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    Pirate Latitudes

    Michael Crichton
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    That Old Cape Magic

    Richard Russo
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    Juliet, Naked

    Nick Hornby
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Asterios Polyp
Asterios Polyp
by David Mazzucchelli
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If David Mazzucchelli weren't already beloved by comics fans, Asterios Polyp would make him legendary. This visually inventive, completely mesmerizing graphic novel will have you eagerly flipping pages on the first read, then flipping back to savor the sumptuous artwork and brilliant design.
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Gourmet Rhapsody
Gourmet Rhapsody
by Muriel Barbery
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Muriel Barbery's debut novel offers the same refined prose as The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Pierre Arthen, renowned though self-absorbed food critic, lies on his death bed, remembering his life and searching for a "flavor" he can't recall. This emotional tale gives fans another taste of Barbery's exquisite writing.
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Chronic City
Chronic City
by Jonathan Lethem
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Chase is a former child actor rediscovering fame as the fiancé of an astronaut stranded in space. With a cast that includes a ghostwriter, a minor NYC bureaucrat, a grizzled pop critic, and a tiger that randomly appears throughout Manhattan, Chronic City is vintage Lethem: a deft concoction of urban anxiety set adrift in a constantly reshaping psychological topography.
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Lowboy
Lowboy
by John Wray
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Early one morning in New York City, Will Heller, a sixteen-yearold paranoid schizophrenic, gets on an uptown B train alone. Like most people he knows, Will believes the world is being destroyed by climate change; unlike most people, he's convinced he can... (read more)

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    Albert Camus: A Biography

    Herbert R Lottman
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    All or Nothing

    Preston L Allen

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The Lacuna
The Lacuna
by Barbara Kingsolver
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Waiting for a new Kingsolver novel has been like waiting for a favorite restaurant to reopen after renovations, only it's been nine years of anticipation. With the grand depth of The Poisonwood Bible, The Lacuna tells of historical and intercultural... (read more)

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The Complete James Herriot
The Complete James Herriot
by James Herriot
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The Complete James Herriot Includes Every Living Thing The Lord God Made Them All Vet in a Spin Vets Might Fly Vet in Harness Let Sleeping Vets Lie It shouldn't Happen to a Vet If Only They Could Talk... (read more)

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
by Muriel Barbery
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The enthralling international bestseller. We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. Renée, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. Outwardly she... (read more)

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Push
Push
by Sapphire
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Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels and written by Damien Paul GRAND JURY PRIZE and AUDIENCE AWARD winner at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this horrific, hope-filled story (Newsday... (read more)

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Pravda
Pravda
by Edward Docx
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Sharp, compelling, and dark. Edward Docx is fantastically gifted with prose and weaves a complex family saga and literary thriller. With descriptive powers rivaling Le Carre, and a setting that hops between Russia, London and New York, I devoured this... (read more)

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)
by Gregory Maguire
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When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the... (read more)

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    by Gil Adamson
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    by Cormac Mccarthy
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    by Stieg Larsson

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