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J.M. Barrie
Sir James Mathew Barrie was born on May 9, 1860, at Kirriemuir in Scotland, the ninth of ten children of a weaver. When Barrie was six, his older brother David died in a skating accident. Barrie then became his mother's chief comforter, while ... [... more]
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Off Season
The Off Season -- a thoughtful, well-crafted romance: What is interesting about the "Off Season" is that it examines a relationship that is already established. We know from the beginning that Jill and Ben, the main characters, are in love, [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Michael Hesemann
The truth about the vatican's most impenetrable secret, hidden for over eighty years! Paperback, 268 pages *On May 13, 1917, three young shepherds witness a vision of the Virgin Mary and hear the Holy Mother reveal three prophecies... *Elements ... [... more]
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Scott O'Dell
Scott O'Dell was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 23, 1898. He attended Occidental College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Stanford University, and University of Rome. He worked as a technical director for Paramount, a cameraman for ... [... more]
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Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, near Huntington, Long Island, New York. His father--a farmer turned carpenter from whom Whitman acquired his freethinking intellectual and political attitudes--moved his wife and nine children to Brooklyn in ... [... more]
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Timothy B. Tyson
On May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a twenty-three-year-old black veteran, walked into a crossroads store owned by... Those words, whispered to ten-year-old Tim Tyson by one of his playmates in the late spring of 1970, heralded a firestorm that would ... [... more]
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Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville is a man with many talents. A popular author, teacher, and playwright, he was born in Syracuse, New York on May 16, 1950. He attended Duke University, the State University of New York at Binghamton, and the State University College ... [... more]
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Seth Mnookin
Twenty-one Brutal Months at The New York Times and How They Changed the American Media On May 11, 2003, The New York Times devoted four pages of its Sunday paper to the deceptions of Jayson Blair, a mediocre former Times reporter who had made up ... [... more]
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The Cannibal Queen
great book: A great book about the magic of flight. People who see flying as nothing more than transportation will probably not get much out of this book, but if flying means something more to you, you will love it. Update on Cannible Queen, the [... more]
CDN$26.99
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Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis
With Gog and Magog right in the middle.: This is a book which seeks a place for humanity in the poetic extremes of intellectual life. Near the end, "Dionysus in 1990," Georges Bataille, author of THE ACCURSED SHARE, gets credit for writing, & [... more]
CDN$22.87
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Hiding Place- Lib
THE best book you'll read this summer: First written in 1971, The Hiding Place has, through both critical acclaim and word of mouth of the masses, achieved both certifiable classic status and a revered place in the hearts of its readers. And, I might add, [... more]
CDN$66.68
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Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West
How far can a man walk in ten years?: The saga of Jedediah Smith began at age 23, and ended ten years later, in 1831, when, on the Santa Fe trail, he was killed by indians when he stopped for a drink from a stream. He was one of the first true mountain [... more]
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