Books like 'Beneath the Roses'
Readers who enjoyed Beneath the Roses by Gregory Crewdson & Russell Banks also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Norton Anthology of Poetry by Margaret Ferguson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Fifth Edition retains the flexibility and breadth of selection that has defined this classic anthology, while improved and expanded editorial apparatus make it an even more useful teaching tool... -
![Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera: A Reader's Guide by Thomas Fahy]()
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera: A Reader's Guide by Thomas Fahy
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years from The Remains of the Day to White Teeth... -
![Dieu et nous seuls pouvons by Michel Folco]()
Dieu et nous seuls pouvons by Michel Folco
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPour échapper à la galère, Justinien Pibrac devient bourreau officiel du seigneur de Bellerocaille. Le jour de sa première exécution, après quelques maladresses rocambolesques, il parvient finalement à briser les os du condamné. Ainsi début la saga trépidante des Pibrac, qui deviendront de génération en génération les plus grands bourreaux de tous les temps...Categorized as:
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![Assassins by Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman]()
Assassins by Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvoking a fraternity of political assassins and would-be assassins across a hundred years of our history, Sondheim and Weidman daringly examine success, failure and the questionable drive for power and celebrity in American society. "Dark, demented humor, as horrifying as it is hilarious... -
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![Conquest by Anna Markland]()
Conquest by Anna Markland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.It’s a bitter battle between the Normans and the Saxons for the fate of the English throne, and it promises to be the epic beginning of the legendary Montbryce Legacy.A True War Hero.. -
![In The Way by Grace Livingston Hill]()
In The Way by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young sister seeks out her two brothers after the death of the Aunt and Uncle who raised her as their own. Following God's path, she sets out to brighten their lives. They are wary of the sister they never knew and all the strange ideas she brings to their sleepy, little farm town. The love and hope of Grace Hill shines through this story like a ray a of sunshine... -
![Rose Galbraith by Grace Livingston Hill]()
Rose Galbraith by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen beautiful, impoverished Rose sails to Scotland, a chance encounter captures her heart. But will she be forced to marry for money?... -
![Selected Poems by Boris Pasternak, Борис Пастернак]()
Selected Poems by Boris Pasternak, Борис Пастернак
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAleksandr Blok (1880-1921) lived through his country's savage wars and radical traumas trying to welcome the new order. Trotsky wrote, `Certainly Blok is not one of us, but he came towards us. And that is what broke him.' Pasternak said, `He is as free as the wind... -
![The Spirit Level: Poems by Seamus Heaney]()
The Spirit Level: Poems by Seamus Heaney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Spirit Level was the first book of poems Heaney published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. Reviewing this book in The New York Times Book Review, Richard Tillinghast noted that Heaney "has been and is here for good . . . [His poems] will last. Anyone who reads poetry has reason to rejoice at living in the age when Seamus Heaney is writing... -
![The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin by Alexander Pushkin]()
The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin by Alexander Pushkin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlexander Pushkin was Russia's first true literary genius. Best known for his poetry, he also wrote sparkling prose that revealed his national culture with elegance and understated humour. Here, his gift for portraying the Russian people is fully revealed...Categorized as:
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![Ladybird by Grace Livingston Hill]()
Ladybird by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFraley's dear mother has just dies and left Fraley utterly alone in a hostile world. She sets off on a dangerous adventure, unsure of what lies ahead. Her only comforts are the faith her mother shared with her and the family Bible. Along the way, Fraley meets a young man who is on an adventure of his own: He has come west to lead a small church. But George Seagrave is not prepared for his task... -
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![Marigold by Grace Livingston Hill]()
Marigold by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUncertain about her future, Marigold unexpectedly finds love when a handsome engineer teaches her about faith and trust. Grace Livingston Hill is the beloved author of more than 100 books. Read and enjoyed by millions, her wholesome stories contain adventure, romance, and the heartwarming triumphs of people faced with the problems of life and love... -
![Lilies by Michel Marc Bouchard]()
Lilies by Michel Marc Bouchard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA revival of a romantic drama, Simon Doucet re-enacts for Jean Bilodeau, now a Catholic bishop, their past as lovers while rehearsing The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastien... -
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![If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes, Hilton Als]()
If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes, Hilton Als
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis story of a man living every day in fear of his life for simply being black is as powerful today as it was when it was first published in 1947. The novel takes place in the space of four days in the life of Bob Jones, a black man who is constantly plagued by the effects of racism... -
![Captivated by Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson]()
Captivated by Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour masters of sensual historical romance--including Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson, Thea Devine and Robin Schone--transport readers to a world where fantasies come true and passion is bound only by the limits of the imagination. ECSTASY by Bertrice Small Dagon, Prince of Aramis, had been betrayed by his twin brother and sold into slavery... -
![God's Mercy by Kerstin Ekman]()
God's Mercy by Kerstin Ekman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Hillevi, a young, inexperienced midwife, moves from the university town of Uppsala to the wilderness of Svartvattnet (Blackwater) to be with her unofficial fiancé, she is ill prepared for what awaits her... -
![Rekreacje by Yuri Andrukhovych]()
Rekreacje by Yuri Andrukhovych
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRecreations is a novel of carnivalesque vitality and acute social criticism. It celebrates newly found freedom and reflects upon the contradictions of post-Soviet society. Four poets and an entourage of secondary characters converge on fictional Chortopil for the Festival of the Resurrecting Spirit, an orgy of popular culture, civic dysfunction, national pride, and sex... -
![Playmates by Robert B. Parker]()
Playmates by Robert B. Parker
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSpenser goes back to school--to investigate corruption in college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. And if Spenser doesn't watch his own footwork, the guilty parties will shave a few years off his life.. -
![The Sensible Thing by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Fitzgerald]()
The Sensible Thing by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Fitzgerald
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis 1924 short story borrows from the common plot and themes of Fitzgerald's work. In this story, George O'Kelly, an aspiring engineer turned insurance salesman, fights to recapture the love of Jonquil Cary. When George receives a letter from Jonquil that sounds "nervous" George quits his insurance job and heads down to Tennessee to convince Jonquil of his love for her... -
![Challenge to Honor by Jennifer Blake]()
Challenge to Honor by Jennifer Blake
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey were professionally trained, highly skilled men of valor, but the roguish, dangerous sword masters were not always respectable...When her brother challenges New Orleans's most infamous swordsman to a duel, Celina Vallier boldly confronts his opponent, Rio de Silva, determined to thwart what would be her brother's certain death. The legendary maître d'armes agrees.. -
![Goodbye, Mr. Chips / To You, Mr. Chips by James Hilton]()
Goodbye, Mr. Chips / To You, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDepicts the life of Mr. Chipping, a gentle English schoolmaster known familiarly to the schoolboys at Brookfield as Mr... -
![A Ciascuno Il Suo by Leonardo Sciascia]()
A Ciascuno Il Suo by Leonardo Sciascia
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis letter is your death sentence. To avenge what you have done you will die. But what has Manno the pharmacist done? Nothing that he can think of. The next day he and his hunting companion are both dead. The police investigation is inconclusive. However, a modest high school teacher with a literary bent has noticed a clue that, he believes, will allow him to trace the killer... -
![Killer in the Rain by Raymond Chandler]()
Killer in the Rain by Raymond Chandler
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKiller in the Rain collects together eight classic short stories by Raymond Chandler.It was in the pulp detective magazines of the 1930s that Raymond Chandler's definitive take on the hard-boiled detective story first appeared... -
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![The Crash of '79 by Paul Emil Erdman]()
The Crash of '79 by Paul Emil Erdman
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Crash of '79 is a book so real that its plot reads like today's headlines... -
![Diamond Grill by Fred Wah]()
Diamond Grill by Fred Wah
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis story of family and identity, migration and integration, culture and self-discovery is told through family history, memory, and the occasional recipe.Diamond Grill is a rich banquet where Salisbury Steak shares a menu with chicken fried rice, bird’s nest soup sets the stage for Christmas plum pudding; where racism simmers behind the shiny clean surface of the action in the cafe...Categorized as:
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![Spring Tides by Jacques Poulin]()
Spring Tides by Jacques Poulin
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Poulin is a master of imagery and dialogue: They rest like froth on top of something much more murky and morose: an underlying fear of emptiness.”—The SilhouettePeacefully employed on an uninhabited island, a translator of comic strips (codename Teddy Bear) lives in the company of his dictionaries, his marauding cat, Matousalem, and his tennis ball machine (the Prince)... -
![The Conversations at Curlow Creek by David Malouf]()
The Conversations at Curlow Creek by David Malouf
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA new work of fiction by the author of Remembering Babylon. It is 1827, and, in a remote hut high on the plains of New South Wales, two strangers spend the night in talk. One, an illiterate Irishman, and ex-convict and bushranger, is to be hanged at dawn. The other is the police officer who has been sent to supervise the hanging...Categorized as:
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![Vanishing Games by Roger Hobbs]()
Vanishing Games by Roger Hobbs
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe gritty, riveting, highly anticipated sequel to the national (and international) best seller Ghostman, by the critically acclaimed and award-winning Roger HobbsIt’s just before dawn on the South China Sea when three experienced pirates open fire on a small smuggling yacht. Their target: a bag of uncut sapphires worth millions... -
![It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich]()
It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStory by Cornell Woolrich. Originally published in Dime Detective, February, 1942. Also known as Rear Window.The story that inspired the Alfred Hitchcock film masterpiece, Rear Window! It Had to Be Murder is a suspenseful tale about Hal Jeffries, a temporarily disabled man, who becomes obsessed with watching the lives of his urban neighbors... -
![La Bête et la belle by Thierry Jonquet]()
La Bête et la belle by Thierry Jonquet
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings156pages. 17,6x10,6x1cm. Poche... -
![Count Lucanor Or The Fifty Pleasant Stories Of Patronio by Don Juan Manuel]()
Count Lucanor Or The Fifty Pleasant Stories Of Patronio by Don Juan Manuel
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages... -
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