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In the Company of LiarsDavid EllisA woman accused of murder is caught in a tortuous psychological maze that leaves her only one escape—suicide. Or does it? Told in reverse chronological order, from its enigmatic end to its brilliant beginning, In the Company of Liars is a t… more |
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Voices of Conflict; Voices o...Daniel Gottlieb
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“Compassionate, Wise, Insightful. These are words frequently used to describe Dan Gottlieb’s bimonthly column in the Philadelphia Inquirer. This psychologist and host of critically acclaimed “”Voices in the Family”“, heard locally on public… more |
Voices of Conflict; Voices of Healing: A Collection of Articles By a Much-Loved Philadelphia Inquirer Columnist |
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The Confession of H.H. Holme...Adam Selzer
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In 1896, H.H. Holmes, “arch fiend of the century,” was paid to write a “confession” by newspapers. Published a month before his execution, he confessed to twenty-seven murders. Today he’s suspected of far more, but many of those he confesse… more |
The Confession of H.H. Holmes (Chicago Unbelievable) |
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The PromiseChaim Potok“A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and hold it tightly.”THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRERYoung Reuven Malter is unsure of himself and his place in life. An unconventional scholar, he strugg… more |
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Marketing for IntrovertsMarcia Yudkin
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Do you enjoy being alone? Prefer keeping your personal life to yourself? Hate small talk? Wish the people you do business with would stop yakking and get to the point? If so, you may have been sold a bunch of malarkey when it comes to bring… more |
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No Shame in My Game: The Wor...Katherine S. Newman“Powerful and poignant…. Newman’s message is clear and timely.” —The Philadelphia InquirerIn No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family, and self-esteem are top prioriti… more |
No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City (Vintage) |
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Bad Dogs Have More FunJohn GroganBad Dogs Have More Fun is an unforgettable collection of more than seventy-five newspaper articles from The Philadelphia Inquirer written by former columnist John Grogan. Combining humor, wit, poignancy, and affection, these columns provide… more |
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Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Sele...John GroganBad Dogs Have More Fun is an unforgettable collection of more than seventy-five newspaper articles from The Philadelphia Inquirer written by former columnist John Grogan. Combining humor, wit, poignancy, and affection, these columns provide… more |
Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Andorra: A NovelPeter CameronFor mysterious reasons, a man forsakes his American life and arrives in a strange country called Andorra. He settles into the grand—and only—hotel in its seaside capital, and gradually makes the aquaintance of this tiny city’s most promin… more |
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Hitler's Willing Executioner...Daniel Jonah GoldhagenThis groundbreaking international bestseller lays to rest many myths about the Holocaust: that Germans were ignorant of the mass destruction of Jews, that the killers were all SS men, and that those who slaughtered Jews did so reluctantly. … more |
Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust (Vintage) |
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The Last Legends of Earth - ...A. A. Attanasio
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“A wondrously complex novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer“Few novels have ever had a broader scope.”—The Denver Post“A wonderfully realized, richly-detailed and cohesive novel.” —PeopleThe Last Legends of Earth is a magnificent, visionary epi… more |
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My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just...Lisa Scottoline, Francesca S...Critics and readers loved Lisa Scottoline’s first collection of true-life stories, which only encouraged her—now she’s back with these all-new, exciting adventures. She’s farther down the road now, and the scenery has changed—ex-husbands Th… more |
My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman |
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The Way We Die Now (Vintage ...Charles WillefordWhen Miami Homicide Detective Hoke Moseley receives an unexplained order to let his beard grow, he doesn’t think much about it. He has too much going on at home, especially with a man he helped convict ten years before moving in across the … more |
The Way We Die Now (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) |
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When All the World Was YoungBarbara Holland
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Acclaimed writer Barbara Holland, whom the Philadelphia Inquirer has called “a national treasure,” finally tells her own story with this atmospheric account of a postwar American childhood. When All the World Was Young is Holland’s account … more |
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Our Town: Race, Housing, and...David L Kirp“This book is both an inspiring account of public interest law at its best and a sobering assessment of how ‘the soul of suburbia’ continues to resist social justice… . an unexpectedly moving account of hope, idealism, and intelligence…. more |
Our Town: Race, Housing, and the Soul of Suburbia |
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Dog Days: Dispatches from Be...Jon KatzBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jon Katz’s Going Home.In Dog Days, Jon Katz, the squire of Bedlam Farm, allows us to live our dreams of leaving the city for the country, and shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. Th… more |
Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm (Dogs) |
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Life, the Universe and Every...Douglas Adams“HYSTERICAL!”—The Philadelphia InquirerThe unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads—so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white k… more |
Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker’s Trilogy) |
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Ken Follett Three BestsellersKen Follett“Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best,” raves the Philadelphia Inquirer. Now, from the knife-edge drama of Whiteout to the cold war love triangle of Lie Down with Lions to the inspiring true story of a Middle East hostage c… more |
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Life Is Like a SailboatJohn GroganFrom John Grogan, author of the New York Times bestsellers Bad Dogs Have More Fun, Marley and Me, and The Long Way Home, comes a new collection of more than eighty newspaper articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer written when he was a colu… more |
Life Is Like a Sailboat |
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Thomas HardyClaire Tomalin“A masterful portrait” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) from a Whitbread Award-winning biographer The novels of Thomas Hardy have a permanent place on every booklover’s shelf, yet little is known about the interior life of the man who wrote the… more |
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