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Cassandra at the Wedding

by Dorothy Baker, Deborah Eisenberg ...

A young woman returns to California for her sister’s wedding in this “brilliantly told” classic that stands alongside The Catcher in the Rye and The Member of the Wedding (New York Times).“I stayed up all night reading . . . I can only . . . be overwhelmed by Dorothy Baker’s continuing brilliance.” —Carson McCullersCassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-racked, ... Read more

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A young woman returns to California for her sister’s wedding in this “brilliantly told” classic that stands alongside The Catcher in the Rye and The Member of the Wedding (New York Times).“I stayed up all night reading . . . I can only . . . be overwhelmed by Dorothy Baker’s continuing brilliance.” —Carson McCullersCassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-racked,
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Romance of the French Country House

by Dorothy Baker ...

Ellen Krall is an attractive young interior decorator, with a flair for restoration. Despite her gifted talent she has elected to stay in her small home town on a bend of the Missouri River, working as an assistant to a once renowned decorator.Though Ellen would vigorously deny it, she is a romantic. As a child she had become fascinated with the Generaux Mansion that stood high on the bluffs ... Read more

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Ellen Krall is an attractive young interior decorator, with a flair for restoration. Despite her gifted talent she has elected to stay in her small home town on a bend of the Missouri River, working as an assistant to a once renowned decorator.Though Ellen would vigorously deny it, she is a romantic. As a child she had become fascinated with the Generaux Mansion that stood high on the bluffs
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Young Man with a Horn

by Gary Giddins, Dorothy Baker ...

Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn’t matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of LA with nothing, and he ended up on top of the game in the speakeasies and nightclubs of New York. But while talent and drive are all you need to make it in ... Read more

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Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn’t matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of LA with nothing, and he ended up on top of the game in the speakeasies and nightclubs of New York. But while talent and drive are all you need to make it in
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Cassandra at the Wedding

by Dorothy Baker ...

Narrated by Morgan Hallett ...

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7 hours 1 min

Cassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-racked, miserable. At the beginning of this novel, she drives back to her family ranch in the foothills of the Sierras to attend the wedding of her identical twin, Judith, to a nice young doctor from Connecticut. Cassandra, however, is hell-bent on sabotaging the wedding. Dorothy Baker's entrancing tragicomic novella ... Read more

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Cassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-racked, miserable. At the beginning of this novel, she drives back to her family ranch in the foothills of the Sierras to attend the wedding of her identical twin, Judith, to a nice young doctor from Connecticut. Cassandra, however, is hell-bent on sabotaging the wedding. Dorothy Baker's entrancing tragicomic novella
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The Tea Garden

by Dorothy Baker-Hush ...

While Sarah is penning these words: I. Sarah Emma Boswell. with sound mind. on zhr day April 2, 1900, do solemnly bequeath my undying love and devotion to- her childhood frienc Andrew, whom she plans to marry when she grows up. her father is downstairs in his study arranging her marriage to a man who will save him from financial ruin. On her wedding day, the day after her fourteenth birthday a ... Read more

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While Sarah is penning these words: I. Sarah Emma Boswell. with sound mind. on zhr day April 2, 1900, do solemnly bequeath my undying love and devotion to- her childhood frienc Andrew, whom she plans to marry when she grows up. her father is downstairs in his study arranging her marriage to a man who will save him from financial ruin. On her wedding day, the day after her fourteenth birthday a
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Who Knew

by Dorothy Baker-Hush ...

While hurrying home from an exhausting day at work, Jo Montana stops at an intersection. Trying to avoid hitting a bicyclist, accidently backs into a police motorcycle stopped behind her. She is asked for identification. The next evening, the policeman shows up at her door with a report of a peeping Tom terrorizing the neighborhood. Jos young sister becomes involved with a group headed by a man ... Read more

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While hurrying home from an exhausting day at work, Jo Montana stops at an intersection. Trying to avoid hitting a bicyclist, accidently backs into a police motorcycle stopped behind her. She is asked for identification. The next evening, the policeman shows up at her door with a report of a peeping Tom terrorizing the neighborhood. Jos young sister becomes involved with a group headed by a man
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The Madness of Vision

On Baroque Aesthetics

by Christine Buci-Glucksmann ...

Translated by Dorothy Z. Baker ...

Series Book 36 - Series in Continental Thought
Christine Buci-Glucksmann’s The Madness of Vision is one of the most influential studies in phenomenological aesthetics of the baroque. Integrating the work of Merleau-Ponty with Lacanian psychoanalysis, Renaissance studies in optics, and twentieth-century mathematics, the author asserts the materiality of the body and world in her aesthetic theory. All vision is embodied vision, with the body and ... Read more

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Christine Buci-Glucksmann’s The Madness of Vision is one of the most influential studies in phenomenological aesthetics of the baroque. Integrating the work of Merleau-Ponty with Lacanian psychoanalysis, Renaissance studies in optics, and twentieth-century mathematics, the author asserts the materiality of the body and world in her aesthetic theory. All vision is embodied vision, with the body and
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The Puttermesser Papers

A Novel

by Cynthia Ozick ...

Narrated by Natasha Lyonne ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Yearning for a life of the mind, Ruth Puttermesser finds herself mired in the lowest circles of city bureaucracy. Her love life hopeless, her fantasies more influential than wan reality, she nevertheless turns out to be the best mayor New York City has ever elected. Soon enough, though, paradise gained becomes paradise lost, and--even for a wistful visionary like Puttermesser--the problem of ... Read more

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Yearning for a life of the mind, Ruth Puttermesser finds herself mired in the lowest circles of city bureaucracy. Her love life hopeless, her fantasies more influential than wan reality, she nevertheless turns out to be the best mayor New York City has ever elected. Soon enough, though, paradise gained becomes paradise lost, and--even for a wistful visionary like Puttermesser--the problem of
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The Family Tabor

A Novel

by Cherise Wolas ...

Narrated by Jonathan Davis ...

Unabridged

13 hours 23 min

"...the sense of loyalty to one’s family history is so vivid in the novel that it is practically its own character.” —New York Times Book ReviewThe Family Tabor is the next audiobook from Cherise Wolas, acclaimed author of The Resurrection of Joan AshbyHarry Tabor is about to be named Man of the Decade, a distinction that feels like the culmination of a life well lived. Gathering together in Palm ... Read more

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"...the sense of loyalty to one’s family history is so vivid in the novel that it is practically its own character.” —New York Times Book ReviewThe Family Tabor is the next audiobook from Cherise Wolas, acclaimed author of The Resurrection of Joan AshbyHarry Tabor is about to be named Man of the Decade, a distinction that feels like the culmination of a life well lived. Gathering together in Palm
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Hollow Out the Dark

A Novel

by James Wade ...

Narrated by Roger Clark ...

Unabridged

10 hours 13 min

Award-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war threatens to decimate a small Texas town.A veteran of the Great War, Jesse Cole is grateful for the quiet life he now leads. But when his closest friend runs afoul of local criminals Frog and Squirrel Fenley, Jesse ... Read more

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Award-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war threatens to decimate a small Texas town.A veteran of the Great War, Jesse Cole is grateful for the quiet life he now leads. But when his closest friend runs afoul of local criminals Frog and Squirrel Fenley, Jesse
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Madwoman

by Chelsea Bieker ...

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld ...

Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

“The rare kind of book that lives in your bones” (Ashley Audrain), this novel tells a gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themselves and each other alive, marking Chelsea Bieker as a major fiction talent.Clove has gone to extremes to keep her past a secret. Thanks to her lies, she’s landed the life of her dreams, complete with a safe husband ... Read more

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“The rare kind of book that lives in your bones” (Ashley Audrain), this novel tells a gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themselves and each other alive, marking Chelsea Bieker as a major fiction talent.Clove has gone to extremes to keep her past a secret. Thanks to her lies, she’s landed the life of her dreams, complete with a safe husband
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The Rise of Silas Lapham

by William Dean Howells ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

12 hours 2 min

Howells’ best-known work and a subtle classic of its time, The Rise of Silas Lapham is an elegant tale of Boston society and manners.After garnering a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston in order to improve his social position. The consequences of this endeavor are both humorous and tragic as the greedy Silas brings his company ... Read more

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Howells’ best-known work and a subtle classic of its time, The Rise of Silas Lapham is an elegant tale of Boston society and manners.After garnering a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston in order to improve his social position. The consequences of this endeavor are both humorous and tragic as the greedy Silas brings his company
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