Anchor Books - Böcker

A bestseller in China, "Brothers" is an epic and wildly unhinged black comedy of modern Chinese society running amok. Here is China as we've never seen it before, in a sweeping, Rabelaisian panorama of forty years of rough-and-rumble Chi...

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In this charming novel about the eccentricities and passions of booksellers and collectors, a captivating young Australian woman takes a job at a vast, chaotic emporium of used and rare books in New York City and finds herself caught up in the sea...

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"Before AidSat I had no self, no soul. I was a billing address. A credit score. I had a TV, a computer, a phone, a car, an apartment, some furniture, and a health-club locker. Then AidSat hired me and gave me a life. And not just one life. Hu...

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In "The Siege of Mecca," acclaimed journalist Yaroslav Trofimov pulls back the curtain on a thrilling, pivotal, and overlooked episode of modern history, examining its repercussions on the Middle East and the world.On November 20, 1979, ...

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In this eye-opening adventure that spans the globe, Eilperin investigates the fascinating ways different individuals and cultures relate to sharks--the ocean's top predator. From Belize to South Africa, from Shanghai to Bimini, readers see why sha...

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Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Oscar] winner Ang Lee, this intensely passionate story of love and espionage brings 1940s Shanghai artfully to life even as it limns the erotic pulse of a doomed love affair.

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In the span of a single generation in postwar America, football charted an extraordinary rise in popularity, becoming a smartly managed, keenly marketed sports entertainment colossus. Beginning with the World War II years, MacCambridge traces the ...

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A new work by the author whose stark moral vision has been compared to Flannery O'Connor's offers up a new collection of surreal, often disturbing short stories. Reprint. K. PW.

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Cultural historian Marjorie Garber offers incisive and witty commentary on what men and women today really want in her enlightening study of what may be the most meaningful relationship any of us will ever have. <BR>Real estate has become a ...

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She's a ghost with a disreputable past...and a heavenly mission. With her trademark blend of sparkling humor and sizzling romance, Emily Carmichael has earned a legion of devoted fans. Now she returns to delight readers with a wickedly delicious t...

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First published in 1985, this is a novel of such power that the reader is unable to forget its images and its forecast. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force. "A novel that brilliantly illuminates some of the darker i...

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Botswanian Precious Ramotswe's detective agency and life are disrupted by theopening of a rival agency.

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