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Getting There
Getting There
Author: Manjula Padmanabhan
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/12/2008


It is the 1970's and Manjula Padmanabhan is in her mid-twenties, trying to find her way in the world. Life in Bombay is proving tricky: there are the visits to Dr. Prasad's diet clinic and his photographs of gloomy nudes, lunch at her brother's house where the dog is eating all the snacks, and there are the intriguing Dutch visitors. Padmanabhan's brilliantly funny memoir will touch anyone who has ever wondered where and when they might begin to fit in.


The Girls He Adored
The Girls He Adored
Author: Jonathan Nasaw
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 3/26/2008


Call him Max. But don't shake his hand. Don't get to close at all. Because Max isn't just Max. He's a whole lot of people, a twisted collection of personalities struggling to find a way out. One of those personalities is vicious. Insatiable. A man with a talent for the blade and a hunger for women with strawberry blond hair.

Max's latest quarry, Dr. Irene Cogan, is about to learn two things firsthand: what makes Max tick, and what happened to

THE GIRLS HE ADORED

Jonathan Nasaw brilliantly portrays three equally intense characters--deviant killer, the expert psychiatrist he abducts, and the charmingly disheveled veteran FBI agent on their trail--in this sexually charged thriller of extraordinary originality and page-turning suspense.

"Hannibal Lecter better get busy. Forget the nice Chianti and fava beans, his position as pound-for-pound the scariest of the world's fictional and diabolical monsters is clearly at risk."
-The Toronto Sun

"Compelling and intellectually stimulating, Nasaw's novel draws a complex portrait of the multiple-personality serial killer...not easy to put down or forget."
-The Dallas Morning News


Lady Beware (Company of Rogues, Bk 15)
Lady Beware (Company of Rogues, Bk 15)
Author: Jo Beverley
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/10/2008


For generations, the Cave family has been marked by scandal, madness, and violence. But after earning a reputation for bravery and loyalty in the army, Horatio Cave, the new Viscount Darien, has come home to charm London society and restore the family name. He means to start with lovely Lady Thea Debenham.
The magnetism between Thea and Lord Darien is immediate--and enraptured Thea knows this is no innocent flirtation. But can she trust the dark, sexy "Vile Viscount"? Even if she can convince herself, she may not be able to convince her family, particularly her brother, Dare--the most dashing member of the Company of Rogues--that Horatio does not deserve the cursed Cave reputation....


The Madcap Marriage (Signet Regency Romance)
The Madcap Marriage (Signet Regency Romance)
Author: Allison Lane
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/11/2008


Helen St. James didn't think her life could get any worse after her parents died and her uncle took control of her family's estate. Yet to the young orphan's shock, her scheming relative plans to force her to wed his odious son. She thinks her one hope is to flee from the altar, never expecting her headlong flight to land her in the arms of a handsome rogue.
Rafe Thomas has just sworn to marry the first girl he sees rather then accept his father's choice for a bride. But never in his wildest dreams does he expect to rescue breathtaking Helen St. James by taking her for his wife. Now Rafe and Helen are about to learn if a marriage made in haste will give them endless misery...or undying passion.


Pipe Dreams : A Surfer's Journey
Pipe Dreams : A Surfer's Journey
Author: Kelly Slater
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/30/2007


The true story of Kelly Slater's journey from a kid learning to surf to a legend in his own right. Couldn't put it down. For those who have loved him for years or for those just learning who he his. Wonderful book full of pictures and great stories.


The Sherbrooke Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 1)
The Sherbrooke Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 1)
Author: Catherine Coulter
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 3/26/2008


Douglas Sherbrooke, Earl of Northcliffe, is a man besieged. He must have and heir. Thus he must first provide himself with the requisite bride.

Alexandra Chambers, youngest daughter of the Duke of Beresford has loved Douglas Sherbrooke since she was fifteen. Unfortunately, it is her sister, the incomparable Melissande, he wishes to wed.

But life never ladles out what one expects, and Douglas finds himself wed to the wrong sister. If having an unwanted wife isn't enough, he is also plagued by The Virgin Bride, a ghost that is reputedly seen in the countess's bedchamber. Does the willowy phantom really appear to Douglas? Does she speak to him?


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