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The Rescue Artist
: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
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Edward Dolnick
Hardcover: Jun 2005
Paperback: 1 Jul 2006
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The little-known world of art theft is compellingly portrayed in Dolnick's account of the 1994 theft and recovery of Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream. |
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Outside Valentine
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Liza Ward
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 1 Aug 2005
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Every so often a novel comes along that is capable of redeeming the losses it so devastatingly conveys. Disturbing, bittersweet, and lyrical, this is a story of people torn apart by tragedy and yet, finally, transformed by love. |
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Under the Banner of Heaven
: A Story of Violent Faith
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Jon Krakauer
Hardcover: Jul 2003
Paperback: 8 Jun 2004
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A multilayered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, savage violence, polygamy, and unyielding faith. This is vintage Krakauer, an utterly compelling work of nonfiction that illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behavior. |
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The Devil in the White City
: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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Erik Larson
Hardcover: Feb 2003
Paperback: 10 Feb 2004
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Erik Larson's gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both. |
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True History of The Kelly Gang
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Peter Carey
Hardcover: Jan 2001
Paperback: 1 Nov 2001
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Out of nineteenth-century Australia rides a hero of his people and a man for all nations. Exhilarating, hilarious, panoramic, and immediately engrossing. |
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
: A Savannah Story
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John Berendt
Hardcover: Jan 1994
Paperback: 1 Jul 1999
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A sublime and seductive reading experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city has become a modern classic. |
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