James A. Michener
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Bio: James Michener published fifty books over a fifty-year career as one of America's best-loved novelists and essayists. His works, both fiction and non-fiction, were known for their prodigious research and educated as they entertained.
From his first work, Tales of the South Pacific, which was adapted to Broadway and film as South Pacific, James Michener became a fixture on the American writing scene. His books often were the number one selling titles for the industry in their initial year of release. A humble man, James Michener was also philanthropic.
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The Source [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by James A. Michener
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 In The Source, in his signature style of grand storytelling, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the Holy Land, thousands of years ago. By exploring the lives and discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, James Michener vividly re-creates life in and around an ancient city during critical periods of its existence, and traces the profound history of the Jews, including that of the early Hebrews and their persecution, the impact of Christianity on the Jewish... more info>>
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Iberia: Spanish Travels and Reflections [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by James A. Michener
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Iberia, in the fresh, vivid prose that is James Michener's trademark, is the real Spain as James Michener experiences it. He reveals the celebrated Spain of bullfights and warrior kings, painters and processions, cathedrals and olive orchards. James Michener also shares the intimate, often hidden Spain he has come to know, where the congeniality of living souls and the dark weight of history conspire to create a wild, contradictory, passionately beautiful land, the mystery called Iberia. While w... more info>>
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Caravans [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by James A. Michener
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In this romantic adventure of wild Afghanistan, master storyteller James Michener mixes the allure of the past with the dangers of today. After an impetuous American girl, Ellen Jasper, marries a young Afghan engineer, her parents hear no word from her. Although she wants freedom to do as she wishes, not even she is sure what that means. In the meantime, she is as good as lost in that wild land, perhaps forever....
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