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1	Property more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist Set during a slave rebellion in the days before the Civil War, PROPERTY is narrated by Manon Gaudet, a petulant and unhappy woman who runs a sugar plantation in Louisiana with her husband. Hopelessly innocent when she marries, Manon gradually realizes that her husband is a tyrannical slave-owner, and that he has forced a slave named Sarah to be ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Recent Martyr more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist Emma is the mistress of Pascal, in an affair which is quickly spiralling towards violence. Pascal, however, is increasingly attracted to Claire, a fanatically Christian novice nun. Together these three are bound in a triangle where pain and passion merge, and love and death become confused. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Mary Reilly more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist This alternative version of Robert Louis Stevenson's THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE is seen through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's maid, Mary Reilly, in her journal entries. Abused as a child, grateful for the position as maid in the doctor's house, and attracted by his gentle and respectful ways, Mary Reilly witnesses Jekyll's tragic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist This gripping collection of six stories explores the inner lives of artists as they struggle to make art while falling in and out of love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Trespass more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist Rich with menace, this novel unfolds in a world where darkness intrudes into bright and pleasant places, a world with betrayal at its heart. In shimmering prose Martin raises the question, Who shall inherit America? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Salvation : scenes from the life of St Francis more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist Valerie Martin has written an elegant, episodic life of Francesco di Pietro Bernardone, or Saint Francis of Assisi, working backward from his death to the youthful encounter with lepers that revealed to Francis his life's calling. Presenting him as a saint completely committed to God, and as a very vulnerable and lovable human being who may also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Mary Reilly: Mary Reilly more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist This alternative version of Robert Louis Stevenson's THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE is seen through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's maid, Mary Reilly, in her journal entries. Abused as a child, grateful for the position as maid in the doctor's house, and attracted by his gentle and respectful ways, Mary Reilly witnesses Jekyll's tragic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Cavalia: a Dream of Freedom by Francois & Valerie Martin Brousseau add to wishlist see all copies from $11.14!
9	A Recent Martyr-V158 more books like this by Valerie Martin, Robin Desser (Editor) add to wishlist Set appropriately in New Orleans in the summer, Valerie Martin's steamy novel is the story of a sadomasochistic affair between Emma, a married woman, and Pascal, a man obsessed with a saintly young nun. As this triangular relationship develops, the city itself falls victim to a variety of disasters, including a plague of rats. In her third novel, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Consolatn Nature-V159 more books like this by Valerie Martin, Robin Desser (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.21! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Set in Motion: Set in Motion by Valerie Martin add to wishlist Valerie Martin's 1978 novel--her first--is about a seemingly conventional woman named Helene Thatcher who has a secret, complex, and disturbing erotic life. After leaving academia, Helene has become a social worker who deals with welfare cases in the city of New Orleans. What no one knows is that Helene's own life--which encompasses illicit sex, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
12	Italian Fever more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist A young American named Lucy Stark is the assistant to a bestselling novelist who has been researching a new book in Tuscany. When she receives news that he has died, she becomes convinced that his death was mysterious, and that his life wasn't completely straightforward, either. A wild fling with a local married man and the attentions of an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	The Consolation of Nature, and Other Stories by Valerie Martin add to wishlist In strikingly powerful prose, spare and immediately accessible, Ms. Martin draws readers into the lives of people who crave fulfillment and the paths they travel in their quest. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
14	Small Groups: An Introduction more books like this by A Paul Hare, M Valerie Kent, Martin F Davies add to wishlist This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the social-psychological literature on social interaction in small groups. Part 1 covers the influence of the physical situation, personalities and social characteristics of the group members on the dynamics of the group. Part 2 covers the effect of the presence of others on pressures to conform ... see all copies from $3.41! new only from $81.90! \| first editions \| SVS
15	The Great Divorce more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist Ellen Clayton is a veterinarian at New Orleans's zoo. As her 20-year marriage is crumbling, she tries desperately to bring her family safely through the divorce. Her husband is researching the story of "The Catwoman of St. Francisville," the only white woman in Louisiana history ever to be hanged for committing a murder--and whose story is also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization more books like this by Dr. Martin Parker, Valerie Fournier, Patrick Reedy add to wishlist 'There is no alternative to free market liberalism and managerialism', is the orthodoxy of the twenty-first century. Ordinary people across the world are being told that the problem of organization is already solved, that it is being solved somewhere else, or that they have no choices. Using hundreds of entries and cross-references, this ... see all copies from $22.61! new only from $26.95! \| SVS
17 view cover	Love by Valerie Martin add to wishlist see all copies from $2.53! new only from $17.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Alexandra more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist In Alexandra, Martin creates a slowly shocking erotic odyssey, a bittersweet love story, a chilling tale of a man destroyed by a desperate and tragic experiment in passion. "A strange and artful novel".--Margaret Manning, Boston Sunday Globe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	Conscription: A Select and Annotated Bibliography more books like this by Martin Anderson (Editor), Valerie Bloom add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Small Group Research: A Handbook more books like this by A Paul Hare, Herbert H Blumberg, Martin F Davies add to wishlist This new volume covers studies and reviews published in the period 1975 to 1988. Its focus is not on the evaluation of current research, but rather it calls attention to available works that might be relevant for those wishing to do further research in a specified area. For this reason the editors refer to other reviews of parts of this literature ... see all copies from $29.65! new only from $51.77!
21 view cover	Set in Motion more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist Originally published in 1977, this novel is set in New Orleans and tells the story of Helene Thatcher, at work and in her relationships. Author of four books, Valerie Martin's other titles include "Mary Reilly" and "Alexandra". see all copies from $2.00! new only from $9.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Out of Pain Came Poetry: Tapping Into the Greatness Within more books like this by Rev Dr Valerie Martin- Stewart add to wishlist God desires our very BEST! He has gifted each of us with an AWESOME potential of GREATNESS, but it's left up to us to step out of fear, failure and shame in order that we walk into and live in that realm. This book is a result of me discovering the greatness within that I always feared. God reminded me that when I begin to condition to go ... see all copies from $12.52! new only from $12.52! \| SVS
23 view cover	Love: Short Stories more books like this by Valerie Martin add to wishlist This volume of Valerie Martin's short fiction was first published in 1977. see all copies from $15.00! first editions
24 view cover	Redencion: Escenas de la Vida de San Francisco de Asis more books like this by Saint Francis of Assisi, Valerie Martin add to wishlist A beautifully written and spiritually uplifting biography of one of the most beloved of Christian saints: Saint Francis of Assisi. Inspired by the Renaissance frescos which decorate the walls of the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, award-winning novelist Valerie Martin recounts the life of Saint Francis in a series of vivid scenes that gather ... see all copies from $1.99!
25 view cover	Trespass by Valerie Martin add to wishlist Toby and Salome attend the same college, live in the same New York City neighbourhood, and have the same political views. And they are madly in love. But like many modern couples, their pasts and the stories of their families' lives are worlds apart from one another. When Salome suddenly realises she is pregnant, and she and Toby decide to ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $11.99!

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