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To find an old friend, a past-his-prime spy steps into a war zoneWhen Henry Edwards recruited him to work as an intelligence officer, Peter Marlow was young enough that espionage seemed romantic. They were in Cairo during the Suez Crisis, two young spies haunting dinner parties and back alleys in search of morsels of information that were never as important as they seemed. A decade later, espionage has lost its sheen, and Henry confesses to Peter that hes considering resignation. A few days later, hes gone. Is Henry dead, or is he planning to defect? Either way, the service wants him buried. Peter is sent to Cairo in search of his old friend. But as war looms over Israel and the Arab states, and President Nassers life comes under threat, Peters task becomes more challenging than he would like. Espionage is a young mans game, and more than ever before, he feels close to the grave. The Private Sector is the first book in the Peter Marlow Mystery series, which also includes The Sixth Directorate and The Valley of the Fox.

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Driven from his home, a former spy disappears into the wildernessAfter decades in the British Intelligence, Peter Marlow no longer has the heart for conflict. He retires to the countryside with his second wife, Laura, and her daughter, Clare, an eleven-year-old autistic girl who reminds Peter what he spent all those years fighting for. But Peters past is not through with hima killer has come to seek revenge for a long-forgotten feud. His bullet misses Peter but strikes Laura, destroying in an instant what had taken Peter a lifetime to build. With Clare in tow, Peter disappears into the woods, going underground while he plans his revenge. Armed only with a bow, camouflage, and his knowledge of the surrounding woods, Peter prepares to confront his old enemy. Although hes lost his appetite for espionage, he will risk everything to protect Clare.  The Valley of the Fox is the fourth book in the Peter Marlow Mystery series, which also includes The Private Sector and The Sixth Directorate.

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A Chinese dissident is torn between love and country in this novel from the New York Timesbestselling author of The Good Earth.  When Wu I-wan starts taking an interest in revolution, trouble follows: Winding up in prison, he becomes friends with fellow dissident En-lan. Later, his name is put on a death list and hes shipped off to Japan. Thankfully, his father, a wealthy Shanghai banker, has made arrangements for his exile, putting him in touch with a business associate named Mr. Muraki. Absorbed in his new life, I-wan falls in love with Mr. Murakis daughter, and must prove he is worthy of her hand. As news spreads of what the Japanese army is doing back in China, I-wan realizes he must go back and fight for the country that banished him.The Patriot is an engrossing story of revolution, love, and reluctantly divided loyalties by the Nobel Prizewinning author renowned for her novels set in Asia and informed by the sweep of history, including the New York Times bestsellers The Living Reed and The Hidden Flower.  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the authors estate.

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A novel of a Southern woman trapped in the past and two brothers divided by the Civil War, from the New York Timesbestselling author of The Good Earth.  Lucinda Delaney is a southern belle ruled by a vision of life that no longer exists. The Civil War has come and gone and her side has lost, yet she is determined to proceed as if nothing has changeda denial that stokes the flames of her irrational angers. Despite her returned husbands devotion, Lucinda is sure he is having an affair with one of their slaves. After all, his Union-sympathizing brother, Tom, did just that, scandalously running away with the woman and settling into contented family life in Philadelphia. Over the years, her racist feelings and fears only intensify, and when its time for her own daughter to marry, her chief concern is the color of the children. The Angry Wife is a memorable and impassioned dissection of prejudice, as well as a riveting portrait of postCivil War America. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the authors estate.

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This New York Timesbestselling novel by the Nobel Prizewinning author of The Good Earth is an affecting portrait of interracial love in postwar Japan. Pearl S. Bucks The Hidden Flower centers on the relationship between a Japanese student and an American soldier stationed in postwar Japan. The Japanese students father worked in the United States as a doctor, but had to flee to Kyoto to avoid imprisonment in an internment camp. The American soldier has inherited his familys estate in Virginia, where interracial marriage is forbidden. Against such forces, and without the help of their families, how can the love between the young pairand the future of their childflourish? The Hidden Flower is an emotionally astute and moving exploration of a taboo love across cultures. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the authors estate.

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A widows New England peace is interrupted by her feelings for two brilliant men, one much younger and the other quite olderand the dilemma of choosing between themAt forty-three, Edith has lost a husband, and has children who have children of their own. Living in a large Vermont house, her days are spent idly reading and playing music. But all of this is to change when two candidates for her affection arrive on the scene. The first is thirty years her senior, a philosopher named Edwin with whom she enjoys an enriching intellectual friendship. The second, Jared, is twenty years her junior: a handsome scientist, he attracts Edith in mind and body. But even if Jared shares her passion, does he have enough life experience to know whether such a union is in his best interests? In this exquisite and probing examination of desire, contrasting passions come to a head. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the authors estate.

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A woman looks back on her long, rocky path to fulfillment in this revealing novel by the New York Timesbestselling author of The Good Earth.   Considered one of the most personal and autobiographical novels by the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizewinning author, The Time Is Noon tells the story of Joan Richards and her journey of self-discovery during the first half of the twentieth century. As a child, Joan finds her individuality obscured by her place in her family and her small town. In her adulthood, her struggle to discover her true self continuesbut is inhibited by an unhappy marriage.   After breaking free from her husband, she begins a stark reassessment of the way shes been livingand to her surprise, learns to appreciate all that lies aheadin this elegant novel of chances lost and reclaimed, a beautifully affirming story of one womans journey to maturity.  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the authors estate.

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A powerful novel of family secrets, doomed passion, and the fragile love between a bisexual man and an emotionally damaged woman A talented musician, James arrives in Italy in 1983, just ahead of the panic in New York City caused by the burgeoning AIDS epidemic. In Rome, the Eternal City, he meets Diana. Their attraction is intense and immediate. A passionate relationship is born and soon they are inseparable, reveling in their shared love of art and Italian culture. But storm clouds hang over their union: dark secrets of abuse from his youth, her pain over her brothers death, and Jamess open admission that he has known other men sexually. Back in New York, their relationship falls apart. For James and Diana, it is time to move on; to come to terms with the ghosts that haunt their lives and family histories; to find new paths and new lovers. But the darkness of their relationship is inescapable and persistent even though their love is gone. James has received news that will impact both their lives in devastating ways: He is HIV positive. Joseph Olshans The Sound of Heaven is an extraordinary novel, at once romantic and troubling, terrifying and compassionate.

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In this brilliant literary mosaic centered around a love affair, acclaimed novelist Joseph Olshan explores the intense pressures and passions of gay life in New York City during the AIDS epidemic Ten years ago, Will Kaplan and his lover went for a night swim in the Pacific Oceanbut only Will emerged. In the decade that followed, Will relocated to the other end of the continent, filling his days with shallow and pointless affairs, unable to come to terms with the bizarre disappearance that could have been a tragic drowning, a well-planned abandonment, or both. While immersing himself in New Yorks gay bar and disco scene, and a hedonistic Fire Island culture darkened by the grim specter of AIDS, Will meets Sean Paris, a young man as tortured and damaged by the past as Will himself. Drawn together by mutual doubts, needs, secrets, and obsessions, the intense relationship that they form will make waves in their circles of friends and ex-lovers, transforming Wills life forever.  

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Be careful what you wish for . . . Wishes granted, fortunes told,promises the sign on the booth at the back of the campus pizza place. Inside the booth sits a mechanical fortune-teller called the Wizard. His cold glass eyes give Alexandria Edgar the creeps. Her friends at Salem U think shes crazytheyre busy making wishes for the Wizard to grant.But soon, their wishes turn into their worst nightmares: Alexs roommate, who wished to look less ordinary, is disfigured in an accident. Another girl who wished to shed a few pounds cant stop losing weight. As her friends face the consequences of their wishes, Alex suspects that her fears about the Wizard are becoming a reality. And she has good reason to be afraid: The truth is even more diabolical than she could have imagined, threatening the groups very lives.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors personal collection.

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A joyride turns deadly in this tale of murder and retribution The motorcycle appears out of nowhere, thundering down the quiet residential street. By the time it roars back up the block and disappears from view, a little boy is injured and an elderly woman is dead.Salem University outsider Echo Glenn is paying her own way through college by working part time at the school infirmary. She thinks she knows the identity of the Mad Biker in black leather whos been terrorizing the townshe just needs confirmation. And while shes at it, maybe shell sneak a ride on his Harley. But the joyride turns into a journey of terror when the bike plows into a group of students outside a college hangout.Now Echo is an accomplice to murderand the target of an avenging killer whos going to make sure she doesnt live to tell the tale.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors personal collection.

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Jess cant wait to start freshman year at Salem Universitybut her new dorm room has a terrifying pastTheres a reason why they call it Nightmare Hall . . .Jessica Vogt gets a rude awakening when she moves into Nightingale Hall and learns that the previous spring, a student named Giselle hanged herself from a light fixturein Jesss new room. Campus officials pronounced it a suicide. But did Giselle really kill herself? Or was it a setup?Strange things are happening to Jess. One night, she is awakened by a terrifying scream. A photo taken of Jess and a classmate reveals a third person in the shota girl with long, pale hair and a sad face. Is Giselle trying to communicate with Jess? As Jess moves closer to what really happened that fateful night, someone starts targeting her. Is she being haunted by a ghost, or is there a killer on the loose?This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors personal collection.

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A twisted psychopath carries out the ultimate revenge . . .Salem University violinist Tanner Leo cant wait for her strict psychiatrist father to leave for Hawaii so she can have the house all to herself. But after he leaves, Tanner finds that she is not, in fact, alone: She has a madman for company.It starts when Tanner comes home from school to discover the housekeeper gone, her pocketbook suspiciously left behind. Someone else is in the house . . . someone who viciously attacks Tanner. She wakes up in her fathers soundproof music room, a stranger in a terrifying Halloween mask sitting across from her.A prisoner in a silent torture chamber, Tanner frantically tries to figure out who her assailant is and why hes locked her in. But the worst is yet to come. As her friends search for her, Tanner must find an escape hatchbefore a monster with a familiar face buries her alive in a coffin made just for her.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors personal collection.

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Its payback time when an accidental fire sends an avenging stalker after a group of college friendsVictory Alexander and her buddies are celebrating Salem Universitys big team win with a barbecue in the woods. But when gusty March winds ignite a fire that rages out of control, Tory barely escapes the blaze in time.Basketball star Hoop Sinclair isnt so lucky.When Tory and her friends realize hes missing, its too late to go backor to tell anyone. After all, they were partying on forbidden state park property. If the secret gets out, they could be expelled.The next day, an injured person turns upunconscious, burned beyond recognition. Is the bandage-swathed body in the hospital bed Hoop?To make matters worse, Tory and her friends are being stalked by a terrifying mummified creature. The student must find out who it isbefore they wind up paying for their choices with their lives.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors personal collection.

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This celebrated coming-of-age novel moves from Manhattan during the early days of Mad Men to the swinging, chaotic 1970s: A sensitive girl burdened with her mother's drinking and long string of husbands becomes a special young woman when her best friend's family opens her eyes to art

Esme Singer is a resilient girl from Los Angeles, new to Manhattan, who takes better care of her beautiful, alcoholic mother than her mother does of her. A former fashion model and extra in the movies, her mother attracts a series of husbands and boyfriends as Esme watches in fascination and sometimes horror. Esme's father comes and goes, forever riding the wave of the latest get-rich-quick scheme. As Esme becomes a teenager, she turns to her friend Leah's cultured, exotic family for inspiration and solaceespecially Leah's father, a well-known photographer who encourages Esme to cultivate her gifts. Might artand a favorite teacherbecome the answer to some of her troubles?

TheBeginner's Book of Dreams is an insightful, sophisticated, sometimes wickedly funny, always sharp-eyed portrayal of a young woman inventing and discovering her own independent spirit.

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A stunning discovery by a team of scientists on Venus endangers Earth itselfAt eighty-three, Dr. Helen Failia is nearing middle age but has lost none of her fighting spirit. The founder of Earths first fully functioning colony on Venus, she will do anything to ensure that the home shes built and nurtured not only survives, but thrives. Despite her constant work, funding for the colony is running out, and shes dreading telling the ten thousand colonists they must move to Earth, a world some of them have never even seen. When one of her probes returns with the unprecedented proof of an ancient alien artifact on the surface of Venus she cannot believe her luck. This is the first evidence that humanity is not alone, and the discovery will surely secure the research colonys future. As Helen and her team investigate the strange new find, they learn that humanity is not the only species with its eye on the planet. A dying race of spacefaring aliens needs a new home, and Venus is perfect for the people and their massive, living cities. But these newcomers consider the human presence on Venus a very small problem, one that can be swept aside if it dares get in the way.

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Finalist for the National Book Award: A sassy, cynical professional womans notions of loveand its apparent impossibilityare thrown into question by a man who challenges everything she thought she knewThough a talented young immigration lawyer, Lexi Steiner is in trouble. The legal organization where she works in Los Angeles may soon go under. Her habit of engaging in daring flings with charmingand sometimes not-so-charmingmen is losing its luster. And her most intimate relationship of all, the one with her college best friend, Nell, is about to be threatened by two men: Nells serious new lover, and Lexis: a divorced investigative reporter who does the unthinkable and falls in love with her.A fast-paced, sexy, and very serious novel about love and ambition, about bicoastal best friends and enduring lovers, Slow Dancing is a captivating look at lives and hearts in transition, moving forward one tentative step at a time.

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Madison cant reverse her parents divorce, but helping animals in need is a great distractionHolidays can be extra hard when your parents are divorced, and Madison is facing her first Thanksgiving since the big D. Shes used to having a full house, but when her relatives from Chicago cant make it, she feels like theres nothing to be thankful for this year. Trying to be fair and square is impossible when you feel like part of a triangle, she points out. There has to be a way to get in the holiday spirit, and a volunteer job at the local animal shelter is just the distraction Madison needs!

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The Far Hills Junior High war of the sexes is about to begin Spring has sprung, but Madison has the seventh-grade superblues. Shes behind on her homework, each of her parents has started dating again, and she forgets to have her mom sign the permission slip for the science-class field trip. Her feelings for her crush, Hart, get even more confusing when their science teacher divides the class into two teams for the tripboys vs. girlswith a competition at the end. Now Madison is teamed up with the girlsincluding her nemesis, Poison Ivyagainst her BFF Egg and, worst of all, Hart! But sometimes, even enemies have to come together to take first place.

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Will Madisons summer be a total bummer?Everyone seems to have summer plans except Madison. None of her choices seem to be the right fit. So when the opportunity to babysit for a nearby family presents itself, Maddie surprises herself by jumping at the chance. Watching a two-and-a-half-year-old shouldnt be that hardespecially when their activities include going to the pool where her friends are junior lifeguards. But soon the job takes Maddie away from her friends and her summer fun, and, worst of all, the little boy doesnt seem to like her. This may be the worst summer ever. Madison needs to find a way to bond with her babysitting chargeand fast!