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4.7 stars
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Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression.
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Bernhard Gunther mysteries volume 8.
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4.7 stars
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In 1941 Prague, private detective Bernie Gunther must sort through a roomful of murderous high-ranking Nazi Party members to discover who killed a young member of Reinhard Heydrich's staff.
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4.2 stars
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A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
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3.5 stars
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Given as a wedding gift the slave half-sister with whom she grew up, Sarah is subsequently rejected by her suspicious husband and returned to her parents' home, setting in motion a series of events that destabilize the once-powerful family.
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