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The Big Horn Legacy
The Big Horn Legacy
by W. Michael Gear
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It is 1850 in St. Louis, and Abriel Catton receives the last will and testament of his father, Web catton, an enigmatic mountain man. Among the papers are instructions the Ab must reassemble his family: brother and sisters he can barely remember, that... (read more)

Available August 28, 2012
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The Casual Vacancy
The Casual Vacancy
by J. K. Rowling
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When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town... (read more)

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Painter of Silence
Painter of Silence
by Georgina Harding
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It is the early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of the hospital in Iasi, Romania. He is deaf and mute, but a young nurse named Safta recognizes him from the past and brings him paper and pencils so that he might draw. Gradually, memories... (read more)

Available September 18, 2012
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Shadow Patriots: A Novel of the Revolution
Shadow Patriots: A Novel of the Revolution
by Lucia St Clair Robson
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Kate Darby never expected to be swept up in the political storm of the American Revolution. The Darbys are Quakers who have pledged their allegiance to God first--but that soon changes when Kate's younger brother, Seth, can no longer deny his soul's cry... (read more)

Available June 26, 2012
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Safe as Houses (Iowa Short Fiction Award)
Safe as Houses (Iowa Short Fiction Award)
by Marie-helene Bertino
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Safe as Houses, the debut story collection of Marie-Helene Bertino, proves that not all homes are shelters. The titular story revolves around an aging English professor who, mourning the loss of his wife, robs other people's homes of their sentimental... (read more)

Available October 2012
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Expanse #2: Caliban's War
Expanse #2: Caliban's War
by James S. A. Corey
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We are not alone. The alien protomolecule is clear evidence of an intelligence beyond human reckoning. No one knows what exactly is being built on Venus, but whatever it is, it is vast, powerful, and terrifying. When a creature of unknown origin and... (read more)

Available June 2012
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Close Is Fine
Close Is Fine
by Eliot Treichel
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 Like a Polaroid snapshot, this finely wrought collection of short stories gives us a brief glimpse into the quirky and complex lives of rural town inhabitants. As the characters struggle to define their individuality and reconcile their ideals... (read more)

Available November 2012
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Tin House: Summer 2012: Summer Reading Issue
Tin House: Summer 2012: Summer Reading Issue
by Win Mccormack
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Don't miss our Summer Reading issue that includes fiction from Amy Hempel and Alice Munro, an essay by Anne Carson, and poetry from Adrienne Rich and Sherman Alexie . . . enjoy summer! Tin House is a beautifully designed periodical featuring the best... (read more)

Available June 2012
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One Thousand and One Nights
One Thousand and One Nights
by Hanan Al-shaykh
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From one of the world's most acclaimed contemporary Arab writers: a sparkling new translation of twenty mesmerizing tales from the beloved masterpiece. The original tales of the One Thousand and One Nights were framed as stories told by the young queen... (read more)

Available August 14, 2012
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Skios
Skios
by Michael Frayn
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The great master of farce turns to an exclusive island retreat for a comedy of mislaid identities, unruly passions, and demented, delicious disorder On the private Greek island of Skios, the high-paying guests of a world-renowned foundation prepare for... (read more)

Available June 19, 2012
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The Woman Who Died a Lot: A Thursday Next Novel
The Woman Who Died a Lot: A Thursday Next Novel
by Jasper Fforde
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The newest tour de force starring Thursday Next in the New York Times bestselling series The Bookworld’s leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into a semiretirement following an assassination attempt, returning home to Swindon... (read more)

Available October 2, 2012
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The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles
by Karen Thompson Walker
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With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative fiction of Margaret Atwood, Karen Thompson Walker’s The Age of Miracles is a luminous, haunting, and unforgettable debut novel about coming of... (read more)

Available June 26, 2012
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The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time
by Donald Ray Pollock
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Donald Ray Pollock toiled in an Ohio paper mill for over 30 years before selling his first book, Knockemstiff. Though most of Pollock's work takes place in Ohio, there's more than a touch of the Southern literary tradition in his writing. His characters,... (read more)

Available July 10, 2012
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The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World (Novels of Ancient Rome)
The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World (Novels of Ancient Rome)
by Steven Saylor
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The year is 92 B.C. Gordianus has just turned eighteen and is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a far-flung journey to see the Seven Wonders of the World. Gordianus is not yet called “the Finder”—but at each of the... (read more)

Available June 5, 2012
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The Sauvignon Secret: A Wine Country Mystery
The Sauvignon Secret: A Wine Country Mystery
by Ellen Crosby
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Among the world-class vineyards of the Napa Valley, “Virginias favorite vintner-detective” (Library Journal) and her winemaker ex-beau investigate the role of a secret society in two mysterious deaths— and whether there is hope for... (read more)

Available July 31, 2012
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Untitled #14
Untitled #14
by Vince Flynn
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A pulse-pounding thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Vince Flynn, as Mitch Rapp heads to Afghanistan to track down a missing CIA agent. The four dead guards didn’t concern Mitch Rapp as much as the absence of the man they’d... (read more)

Available October 23, 2012
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We Must Learn to Sit Together and Talk about a Little Culture: Decolonizing Essays 1967-1984
We Must Learn to Sit Together and Talk about a Little Culture: Decolonizing Essays 1967-1984
by Sylvia Wynter
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The Event of the anti-colonial struggle which began in the case of a then British Jamaica in the late 1930s, cut across the childhood and early adolescence of Sylvia Wynter, providing the raison d’être of the first phase of her important body... (read more)

Available May 2012
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The Queen's Lover
The Queen's Lover
by Francine Du Plessix Gray
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Historical fiction of the highest order, The Queen's Lover reveals the untold love affair between Swedish aristocrat Count Axel Von Fersen and Marie Antoinette. The Queen's Lover begins at a masquerade ball in Paris in 1774, when the dashing Swedish... (read more)

Available June 14, 2012
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The Broken Land: A People of the Longhouse Novel (North America's Forgotten Past)
The Broken Land: A People of the Longhouse Novel (North America's Forgotten Past)
by W. Michael Gear
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A novel of North Americas Forgotten Past Twelve summers after the events of The People of the Longhouse and The Dawn Country, the Iroquois nations remain locked in bitter warfare. Atotarho, the cannibal-sorcerer who leads the People of the Hills, schemes... (read more)

Available August 28, 2012
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The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot
by Jeffrey Eugenides
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2011 A Publisher's Weekly Top 10 Book of 2011 A Kirkus Reviews Top 25 Best Fiction of 2011 Title One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2011 A Salon Best Fiction of 2011 title One of The Telegraphs Best Fiction Books of... (read more)

Available September 4, 2012
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