Good Night, Irene New Thought From Neal Stephenson--who coined the

From Neal Stephenson--who coined the term "metaverse" in his 1992 novel Snow Crash--comes a sweeping

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who tries to steal from her and then repays her with his most precious possession

Eric Jay Dolin--"one of today's finest writers about ships and the sea" (American Heritage)--tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounter between an American sealing vessel

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Good Night, Irene New Thought From Neal Stephenson--who coined theThis New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman's heroic frontline service in the Red Cross. "Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself." Financial Times In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fianc in New York to