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My life as a traitor [playaway]
Zarah Ghahramani ; with Robert Hillman
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Ghahramani, 20, an Iranian student, was swept off the streets of Tehran and taken to the notorious Evin prison, where criminals and political dissidents were held side by side in conditions of legendary brutality. Her crime, she asserts, was sliding back her headscarf to feel the sun on her hair. This led to a political activism fueled by the fearless ...
2007; ; isbn:9781605149035 More Information |
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Celebutantes [playaway]
Amanda Goldberg & Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper
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2008; ; isbn:9781605146881 More Information |
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Through the children's gate [playaway] : a home in New York
Adam Gopnik
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Adam Gopnik recounts the experiences he had after moving his family from Paris to Manhattan, describing the family's struggle to adapt to urban life in the hectic city and rebuild once more after the September 11 terrorist attacks
2007; ; isbn:9781602525795 More Information |
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Beethoven was one-sixteenth black [playaway] : and other stories
Nadine Gordimer
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In the title story, a middle-aged academic who had been an anti-apartheid activist embarks on an unadmitted pursuit of the possibilities for his own racial identity in his great-grandfather's fortune-hunting interlude of living rough on diamond diggings in South Africa, his young wife far away in London. "Dreaming of the Dead" conjures up a ...
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Animals make us human [playaway] : creating the best life for animals
Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson
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From renowned scientist and animal welfare advocate Temple Grandin, this groundbreaking book is a clarion call to awareness of the inner lives of humankind's far-too-often mistreated and neglected companions. Based on research spanning over 30 years, these stunning insights into the very real emotions and thoughts of animals are sure to be a source ...
2008; ; isbn:9781436192576 More Information |
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The book of old houses [playaway] : a novel
Sarah Graves
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When a mysterious book is unearthed from the foundation of Jake's 1823 fixer-upper, she immediately sends it off to local book historian Horace Robotham. After all, there must be a logical explanation for why the long-buried volume has her name in it -- written in what looks suspiciously like blood. But all logic goes out the window when the book disappears?and ...
2007; ; isbn:9781605149394 More Information |
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The greatest speeches of all time. Vol. 1 [playaway] ; the greatest speeches of all time. Vol. 2
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Memorable speeches from the 20th century, mostly American, as originally recorded, edited to include the most famous segments
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The greatest stories of all time [playaway] : Old & New Testaments
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2005; ; isbn:1598951688 More Information |
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There is no me without you [playaway] : one woman's odyssey to rescue Africa's children
Melissa Fay Greene
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2006; ; isbn:1602526613 More Information |
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Murder in the dark [playaway] : a Phryne Fisher mystery
Kerry Greenwood
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The delectable Phryne Fisher has been invited to the Last Best party of 1928. When three of the guests are kidnapped Phryne finds she must puzzle her way through the scavenger hunt clues to retrieve the hostages
2009; ; isbn:9781742142371 More Information |
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The shooters [playaway]
W.E.B. Griffin
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Still tying up loose ends from the investigation of a UN scandal in Argentina, Delta Force officer Charley Castillo is pulled into the case of a missing DEA agent who disappeared while trying to interdict a drug shipment. For some reason no one is trying to get the agent back
2008; ; isbn:9781436157476 |
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Born to run [playaway]
James Grippando
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Florida Governor Harry Swyteck, father of Miami attorney Jack Swyteck, is asked to be Vice President of the United States. The Swyteck family will gain immense prestige, true--but at the risk of having a few dark family secrets exposed
2008; ; isbn:9781436192620 |
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