Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero
By: Charles Sprawson
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A lustrous examination of life in the water from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Esther Williams.
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By: Alan LeMay
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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By: Nicholson Baker
4.35
Format: None pages,
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5. The Naked Sun (Robot #2)
By: Isaac Asimov
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Format: 88 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the coloni… read more
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6. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
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"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
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7. The Stories of John Cheever
By: John Cheever
4.12
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Here are sixty-one stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generatio… read more
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8. Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
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9. The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)
By: Isaac Asimov
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10. A sangre y fuego: Héroes, bestias y mártires de España
By: Manuel Chaves Nogales
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11. Good Morning, Midnight
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"Quite like old times,' the room says."-Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight
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12. Stone Yard Devotional
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3.68
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
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13. Elena Knows
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4.08
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
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"¿Seguirá siendo madre ahora que no tiene hija?"-Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows
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By: Colin Barrett
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3.70
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more
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"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
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3.73
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
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4.34
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3.89
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20. Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero
By: Charles Sprawson
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A lustrous examination of life in the water from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Esther Williams. read more
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21. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
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Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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