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Half the Way Home - Autographed Copy
Hochschild, Adam
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Half the Way Home is a son's journey of discovery about his rlationship with his father, his cultural heritage, and about himself. This literary journey takes Hochschild from a lyrically described childhood on an Adirondack estate to a firsthand encounter with the violence of apartheid, and to a painful but liberating exploration of what it means to be Jewish in America.
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$16.95
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Finding the Trapdoor - Autographed Copy
Hochschild, Adam
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Autographed by the author on a recent visit to campus, Finding the Trapdoor takes the reader around the world observing human nature along the way. Hochschild visits a combat zone in El Salvador, andanti-apartheid rally in South Africa, the claustrophobic apartments of Moscow and more in this enthralling excursion around the world and into the heart.
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$19.95
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Straight Man
Russo '04, Richard-English Dept. 1991-1996, 2006
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Russo flawlessly captures the soul of the wise guy and the heart of a difficult parent. Hank Devereaux is a hero whose humor and identification with the absurd are mitigated only by his love for family, friends, and, ultimately, knowledge itself. Unforgettable, compassionate and laugh-out-loud funny, Straight Man cements Richard Russo's reputation as one of the master storytellers of our time.
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$14.95
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My Body to You - Autographed Copy
Searle, Elizabeth
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A girl grows into womanhood during a family dinner that spans twenty years. An old woman experiences both physical breakdown and spiritual breakthrough in a supermarket's vegetable department. A young woman is drawn into the emotional and sexual life of austistic boy obsessed with the number 8. These and others are the short stories of Elizabeth Searle the 1992 Iowa Short Fiction Award Winner.
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$11.50
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Nobody's Fool
Russo '04, Richard-English Dept. 1991-1996, 2006
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Made into a major motion picture starring Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis and Melanie Griffith, Nobody's Fool looks at life in a small town in upstate New York. In this small rural setting, the joys and pains of life come through, with refreshing clarity.
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$14.95
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