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To order copies of any of these books - often at a discount - just click on the small purple shape with the green dollar sign $: <pre> </pre> <br> <p> </center> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0679745203/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">The English Patient</a> </b> <img align="left" src="graphics/englishpatient.gif"vspace=5 hspace=5> <br>by Michael Ondaatje <br>Haunting and harrowing, as beautiful as it is disturbing, The English Patient tells the story of the entanglement of four damaged lives in an Italian monastery as World War II ends. The exhausted nurse, Hana; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the nameless, burn victim who lies in an upstairs room and whose memories of passion, betrayal, and rescue illuminate this book like flashes of heat lightning. In lyrical prose informed by a poetic consciousness, Michael Ondaatje weaves these characters together, pulls them tight, then unravels the threads with unsettling acumen. See the Village Life Review of this Oscar Award-winning 1996 film. See the Village Life Article About the <a href="/carousel/movies/englishpatient.html" target="new">Movie.</a> <p>Paperback, 305 pages <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0679745203/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $12.00 -- Our Price: $9.60 -- You Save: $2.40 (20%) <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=155661862X/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">Distant Dreams</a> </b> <br>by Judith Pella and Tracie Peterson <br>The authors follow the history and growth of America's railroads through the lives of characters representative fo the passion, faith, and adventurous spirit that has made the United States great. The "Ribbons of Steel" series opens in 1835 America, set against the backdrop of the nation's struggle to expand, mature, and find its place in the world. The catalyst to this growth is the railroad. In Distant Dreams, 15-year-old Carolina Adams is caught up in the excitement of westward expansion in America and falls in love with the railroad. Persuading her father to allow a tutor to teach her science and advanced math, Carolina discovers James Baldwin shares her dreams for the railroad. But she is caught in a society that looks down on women with such aspirations. Will love stand firm with so distant a dream? <p>Paperback, 320 pages <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=155661862X/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $9.99 -- Our Price: $7.99 -- You Save: $2.00 (20%) <P> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0805037586/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">Mason & Dixon</a> </b> <img align="left" src="graphics/masondixon.gif"vspace=5 hspace=5> <br>by Thomas Pynchon <BR>A sprawling, complex, and comic work from one of the country's most celebrated and idiosyncratic authors, Mason & Dixon is Thomas Pynchon's Most Magickal reinvention of the 18th-century novel. It follows the lifelong partnership and adventures of the English surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon (of Mason-Dixon Line fame) as they travel the world mapping and measuring through an uncharted pre-Revolutionary America of Native Americans, white settlers, taverns, and bawdy establishments of ill-repute. Fans of the postmodern master of paranoia will recognize Pynchon's personality in the novel's first phrase: "Snow-Balls have flown their Arcs," a brief echo of the rockets that curve across the skies in the writer's masterpiece Gravity's Rainbow. <p>Hardcover, 704 pages <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0805037586/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $27.50 -- Our Price: $16.50 -- You Save: $11.00 (40%) <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0020598904/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">The Age of Innocence</a></b> <br>by Edith Wharton <br>Novel by Edith Wharton, published in 1920. The work presents a picture of upper-class New York society in the late 19th century. The story is presented as a kind of anthropological study of this society through references to the families and their activities as tribal. In the story Newland Archer, though engaged to May Welland, a beautiful and proper fellow member of elite society, is attracted to Ellen Olenska, a former member of their circle who has been living in Europe but who has left her husband under mysterious circumstances and returned to her family's New York milieu. May prevails by subtly adhering to the conventions of that world. The novel was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. <p>Paperback, 366 pages <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0020598904/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $5.95 -- Our Price: $4.76 -- You Save: $1.19 (20%) <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1556616198/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">Where the Fire Burns</a></b> <br>by Anne de Graaf <br>Where the Fire Burns, the second in the Hidden Harvest series, the author continues the saga of two families whose fates are intertwined in postwar Poland. The two sons of Hanna and Tadeusz Piekarz grow up under the crushing weight of persecution. One follows his parents' faith, while the other rebels and gets involved int eh underground, helping to organize workers' strikes. Meanwhile, the daughter of Jacek Duch, the American spy who is deeply rooted in the Communist government, comes to Poland in search of her father and meets the Piekarz family. When she comes to love both these brothers, as different as night and day, how can she choose? <p>Paperback, 320 pages <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1556616198/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $9.99 -- Our Price: $9.99 + $0.85 special surcharge <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=155661618X/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">Bread Upon the Waters</a></b> <br>by Anne de Graaf <br>In this first book of the "Hidden Harvest" series, the author takes readers to postwar Poland as the Nazis retreated, leaving a trail of horror behind. The so-called liberation of Poland by the Soviets only spread that terror as Stalinism entrenched itself. Weaving a powerful love story and spy thriller into one, de Graaf has based her writing on true stories of a faith that burns bright through incredible adversities. <p>Paperback, 350 pages <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=155661618X/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $9.99 -- Our Price: $7.99 -- You Save: $2.00 (20%) <P> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1879483297/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">The Baraboo Guards : A Novel of the American Civil War</a></b> <br>by John K. Driscoll <br>A thrilling Civil War novel based on real events. This story takes the reader into dusty camps, along on endless marches, to the front of the assault columns during the main battles of the Civil War in the East. John Driscoll writes with the authority gained over more than thirty years in studying, writing about, and speaking about the Civil War. Every reader with an interest in the Civil War will be captivated by this rousing story, as will all history buffs and indeed anyone who loves a swift-moving and satusfying historical novel. <p>Paperback <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1879483297/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $16.95 -- Our Price: $16.95 <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1556610661/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant/Bodie Thoene, Bk 1)</a></b> <br>by Bodie Thoene <br>A gripping look into the world of 1930's Europe... With our culture's memory of World War II fading fast, the lessons to be learned grow more important with each day. Bodie Thoene's Zion Covenant series offers a gripping work of fiction with a solid grounding in historical fact. The year is 1936; Elisa Linder lives in Austria as a vionlinist, and considers herself safe from the growing German persecution. With an Aryan mother and a Jewish-German war hero for a father, who would lay a finger on her? Soon, though, she realizes that a well-to-do family and a fake passport won't be enough to keep her safe. When her path intersects with that of John Murphy, a grating American reporter, the story takes a more dynamic turn. Their romance, and the danger that surrounds it, foreshadows the later books in the series. <br>Paperback, 410 pages <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1556610661/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">V<IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $11.99 -- Our Price: $9.59 -- You Save: $2.40 (20%) <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0679421068/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">The Price of a Child : A Novel</a></b> <img align="left" src="graphics/priceofchild.gif"vspace=5 hspace=5> <br>by Lorene Cary <br>From the author of Black Ice. 1855: An intimate, gripping novel of the antebellum Underground Railroad, based on the true story of a valiant Philadelphia freedwoman. When a Virginia planter makes a stop in Philadelphia on his way to an ambassadorship in Nicaragua with his favorite slave, Ginnie, and two of her children, Ginnie falls in with members of the local Vigilance Committee, who manage to free her. But Ginnie soon learns that freedom is no less treacherous than slavery and faces a whole new set of compromising positions. <p>Hardcover, 317 pages <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0679421068/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $23.00 -- Our Price: $16.10 -- You Save: $6.90 (30%) <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0452272726/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">The Eye in the Door</a></b> <img align="left" src="graphics/eyeindoor.gif"vspace=5 hspace=5> <br>by Pat Barker <p>The Eye in the Door is the second installation of Pat Barker's acclaimed and haunting historical fiction trilogy about British soldiers traumatized by World War I trench warfare and the methods used by psychiatrist William Rivers to treat them. As with the other two, the book was recognized with awards, winning the 1993 Guardian Fiction Prize. Here, Lieutenant Billy Prior is tormented by figuring out which side of several coins does he live -- coward or hero, crazy or sane, homosexual or heterosexual, upper class or lower. He represents the upheaval in Britain during the war and the severe trauma felt by its soldiers. The writing is sparse yet multilayered; Barker uses the lives of a few to capture an entire society during a tumultuous period. <P>Paperback <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0452272726/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $11.95 -- Our Price: $9.56 -- You Save: $2.39 (20%) <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0525941916/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">The Ghost Road</a></b> <img align="left" src="graphics/ghostroad.gif"vspace=5 hspace=5> <br>by Pat Barker <br>The Ghost Road is the shattering conclusion of Pat barker's brilliant World War I trilogy. Set in the final months of the war, The Ghost Road focuses on Dr. William Rovers, the compassionate psychiatrist of Regeneration and Lt. Billy Prior, last seen as a domestic intelligence agent in The Eye in the Door. "A triumph of imagination."--Publisher's Weekly. <p>Hardcover <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0525941916/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $21.95 -- Our Price: $15.37 -- You Save: $6.58 (30%) <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0385318103/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">Silent Honor</a> -- LIMITED EDITION</b> <br>by Danielle Steel <br>Danielle Steel's 38th novel creates a powerful, moving portrayal of families divided, lives shattered, and a nation torn apart by prejudice during a shameful period in recent American history. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, giving the military the power to remove Japanese-Americans from their communities at will. Silent Honor tells of Masao Takashimaya and his family, as they fight to stay alive amid the drama of life and death in the internment camp at Tule Lake. <p>Hardcover - Limited Edition - Stockfor Stock - Ships 4-6 weeks <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0385318103/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $200.00 -- Our Price: $140.00 -- You Save: $60.00 (30%) <P> <BR> <li><B><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0312963009/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new">Neanderthal : A Novel</a></b> <img align="left" src="graphics/neanderthal.gif"vspace=5 hspace=5> <br>by John Darnton <br>In the remote mountains of central Asia, an eminent Harvard archeologist discovers something extraordinary. He sends a cryptic message to two colleagues. But then, he disappears. Matt Mattison and Susan Arnot--once lovers, now academic rivals--are going where few humans have ever walked, looking for a relic band of creatures that have existed for over 40,000 years, that possess powers man can only imagine, and that are about to change the face of civilization forever. <p>Paperback <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0312963009/villagelifenewsmA/" target="new"><IMG SRC="graphics/indiv.buybutton.jpeg" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="45" HEIGHT="46" BORDER="0"></a> <BR> <p><BR>List: $7.99 -- Our Price: $6.39 -- You Save: $1.60 (20%) <p> <br> <font size="-1"> [ Return to <a href="index.html">Bookstore</a> | Return to <A HREF="fiction.html">Fiction</A> ] <P> <FONT SIZE="-2">Copyright 1999 Villagelife.org Inc. All Rights Reserved</FONT> <p> </td> </tr></table> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>