Kathleen Karr
CONRAD THE GOOD serves as court jester to a most unworthy master: Lord Otto "the Witless," who rarely appreciates jesting and acrobatics and more often rewards his good fool with a good whipping. So one night, Conrad flees, leaving Otto's realm [... more]
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Patricia Hickman
In this story of sisterhood and unexpected paths, Gaylen Syler-Boatwright flees her unraveling marriage to take refuge in a mountain cottage owned by her deceased aunt. Burdened with looking after her adult sister, Delia, she is shocked to find a ... [... more]
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Allen Mandelbaum
Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man ... [... more]
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Virgil (70 B.C-19 B.C)
At the urging of Augustus Caesar, Virgil began to write The Aeneid, a poem of the glory of Rome under... Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's ... [... more]
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Dan Greenburg
When Cody is 14, he runs away from home, leaving behind his abusive mother, and flees across the country. He doesn't stop until he hits Texas and the Sam Houston Tiger Ranch. Under the guidance of Sunny, the ranch's owner, he cares for the ... [... more]
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George Crane
George Crane is a poet as well as a translator of poems from the Chinese ( In 1959 a young monk named Tsung Tsai (Ancestor Wisdom) escapes the Red Army troops that destroy his monastery, and flees alone three thousand miles across a China swept ... [... more]
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Fruits Basket: Volume 19
 Don't go: Natsuki Takaya has dealt with the relationships of some of the supporting characters... and now it's back to the main trio. In particular, the nineteenth volume of "Fruits Basket" deals with Tohru's growing feelings for Kyo, even as [... more]
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Nicole Bailey Williams
Shy and awkward, ruthlessly ridiculed by other children and carelessly treated by adults, Claudia Fryar flees her hometown of Philadelphia after her father's death. But years of shame and silent suffering as the love child of the respected-and ... [... more]
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Infinite Riches
Infinite Psychedelia: The language is truly beautiful in this book. Reading it feels like walking in a mysterious and luxurient tropical forest. Hoots, beeps, deep shades of green, flashing reds and yellows, sudden appearances - that is the undercurrent [... more]
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The Queen's Fool: A Novel
From Amazon.co.uk: The bitter enmity between Elizabeth the First and Mary Tudor, the daughters of Henry VIII (not to mention the conflict between their mothers Anne Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon) makes the squabbles between modern-day royals seem small [... more]
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Confession d'un enfant du siècle
I hope someone reads this review: I read this book in Spanish, and wanted to review it in English, but it seems that it either does not exist in this language, or simply that Amazon does not have it. Anyway, I want to review it. I think this book should [... more]
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Flashman and the Dragon
great storytelling taking a back seat to history-writing: Having been an avid reader of the Dand McNeil-stories and of the early Flashman novels, I lost touch with the series for a couple of years. Returning to it through the services of Amazon.com, the [... more]
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