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The Witchcraft of Salem Village (Landmark Books)

The Witchcraft of Salem Village (Landmark Books)

by Shirley Jackson

Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village. But a group of young girls ignored those rules, spellbound by the tales told by a woman named Tituba. When questioned about their activities, the terrified girls set off a whirlwind of controversy as they accused townsperson after townsperson of being witches. Author Shirley Jackson examines in careful... (more)

Last Breath: A Sherry Moore Novel

by George D. Shuman

Following close on the heels of his celebrated debut 18 Seconds, George Shuman returns with yet another remarkable thriller featuring investigative consultant Sherry Moore -- a blind woman with an uncanny ability to view the final living moments of any dead body she encounters. A ruthless serial killer with an unthinkable MO has left a trail of tortured, murdered women in western Maryland and seems to have gone... (more)

Riddle of Stars: A Novel

by Pierce Butler

Readers of Butler's debut novel will likely be torn between the desire to embrace its gloomy protagonist, Matt Quigley, and the desire to drop him from a great height. Having left his recently deceased grandfather's home on the Inish, a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, Matt comes to Boston to live with his American girlfriend, Lily Golden, but panicking at the commitment that entails, instead ends up... (more)

The Philadelphia Story A Comedy in Three actsPhilip BArry

The Philadelphia Story A Comedy in Three acts

by Philip BArry

A comedic play in three acts.

The Body in the Gallery: A Faith Fairchild Mystery (Faith Fairchild Mysteries)

The Body in the Gallery: A Faith Fairchild Mystery (Faith Fairchild Mysteries)

by Katherine Hall Page

Faith's catering business has been slow with the downturn of the economy, so when her friend Patsy Avery proposes that she take over the café at Aleford's Ganley Art Museum, it seems like a not-to-be-missed opportunity. And Patsy has an ulterior motive—she discovers that the Romare Bearden piece she lent the museum has been switched with a fake and wants Faith to snoop around to find the culprit. Life at the... (more)

The DeerslayerJames Fenimore Cooper

The Deerslayer

by James Fenimore Cooper

Like-New Red Leather Binding, with red satin ribbon marker. Gold page edges. red Satin end pages.

The Shaker Cookbook: Not By Bread AloneCaroline B. Piercy

The Shaker Cookbook: Not By Bread Alone

by Caroline B. Piercy

The unique recipes that have made Shaker cooking, baking, and canning famous throughout the world.

CROWDED YEARS: THE REMINISCENCES OF

MOMMY AND THE MURDER

Death of a Political Plant

by Ann Ripley

Ann Ripley's horticultural heroine, Louise Eldridge, enchanted mystery lovers of all varieties in Death of a Garden Pest and Mulch . Now she returns in a witty new tale of muckraking, murder, and deeply buried--and very dangerous--secrets. Louise's TV show, Gardening with Nature , has made her a celebrity, sweeping her from lawn-mower commercials all the way to the president's National Environmental... (more)

The portable Thoreau

by Henry David Thoreau

INCLUDES 'WALDEN' COMPLETE; SELECTIONSFROM 'A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS' 'THE MAINE WOODS' AND THE 'JOURNAL'; EIGHTEEN POEMS AND SIXTEEN ESSAYS.

Ethan Frome

by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious, and hypochondriac wife, Zeenie. But when Zeenie’s vivacious cousin enters their household as a "hired girl," Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the possibilities for happiness she comes to represent. In one of American fiction’s finest and most intense narratives, Edith... (more)

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis

The controversial novel about a handsome serial killer who moves among the young and trendy in 1980s New York.

Samantha's Theater Kit: A Play About Samantha for You and Your Friends to Perform (American Girls Collection)

Samantha's Theater Kit: A Play About Samantha for You and Your Friends to Perform (American Girls Collection)

by Valerie Tripp, Susan S. Adler

Direct and act in Actions Speak Louder Than Words, a 20 minute play about Samantha's life in 1904. This kit contains four Play Scripts and a Director's Guide that includes tips on costumes, scenery, and more.

Pennsylvania Dutch cookery: Their history, art, accomplishments, also a broad collection of their food recipesJ. George Frederick

Pennsylvania Dutch cookery: Their history, art, accomplishments, also a broad collection of their food recipes

by J. George Frederick

The Allegheny, (Rivers of America)Frederick Way

The Allegheny, (Rivers of America)

by Frederick Way

CORNERSTONES OF FREEDOM: THE STORY OF ELLIS ISLAND

CORNERSTONES OF FREEDOM: THE STORY OF ELLIS ISLAND

by R. Conrad Stein

The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending

The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending

by Asbury Harpending

Rabble In Arms by Kenneth Roberts ~ International Collectors Society ~ The Rafael Palacios Binding ~ Leather ~ 1952Kenneth Roberts

Rabble In Arms by Kenneth Roberts ~ International Collectors Society ~ The Rafael Palacios Binding ~ Leather ~ 1952

by Kenneth Roberts

International Collectors Library with the Rafael Palacio leather binding with gold gilt lettering and design plus ribbon page marker. 1952

P.S. Your Cat Is Dead

by James Kirkwood

It's New Year's Eve in New York City. Your best friend died in September, you've been robbed twice, your girlfriend is leaving you, you've lost your job...and the only one left to talk to is the gay burglar you've got tied up in the kitchen... P.S. your cat is dead. An instant classic upon its initial publication, P.S. Your Cat is Dead received widespread critical acclaim and near fanatical reader devotion. ... (more)

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