books by Valerie Martin
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Valerie Martin
At Mrs Lippincote's (Virago Modern Classics)
Elizabeth Taylor
Virago UK
, 2006
The Other Elizabeth Taylor
I was reading the Atlantic Monthly which featured an article about Elizabeth Taylor; an author I had never heard of. I have since read Mrs. Lippincote and enjoyed it so much. The writing is intelligent, warm, and funny. It is deliciously English, and considering it was ...
A Recent Martyr
Valerie Martin
Houghton Mifflin (T)
, 1987
Sad, beautiful, and disturbing....
Emma is obsessed with Pascal. Pascal is obsessed with Claire. Claire is obsessed with God. This strange and compelling love story is both erotic and spiritual and blurs the lines between the two at times. Emma is married and involved in an affair that is both ...
The Great Divorce
Valerie Martin
Vintage
, 2003
Sensually Profound
Sexy, absorbing and insightful, Valerie Martin's novel The Great Divorce (following her acclaimed Mary Reilly), explores the struggle for power between men and women, nature and civilization, in three mesmerizing tales of very different women whose lives are ...
Property
Valerie Martin
Vintage
, 2004
The Best Book From a 5 Star Author
You will not want this slim 200 page book to end. Property is V Martins most engaging book. It is written from the point of view of an early 19th century woman. A woman who owns slaves. Students of fiction should read Property to see how much can be said by ...
Trespass (Vintage Contemporaries)
Valerie Martin
Vintage
, 2008
Brilliant in the early going, disappointing at the end
The principle plot points of this book set the stage for all forms of intrusion and encroachment. A new character in a family's life threatens to change everything, a strange man hunting on private property lays a foundation of menace, and the characters collectively ...
Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis
Valerie Martin
Vintage
, 2002
Holy or Insane?
I just finished Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis and found it to be a provacative read. Martin is a captivating writer, who handles a potentially biased topic with journalistic objectivity. But still, she manages to relay the deep emotion that ...
Small Group Research: A Handbook
A. Paul Hare
,
Herbert H. Blumberg
, ...
Ablex Publishing
, 1994
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 ...
The Low-Carb Gourmet: Recipes for the New Lifestyle
Brigit Legere Binns
Ten Speed Press
, 2004
My New Favorite
This is one of the best cookbooks I've bought in a long time, and I buy a lot of cookbooks. I made the Haricots Frites with Tarragon Sauce for a small cocktail party I had recently, and everyone raved. It was great to be able to tell my guests that they shouldn't ...
Mary Reilly
Valerie Martin
Vintage
, 2001
Mary Reilly's Emotional Appeal
K. Gordon Dr. Laurie Leach WRI1150H 8 December 2004 Mary Reilly's Emotional Appeal Mary Reilly was written in 1990 by Valerie Martin to provide another perspective to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in ...
Love: Short Stories
Valerie Martin
Lost Horse Press
, 1999
Exquisite and rather disturbing
Valerie Martin's world is a strange one. I have read Italian Fever and Alexandra and I have wanted to read Love: Short Stories for a long time. In my opinion, this is Martin's best work. The stories in this book are beautiful and disturbing at the same time. Each ...
You Can Be a Woman Zoologist
Valerie Thompson
,
Judith Love Cohen
Cascade Pass, Inc.
, 2001
Trespass: Library Edition
Valerie Martin
Playaway
, 2008
A Recent Martyr
Valerie Martin
Houghton Mifflin (T)
, 1987
Sad, beautiful, and disturbing....
Emma is obsessed with Pascal. Pascal is obsessed with Claire. Claire is obsessed with God. This strange and compelling love story is both erotic and spiritual and blurs the lines between the two at times. Emma is married and involved in an affair that is both ...
The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization
Martin Parker
,
Valerie Fournier
, ...
Zed Books
, 2007
This dictionary provides ammunition for those who disagree with the early twentieth-first century orthodoxy that 'There is no alternative to free market liberalism and managerialism'. Using hundreds of entries and cross-references, it proves that there are many alternatives to the way that we currently organize ourselves. These alternatives could ...
Italian Fever
Valerie Martin
Knopf
, 1999
This was written by Valerie Martin?
Based on my previous reading, I know that Valerie Martin is capable of writing a great novel with a coherent, tight plot, rich characterization, and a very strong undercurrent of hidden meaning and symbolism. "Italian Fever", however, does not have any of these ...
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