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William Trevor is truly a Chekhov for our age, and a new collection of stories from him is always a cause for celebration. In these twelve stories, a waiter divulges his shocking life of crime to his ex-wife; a woman repeats the story of her parents' unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy; a schoolgirl regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her; and, in the volume's title story, a middle-age accountant offers his reasons for ending a love affair.
At the heart of this stunning collection is Trevor's characteristic tenderness and unflinching eye for both the humanizing and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban and rural life.
Customer Reviews:
"Chronicler of Interiority".......2007-01-22
Trevor, as usual, writes stories marked first of all by a startling realism of surface. The sights, sounds, smells of the external world are precisely captured and rendered. We see for instance the central female character of "A Bit On The Side" pecking away at a plastic wrapped salad from a nearby Pret a Manger, while her male companion eats a sandwich smelling faintly of marmite with lettuce leaves overhanging its edges. What we know, but the male companion can't, is that the woman continuing to eat her salad actually has no appetite for it. In such a minor detail lies the open sesame to Trevor's art. He takes the reader on a journey into the interior lives of his forlorn characters, showing us that what they reveal to others even in minor matters may be often less than the truth or even the opposite of it. In "Sitting With The Dead," a second example, the central figure Emily tells the visiting Legion of Mary sisters a lot but finally far less about her valuation of her late husband than we the readers are allowed to know. Trevor consistently exposes to his readers, then, that gap which renders people frequently opaque to one another and is in major matters at the core of their ultimate oddity, even mysteriousness. His is artistic fiction of the highest order.
Trevor's Unnerving Bits and Pieces.......2006-08-31
William Trevor is surely one of the most talented current writers of fiction, and a remarkable master of the short story form. And we find him at his best in "A Bit On the Side." His work is subtle, disquieting, unnerving, with a distinct tendency to transmute the fictional world he's constructing, that you thought you understood, into something quite different: and he does it right before your very eyes. Some of these stories are set in the United Kingdom, some in Ireland, as befits the work of an Irishman resident in the U.K.; a man never quite at home anywhere.
He gives us a woman waiting at a theater bar for a blind date she's going to regret meeting; a private midlands boys'school where nothing is as it should be; a hotel waiter who takes his job way too seriously.
And in his title story,of which we have certain expectations based on the world as we know it: well, he just turns them upside down. His people are sometimes kinder than you might expect, often nastier, but seldom what you thought you were getting.
Decent, if forgettable, stories.......2006-08-15
Perhaps mine is a case of mismanaged expectations, but I found this collection to be a merely average entry in the literary short story genre. The prose is excellent, of course, and some of the stories stand out, but most of them fail to impress, especially at their endings, which, almost without exception, are marked by forced poetry and profundity, as if Trevor felt that the story didn't hold well enough together on its own and needed an expository coda.
Overall, good but not great. Try some of his other stuff.
Tinkering with Secrets and Other Hidden Things.......2005-02-22
William Trevor guides us through streets and dank parlors and weakly lighted public places where his characters guard or choose to unravel those darker aspects of living he understands so well. In A BIT ON THE SIDE Trevor has written twelve short stories that could have been written by no one else. His prodigious gifts as a writer make him privy to the musings we all hold in private, knowing that voicing them would doubtless find misunderstanding glances in parting eyes of the people in retreat from our confessions.
Where does Trevor find these thoughts, much less these subtly drawn characters? In lonely corner tables in pubs, in the shy fears of wives of husbands departed in body or in spirit, in expectations of young Irish girls dreaming of better lives in America, or of poor pregnant mothers willing to offer their incipient child for adoption to spare their husband's jobless humiliation?
While William Trevor is a demanding author, one who graces his stories with subtle time lapses or changes that require the reader to be on the alert for the assured nuances of his craft, he is never less than amazing in his ability to paint portraits of people so odd in their ordinariness that ending a short story does not allow us to leave them alone. This is writing of the highest order - challenging, enriching, plangently longing, unforgettable. These are twelve treasures. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, February 2005
A short-story collection that made me FEEL!.......2005-01-26
I have read many great short-story collections, but this one is the best I have read in a very long time. A Bit on the Side showcases several of the darkest, bleakest, most thought provoking and haunting short stories out there. William Trevor has delved into human emotion in a way that most short-story writers aren't able to convey in a few pages. Some of the stories touched me, others disturbed me. And that is what I love about this collection. Trevor made me FEEL for the characters. A book is definitely a keeper when the language is so palpable it almost jumps out of the pages. My favorite stories are "Sitting with the Dead," "Justina's Priest," "Traditions," and "A Bit on the Side." I haven't read Trevor's previous efforts, but I will definitely give them a whirl. I cannot recommend A Bit on the Side: Stories enough.
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Title: The side story: William Trevor and the compulsion to tell other people's tales for them.(Books & Arts)(A Bit on the Side: Stories)(Book Review)
Author: Hugh Ormsby-Lennon
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When a self–made American man and a most proper English lady meet in Regency London, it's a total clash – and attraction – of opposites.
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Good story...Not so good heroine.......2007-02-18
I was very excited to start this book since I am a lover of historical romance. It was interesting to have Meg as an American in England. Her spunky introduction from the start was surprising. This later wasn't much of a surprise after all as her character development progressed and the reader began to learn more about her personality. I did like the authors take in making her an independent and modern woman for her time. Her idea of not caring what those in society thought was a strong point of her character, but unfortunately her character in general just wasn't likable. She seemed stubborned in not wanting to be educated in English culture and customs. Unfortunately, her stubborness continued to hurt the American culture and justified the English judgement of Americans. The only time that Meg was likable were her encounters and relationship with Emily. Ironically, Emily was younger than Meg, but she was a much better heroine and at times seemed older then her age. The murder mystery was a great storyline, but the novel didn't focus on it as much as some would have liked. Overall, it was a good story, but not one to keep around.
Pleasing Regency romance with a whodunnit twist.......2005-09-02
Even though she is the granddaughter of a duke, Margaret Stanton-Lynch is an American and proud of it. As one of the society's darlings, Meg is feeling the pressure to marry, and marry well. Extracting a promise from her grandfather that she can wed the man of her choice -- as long as he is wealthy and titled -- Meg is determined to find that rarest of noblemen, one who will treat her as an equal.
Several years before, the ton and his own family had shunned Justin St. James, believing him to have murdered his cousin's fiancée. Now back from exile, the new Earl of Rathmore is determined to find the real killer and restore honor to his name. Enduring society's snubs at the wedding of his childhood friend, Justin's life takes an unexpected turn when a beautiful American girl comes to his rescue.
Intrigued and attracted to each other, Meg and Justin are soon working together to prove his innocence -- with quite a few romantic encounters along the way. Before long Justin is offering marriage, but Meg continues to balk, afraid to lose her independence to a husband. Can Justin convince her otherwise?
A spin-off from last year's A NECESSARY HUSBAND, Debra Mullins' A NECESSARY BRIDE grabs the reader's attention from the very first page with its passionate characters and whodunnit plot. The determined earl and the refreshing American are ideally matched, and it is a delight to read their every encounter. The mystery's final outcome adds a nice touch of suspense to the mix, while secondary characters provide a perfect foil to the main characters.
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4 & 1/2 stars -- wonderful lead characters.......2004-07-12
I actually liked this one better than the first one (A Necessary Husband). Meg (Margaret) was a secondary character in the first book, sister of hero Garrett. She is quite charming, delightful, witty. Her only big flaw is that she's still angry and hurt with her brother about his past choices (to go to sea); it doesn't really work with the past book--at least not until the very end when she finally voices her real fears. Justin is simply a dream--handsome, noble, honorable, mysterious, tender...but with a temper (he yells a lot when he's angry). You can't help but love these two right from the start. It's so obvious how good they'll be for each other.
There are some moments of needless repetition and too many "she's/I'm American" excuses (Is there perhaps a lack of understanding of American culture during the period?), but this book is still enchanting, mainly because of the two leads. The mystery which has haunted Justin for years and made him the scourge of society is well-played. The resolution is perhaps a bit too speedy, but as a whole the mystery works.
Meg's reasons for refusing Justin's offer of marriage seem silly at first. It takes a long time to discover the truth, in part because it takes her a long time to admit the truth, even to herself. It takes realizing just how much her refusal is hurting all those she cares about--a result of her not really understanding how English society works. once she admits the truth about her fears, she faces them and overcomes them.
An excellent read.
90 pages too long.......2004-06-03
Meg Stanton-Lynch is an American granddaughter of a Duke. Justin St. James is a deadly handsome Earl with a ward named Emily and he had been banished from England for 6 years as everyone thought he killed his cousin's fiance. Well, of course he didn't and of course Meg knows this and wants to help Justin clear his name. But here is the vastly annoying part of the book - even after sleeping with Justin, she won't marry him. Her denying his proposal was about a 100 pages and it was about 90 pages too long. She loved him! She knew he liked her, appreciated her, needed her. So he did out outright say he loved her, well, it was unrealistic that she would continue to say no even after it was apparent that her refusal caused a rift in his relationship with Pen and her husband. She was childish and frankly uninteresting. Also, everytime she did something a tad out of the common way for an English gal, it was always, well, I'm an American!
Enjoyable, quick novel.......2004-02-18
Meg is American, visiting relatives (grandfather is a Duke) and when at her cousins wedding she sees Justin. Little does she know at the time that he is an Earl who almost everyone believes killed his cousins fiance. The relationship between them is sweet yet steamy. She helps him get closer to his ward and at the same time captures his heart. I did enjoy all the characters. The mystery is lite and far too simple. There really was no secret to the reader who the culprit in the story was. I liked the novel and found it enjoyable but I don't like how some novels conclude the story within the last few pages.
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High-spirted Margaret Stanton-Lynch intends to enjoy the Season without the hindrance of an unwanted romance. Meg refuses to be tied down before she fully explores what life has to offer, though she must admit that Justin St. James, the dashing Earl of Rathmore, has a most deliciously appealing air of dangerous mystery about him. Not enough, however, for the lady to seriously consider his ardent proposal of marriage. In Justin's eyes she is perfect, with wit, charm, and sensuality galore, and she seems unperturbed by the wrongly deserved, very dary stain on Justin's reputation. A marraige to this exquisite lady would assure his young ward Emily's entrance into society. Besides, his heart pounds wiledly every time Meg is in his presence. Justin fears tenderness and passion may not be enough to hold her, but he's determined to try; for life would be empty indeed if he allowed this enchanting free spirit to fly from his arms forever!
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A NECESSARY BRIDE
DEBRA MULLINS
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Customer Reviews:
Most Excellent.......2006-02-11
This book, as well as Moon's Herris Serrano series, are fun, well thought out, well written, and entertaining millitary space opera. While I usually read more fantasy than sci-fi, and very little military-based stuff, I loved this book (even though I didn't enjoy Moon's fantasy trilogy, The Deed of Paksenarrion). The main character, Esmay, is a deep, likable character who's actions are thoroughly believable and sympathetic, though she's not a boring carbon copy of the standard adventure heroine. While the Herris Serrano trilogy comes directly before this book, I read Once a Hero first, and had no trouble understanding what was going on (all though reading the Heris books did clear up a few things). It's one of the rare sci-fi books with ALL of the qualities of a great novel: a well-rounded and complete plot, intellegent writing complete with actual ideas, and believable and complex characters, and it is still easy and fun reading!
Continuing a Heroic Line.......2006-01-14
The Heris Serrano trilogy ended with Serrano beating the bad guys and getting back into the fleet. A fairly minor character who helped her to do that at the end of the 3rd book was Lt. Esmay Suiza who participated in a mutiny in order to recapture her ship from a treasonous captain. After being the senior surviving officer of that mutiny, she led her ship back to help Serrano defeat the enemy. This character is the central person of this story.
Mutinies, however justified, how looked at with jaundiced eyes by naval authorities. Although she was fully exonerated, there is still a taint to Suiza's name and, after the court martial, she finds herself stuck on a depot ship. She demonstrates her talents, though, when the bad guys try to capture the ship along with all of its stores and supplies. Even in her lowly rank, she finds that she has among the most combat experience of anyone on board. That redeems her in some eyes and is continued cause for suspicion in others.
This is a good book, every bit as good as Heris Serrano. If you liked it, you will likely enjoy this one too.
Great Story Telling -- Great Characters.......2005-02-20
"Once A Hero" and the earlier novels of the Heris Serrano series ("Hunting Party," is the first) are great. Moon comes from a family of Marines, went through officers training school herself, has degrees in history and biology, is a volunteer medical technician, loves horses, and believes women can fulfill military roles. All of this brings color and originality to her novels; which remind me of the "Horatio Hornblower" novels -- which is saying a lot.
Moon depicts some of the best space battle scenarios I've read. No alien beings. The stories involve more than battles; there are mysteries to solve and villainy afoot of more than one variety.
Moon admires the abilities of women in and out of uniform and reminds us not to underestimate them in a pinch. Nor to underestimate the advantages and disadvantages of family relationships. She enjoys throwing the cultures of space fleet officers and upper class society together, just to see what they both might learn.
Moon notes the limitations that female ship captains might face in finding mates and romance, much less raising children. But, while these women are open to romance if it materializes, they are not looking for it.
On economics, Moon is better than most, admires good business sense and accumulation of wealth, depicts a basically capitalistic society, but doesn't have the proper understanding of capitalism, nor appreciate how free markets would work against some of the social and medical disparities she projects. Still, these are not the main focus of the novels. The main focus is on dedicated women, courageous and competent. You'll like `em.
Character study and space adventure.......2005-01-26
Esmay Suiza doesn't think of herself as a hero, because she's sure she isn't capable of heroic behavior. Certainly she has no gift for command. All she wants in the universe is a chance to live and die away from her native Altiplano, as an officer (preferably a very ordinary and obscure officer) in the Regular Space Service. But after taking command of the Despite when everyone above her in the command chain either turns traitor or dies in the resulting mutiny - and after becoming, as a result, the lowest-ranked officer who's ever won a battle - Lieutenant (j.g.) Suiza can't go back to her cherished anonymity. So Admiral Vida Serrano tells her between the battle's end and the start of her court martial, and so Esmay learns for sure when she goes back to Altiplano for the first time since she was 14. The lesson continues in her next assignment, as a full lieutenant aboard the deep space repair ship Koskiusko.
On the Koskiusko Esmay makes the first opposite-gender friend she's ever had: Vida Serrano's grandson, Ensign Barin Serrano. Her new superiors, understanding that this young woman's command gifts are just that - real gifts, unlocked for the first time by the events aboard Despite - search in growing frustration for ways to convince Esmay that she must accept who she really is, and develop the talents no one knew she possessed during her first ten years of RSS life. Then a Bloodhorde commando unit finds its way aboard Koskiusko, and once again Esmay Suiza must rise to the challenge. Once a hero, there's no going back.
Part character study (well done, indeed) and part blood-and-thunder space adventure, this book bogs down at times during its first half; but after that the action comes fast and furious. Well worth the read.
If you like Honor Harrington..........2005-01-19
If you like David Weber's Honor Harrington series and are in the search for another good "Space Opera" series look no further! Elizabeth Moon's Esmay Suiza books definatly fit the bill. Their truely remarkable!
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A legends come to life. half a millennium ago Neal Elfward, a legendary human warrior, fought alongside his Eleven friend Aarundel for the freedom of mankind against the tyranny of the sorceress Reithrese empire. But Neal's victory began a genocidal war that cost him dearly. Now the future he hoped for is unraveling. Count Berengar has invited the lovely Geneva, Aarundel's granddaughter, to join in a quest to bring stability to the land. Pressed to accomplish the impossible, Geneva suggests the unthinkable-raising Neal from the dead. But what is true in legend is not always true in reality. A hero from yesteryear may be a hero still, but is Neal the hero they want?
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Western Romance At Its Best.......2000-03-21
Kenny (Kee) Kincaid is one of those fellas that just can't help being a hero. He's been one since he was orphaned with another little boy when their parents were killed on a trip West. They are the two little boys who rescued Logan Kincaid in this author's story, ONCE AN OUTLAW.
Kee just cannot refuse to help anyone in trouble - after all weren't all the Kincaid men raised like this? So, when he hears a woman's frantic screams - he rides to the rescue.
Right into the path of adventure with Isabel, a mysterious beauty who is not the only one seeking her grandfather's old gold mine. Kee and Isabel will come near death as they search for the gold using her 'special' map. They also scorch the pages with some sensual tension along the way and like the other Kincaids, once Kee is bitten by love he won't give up until he claims her.
It's a delight to reunite with the Kincaid family once again in this setting that takes place ten years after ONCE AN OUTLAW. Kee is another Kincaid hero to love from author Theresa Michaels, one of the best in Western Historicals.
THERESA MICHAELS NEVER DISAPPOINTS - WONDERFUL!.......2000-03-16
From the first page of Theresa Michael's thrilling new romance Kee Kincaid - who says he never set out to be a hero - grabs the reader and doesn't let go until the last gripping page. Wow! He's a hero all right, gorgeous, brave, and one of Theresa Michael's best in her celebrated sagas of the Kincaid family. Kee meets his match in fiery Isabel del Cuervo when he tries to figure out why she's involved in the mystery of the legendary Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. It makes for one of the most erotic love scenes I've ever read. Curl up for a few hours and enjoy. Better yet - get out the whole Kincaid series and read them through again. They're a delight!
ONCE A HERO by Theresa Michaels.......2000-02-04
This book is definitely a knockout! It's the fourth book about the infamous Kincaid brothers. And Kee Kincaid is a special kind of hero. He's the adopted son of Logan and Jesse Kincaid(ONCE AN OUTLAW '95) and they have always called him a hero. He's a man who doesn't walk away from a fight or danger in any way. He's brave, loyal and true to the bone. Just the kind of man who would come to a woman's rescue and protect her from harm. And this hero has a horse named Outlaw who is exceptional too, as you will find out. He is also rewarded in the end. What a great story this is. It's an adventure in survival, and a man and a woman who trust in one another as they form a bond of love that is pure gold.
Isabel de Cuervo needed Kee's help in the worse way as she was running from killers who were after a map of a gold mine her grandfather told her the whereabouts of. This gold mine involves the legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine. It is a place of mystery and death. As Kee helps Isabel search for the mine they are beset by all sorts of troubles with a capital T. One of which is trying to fight the explosive pull of passion they have for one another since Isabel has her mission in life and Kee has many trails and things to explore before he settles down. Between the sexual tension and living under the feeling they may be killed at any moment, plus the dangerous trails they travel you feel as strung out as they are. You hardly come up for air it's that exciting! I couldn't put the book down for a minute for fear I would miss something. The love story woven throughout the book is beautiful and endearing. Ms. Michaels does a fine job of building her characeters' relationship into one you won't soon forget. In fact, Theresa Michaels creates heroes that make a bee line right into your heart and soul.
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Once a Hero
Elizabeth Moon
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good story but. . . ........1999-10-30
Liked the story, though not one of her best. The historical accuracy is a bit off though. By the eighteen fifties, Sydney and Melbourne were extremely cosmopolitan towns and neither one were accepting England's convicts anymore. Ooops, Ms Sutcliffe.
A great book that will keep you guessing!!.......1999-03-17
I just finished this book & I loved it!! I believe that this is the first book I have read by Katherine Sutcliffe. The two main characters in this book, Bronte and Brandon, draw you into their lives. Bronte's father, William Haviland, is the warden for the prison in New South Wales. Bronte can't believe her eyes and ears when her father's assistant tells her that the prisoner before her is THE Captain Brandon Tremain and that he is in a New South Wales prison for treason and murder. This is the hero of her childhood, her knight in shining armor coming for her on his white stallion. This book will keep you guessing until the end!! It did for me!! I strongly recommend that anyone who loves Ms. Sutcliffe's books to read this one, especially if you haven't already!!
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Once a Hero
Howard Swidle
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Once A Hero.......2006-03-29
I read this book last year. I couldn't put it down. It was lent to me by my very good friend Peggy. Peg is Jim's sister,(also mentioned in the book). Because I Know Jim Little, it made the book more intriguing. This is a must read, weather you know Jim and his family or not.
Once A Hero.......2004-02-15
I know this man & have spent countless hours with him. Both visiting him in prison (for 4 years, every week) and out in Texas. A remarkable human being. I trust him with my life and I don't say that easily. Jim Little is a unique person. I consider him as close as a brother. This book brought me into his life & I have renmained there. No one could ask for a more devoted friend in life. Jim Little is unique in so many ways.
Trust me, this is a great story. And an incedable individual.
We have been friends since I first met him in prison 13 years ago.
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Once a Hero
Elizabeth Moon
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Elizabeth Moon
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"But what was your life like before?" This is the question that RUTH IRENE GARRETT, nee Miller, has been asked again and again by the thousands of inspired and fascinated guests who have attended her lectures and programs on her life growing up Amish to young womanhood, when she fell in love with an "Englisher" and left the Amish community to begin her new life out in the world.
Now, working with co-author and friend DEBORAH MORSE-KAHN, we learn in
Born Amish about Ruth Irene Garrett's early life as a child growing up in the Amish farming community of Kalona, Iowa: school, games, and chores; work, crafts, and foods; clothing, farming and tumbling about with many brothers and sisters. We learn about the expectations for girls and boys in Amish families, of social roles and understandings about courtship and marriage, about adult baptism and a life of faith in the Amish Church.
Born Amish is richly illustrated with wonderful color photographs of young people and families in Amish life throughout the American Midwest.
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Born Amish Written By An Amish.......2007-09-16
This is the true story of how one woman made the change and left the Amish lifestyle. It tells of the personal struggles of leaving family and lifetime friends all behind to adventure into a new life and follow one's own convictions. Very well written and informative. You can almost feel the pain this lady went through to start her new way of life!
I feel that all books are over-priced and for that reason I give this book only four stars!
Simplistic, short.......2007-03-08
This was an interesting book. However, the content was, in my opinion, limited. It was more like an outline with a few details. Information was interesting; but seemed to skim the surface of everyday Amish life.
Born Amish.......2007-01-15
It was so enlighting. It really was interesting to me to actually read about the Amish communitity.
Very educating.......2007-01-07
Timely shipment and in great condition. I was very pleased with order.
Another Great Book From Ms. Garrett!.......2005-03-09
I have read several of Ms. Garrett's books. They always make you feel as if you are walking in her footsteps. I, being an X-member of an Old Order Amish sect, was curious to see if there were any differences within her sect and mine. I learned alot from, "Born Amish." For my sect was a little different-which isn't shocking when there are so many Amish sects. I can't wait until she publishes another book. For she is a remarkable writer. I always recommend her books. I also recommend, "My Amish Heritage", by Ruth Irene Garrett; and, "True Stories of X-Amish: Banned-Shunned-Excommunicated", by Ottie Garrett and Ben Garrett.
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1898 edition by John Murray; G. P. Putnam's Sons, London-New York.
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A time to be born and a time to die
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- State and Local Tax Policy and the Telecommunications Industry
- Business & Corporate Aviation Management : On Demand Air Travel
William Trevor: The Collected Stories
After Rain: Stories
The Hill Bachelors
Fools of Fortune (Penguin Classics)
The Story of Lucy Gault
