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Perfectly new on 10 unabridged CDs in library edition by Books on Tape. From the darkness of a Buenos Aires, The Ministry of Special Cases casts a spell. In the heart of Argentina's Dirty War Kaddish Poznan struggles with a son who won't accept him, strives for a wife who forever saves him, and spends his nights protecting the good name of a community that denies his existence. ... Read more

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Include the following short stories: For the Relief of Unbearable Urges (Nathan Englander), San (Lan Samantha Chang),Project Mayhem (Chuck Palahniuk, first apparition of this chapter of the famous "Fight Club"), The Finest Wife (Elizabeth Gilbert), Cathal's Lake (Colum McCann), Salvation (Jan Meissner) The Unseen Ear of God (Adrianne Harun)Inherit (Andes Van Syckle), Vestiges - (Wendy J. Henning), The Testimony of Molly Flynn (Stewart David Ikeda)Songbird (Lynn Freed), Blood Sounds (Sylvia Foley), Desire Lines (Starling Lawrence), Death by Mochi (Marian Pierce), Marvane Street (Walter Mosley) ... Read more

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Signed, autographed by author on first inside blank page with notation,"To Yakov, all my best." Nate." Stated first edition. Hardcover copy with dust jacket, published 1999. ... Read more

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Why does it often feel good to do something bad? In a world where we are encouraged to indulge, splurge, live a little--even visit ''Sin City''--has the ancient religious concept of sin lost its sway over the moral imagination?

The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler, a collection of short stories, allows readers to peer into the hidden recesses of sinful thought and behavior. Without moralizing, the authors in this book-William Faulkner, Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor, and Margaret Atwood, to name a few-use fiction to explore our all too human thirst for transgressive pleasure.

For readers who know that good and evil isn't simply a matter of black and white, this collection will provoke lively conversation and sober contemplation. Both titles come with discussion questions for book groups and courses, as well as forewords by Al Gini, which deepens understanding of the seven deadly sins and their place in popular culture today.

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The book that was ordered was in great condition.Further, it was shipped and received faster than was promised.Thank you. ... Read more