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  The Convict Lover : A True Story

  by Merilyn Simonds

  350 pp. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4. Dark blue paper covered boards, stamped in silver on spine. Purple dj.
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  Cleaving

  A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession

  by Julie Powell

  Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do — until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her new memoir, CLEAVING. Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where she buries... (more)
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  The Woman Warrior

  Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

  by Maxine Hong Kingston

  A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity.
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  50 of the Best: Fifty of the Greatest Rugby League Tries of All Time

  by Martin Offiah

  In "50 Of The Best", Martin Offiah presents his personal selection of fifty of rugby league's greatest ever tries. He relives a few of his own - the spectacular, the significant and the memorable! In this fascinating selection, he also celebrates the achievements of other great players, team-mates and foes alike. From David Topliss to Kyle Eastmond, Clive Sullivan to Wally Lewis, he features legends, rookies, a... (more)
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  Searching for the Forgotten War - 1812 Canada

  by Patrick Richard Carstens, Timothy L. Sanford

  The forgotten war started out with an American invasion of Canada and ended with a British invasion of the United States. The vast majority of the books telling the story of the War of 1812, are often told chronologically, the events leading to this war, the battles and aftermath or the biographies of the leaders on both side of the conflict. The book “Searching for the Forgotten War 1812" unfolds... (more)
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  The Marijuana Diaries: Real-Life Stories of the Marijuana Boyz

  by Rodney Renton

  When you put a couple of dreamers, a few planners, and a lot of hard workers together, anything is possible. Young and bold, not yet old enough to drive, a group of middle- and upper-class boys – young entrepreneurs – take the summer of 1993 by storm.Nicknamed the Marijuana Boyz, Rodney, Davidido, Ramon, Luey, R. J. Treefrog, Luke, Neil, Jay, Stew, Migs, Brandon, and Mikey embark on an adventure of a... (more)
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  Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui

  by Karen Kingston

  Clear Your Clutter and Transform Your Life! Clutter is stuck energy that has far-reaching effects physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. The simple act of clearing clutter can transform your life by releasing negative emotions, generating energy, and allowing you to create space in your life for the things you want to achieve. In Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui , Karen Kingston, pioneer of a... (more)
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  Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui

  by Karen Kingston

  Feng Shui is the ancient oriental art of enhancing and harmonizing the flow of energy in your surroundings. Over the last twenty years, Karen Kingston has pioneered the study of a specialized branch of Feng Shui called Space Clearing. In this fascinating and easy-to-follow guide she shows how you can use Space Clearing and other principles of Feng Shui to enhance the flow of energy in your home or workplace and... (more)
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  China Men

  by Maxine Hong Kingston

  The author chronicles the lives of three generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact. Here's a storyteller's tale of what they endured in a strange new land.