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  The Jungle

  by Upton Sinclair

  “Practically alone among the American writers of his generation,” wrote Edmund Wilson, “Sinclair put to the American public the fundamental questions raised by capitalism in such a way that they could not escape them.” When it was first published in 1906, The Jungle exposed the inhumane conditions of Chicago’s stockyards and the laborer’s struggle against industry and “wage slavery.” It was an immediate... (more)
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  World's End (Lanny Budd): Book 3

  Dragon's Teeth

  by Upton Sinclair

  This novel embraces the period from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to the Nazi Blood Purge of 1934. Wm. Schuman, Professor of Political Science at Williams College said "There is nothing I have read, in prose or verse, fiction of fact, which has impressed me so vividly with the realities of National Socialism. Sinclair's pictures of the Nazi leaders are superb, and he has almost achieved the impossible in catching... (more)
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  World's End I

  by Upton Sinclair

  The Lanny Budd Series; a total of 7,340 pages, covering world events during the 1941 - 1953 period. Often called "the greatest historical novel of the 20th century." World's End I is followed by World's End II (193131313X); Between Two Worlds I (1931313024); Between Two Worlds II (1931313148); Dragon's Teeth I (1931313032); Dragon's Teeth II (1931313156); Wide is the Gate I (1931313044); Wide is the Gate II... (more)
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  The Devil Wears Plaid

  by Teresa Medeiros

  AN INNOCENT WOMANEmmaline Marlow is about to wed the ancient patriarch of the Hepburn clan to save her father from debtor's prison when the Hepburn's sworn enemy Jamie Sinclair bursts into the abbey on a magnificent black horse and whisks her away. Jamie is everything her bridegroom is not--young, handsome, virile...and a perilous temptation for her yearning heart.A DANGEROUS MANJamie expects... (more)
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  King Coal

  by Upton Sinclair

  Upton Sinclair is best known for writing The Jungle -- a novel that exposes the practices of the meat packing industry that lead to governmental investigations and changed food laws in America. King Coal is based on the 1914 and 1915 coal strikes and follows Hal Warner, a rich man who wanted a look into commoners' lives. What he found there was abhorrent -- thus begins the tale of unionization and the... (more)
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  London Orbital: A Walk Around the M25

  by Iain Sinclair

  A brilliant voyage of discovery into the deeply unfashionable fringes of London. 'It isn't often that one reads a book and is convinced that it's an instant classic, but I'm sure that "London Orbital" will be read 50 years from now. This account of his walk around the M25 is on one level a journey into the heart of darkness, that terrain of golf courses, retail parks and industrial estates which is Blair's... (more)
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  Downriver

  by Iain Sinclair

  The winner of England’s Encore Award and James Tait Black Memorial Prize gives us a kaleidoscopic look at London’s past, present, and future. The Thames may still flow through the heart of London, but life along its shores has changed dramatically. In Downriver, Iain Sinclair traces the ruins of Margaret Thatcher’s reign through the lens of a fictional film crew hired to make a documentary about what remains... (more)
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  Coffee Will Make You Black

  A Novel

  by April Sinclair

  I still thought breasts might be more trouble than they were worth. Growing up reminded me a little bit of Hide and Go Seek. When it was your time to grow up, Natrue said, "Here I come, ready or not." And Nature could always find you.
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  World's End (Lanny Budd): Book 4

  Wide Is the Gate

  by Upton Sinclair

  The fouth novel in the Lanny Budd Series, which takes place between1934 and 1937.
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  Sermon on the Mount

  by Sinclair B. Ferguson

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  World's End (Lanny Budd): Book 11

  Return of Lanny Budd

  by Upton Sinclair

  The Return of Lanny Budd is the eleventh and final book in the enormous epic Lanny Budd World's End series written by Pulitzer Prize Winner and legend, Upton Sinclair. Written in 1953 at the pinnacle of the Cold War, this story covers the period between 1946 and 1949. Post World War Two, Lanny comes out of retirement as a Presidential Agent to assist the United States as the Russian menace grows. For all readers... (more)
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  The Undead-Betsy: Book 6

  Undead and Uneasy

  by MaryJanice Davidson

  Weddings are never easy. But when you're Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor, they can become downright deadly... In the days leading up to The Big Day, Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor seems to have a full house and the wedding guests have yet to arrive. Along with her human buddies, there's a ghost, a werewolf, and a Fiend crashing at her place. And though her fiancŽ, Vampire King Eric Sinclair, conveniently disappears... (more)
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  RESTful Web Services

  by Sam Ruby, Leonard Richardson

  "Every developer working with the Web needs to read this book." -- David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Rails framework "RESTful Web Services finally provides a practical roadmap for constructing services that embrace the Web, instead of trying to route around it." -- Adam Trachtenberg, PHP author and EBay Web Services Evangelist You've built web sites that can be used by humans. But can you also build web... (more)
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  World's End (Lanny Budd): Book 1

  World's End

  by Upton Sinclair

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  O Shepherd, Speak

  by Upton Sinclair

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  Dining on Stones

  Or The Middle Ground

  by Iain Sinclair

  An unreliable narrator, exiled on the coast, looks back on a book he may never have written. On a walk down the A13 from Aldgate Pump to Southend he acquires a package left by a missing woman - a package of stories that anticipate his quest.
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  An American Princess

  by Tracy Sinclair

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  Secrets: Book 10

  Secrets, Volume 10

  by Bonnie Hamre, Dominique Sinclair, Jeanie Cesarini, Kathryn Anne Dubois

  Private Eyes Dominique Sinclair When a mystery man captivates private investigator Nicolla Black during a stakeout, she discovers that her no-seduction rule is bending under the pressure of long denied passion. She agrees to an erotic seduction, but he demands her total surrender. The Ruination of Lady Jane Bonnie Hamre To avoid her upcoming marriage to a man more than twice her age, Lady Jane... (more)
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  Life and Death of Harriett Frean

  by May Sinclair

  “In a few short pages,” writes Francine Prose in her Introduction, “May Sinclair succeeds in rendering the oppressive weight and strength of the chains of family love.” Young Harriett Frean is taught that “behaving beautifully” is paramount, and she becomes a self-sacrificing woman whose choices prove devastating to herself and to those who love her most. An early pioneer of stream-of-consciousness writing,... (more)
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  World's End (Lanny Budd): Book 8

  Presidential Mission

  by Upton Sinclair

  Presidential Mission is the eighth book in the epic World's End Lanny Budd series written by Upton Sinclair in 1947. This thrilling book covers the period of history between 1942 and 1943. The reader has read of the many adventures of Lanny Budd, world citizen extraordinary, who has used his art expertise and Fascist and Nazi sympathies as camouflage for his work as Presidential Agent 103 for President Roosevelt... (more)