Fourth Hand by John Irving, ISBN 0375418954
The Fourth Hand" asks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love."
While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant; meanwhile, in the distracting aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, the surgeon is seduced by his housekeeper. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the one-handed reporter her husband's left hand- that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is alive, relatively young, and healthy.
This is how John Irving's tenth novel begins; it seems, at first, to be a comedy, perhaps a satire, almost certainly a sexual farce. Yet, in the end, The Fourth Hand is as realistic and emotionally moving as any of Mr. Irving's previous novels - including The World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and A Widow for One Year - or his Oscar-winning screenplay of The Cider House Rules.
The Fourth Hand is characteristic of John Irving's seamless storytelling and further explores some of the author's recurring themes - loss, grief, love as redemption. But this novel also breaks new ground; it offers a penetrating look at the power of second chances and the will to change.
"From the Trade Paperback edition.
Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television by Donald G. Godfrey, ISBN 0874806755
Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television by Donald G. Godfrey, ISBN 0874806755 
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How to Draw Dragon Ball Z by B. S. Watson, ISBN 0439313481
Fans of the television series can use this guidebook to help them in drawing their favorite characters from "Dragonball Z". This book provides clear, simple-to-follow instructions to draw the coolest good guys and the baddest bad guys around. Full-color illustrations.
How to Draw Dragon Ball Z by B. S. Watson, ISBN 0439313481
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Garfield & Friends, Vol.2
The top-rated "Garfield And Friends" Saturday morning television series is back, finally available on DVD for the first time.
Adults and children alike will enjoy watching the classic antics and attitude of Garfield, the world's most widely syndicated comic strip character.
Garfield & Friends, Vol.2
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