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THE COVENANT
James A. Michener
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ANSWER AS A MAN
Taylor Caldwell
ANSWER AS A MAN
by Taylor Caldwell · Putnam's
15 wks on list
"The powerful odyssey of a man of passionate principles in a decadent age ... A valiant man, haunted by forbidden yearnings. An innocent Pennsylvania town, under siege by the forces of corruption, a widening net of scandal and tragedy, threatening both the good and the evil alike.
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COME POUR THE WINE
Cynthia Freeman
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UNFINISHED TALES
J.R.R. Tolkien
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CONGO
Michael Crichton
CONGO
by Michael Crichton · Knopf
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park and Timeline comes a gripping thriller about the shocking demise of eight American geologists in the darkest region of the Congo. “Thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review Deep in the African rainforest, near the ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, a field expedition is brutally killed. At the Houston-based Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc., a horrified supervisor watches a gruesome video transmission of that ill-fated group and sees a haunting, grainy, man-like blur moving amongst the bodies. In San Francisco, an extraordinary gorilla named Amy, who has a 620-sign vocabulary, may hold the secret to that fierce carnage. Immediately, a new expedition is sent to the Congo with Amy in tow, descending into a secret, forbidden world where the only escape may be through the grisliest death.
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FIRESTARTER
Stephen King
FIRESTARTER
by Stephen King · Viking Press
33 wks on list
Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller—now a major motion picture! Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as The Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them—manifesting in even more terrifying ways when they fell in love and had a child. Their daughter, Charlie, has been gifted with the most extraordinary and uncontrollable power ever seen—pyrokinesis, the ability to create fire with her mind. Now the merciless agents of The Shop are in hot pursuit to apprehend this unexpected genetic anomaly for their own diabolical ends by any means necessary...including violent actions that may well ignite the entire world around them as Charlie retaliates with a fury of her own...
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THE AVIATOR
Ernest K. Gann
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.