What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy, #2)
By: Robertson Davies
3.46
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his child…
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By: Christopher Isherwood
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Format: 401 pages, Paperback
First published in 1935 and 1939, the two related novels, The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Ber… read more
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"From 1929 to 1933, [age 25-29] I lived almost continuously in Berlin, with only occasional visits to other parts of Germany and to England. Already, during that time, I had made up my mind that I wou…"-Christopher Isherwood, The Berlin Stories
2. The Nice and the Good
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Format: 362 pages, Paperback
Iris Murdoch's richly peopled novel revolves round a happily married couple, Kate and Octavian, and… read more
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"He felt sad, sad."-Iris Murdoch, The Nice and the Good
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3. The Knocker on Death's Door (The Felse Investigations #10)
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Format: 202 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The knocker hung on a very special door - oak, heavy, with a late-Gothic arch, and apparently a lat… read more
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4. Pantaleón y las visitadoras
By: Mario Vargas Llosa
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Format: 392 pages, Paperback
Pantaleón Pantoja, un capitán del Ejército recientemente ascendido, recibe la misión de establecer … read more
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5. The Lords of Discipline
By: Pat Conroy
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A novel you will never forget... This powerful and breathtaking novel is the story of four cadets w… read more
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6. Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2)
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Format: 245 pages, Paperback
A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued - the second Roderick Alleyn Mystery. The crime scene was the … read more
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7. Ripley's Game (Ripley, #3)
By: Patricia Highsmith
2.60
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Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle a… read more
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8. When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions
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I stood at the window watching the cocoon, which hung in the winter air like an upside-down questio… read more
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9. The Pickwick Papers
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Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers--a comic masterpiec… read more
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12. What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy, #2)
By: Robertson Davies
3.46
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
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By turns humorous and warm, stark and frightening, Bluebeard'S Eggglows with childhood memories, th… read more
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14. Still Life
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From the author of The New York Times bestseller Possession, comes a highly acclaimed novel which c… read more
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16. Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses
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18. The Extinction of Irena Rey
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