by Annemarie Selinko · William Morrow and Company
Eugénie Désirée Clary records two love affairs in her diary, one with Napoleon, who jilted her for Josephine, and a second with General Bernadotte, who married her.
by Thomas B. Costain · Doubleday and Company, Inc
"This novel [is] based on legends of the years following Christ's crucifixion. [It] describes the life of Basil, the artisan who fashioned the silver chalice, a frame meant to hold the ... cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper"--Fiction catalog.
by Frances Parkinson Keyes · Julian Messner, Inc
Three generations of a southern family show customs and manners of plantation and river life.
by John Steinbeck · Viking Press
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected by his father.
by Herman Wouk · Doubleday
Each decade new readers discover the characters and curious activities aboard the U.S.S. "Caine in this classic tale of pathos, humor, and scope.
by Jay Richard Kennedy · Farrar, Straus and Young
"Passionate and ruthless, film star Bart Blaine took what he wanted. One by one, the most desirable girls in Hollywood passed through his life. Until the day Bart was threatened with the loss of everything he'd won: his wife, the women who'd given him their love, even his fabulous career. Embarking on a sensational Personal Appearance tour, Bart found himself caught in a vicious trap of his own making--a trap that promised nothing but emotional and physical ruin"--Preliminary page
by Daphne du Maurier · Doubleday and Company, Inc
Eight short stories by DuMaurier.
by Theodore Morrison · Viking Press
Life and problems of a college president.
by James Street · Doubleday
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Velvet Doublet" by James Howell Street. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
by Cameron Hawley · Houghton Miffin Company
Effects on others of a cerebral hemorrhage suffered by captain of industry and finance.
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