Books Published in July 1976

• Jul-1976
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• Jul-1976
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When pretty Lucy Pitt inherited Strangeways, the sumptuous family mansion in Manchester, she was eager to leave her cloistered teaching position to embark on a new life. She could hardly expect that by picking up the wrong valise as she left the coac...

• Jul-1976
• / Fantasy
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The best of the American Indian myths are works of art, blending form and content into an organic whole in which the great themes of human experience are interwoven much as they are in a memorable short story or novella. But if the underlying themes...

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• Jul-1976
• / Science Fiction
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Safe at last, or so Stark thought. But before he could escape from the dying planet of the ginger star, he was betrayed by that treacherous Antarean Penkawr-Che. That villain among men intended to kill Stark, and this time there would be no excape. O...

• Jul-1976
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• Jul-1976
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DAW Books, 1976. Paperback, first printing. This 1967 novel tells of a troubled psychiatrist trying to unravel the mystery behind a girl discovered wandering in the woods near a mental hospital. She speaks a language no one understands and doesn't se...

• Jul-1976
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Nebula Award Finalist:Mankind has been reduced to slavery by technology and surveillance, in this near-future novel from the author of Stand on Zanzibar. In The Jagged Orbit, Brunner, writing at the peak of form that allowed him to create Stand on Za...

• Jul-1976
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When sent to retrieve their master’s magic ring from Spider Ananse, Okra the cat and Okraman the dog prove their true worth in this beautifully illustrated tale from acclaimed illustrator Ashley Bryan.In this story within a story, when the jeal...

• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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Emma wanted to escape the pain of a shattered romance. A game reserve in South Africa seemed about as far from the scene of her unhappiness as she could go. But once there, she promptly got involved with the unnerving Stewart Bristow. Would she e...

• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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Elinor had been virtually a widow for two years, her husband Zachary having disappeared somewhere in Morocco. Now, out of the blue, he had turned up again -- but he now seemed like a stranger to her. Could they possibly manage to save their marriage?...

• Jul-1976
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This story of religious wars in ancient Egypt has been called “the best book” by the #1 New York Times�"bestselling author of Return to Thebes (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).   From Allen Drury, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the sweeping chroni...

• Jul-1976
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• Jul-1976
• / General Fiction
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This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 is a stunning work of imaginative history, from Shelby Foote, beloved historian of the Civil War.  Shiloh conveys not only the bloody choreography of Union and Confederate troops t...

• Jul-1976
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• Jul-1976
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AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL ABOUT AN "ORDINARY" FAMILY DIVIDED BY PAIN, YET BOUND BY THEIR STRUGGLE TO HEAL The Jarrets are a typical American family. Calvin is a determined, successful provider and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons...

• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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Accompanying Nicole to Australia was her foster mother's idea. Personally, Sally thought the whole idea was crazy! "How can you fall in love by correspondence?" she asked. Yet Ray Landers, Nicole's long-time pen pal had asked her ...

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• / Thriller
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• Jul-1976
• / Historical
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A family as raw and unyielding as the soil of the Virginia farm they left behind, they pursued their dream, journeying west across the American continent. In a boundless land of unimaginable dangers, they discovered their own will for survival -- and...

• Jul-1976
• / Historical
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The bold glittering saga of our America--and the people who made her great. Raging with the heartbreaks and tragedies of our nation's darkest hours, this passionate saga follows a dynamic generation of Kents through the hell of Civil War--from New Y...

• Jul-1976
• / Historical Romance
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When young Michael Trent was appointed vice-consul to -- La Paz, he was the happiest junior diplomat in Washington. Sharing his joy was shy, gently-bred Daphne Daingerfield. They were married immediately so that she might accompany him to South Ame...

• Jul-1976
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• Jul-1976
• / Fantasy
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DERYNI KINGMAKER Camber was the greatest of the Deryni--that race of men who were gifted with arcane mental powers that set them above normal humans. In later legends, he was to become a figure of mystery, known as both the patron saint of dark m...

• Jul-1976
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• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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Redesigning the gardens of Whinbeck Hall was a fascinating and challenging job for Miranda. But it also meant she was thrown into the company of the Hall's owner, the mysterious, difficult Pierce Alderson. And Pierce didn't know the real reas...

• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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Jealousy stabbed Philippa as she thought of Rose and Luke together. Jealousy--and a deep sense of loss. Loss of what? Of Luke? Was she so possessive that she couldn't bear to think of him with another woman even though she didn't want him ...

• Jul-1976
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Long considered Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing’s best collection of short stories, African Stories -- a central book in the work of a truly beloved writer -- is now back in print. This beautiful collection is an homage to her twenty-five years sp...

• Jul-1976
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• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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"Of course I don't want you to go!" Carl assured her. "But I feel guilty for tying you to me. It was supposed to be two years, Laura, not a lifetime." Later Laura thought about his words. In spite of the danger, Carl had decide...

• Jul-1976
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• Jul-1976
• / Historical Romance
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Lorena Talborne had crossed the ocean in 1769 to marry a man she had never seen and to live in a land she did not know. She came to Boston from England, holding fast to the promise of a secure life in the new world, but instead she found herself caug...

• Jul-1976
• / Science Fiction Romance
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Deadly Desire Her name was Lyra. She was beautiful, unimaginably beautiful. She was dangerous, unspeakably dangerous. At her touch, Tarhn felt himself becoming the perfect man he had always dreamed of being. At the sound of her voice, Tarhn ...

• Jul-1976
• / Historical Romance
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• Jul-1976
• / General Fiction
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This is a historical fiction of America's war for independence, and is centered around Philadelphian society, consisting of rebellious mobs, English loyalists, and local merchants. The main characters are Micah Heath and Philly Twillow, both bound se...

• Jul-1976
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For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young wom...

• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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Araminta went to Holland to nurse a sick relative--and, to her surprise, ran into the disconcerting Doctor Crispin van Sibbelt again. Unfortunately she found him even more difficult to understand in his own country than he had been in hers! HE RE...

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• Jul-1976
• / Action Adventure
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To protect the families of missing veterans, Harker could go missing himself The US Army is out of Vietnam, but not all of its boys made it home. Thousands remain unaccounted for, and as the years go on, their families hold out hope that somewhere ...

• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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After a serious family quarrel, Amanda felt the need to get away quickly. But her flight led to great difficulties when she found herself snowbound in the middle of Dartmoor with a disconcerting stranger named Jason Meade. Out of the frying pan and ....

• Jul-1976
• / Historical
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For years Canavan had lived in peace with th e Apache. But that time had come to a brutal end. The fierce renegades had swept down from the mountains, his neighbours were massacred and Edith, his fiancee, was taken captive. '...

• Jul-1976
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• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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Pip loved her boss, Giles Shieldon, but she knew he would never name his beautiful new rose after her. Why should he, when Stella Garvey was obviously so important to him? How much longer could Pip bear to watch them together? She was only creating h...

• Jul-1976
• / Science Fiction
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A former astronaut turns cyborg for a critical mission to Mars in the Nebula Award�"winning sci-fi classic by the author of Gateway.In the not-too-distant future, a global war over natural resources threatens humanity. Nuclear warships position them...

• Jul-1976
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Illustrated in a style popular in the late nineteenth century and organized by subject, this collection of 150 Mother Goose tales offers a combination of traditional favorites and less familiar verses....

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• Jul-1976
• / Historical
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A western saga that takes four extraordinary characters across the Plains to the precious Sweetwater. They find a complex world in relating to each other and to the country of high challenge around them. A memorable journey west in search of new land...

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• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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Original title: Spread Your Wings. Richard Saracen felt that he owed young Gael Cassella something; after all, he had persuaded her to sell him the horse on which he had set his heart. So when she confided that what she longed for most of all was ...

• Jul-1976
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• / Contemporary Romance
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• Jul-1976
• / General Fiction
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The bitter struggle of a young doctor who sold his honor for success BUSINESS MARRIAGE The marriage of Dr. Spencer Brade to Carol Grahame was as cool and calculated as a business deal. He needed money as desperately as she needed a husband. With the...

• Jul-1976
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From the lusty court of Queen Bess to the treasure-laden jungles of the New World, Shawn MacManus pursued adventure, fortune, and a treacherous Spanish beauty, Doña Elvira... Inside my own chamber I bolted the door, kicked off my boots and fumbled i...

• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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Martin Trelawney insisted on telling Judith that her feelings for his cousin, Hew, were only brotherly -- based on habit rather than mature love. She should put Hew out of her mind, he said. But suppose she fell in love with someone else -- someone w...

• Jul-1976
• / Gothic
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Bryony Ashley knows that Ashley Court, the grand estate, is both hell and paradise -- once elegant and beautiful, yet shrouded in shadow. After the tragic death of her father, Bryony returns from abroad to find that his estate is to become the respon...

• Jul-1976
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• / Suspense
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• Jul-1976
• / Mystery
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One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather. It's summertime, and Hen...

• Jul-1976
• / Contemporary Romance
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When Lory Stevenson went to the Hebridean island of Creagdubh for a particular purpose, she didn't want the laird, Grant Mackinnon, to find out what she was up to. But he did find out--and turned the tables on her in a decidedly disconcerting ...

• Jul-1976
• / General Fiction
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Bridge of Ashes is a beautifully written novel by one of science fiction’s great stylists. Mankind has been manipulated over the millennia by an alien race that seeks to use it to taraform our planet into a world that they can live on. They’ve pa...

• Aug-1976
• / Fantasy
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In this thrilling retelling of the Anglo-Saxon legend, Rosemary Sutcliff recounts Beowulf's most terrifying quests: against Grendel the man-wolf, against the hideous sea-hag and, most courageous of all, his fight to the death with the monstrous fire-...