 | The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $2.24 Topics of discussion: The preservation of the environment, liberal attitude vs. illegal immigration.
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 | Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.40 Early feminist meets an irresistible man of great talent. Must she be punished?
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 | The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $1.94 Friendship and betrayal,
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 | The Covenant by Naomi Ragen
Buy used from: $0.01 When terrorism strikes a family, old friends ban together to help from across the ocean.
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 | The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler
Buy used from: $0.01 A great exploration of a marriage that forever remains immature.
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 | Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $2.45 This is not a fiction book. A woman that marked in the desert sand the borders of what is today's Iraq. A fascinating life of the woman who was the mentor to Lawrence of Arabia, and should have been the star in a movie about her life.
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 | Puppet Child by Talia Carner
Buy new: $13.95 / Used from: $4.55 I write books I like to read. I am choosing one here, PUPPET CHILD, a legal drama of a mother's struggle to save her daughter from the court's "justice." Multi-layered and thought provoking. (A favorite book groups' choice.)
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 | China Doll by Talia Carner
Buy new: $12.55 / Used from: $1.77 Not to be undermined by my previous novel, CHINA DOLL has been selected by reading groups not just in the USA, but also from South Africa to India. A large international canvas of intrigue, love, betrayal, and the price of fame.
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 | The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.30 A wonderful classic during the turbulent Renaissance about the passionate life and loves of the greatest artist of all times.
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 | The Fountainhead (Centennial Edition Hardcover) by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $20.99 When was the last time you read this classic that kept you so riveted in your youth? Read it again and discover another fountain of ideas for your group discussion.
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 | Running the Bulls (Hardscrabble Books) by Cathie Pelletier
Buy used from: $12.18 A great book discussion about the foundations of a long-term marriage, vs. the revelation of an old afair, about middle-age crisis and the balancing a life filled with grief and humor.
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