In Her Shoes
by Jennifer Weiner
Hardcover: Sep 2002
Paperback: Jul 2003
Follows three expertly realized and finely nuanced characters on an alternately hilarious and heartrending journey in search of contentment, connection--and each other.
In My Hands
: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
by Irene Gut Opdyke
Hardcover: Aug 1999
Paperback: Apr 2001
"You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defier of the SS and the Nazis all at once. One's first steps are always small: I had begun by hiding food under a fence." An amazing, courageous, ...
A story of desire and deception, sin and religion, loyalty and friendship that paints a portrait of one of the world's greatest cities, Renaissance Venice, at its most potent moment in history.
In the Country of Men is a stunning depiction of a child confronted with the effects of Libyan strongman Khadafy's 1969 September revolution. But above all, it is a debut of rare insight and literary grace.
In the Heart of the Sea
: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Hardcover: May 2000
Paperback: May 2001
Tells perhaps the greatest sea story ever - an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick.
In the Kitchen
: A Novel
by Monica Ali
Hardcover: Jun 2009
Paperback: May 2010
Amid the fading glory of the Imperial Hotel, embattled Executive Chef Gabriel Lightfoot tries to maintain his culinary integrity in the hotel's restaurant, while managing an unruly but talented group of immigrant cooks.
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