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| Larry:
I read The Reluctant
Fundamentalist first and enjoyed it so much that I looked
to see what else the author had written and was available.
I like Moth Smoke even more. What is interesting
is that each reader has a different interpretation of what
was happening. Or, at least, mine seems to be different
from others. When a book evokes interested discussion,
then it's done its job.
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Moth
Smoke
Mohsin
Hamid
$14.00 |
When Daru Shezad
gets himself fired from his banking job, he instantly removes
himself from the ranks of Pakistan's cellphone-toting elite
and sets in motion the tragicomedy that will drag him into
a life of drugs and crime. His uncertain fate mirrors that
of Pakistan itself, animated by nuclear weapons and sapped
by corruption.
Written before The
Reluctant Fundamentalist, it showcases Hamid's fine writing
and unique insight on his country, culture and the changing
world. |
| Carolyn:
I am (scandalously)
a fan of classy Regency romance, like the great Georgette
Heyer, who has influenced more writers of our generation than
I can name. While not certain, I suspect Loretta Chase
is one of them. I had not read her work previously,
but brought this in based on a few pages' preview. Lord
of Scoundrels is a reprint from 1995 which shows that
good stories, however "cheap" and "mass market"
do have a devoted fan of influence someplace in publishing.
Thank you, Avon Romantic Treasures, for bringing this one
back to the forefront for unaware readers of this much-aligned
genre.
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Lord
of Scoundrels
Loretta
Chase
$6.99
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They call him many names, but Angelic
isn't one of them . . .
Sebastian Ballister,
the notorious Marquess of Dain, is big, bad, and dangerous
to know. No respectable woman would have anything to do with
the "Bane and Blight of the Ballisters"--and "he" wants nothing
to do with respectable women. He's determined to continue
doing what he does best--sin and sin again--and all that's
going swimmingly, thank you . . . until the day a shop door
opens and "she" walks in.
She's too intelligent
to fall for the worst man in the world . . .
Jessica Trent is a
determined young woman, and she's going to drag her imbecile
brother off the road to ruin, no matter what it takes. If
saving him--and with him, her family and future--means taking
on the devil himself, she won't back down. The trouble is,
the devil in question is so shockingly irresistible, and the
person who needs the most saving is--herself!
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| Brenda:
Ok, I'm not even half-way through
the book yet, but I really like it. She's a very funny, smart
woman who took her life and ran with it!! A great read and
a bestseller, too! |

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From the Los Angeles
Times:
"A meditation
on love in its many forms -- love of food, language, humanity,
God, and most meaningful for Gilbert, love of self...Gilbert's
wry, unfettered account of her extraordinary journey lets
even the most cynical reader dare to dream of someday finding
God deep in a meditation cave in India, or, perhaps, over
a transcendent slice of pizza."
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| Heather:
“Ivan
Ilych is dead, but you're not.”
I
recently read that article headline on the University of Illinois
website, and having read the classic short novel, it sparked
my interest. This is the slogan of a campaign in the Champaign-Urbana
area to promote reading classic literature. This school year
I've been inundated with classic literature because of an
AP class I'm taking at DHS, and I whole-heartedly support
this new push for classic literature.
The Death of Ivan Ilych , and Master and Man
are two of the short stories in this Tolstoy collection,
both are intriguing, quick reads that explore the Russian
life-style. The Death of Ivan Ilych, as the title suggests,
is about the slow painful death of Ivan Ilych, a man who spent
his entire life struggling to become a rich successful man,
only to fatally wound himself when he finally reached the
top. Master and Man is about a stable hand and his
master taking a business trip in the heart of the Russian
winter during a horrifc snow storm and their hardships in
a single night, the internal struggles of the Master, and
the survival tactics of the man.
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The
Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories
Leo
Tolstoy
$6.95
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Four classic stories
of murder and sacrifice, greed and devotion, love and affection,
are collected together in this one volume. Also includes "Family
Happiness, The Kreutzer Sonata, " and "Master and Man."
Murder, greed,
lust, vanity, love-four of Tolstoy's most famous and essential
stories in one volume.
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