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The Needle's Eye
Not Compelling Enough For Drabble: First of all this is my second Drabble book. I read "The Seven Sisters" and was delighted. Drabble has the bitter tone down cold. Simply put, I like how she captures the emotion of "heartlessness." [... more]
$14.00
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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale (Modern ...
Quite simply the best book I have ever read: I have always liked everything written by Stevenson, but The Master of Ballantrae far outstrips everything else. It is a subtle insight into human nature, and a great adventure story as well. The episodes are [... more]
$11.95
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The Voyage of the Narwhal
Amazon.com Review: In Andrea Barrett's extraordinary novel of Arctic and personal exploration, maps are deceitful, ice all-powerful, and reputation more important than truth or human lives. When the Narwhal sets sail from Philadelphia in May 1855, its [... more]
$25.95
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Lucid Stars
Thoroughly enjoyable: Andrea Barrett tells the story of three females living during the late 50's, the 60's and the 70's - the time period of the modern women's movement. Using her considerable skills as a short story writer, Ms. Barrett weaves her three [... more]
$19.00
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The Widow's Children
Amazon.com Review: First published in 1976, The Widow's Children, with its unpalatable family wistfully gnashing at one another, has long defied critical description. Now that it's been rereleased, with a fine new introduction by Andrea Barrett, it's [... more]
$13.00
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The Voyage of the Narwhal
Amazon.com Review: In Andrea Barrett's extraordinary novel of Arctic and personal exploration, maps are deceitful, ice all-powerful, and reputation more important than truth or human lives. When the Narwhal sets sail from Philadelphia in May 1855, its [... more]
$24.95
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Ship Fever
Amazon.com Review: In 1764, two Englishwomen set out to prove that swallows--contrary to the great Linnaeus's belief--do not hibernate underwater. But they must be patient and experiment in secret, such actions being inappropriate for the female of the [... more]
$13.95
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Servants of the Map: Stories
Amazon.com Review: No one limns the opposing pull of inner and outer worlds more eloquently than Andrea Barrett. Her naturalists, explorers, scientists, and healers are driven to work and above all to know; they categorize, theorize, and collect the [... more]
$13.95
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Ship Fever and Other Stories
Amazon.com Review: In 1764, two Englishwomen set out to prove that swallows--contrary to the great Linnaeus's belief--do not hibernate underwater. But they must be patient and experiment in secret, such actions being inappropriate for the female of the [... more]
$21.00
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Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel
Amazon.com Review: In Andrea Barrett's extraordinary novel of Arctic and personal exploration, maps are deceitful, ice all-powerful, and reputation more important than truth or human lives. When the Narwhal sets sail from Philadelphia in May 1855, its [... more]
$13.95
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The Middle Kingdom
Herstory in her History: Grace Hoffmeir starts telling her story in 1989, as she bicycles around Beijing with her Eurasian child in the aftermath of the massacre at Tiananmen Square. In a first, brief flashback we learn how she came to be there three [... more]
$19.95
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Tono-Bungay (Modern Library Classics)
Social-Fiction, not Science-Fiction: Having read H.G. Wells' classics WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, THE TIME MACHINE, and THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, I looked forward to reading what is often claimed to be his "best& [... more]
$13.95
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