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  The Genius and the Goddess

  by Aldous Huxley

  Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World , Island , Eyeless in Gaza , and The Genius and the Goddess , as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Devils of Loudun and The Perennial Philosophy . Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.
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  The Legacy of Eden

  by Nelle Davy

  "To understand what it meant to be a Hathaway, you'd first have to see Aurelia." For generations, Aurelia was the crowning glory of more than three thousand acres of Iowa farmland and golden cornfields. The estate was a monument to matriarch Lavinia Hathaway's dream to elevate the family name - no matter what relative or stranger she had to destroy in the process. It was a desperation that wrought the... (more)
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  The Wapshot Chronicle

  by John Cheever

  When The Wapshot Chronicle was published in 1957, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist. Based in part on Cheever's adolescence in New England, the novel follows the destinies of the impecunious and wildly eccentric Wapshots of St. Botolphs, a quintessential Massachusetts... (more)
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  The Cleft

  by Doris Lessing

  Doris Lessing, one of England's finest living novelists, invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue, free from jealousy, free from petty rivalries: a society free from men. An old Roman senator, contemplative at his late stage of life, embarks on what will likely be his last endeavour: the retelling of the story of human creation. He recounts the history of the Clefts, an ancient community... (more)
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  Billie Coleman Texas quartet: Book 4

  Texas Sunrise

  by Fern Michaels

  "A sequel without equal...A stunning and emotional conclusion to the story of family that readers have come to care for and lovel" LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS As Billie Coleman Kingsley, beloved matriarch of the Coleman clan and founder of a fabulously successful fashion empire lays dying, her family gathers together. As she fails, she tries to give them all strength to go on--after crisis, after tragedy, after... (more)
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  Mysteries of the Dogwood Diaries

  by Joyce Godwin Grubbs

  Mysteries of the Dogwood Diaries A legacy is left through generations of women who write in the "Dogwood Diaries" translating oral history to the printed word. The loss of one of the women and her diary is the catalyst for the determined family matriarch, Marguerite McKenna to find them, to preserve her family and its legacies. Blaine Stryker has distinguished herself in investigative reporting and is a Pulitzer... (more)
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  The Corporate Witch

  by Amy Difar

  Mildred Poisonapple may be the granddaughter of the powerful matriarch of her clan, but her spells go awry and she lacks her grandmother's power. So she tries to make her own way by commuting to the big city to work at Modern Witchcraft, Inc., a huge corporation that represents everything her traditional grandmother hates about the modern world. When her boss wrongly blames her for an incident at work, her job... (more)