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Novels, 1969-1974
by Nabokov, Vladimir
The waning of Valdimir Nabokov's fiction
Nabokov kept doing what he was doing, but few people cared any more, and I don't think that enshrining his late work in the Library of the Americas is going to lead to a re-evaluation that these are the busywork of a clever and highly educated writer in decline. |
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Awaken the Olympian Within (Stories from America's Greatest Olympic Motivators)
by Nabor, John (compiled by)
Success Patterns for the Olympic Dream
Many people fantasize about competing in the Olympics. These people have achieved the dream. |
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Japanese-American Women :Three Generations, 1890-1990
by Nakano, Mei T.
Slanted but Fascinating History and Sociology
Mei Nakano wants the style of being Japanese, without the substance of it. |
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Rag and Bone
by Nava, Michael
The ultimate mystery is family
Raymond Chandler, the founder of hard-boiled LA murder mysteries, famouslay complained, "The better you write a mystery, the more clearly you demonstrate that the mystery is really not worth writing." |
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Effective Web Design
by Navarro, Ann
Effective HTML Learning
Need to learn HTML quickly with little or no prior experience? Effective Web Design is the book for you. |
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The Flower and the Sword
by Navin, Jacqueline
No Romance, No Story—Not Even Decent Sex!
There's absolutely no pleasure in The Flower and the Sword. It's not historical anything, and it's full of cutout characters and situations. |
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Cassidy
by Nelson, Lee
Dumbing Down a Legend
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is the source for this novel. Not contemporary accounts, not even legal documents—a movie. |
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Heather Has Two Mommies
by Newman, Leslea and Souza, Diana (Illustrator)
Helping Kids Understand Differences
The question of gay rights or whether gay life is morally correct is never discussed. It simply is in this book. |
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Slow Monkeys and Other Stories
by Nichols, Jim
In the Jungle of 17,000 Books, Slow Monkeys is the One to Read
Jim Nichols' collection of short stories is easy to overlook but impossible to forget. |
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Seeker: Book One of the Noble Warriors
by Nicholson, William
Promising New Young Adult Sci Fi Series Touches on Current Issues
While Seeker takes place in a different world in an unspecified time, the issues the characters face are very contemporary. |
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