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An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke Staff Pick Hilariously twisted and yet somehow still burning with heart, An Arsonist's Guide will be eminently accessible (and very funny) to readers of any background. Lit majors, however, may take special delight in watching the source of so many dull lectures go... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Garden Spells: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen Publisher Comments In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small, quiet house in an even smaller town, is an apple tree that is rumored to bear a very special sort of fruit. In this luminous debut novel, Sarah Addison Allen tells the story of that... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $5.00 Used - Hardcover
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Soul Catcher by Michael White Publisher Comments A profoundly moving epic of a slave catcher and a young woman on the run--as richly detailed and beautifully written as the best Civil War-era novels. (Richard Russo).... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The End of the Alphabet by C. S. Richardson Publisher Comments In a tender, intimate novel of an ordinary life defined by an extraordinary love, Richardson tells the story of a 50-year-old man who learns that he has one month to live. Reeling from the news, he and and beloved wife embark on a whirlwind expedition to... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom Publisher Comments Panoramic in scope, Away is the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, a dangerous innocent, an accidental heroine. When her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian comes to America alone, determined to make her way in a new land. When... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Heartsick: A Novel by Chelsea Cain Staff Pick One of the best thrillers I've read in years, Heartsick is taut, edgy, and disturbing, and Archie Sheridan is a compelling new character. I eagerly anticipate the next book in this new series.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo Publisher Comments A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers heralds the American debut of a remarkably gifted young writer. Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang, the daughter of shoe factory owners in rural China, has come to London to study English. She calls herself Z... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Songs without Words: A Novel by Ann Packer Publisher Comments Ann Packer's debut novel, The Dive from Clausen's Pier, was a nationwide bestseller that established her as one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women. Now, in her long-awaited second novel, she takes us on a journey into a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Under Enemy Colors by S. Thomas Russell Publisher Comments At the time of the French Revolution, one of Britains most skillful naval officers, Charles Hayden, is wrenchingly torn between honor and duty, as the magnificent Royal Navy engages the French in a centuries-old struggle for power.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama Publisher Comments It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Grub by Elise Blackwell Publisher Comments A long overdue retelling of New Grub Street — George Gissing's classic satire of the Victorian literary marketplace — Grub chronicles the triumphs and humiliations of a group of young novelists living in and around New York City. Eddie... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Used World by Haven Kimmel Publisher Comments It was mid-December in Jonah, Indiana, a place where Fate can be decided by the weather, and a storm was gathering overhead. So Haven Kimmel, bestselling author of A Girl Named Zippy, prepares us to enter The Used World — a world where big hearts... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter, a Novel by Alice Kuipers Publisher Comments Short, powerful, and unforgettable, Kuiperss debut novel looks deep into the complex relationship between mothers and daughters, and the distances that can open up between people who live together but exist in their own worlds.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Power Play: A Novel by Joseph Finder Publisher Comments An off-site corporate event gone disastrously wrong. The largest ransom in history. The price-tag: dead or alive. Now its up to Jake Landry—a modest, steady guy with a dark, hidden past—to save them all… POWER PLAY “THE... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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My Lady Judge: A Mystery of Medieval Ireland by Cora Harrison Publisher Comments Five hundred years ago, the western seaboard of Ireland was home to an independent kingdom that lived peacefully by the ancient Celtic laws of their forebears. On the first eve of a festive celebration, all the people of the land headed up Mullaghmore... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand by Fred Vargas Publisher Comments In this remarkable addition to the Commissaire Adamsberg series, a serial killer has followed Adamsberg to Canada on his training mission in a novel that will keep readers spellbound until the very end.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Strawberry Fields by Marina Lewycka Publisher Comments From the author of the international bestseller A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian comes a tender and hilarious novel about a crew of migrant workers from three continents who are forced to flee their English strawberry field for a journey across... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Reincarnationist by M. J. Rose Publisher Comments A bomb in Rome, a flash of bluish-white light, and photojournalist Josh Ryder's world exploded. From that instant nothing would ever be the same. As Josh recovers, his mind is increasingly invaded with thoughts that have the emotion, the intensity... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Spanish Bow by Andromeda Romano-Lax Publisher Comments Debut fiction by a journalist and amateur cellist. In a dusty, turn-of-the-century Catalan village, the bequest of a cello bow sets young Feliu Delargo on the unlikely path of becoming a musician.... (read more) Your price: $23.25 New - Hardcover 
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