COVID

A Novel of Surgical Suspense (McBride # 3)

By: Richard Van Anderson

CoVid19 was not an accident. Its successor, the highly lethal and contagious CoVid23, is not a mutation of CoVid19. China would like us to believe the passage of 19 from animal to human was random and 23 is a natural mutation of 19. The United States wants us to believe both 19 and 23 are weaponized versions of a harmless coronavirus released during a botched Chinese bioweapons experiment. It will be up to Dr. David Aaronson, the new surgeon in the desert town of Fallon, Nevada—home to ranchers and farmers, cowboys and Indians, casinos and legalized brothels, and the US Navy’s TOPGUN training program—to tell the world what really happened. In this final installment of the McBride trilogy, revealing the truth will pit Dr. Aaronson (formerly David McBride) against the commander of a US Army bioweapons laboratory, a narcissistic president obsessed with nationalism, and a supervirus poised to decimate the world's population.

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White Light Press

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0990759784

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9780990759782

Implementing the Constitution

By: Richard H. FALLON,Richard H Fallon

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Implementing the Constitution

By: Richard H. FALLON,Richard H Fallon

This book argues that the Supreme Court performs two functions. The first is to identify the Constitution's idealized "meaning." The second is to develop tests and doctrines to realize that meaning in practice. Bridging the gap between the two--implementing the Constitution--requires moral vision, but also practical wisdom and common sense, ingenuity, and occasionally a willingness to make compromises. In emphasizing the Court's responsibility to make practical judgments, "Implementing the Constitution" takes issue with the two positions that have dominated recent debates about the Court's proper role. Constitutional "originalists" maintain that the Court's essential function is to identify the "original understanding" of constitutional language and then apply it deductively to current problems. This position is both unwise and unworkable, the book argues. It also critiques well-known accounts according to which the Court is concerned almost exclusively with matters of moral and constitutional principle. "Implementing the Constitution" bridges the worlds of constitutional theory, political theory, and constitutional practice. It illuminates the Supreme Court's decision of actual cases and its development of well-known doctrines. It is a doctrinal study that yields jurisprudential insights and a contribution to constitutional theory that is closely tied to actual judicial practice.

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Harvard University Press

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0674036670

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9780674036673

Pioneers of "B" Television

Independent Producers, Series and Pilots of the 1950s

By: Richard Irvin

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Pioneers of "B" Television

Independent Producers, Series and Pilots of the 1950s

By: Richard Irvin

As television grew more enticing for both viewers and filmmakers in the 1950s, several independent film producers with knowledge of making low-cost films and radio shows transferred their skills to producing shows for the small screen. Rather than funding live programs that were popular at the time, these producers saw the value in pre-taped shows, which created large financial returns through episode reruns. This low-cost, high-yield production model resulted in what are known and beloved as "B" television shows. Part historical account and part filmography, this book documents the careers of over a dozen "B" television producers. It chronicles the rise of situation comedies and crime dramas and explores the minds behind popular shows like My Little Margie, The Lone Ranger, Lassie, Highway Patrol and Sea Hunt. Divided into 14 chapters of producer profiles, this work is rich in both trivia and critical assessments of the first years of television. A chapter detailing the work of early female television producers rounds out the text.

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McFarland

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1476689962

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9781476689968

Soldiers in Hiding

A Novel

By: Richard Wiley

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Soldiers in Hiding

A Novel

By: Richard Wiley

It’s Tokyo, 1941. Teddy Maki and Jimmy Yakamoto are Japanese-American friends and jazz musicians playing Tokyo’s lively nightclub scene. Stranded in Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Teddy and Jimmy are drafted into the Japanese army and sent to fight against American troops in the Philippines. Their perilous attempts to remain neutral in a conflict where their loyalties are deeply divided are shattered when Jimmy is killed by the commanding officer for refusing to shoot an American prisoner. The deed then falls to Teddy. Thirty years later, Teddy is married to Jimmy’s widow, father to his son, a star on Japanese TV — and still wrestling with the guilt over Jimmy's death. Winner of the 1987 PEN/Faulkner Award for Best American Fiction, Soldiers in Hiding is a haunting portrayal of war’s lingering emotional burdens. This revised edition features a new preface by the author and an introduction by Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka.

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Hawthorne Books

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0983850437

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9780983850434

Abandoned Heart

By: Richard Parrish

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Abandoned Heart

By: Richard Parrish

A new thriller by the author of Mitigating Circumstances. Kate O'Dwyer's serene life is shattered after her three-year-old daughter is raped and infected with HIV. When the rapist escpaes conviction, Kate believes she has only one option: to take justice into her own hands and plot the man's death.

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0525941614

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