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  Flygirl

  by Sherri L. Smith

  Ida Mae Jones dreams of fl ight. Her daddy was a pilot and being black didn’t stop him from fulfilling his dreams. But her daddy’s gone now, and being a woman, and being black, are two strikes against her. When America enters the war with Germany and Japan, the Army creates the WASP, the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots—and Ida suddenly sees a way to fl y as well as do something signifi cant to help her brother... (more)
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  The Wasp Factory

  by Iain Banks

  Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was... (more)
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  Harriet the Spy: Book 2

  The Long Secret

  by Louise Fitzhugh

  Harriet the Spy refuses to become ruffled when an unidentified person starts leaving disturbing notes all over the quiet little beach town of Water Mill. She’s determined to discover the author of the notes. And she drags her best friend, mousy Beth Ellen, into all kinds of odd and embarrassing situations in her efforts to reveal the culprit. Observing in her own special, caustic way with her ever-present... (more)
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  Monkeys

  by Susan Minot

  NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this luminous story of family life--the first novel by Susan Minot, author of the highly acclaimed Evening --the seven Vincent children follow their Catholic mother to Mass and spend Thanksgiving with their father's aging parents who come from a world of New England priviledge. As they grow older, they meet with the perplexing lives of adults. Susan Minot writes with delicacy and a... (more)
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  Class

  A Guide Through the American Status System

  by Paul Fussell

  In Class Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality with eagle-eyed irreverence and iconoclastic wit. This bestselling, superbly researched, exquisitely observed guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system is always outrageously on the mark as Fussell shows us how our status is revealed by everything we do, say, and own. He describes the houses, objects,... (more)
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  Grosse Pointe Girl: Tales from a Suburban Adolescence

  by Sarah Grace McCandless

  Welcome to Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where social rank is determined by the age of your money and the dryness of your martini. The new girl in town, Emma Harris, must prove herself hip to the rigid rules of adolescent conformity. The quest for cool, she discovers, is one long final exam. To pass she must be cruel to be kind (ditching her best friend for the popular crowd), dress to impress (trading her favorite... (more)
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  Ford: The Men and the Machine

  by Robert Lacey

  Master biographer Robert Lacey tells the fascinating, authoritative account of the ambitious men and glamorous women behind the world's largest family-controlled business empire. From Henry Ford -- the original in every sense of the word -- whose revolutionary standards created a new way of life for America and the world, to Henry Ford II, old Henry's grandson, who rose from a frivolous playboy to become an... (more)
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  Life With Rose Kennedy

  by Barbara Gibson

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  Rose Kennedy and Her Family: The Best and Worst of Their Lives and Times

  by Barbara Gibson

  During her more than 100 years, Rose Kennedy witnessed more triumph and tragedy, celebration and heartbreak than seems humanly endurable. A full biography as well as an insider's account of Camelot's family, this book is written by the personal secretary of Rose Kennedy from the late 1960s until the time of her debilitating stroke. Photo insert.
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  The Kennedy Women

  The Saga of an American Family

  by Laurence Leamer

  "A FRESH AND UNVARNISHED PORTRAIT OF A FASCINATING, TALENTED, AND DEEPLY FLAWED FAMILY." —Boston Herald Laurence Leamer was granted unheralded access to private Kennedy papers, and he interviewed family and old friends, many of whom had never been interviewed before, for this incredible portrait of the women in America’s "royal family." From Bridget Murphy, the foremother who touched shore at East Boston in 1849,... (more)
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  The Kennedy Women A Personal Appraisal

  by Pearl S. Buck

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  The Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family for 150 Years

  by Edward Klein

  A subject of endless public attention and fascination, the Kennedy family remains the most blessed -- and perhaps the most cursed -- of any American family. Edward Klein, already renowned for his eye-opening and revelatory Kennedy portraits "All Too Human" and "Just Jackie," now delves deep into the misfortunes of the Kennedys, developing the premise that a curse has plagued them for centuries. Starting with... (more)
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  Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy

  by Joseph P. Kennedy

  In Hostage to Fortune , Amanda Smith presents a remarkable volume of her grandfather's correspondence and several never-before-seen photographs. The only firsthand record of his life, the letters range from 1914, with the honeymoon of Joe and Rose Kennedy, to 1961, with Joe's disabling stroke. In between, we see the public and private Kennedy-father, husband, film producer, New Deal government official, and U.S.... (more)
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  The Sins of the Father

  Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He Founded

  by Ronald Kessler

  An award-winning investigative journalist draws on interviews with the Kennedy family and their intimates to trace the life and times of Joseph Kennedy, including his sexual affairs, his daughter Rosemary's illness, and his anti-Semitism. National ad/promo.
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  Summer People: A Novel

  by Elin Hilderbrand

  Every summer the Newton family retreats to their beloved home on Nantucket for three months of sunshine, cookouts, and bonfires on the beach. But this summer will not be like any other. When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow Beth can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must continue the family... (more)
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  Nantucket Nights

  by Elin Hilderbrand

  A full moon, a twenty-year old friendship- and a Nantucket night no one would ever forget... For 20 years, Kayla, Antoinette, and Val have performed their own special summer ritual. Once a year, the old friends put aside their daily, separate lives to drink champagne, swap stories, and swim naked under the Nantucket stars. This time though, one of them swims out from the shore and doesn't return. After the... (more)
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  The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963

  by Laurence Leamer

  The renowned biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women returns with this first volume in a multigenerational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family ...
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  The Big House

  A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

  by George Howe Colt

  Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt returned for one last stay with his wife and children. This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt's final visit... (more)
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  Rose: The life and times of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

  by Charles Higham

  A portrait of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy follows her modest origins in a mob-driven Boston ghetto, her relationship with Jackie, the births and deaths of her children, and her difficult relationships with her grandchildren. Reprint.
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  Times to Remember

  by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

  A fascinating chronicle of eight decades rich in history, drama, and courage, the new edition of Rose Kennedy's bestselling memoir is introduced by a moving tribute from her children and features family letters, memorabilia, and personal photographs. Reissue.