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"George Smiley is no one's idea of a spy--which is why he's such a natural. But Smiley apparently made a mistake when he concluded that the affable Mr. Fennan had nothing to hide. Why, then, did the man from the Foreign Office shoot himself in the head only hours later? Or did he?"--P. [4] of cover.
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An injury at birth left Audrey with a wandering eye. Though flawed, the bad eye functions well enough to permit her an idiosyncratic view of the world, one she welcomes in the stifling postwar Brooklyn of the 1950s. During a journey to Manhattan to see a doctor about her sight, she begins to explore the sexual rites of adulthood. But can her romance last? In this beautifully observed novel, Lynne Sharon Schwartz raises themes of innocence and escape...
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Raised in a restrictive and oppressive household, Harriet Frean is used to sacrificing her own happiness and comfort for the sake of others, in fact, she's proud of it. Taught that women were to be submissive, pious, kind, and quiet, Harriet molds herself into the perfect Victorian woman. Though she struggles with the crushing expectations of Victorian gender roles, Harriet finds comfort in her close relationship with Prissy, her best friend. As the...
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It's Tokyo, 1941. Teddy Maki and Jimmy Yakamoto are Japanese-American friends and jazz musicians playing Tokyo's lively nightclub scene. Stranded in Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Teddy and Jimmy are drafted into the Japanese army and sent to fight against American troops in the Philippines. Their perilous attempts to remain neutral in a conflict where their loyalties are deeply divided are shattered when Jimmy is killed by the commanding...
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The stons were dead, but that left Grace alone to try to learn to control her new abilities. When a solution presents itself, she begins learning just how far there is to go on the new journey she started. A new family, a new home, and learning to adapt to a completely different environment.
But for greater challenges, she also discovers there are greater rewards - and the universe always has a greater challenge in store.
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A duel in the shadows as echoes of an ancient war wash up onto a new planet!
Life in the Empire has finally settled down. The last of the stone rebels have taken amnesty and re-joined civilization, or have they? A massive terrorist attack kills millions and the trail leads the investigator straight to a remote world with no known Imperial contact, a world known to its inhabitants as Earth
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Since he was disfigured in a fire sixteen years ago, recluse Louis Malone has remained hidden from the prying eyes of his neighbors in the small town of Waverly. Across town, Iris Shula, a lonely and unlovely nurse, knows at thirty-seven it is unlikely that her Prince Charming will ever appear. But Iris is about to learn how wrong she is. When Louis accidentally falls out of his second-story window, these two kindred souls are brought together. What...
12) Empire and Earth
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Earth needed help, and nobody else was going to step up
Graciela Juarez has gone from a late-twenties college student to Second Order Guardian and one of the Empire's better pilots. But, events on Earth are building to a climax, and the Empire is determined to let Earth sort things out for itself, or not. It really doesn't matter to them.
But, it matters to Grace. By whatever means necessary, she will save Earth from the demons, and from its own...
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Graciella Juarez di Scimtar has saved Earth from itself. What will she do for an encore?
Become a real hero, as well as demonstrating that the Empire has earned her loyalty.
Along with her husband, she joins the Imperial Military. But she and her husband have unique talents - the military will not let them go to waste
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The Silver Age of Science Fiction saw a wealth of compelling speculative tales - and women authors wrote some of the best of the best. Yet the stories of this era, especially those by women, have been largely unreprinted, unrepresented, and unremembered.
Until Now.
Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) features fourteen selections of the best science fiction of the Silver Age by the unsung women authors of yesteryear, introduced by today's...
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Women write science fiction. They always have.
Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) offers, quite simply, some of the best science fiction ever written: 20 amazing pieces, most of which haven't been reprinted for decades... but should have been. Whether you are a long-time fan or new to the genre, you are in for a treat.
This collection of works-18 stories, 1 poem, 1 nonfiction piece-are a showcase, some of the best science fiction...
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