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The secret history by Tartt, Donna;

© 1992., Alfred A. Knopf

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The lost painting / by Harr, Jonathan.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271).A decaying palazzo on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome makes a discovery that inspires a search for a painting lost for almost two centuries. The artist was Caravaggio, a revolutionary painter beset by personal demons. Four hundred years ago, he drank and brawled in the taverns and streets of Rome, in and out of jail, all the while painting transcendent works. He rose from obscurity to fame and wealth, but success didn't alter his violent temperament. He died young, alone, and under strange circumstances. Caravaggio scholars estimate that between sixty and eighty of his works are in existence today. Many others--no one knows the precise number--have been lost to time. Somewhere, surely, a masterpiece lies forgotten. This quest is a synthesis of history and detective story.AMAZ20051206 kl

Subjects: Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610; Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610.; John, the Baptist, Saint; Painting, Italian; Painting;

© c2005., Random House,

Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10

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The year of magical thinking / by Didion, Joan.;

Orginal GMD: [text]Dona20051108 neb

Subjects: Didion, Joan.; Dunne, John Gregory, 1932-; Didion, Joan; Didion, Joan; Novelists, American; Novelists, American; Journalists; Mothers and daughters; Widows; Loss (Psychology); Grief.;

© 2005., Alfred A. Knopf,

Available copies: 22 / Total copies: 22

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Lullabies for little criminals : a novel / by O'Neill, Heather.;

Orginal GMD: [text]CHAP20061113 neb / 20071030 gr 650s

Subjects: Canadian fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Bildungsromans; Teenage girls; Fathers and daughters; Single parents; Foster children; Foster home care; Children of drug abusers; Child prostitution;

© c2006., Harper Perennial,

Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 40

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No great mischief / by MacLeod, Alistair. ;

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Scots; Uranium mines and mining; Young men; Brothers; Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.;

© 2001., Vintage Books,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Kitchen by Yoshimoto, Banana1964-;

Subjects: Japanese language;

© 1991,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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A voyage for madmen / by Nichols, Peter, 1950- ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-298).

Subjects: Sunday Times Golden Globe Race (1968-1969); Single-handed sailing.; Sailors; Yacht racing.;

© 2002, c2001., Harper Perennial,

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1

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The lemon tree : an Arab, a Jew, and the heart of the Middle East / by Tolan, Sandy.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-282) and index.UlSAlso: 2007.20060516 msc / 20071116 cr (020,593)

Subjects: Palestinian Arabs; Israelis; Arab-Israeli conflict;

© 2006., Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7

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Rowboat in a hurricane : my amazing journey across a changing Atlantic Ocean / by Angus, Julie. ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Angus, Julie; Boats and boating; Marine ecology; Rowers;

© 2008., Greystone,

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6

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In the path of an avalanche : a true story / by Bowers, Vivien,1951-;

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Avalanches; Avalanches; Avalanches.;

© 2003., Greystone Books,

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The closed circle / by Coe, Jonathan.;

Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Political fiction.; Legislators; Adultery; Brothers;

© 2005., Knopf,

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The rotters' club by Coe, Jonathan;

Contents: The chick and the hairy guy -- The very maws of doom -- Green coaster

Subjects: Birmingham (England) -Fiction; Male friendship -Fiction; Teenage boys - Fiction;

© 2001, Alfred A. Knopf

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1

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Fruit / by Francis, Brian, 1971- ;

Subjects: Gay youth; Gender identity; Body image; Jeunes homosexuels; Identité sexuelle; Image du corps;

© c2004., ECW Press,

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Sag Harbor : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson, 1969- ;

Subjects: African American teenage boys; Adolescence;

© c2009., Doubleday,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The curve of time : the classic memoir of a woman and her children who explored the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest / by Blanchet, M. Wylie(Muriel Wylie),1891-1961.;

Subjects: Boats and boating; Blanchet, M. Wylie (Muriel Wylie), 1891-1961.;

© [2002], Seal Press ; Distributed ... by Publishers Group West,

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2

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Following the curve of time : the legendary M. Wylie Blanchet / by Converse, Cathy, 1944- ;

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Blanchet, M. Wylie (Muriel Wylie), 1891-1961.; Travel writers; Travel writers; Women; Blanchet, M. Wylie (Muriel Wylie), 1891-1961.;

© c2008., TouchWood Editions,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2

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Prodigal summer : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara.;

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Farm life; Mountain life;

© c2000., HarperCollins Publishers,

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Can you hear the nightbird call? / by Badami, Anita Rau,1961-;

Subjects: Immigrants;

© c2006., A.A. Knopf,

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The film club : a true story of a father and son / by Gilmour, David,1949-;

Subjects: Gilmour, David, 1949-; Fathers and sons.; Motion pictures; Novelists, Canadian (English); Film critics;

© c2007., Thomas Allen Publishers,

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Amsterdam / by McEwan, Ian. ;

In the affairs of his dead wife, a British publisher discovers compromising pictures of the foreign secretary who was her lover. An opportunity for revenge on both the political and personal level.

Subjects: Political corruption; Foreign ministers; Composers; Editors;

© 1999., Anchor Books,

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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Norman Bray, in the performance of his life / by Cole, Trevor,1960-;

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Actors; Death;

© 2004., M&S,

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Through black spruce / by Boyden, Joseph, 1966- ;

Subjects: Bush pilots; Coma; Cree;

© 2008., Viking,

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3

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Three day road / by Boyden, Joseph, 1966- ;

Subjects: Indians of North America; World War, 1914-1918;

© c2005., Penguin Canada,

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3

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Me talk pretty one day by Sedaris, David;

Subjects: Americans - France - Paris - Humor;

© 2000, Little Brown

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Extremely loud & incredibly close / by Foer, Jonathan Safran,1977-;

© 2005., Houghton Mifflin,

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Tender is the night. by Fitzgerald, F. Scott;

© [1962], Scribner

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Water for elephants : a novel / by Gruen, Sara.;

A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Circus; Depressions; Circus performers;

© 2007., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2

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