Thousand Pieces of Gold
By: Ruthanne Lum McCunn
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
A reissue of the classic biographical novel that has sold more than 200,000 copies Lalu Nathoy's fa…
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1. The Magic of Ordinary Days
By: Ann Howard Creel
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of being an archaeologist, never thought th… read more
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"Sometimes you do find what you're looking for closer than you think"-Ann Howard Creel, The Magic of Ordinary Days
"As a child, when I first heard the story of Creation, I’d closed my eyes and pictured the earth as a ball rolling off the palm of God and into dark space, then drifting around until it found its home…"-Ann Howard Creel, The Magic of Ordinary Days
"In the past, I would’ve listed things such as common interests, mutual attraction, worldliness, and higher education. My freedom above all else. If I had found love, it would have had to be the kind …"-Ann Howard Creel, The Magic of Ordinary Days
"We’d save up a penny or two, bring them down here, and set them on the tracks. When a train comes, it flattens out that penny, leaving it thin as paper and shaped long, like an egg. But it happens so…"-Ann Howard Creel, The Magic of Ordinary Days
2. Dragon Seed
By: Pearl S. Buck
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the more political novels from the pen of Pearl Buck, Dragon Seed brings to light the traged… read more
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3. Thousand Pieces of Gold
By: Ruthanne Lum McCunn
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
A reissue of the classic biographical novel that has sold more than 200,000 copies Lalu Nathoy's fa… read more
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5. Speaking Truth to Power
By: Anita Hill
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Paperback
After her astonishing testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings, Anita Hill ceased to be a private … read more
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6. Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)
By: James Clavell
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found The tai-pan, Ian Dunross, struggl… read more
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7. Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me
By: Sarah Leavitt
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
"In this powerful memoir ... Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer's disease transformed her mother, … read more
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8. Ms. Cheevious in Hollywood - My Zany Years Spent Working in Tinsel Town
By: Lisa Jey Davis
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Ms. Cheevious in Hollywood by Lisa Jey Davis Enjoying Every Moment When Lisa Jey Davis (aka Ms. Che… read more
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9. Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
By: James Clavell
4.30
Format: 732 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk S… read more
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"There can only be one Tai-Pan."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
"You live by the lash and you'll die by it."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
"Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
"Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
10. Our Hearts Were Young and Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s
By: Emily Kimbrough , Cornelia Otis Skinner
4.20
Format: None pages,
Actress Cornelia Otis Skinner and journalist Emily Kimbrough offer a lighthearted, hilarious memoir… read more
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11. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 470 pages, ebook
Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more
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"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
12. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind
By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon
4.29
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more
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13. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
By: Anne Michaud
4.29
Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition
Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more
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"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
14. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov
4.30
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more
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"#metooasachild"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"We can be beacons of light"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"Unconditional Love conquers all!"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
15. The Night Tiger
By: Yangsze Choo
3.86
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping historical novel about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy whose fates entangle over an o… read more
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"Tener buenas intenciones no es igual que hacer lo correcto."-Yangsze Choo, The Night Tiger
"One of the appalling yet convenient things about being family is that you can trade accusations at night, then pretend next morning that nothing has happened."-Yangsze Choo, The Night Tiger
16. Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold
By: Nancy Smirl Jorgensen
3.97
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Narrated in alternating voices by mother Nancy and sister Elizabeth, Go, Gwen, A Midwest Family's … read more
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17. Dust Child
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga ab… read more
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"Persistence turns a bar of iron into a needle."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child
"With the fire of war burning, it needed more men as firewood."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child
"Everyone came from dust and would one day return to dust. Life is transitory, after all."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child
"For him, poetry was the language of the soul. Writers could hide their feelings behind fiction, but had to bare their soul to poetry."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child
18. Chasing the Dragon: BY NEW BLOOD DAGGER AND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT SHORTLISTED AUTHOR (Betancourt Mystery Series Book 2)
By: Mark Wightman
4.25
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
The much-awaited follow up to Waking the Tiger, shortlisted for the 2022 Crime Writers’ Association… read more
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19. The Elephant Keeper's Daughter
By: Julia Drosten
4.12
Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of The Lioness of Morocco comes the beguiling novel of a young woman tr… read more
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20. The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)
By: William Andrews
4.25
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes the story of one of the most extraordi… read more
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21. Silk Road
By: Colin Falconer
4.27
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Silk Road weaves a spellbinding tale of courage, danger and human frailty onto the vast tapestry of… read more
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"They found him in the cloister, lying on his back with ice in his beard. He was half conscious, muttering about a Templar knight, a secret commission from the Pope, and a beautiful woman on a white p…"-Colin Falconer, Silk Road
"His fellow monks carried him back to his cell and laid him on the hard cot that had been his bed for the last twenty years. He was an old man now and there was nothing to be done. His eyes had the co…"-Colin Falconer, Silk Road