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Ball

Stories

By: Tara Ison

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Ball is the thrilling and emotionally provocative debut collection of short fiction by the acclaimed author of the novels Rockaway and A Child Out of Alcatraz and the essay collection Reeling through Life. Ball explores the darker edges of love and sex and death, how they are intimately and often violently connected, with bright, vivid stories set mostly in contemporary Los Angeles. In “Cactus,” a young girl comes to fear the outside world following the freakish, accidental death of her adventure-seeking, naturalist boyfriend in the California desert; in “Wig,” a woman must help her best friend face life-threatening cancer while covering up an unseemly affair with her friend’s husband; in “Fish,” the narrator sits watch over a dying uncle, trying to pay for past sins while administering to his final needs, but distracted by the ravenous fish in the Koi pond near the hospital; and in the collection’s stunning title story, the bonds of friendship and pet ownership collide in the most startling and unexpected ways. With a keen insight into the edges of human behavior and an assured literary hand, Ball is the new book by one of the West’s most provocative stylists.

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Catapult

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159376622X

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Rockaway

A Novel

By: Tara Ison

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Rockaway

A Novel

By: Tara Ison

“How tragic that this book--set in a Queens, New York, beach town that in real life was devastated by Sandy--has a new relevance. Sarah is a California painter who’s come east for a retreat she hopes will revive her artistic passion. It’s a sheer joy to stay in the company of Ison’s voice. There’s an unlikely relationship at the center, the kind of encounter that could happen only in the summertime suspension of ‘ordinary’ life.” --Karen Russell, O Magazine Rockaway Beach, 2001. Sarah, a painter from southern California, retreats to this eccentric, eclectic beach town in the far reaches of Queens with the hopes of rediscovering her passion for painting. Sarah has the opportunity for a real gallery showing if only she can create some new and interesting work. There, near the beach, she hopes to escape a life caught in the stasis of caregiving for her elderly parents and working at an art supply store to unleash the artist within. One summer, a room filled with empty canvasses, nothing but possibility. There she meets Marty, an older musician from a once-popular band whose harmonies still infuse the summertime music festivals. His strict adherence to his music and to his Jewish faith will provoke unexpected feelings in Sarah and influence both her time there and her painting. Rockaway is a time capsule love letter to a quirky, singular town, in a time before an entire community was brought to its knees in the events about to occur in September 2001, and to an entire town that faced tragedy again when it was summarily devastated eleven years later by Hurricane Sandy.

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Catapult

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1593765169

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9781593765163

Reeling Through Life

How I Learned to Live, Love and Die at the Movies

By: Tara Ison

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Reeling Through Life

How I Learned to Live, Love and Die at the Movies

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Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies looks at how film shapes identity. Through ten cleverly constructed essays, Ison explores how a lifetime of movie-watching has, for better or worse, taught her how to navigate the world and how to grapple with issues of career, family, faith, illness, sex, and love. Cinema is a universal cultural experience, one that floods our senses with images and sounds, a powerful force that influences our perspective on the world around us. Ison discusses the universal aspects of film as she makes them personal, looking at how certain films across time shaped and molded who she has become. Drawing on a wide ranging catalog of films, both cult and classic, popular and art-house, Reeling Through Life examines how cinema shapes our views on how to make love, how to deal with mental illness, how to be Jewish, how to be a woman, how to be a drunk, and how to die with style. Rather than being a means of escape or object of mere entertainment, Ison posits that cinema is a more engaging form of art, a way to slip into other identities and inhabit other realities. A way to orient oneself into the world. Reeling Though Life is a compelling look at one popular art form and how it has influenced our identities in provocative and important ways.

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1619024810

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Ball

Stories

By: Tara Ison

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Ball

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Rockaway

A Novel

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Rockaway

A Novel

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Reeling Through Life

How I Learned to Live, Love and Die at the Movies

By: Tara Ison

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How I Learned to Live, Love and Die at the Movies

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The List

A Novel

By: Tara Ison

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The List

A Novel

By: Tara Ison

The List is an irreverent, sophisticated take on the classic breakup story. In fierce and exquisite prose, Tara Ison has written an astonishing story of love and hate. Isabel is finishing medical school and destined to become a brilliant heart surgeon. Al is a video store clerk, a one-hit-wonder director whose first and only film became a cult classic. Their electric, passionate, and deeply maddening relationship can't possibly work. Tired of endlessly coming together and breaking up, they make a list of ten things to do before they finally say good-bye. But after a few perfect dates the list takes a dark turn, and their plan spirals out of control as they realize they would rather destroy each other than let go.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416539174

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9781416539179

Building Antebellum New Orleans

Free People of Color and Their Influence

By: Tara Dudley

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Building Antebellum New Orleans

Free People of Color and Their Influence

By: Tara Dudley

The Creole architecture of New Orleans is one of the city’s most-recognized features, but studies of it largely have been focused on architectural typology. In Building Antebellum New Orleans Tara A. Dudley examines the architectural activities and influence of gens de couleur libres—free people of color—in a city where the mixed-race descendants of whites could own property. Between 1820 and 1850 New Orleans became an urban metropolis and industrialized shipping center with a growing population. Amidst dramatic economic and cultural change in the mid-antebellum period, the gens de couleur libres thrived as property owners, developers, building artisans, and patrons. Dudley writes an intimate microhistory of two prominent families of Black developers, the Dollioles and Souliés, to explore how gens de couleur libres used ownership, engagement, and entrepreneurship to construct individual and group identity and stability. With deep archival research, Dudley recreates in fine detail the material culture, business and social history, and politics of the built environment for free people of color and adds new, revelatory information to the canon on New Orleans architecture.

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University of Texas Press

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1477323023

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Cold Feet

By: Heather Swain,Pamela Ribon,Tara McCarthy,Elise Juska,Lisa Tucker

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Cold Feet

By: Heather Swain,Pamela Ribon,Tara McCarthy,Elise Juska,Lisa Tucker

Say "I do" to five surprising stories of women grappling with love and marriage and whether to walk down the aisle or run away. In Elise Juska's "Perfect Weather for Driving," Megan and Joel's sunset fender-bender makes for a great drunken story at his friend's wedding, but the reality is hardly romantic. Stuck in a New England hotel waiting for the verdict on their Volvo, the two are forced to take stock of their own damaged relationship -- and whether it's too late to fix it. In Tara McCarthy's "Losing California," engaged surfer Alison is convinced that Michael Madsen -- a member of her favorite band -- is her soul mate. Unfortunately, he's not her fiancé. So Alison flies to Nova Scotia, where Michael lives, because she's either right or she's wrong -- and she better find out before the wedding. The bride-to-be in Pamela Ribon's "Sara King Goes Bad" has always done the right thing but decides it's important to know what it feels like to be reckless for once. And so two weeks before her wedding, she indulges in an unforgettable night of sex, drugs, and petty crime. In Heather Swain's "The Happiest Day of Your Life," Annie and Ben plan a simple ceremony at an apple orchard. But when Annie loses perspective -- and everything that can go wrong does -- she's forced to rethink why she wanted a wedding in the first place. The "Emily & Jules" of Lisa Tucker's story are two lonely people who meet on an online bulletin board for agoraphobics. But when Emily is invited to her estranged brother's wedding -- and it's clear across the country -- both she and Jules may be forced to change their ways. Will any of these heroines get to the church on time? Cozy up with Cold Feet and find out.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416516891

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9781416516897

Liberty and Union

A Constitutional History of the United States, concise edition

By: Edgar J. McManus,Tara Helfman

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Liberty and Union

A Constitutional History of the United States, concise edition

By: Edgar J. McManus,Tara Helfman

This, the concise edition of Liberty and Union, is an abridged constitutional history of the United States, designed for short single-semester courses, comprising the key topics from Volumes 1 and 2. Written in a clear and engaging narrative style, it successfully unites thorough chronological coverage with a thematic approach, offering critical analysis of core constitutional history topics, set in the political, social, and economic context that made them constitutional issues in the first place. Combining a thoughtful and balanced narrative with an authoritative stance on key issues, the authors deliberately explain the past in the light of the past, without imposing upon it the standards of later generations. Authored by two experienced professors in the field, this concise edition presents seminal topics while retaining the narrative flow of the two full original volumes. An accessible alternative to dense scholarly works, this textbook avoids unnecessary technical jargon, defines legal terms and historical personalities where appropriate, and makes explicit connections between constitutional themes and historical events. For students in a short undergraduate or postgraduate constitutional history course, or anyone with a general interest in constitutional developments, this book will be essential reading. Useful features include: Full glossary of legal terminology Recommended reading A table of cases Extracts from primary documents Companion website Useful documents provided: Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Constitution of the United States of America Chronological list of Supreme Court justices

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Routledge

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1136757163

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9781136757167

The Hunter Elite

Manly Sport, Hunting Narratives, and American Conservation, 1880–1925

By: Tara Kathleen Kelly

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The Hunter Elite

Manly Sport, Hunting Narratives, and American Conservation, 1880–1925

By: Tara Kathleen Kelly

At the end of the nineteenth century, Theodore Roosevelt, T. S. Van Dyke, and other elite men began describing their big-game hunting as “manly sport with the rifle.” They also began writing about their experiences, publishing hundreds of narratives of hunting and adventure in the popular press (and creating a new literary genre in the process). But why did so many of these big-game hunters publish? What was writing actually doing for them, and what did it do for readers? In exploring these questions, The Hunter Elite reveals new connections among hunting narratives, publishing, and the American conservation movement. Beginning in the 1880s these prolific hunter-writers told readers that big-game hunting was a test of self-restraint and “manly virtues,” and that it was not about violence. They also opposed their sportsmanlike hunting to the slaughtering of game by British imperialists, even as they hunted across North America and throughout the British Empire. Their references to Americanism and manliness appealed to traditional values, but they used very modern publishing technologies to sell their stories, and by 1900 they were reaching hundreds of thousands of readers every month. When hunter-writers took up conservation as a cause, they used that reach to rally popular support for the national parks and for legislation that restricted hunting in the US, Canada, and Newfoundland. The Hunter Elite is the first book to explore both the international nature of American hunting during this period and the essential contributions of hunting narratives and the publishing industry to the North American conservation movement.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700625887

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9780700625888

Why We Need the Electoral College

By: Tara Ross

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Why We Need the Electoral College

By: Tara Ross

Is the Electoral College anti-democratic? Some would say yes. After all, the presidential candidate with the most popular votes has nevertheless lost the election at least three times, including 2016. To some Americans, that’s a scandal. They believe the Electoral College is an intolerable flaw in the Constitution, a relic of a bygone era that ought to have been purged long ago. But that would be a terrible mistake, warns Tara Ross in this vigorous defense of “the indispensable Electoral College.” Far from an obstacle to enlightened democracy, the Electoral College is one of the guardrails ensuring the stability of the American Republic. In this lively and instructive primer, Tara Ross explains: Why the Founders established the Electoral College—and why they thought it vital to the Constitution Why the Electoral College was meant to be more important than the popular vote How the Electoral College prevents political crises after tight elections Why the Electoral College doesn’t favor one party over the other Why the states are the driving force behind presidential elections and how efforts to centralize the process have led to divisiveness and discontent Why the Electoral College is inappropriately labeled a “relic of slavery” Every four years, the controversy is renewed: Should we keep the Electoral College? Tara Ross shows you why the answer should be a resounding Yes!

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Regnery Gateway

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1684510139

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Four Times the Trouble

By: Tara Taylor Quinn

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Four Times the Trouble

By: Tara Taylor Quinn

Trouble--Jacob Ryan has it in spades! Girl trouble. Jacob's seven-year-old triplets are a handful. Allie is organizing her teacher to death. Jessie is crying in class. Meggie is becoming almost reclusive. Jacob is told what the triplets need is a woman in their lives. But the last thing Jacob needs is to exchange girl trouble for ... Woman trouble. Jacob's gone that route before. All it did was get his daughters' hopes up--his hopes up--only to end in disappointment. Maybe the answer is to enlist the help of a friend, someone like his partner, Michelle ... Big trouble. Unfortunately, what Jacob begins to feel for Michelle is more than just friendship. And while Michelle's willing to be a surrogate mother to Jacob's children, it's going to take a lot of convincing for her to consider the idea of being a wife to him"--Publisher.

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Harlequin

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0373365594

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9780373365593

The Hormone Decision

By: Tara Parker-Pope

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The Hormone Decision

By: Tara Parker-Pope

Discusses the benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy while considering current debates to identify where both the scientific community and the media have misreported research findings.

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Simon and Schuster

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141656201X

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9781416562016

Big Night Out

An Adventure Where You Decide the Outcome

By: Tara McCarthy,Lorraine Freeney

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Big Night Out

An Adventure Where You Decide the Outcome

By: Tara McCarthy,Lorraine Freeney

Like the wildly popular "Choose Your Own Adventure" tales of the 1950s, this interactive novel features 358 possibilities as the reader chooses actions at every turn.

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Macmillan

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0312198345

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9780312198343

The Vindication of Lewis M. Roach

By: Tara Hime Norman

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The Vindication of Lewis M. Roach

By: Tara Hime Norman

The Vindication of Lewis M. Roach By Tara Hime Norman One cold December night in 1913a quiet rural community was rocked by the brutal murder of an elderly farmer. The case was solved, but there was one other victim: the innocent man who was executed.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480925497

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9781480925496

How to Think Like a Radiologist

Ordering Imaging Studies

By: Tara Marie Catanzano

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How to Think Like a Radiologist

Ordering Imaging Studies

By: Tara Marie Catanzano

A guide to imaging studies to aid clinicians in choosing radiologic investigations for accurate disease diagnosis.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521715237

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9780521715232

Lifespan Development in Context

A Topical Approach

By: Tara L. Kuther

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Lifespan Development in Context

A Topical Approach

By: Tara L. Kuther

In the Second Edition of this award-winning text, Lifespan Development in Context, Tara L. Kuther provides a panoramic view of how the places, sociocultural environments, and ways in which we are raised influence human development.

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960

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SAGE Publications

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1071851764

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9781071851760

Transit Systems in College and University Communities

By: Tara Krueger,Transit Cooperative Research Program

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Transit Systems in College and University Communities

By: Tara Krueger,Transit Cooperative Research Program

Introduction -- Profiles of surveyed college and university communities -- Campus operations -- Campus policies and planning -- Technology and "green" innovations -- Conclusions -- Appendixes.

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Transportation Research Board

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0309098203

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9780309098205

The List

A Novel

By: Tara Ison

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The List

A Novel

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1416539174

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Microsoft Excel 97

Illustrated Intermediate

By: Tara Lynn O'Keefe

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Microsoft Excel 97

Illustrated Intermediate

By: Tara Lynn O'Keefe

Through instructor-led or self-paced step-by-step instruction, individuals learn how to work with formulas and functions, automate tasks, use and analyze list data, enhance charts and worksheets, and work with Excel and the Internet.

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0760058202

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9780760058206

Excel 97 Exam Prep

By: Elizabeth Eisner Reding,Tara Lynn O'Keefe

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Excel 97 Exam Prep

By: Elizabeth Eisner Reding,Tara Lynn O'Keefe

Written by expert trainers, this title helps office workers prepare quickly for the Certified Microsoft Office Worker (CMOU) Excel 97 exam. The CD-ROM is packed with interactive tutorials and simulation software to help readers master the skills needed to pass the exam.

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Coriolis Group Books

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1576102327

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9781576102329

A Child Out of Alcatraz

By: Tara Ison

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A Child Out of Alcatraz

By: Tara Ison

Searing, and yet enormously compelling, this stinging portrait of the downward spiral of a mother and young daughter will haunt the reader's days and dreams. Olivia grows up in a neighborhood like most others--except it is on the island of Alcatraz, where there is no escape.

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Faber & Faber

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0571199402

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9780571199402

Tales of Tara

The Awakening

By: Tara Shen

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Tales of Tara

The Awakening

By: Tara Shen

Tara's awakening felt like an emotional roller-coaster at moments. This story of a spiritual awakening as her past that was repressed surfaces and rocks her world. Tara realizes that all is happening for a reason, and she believes she will come through it. She had faith in the process and many guides. The foundation of her world is ripped out from under her. The present challenges she faces of violence, her divorce and death of her mother hardly compare to her horrific past that she is reliving. She pieces together the truth of her past as memories from the past are triggered by violence in the present day.

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Balboa Press

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1982221410

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Sara's Son

By: Tara Taylor Quinn

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Sara's Son

By: Tara Taylor Quinn

Sara Calhoun has a perfectly orchestrated life. Until sheopens her door one morning to come face-to-face withRyan, the son she'd loved--and given up for adoptiontwenty-one years ago. Sara's memory of the night Ryanwas conceived is virtually nonexistent, but the aftermathcontinues to haunt her. Three men went to jail afterthat night, but were they guilty? And which one is herson's father? Ryan, now a police officer, believes the case is rife withinconsistencies, but the only man who can help themuncover the truth is Mark Dalton--one of the accused.Still, Sara can't believe she feels so--secure with Mark.He's an enigma and her worst nightmare, isn't he? Or maybe not--

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Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Superromance 90s

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0373714289

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9780373714285

It Happened on Maple Street

By: Tara Taylor Quinn

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It Happened on Maple Street

By: Tara Taylor Quinn

The True Romance series - the first series based on real-life love stories! The quintessential small-town girl with her nose in a book, Tara had never been kissed when she met Tim on her first day in college. As she fell hard and fast for the hunky great-hair guy, Tara dreamed of sharing the rest of her life with him. But it was another man's hand who shattered her trust and stole her saved innocence on one fateful night. And yet another man she lay cold beside in a loveless marriage-of-convenience bed. Yes, bad things happened after Tara broke up with Tim. Things that she hid between the pages of the romance novels she wrote under the name 'Tara Taylor Quinn.' Then, an unexpected e-mail message from Tim brings the past into shocking focus. He's never forgotten her. Can love be as real as the kind she writes about? Is it possible that after years of emotional isolation, this best-selling author may finally embrace a happily-ever-after of her own?

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Hachette UK

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1409129004

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9781409129004

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