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A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg by Jeff Shaara Publisher Comments Continuing the trilogy that began with A Blaze of Glory, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America’s long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Schmidt Steps Back by Louis Begley Publisher Comments “Tragic and redemptive . . . Updike had Rabbit, Roth has Zuckerman, Richard Ford has Bascombe and Begley has Schmidt. . . . [Schmidt Steps Back] is the most ambitious novel [yet] in the Schmidt cycle.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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We Need New Names Signed Edition by NoViolet Bulawayo Publisher Comments Darling is only 10 years old, and yet she must navigate a fragile and violent world. In Zimbabwe, Darling and her friends steal guavas, try to get the baby out of young Chipo's belly, and grasp at memories of Before. Before their homes were destroyed by... (read more) Available June 19, 2013 Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Wilderness by Lance Weller Publisher Comments Thirty years after the Civil War's Battle of the Wilderness left him maimed, Abel Truman has found his way to the edge of the continent, the rugged, majestic coast of Washington State, where he lives alone in a driftwood shack with his beloved dog... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Asylum by John Harwood Publisher Comments A brilliant new Gothic thriller from the acclaimed author of The Ghost Writer and The Seance Confused and disoriented, Georgina Ferrars awakens in a small room in Tregannon House, a private asylum in a remote corner of England. She has no memory of the... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible by Suzanne Kamata Publisher Comments Anna and the French Kiss meets Stoner and Spaz in a contemporary young adult coming-of-age novel about a girl, her struggles, and her art. Aiko Cassidy is fourteen and lives with her sculptor mother in a small Midwestern town. For most of her young life... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Certain Summer by Patricia Beard Publisher Comments "Nothing ever changes at Wauregan.” That mystique is the tradition of the idyllic island colony off the shore of Long Island, the comforting tradition that its summer dwellers have lived by for over half a century. But in the summer of 1948, after... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen Publisher Comments In this irresistible memoir, the New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ahead — and celebrating it all — as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss,... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Three Strong Women (Vintage) by Marie Ndiaye Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2012 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 From Marie NDiaye, the first black woman to win the Prix Goncourt, a harrowing and beautiful novel of the travails of West African immigrants in... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Merlin Prophecy Book Two: Death of an Empire (Merlin Prophecy) by M. K. Hume Publisher Comments DEATH OF AN EMPIRE— THE LEGEND OF MERLIN CONTINUES Merlin is the product of a brutal rape. Determined to uncover his fathers identity, he sets sail from Celtic Britain with his band of loyal companions. Their journey through war-ravaged France,... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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His Majesty's Hope: A Maggie Hope Mystery by Susan Elia Macneal Publisher Comments For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, whip-smart heroine Maggie Hope returns to embark on a clandestine mission behind enemy lines where no one can be trusted, and even the smallest indiscretion can be deadly. World War II has... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Norwegian by Night by Derek Miller Publisher Comments A luminous novel, a police thriller, and the funniest book about war crimes and dementia you are likely to read Sheldon Horowitz—widowed, impatient, impertinent—has grudgingly agreed to leave New York and move in with his granddaughter, Rhea,... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Hoeg Publisher Comments From the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow, an epic novel about faith and the magic of everyday life. Told from the precocious perspective of fourteen-year-old Peter, The Elephant Keepers' Children is about three siblings and how they deal with life... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory Publisher Comments Spies, poison, and curses surround her.... Is there anyone she can trust? The Kingmakers Daughter — Philippa Gregory's first sister story since The Other Boleyn Girl — is the gripping tale of the daughters of the man known as the Kingmaker... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Fathers' Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain by Patricio Pron Staff Pick Patricio Pron's "A Few Words on the Life Cycles of Frogs" appeared as one of the 22 selections featured in Granta's 2010 "The Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists" issue. The award-winning Argentine writer (though still a couple of years shy of his... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Disorder by Dan DeWeese Publisher Comments "These stories are about men, women, buildings, and words." DeWeese, the author of the novel You Don't Love This Man (Harper Perennial), offers a collection of eight stories in this book, six of which have been published in well-known literary journals... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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True Sisters by Sandra Dallas Publisher Comments In a novel based on true events, New York Times bestselling author Sandra Dallas delivers the story of four women — seeking the promise of salvation and prosperity in a new land — who come together on a harrowing journey. In 1856, Mormon... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Summer Lies: Stories (Vintage International) by Bernhard Schlink Publisher Comments From Bernhard Schlink, the internationally best-selling author of The Reader, come seven provocative and masterfully calibrated stories. A keen dissection of the ways in which we play with truth and less-than-truth in our lives. Summer Lies brims with... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Golden Boy Signed Edition by Abigail Tarttelin Publisher Comments From twenty-four-year-old literary rising star Abigail Tarttelin comes an unforgettable novel about a boy, a secret, and the single traumatizing event that sends his seemingly charmed life into tailspin. Max Walker is a golden boy. Attractive... (read more) Available June 3, 2013 Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier Publisher Comments New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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