2007 September
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An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
by Brock Clarke  
Powells.com 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...
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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
by Gail Tsukiyama Publisher Comments Japan, 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms in Tokyo, two orphaned brothers are growing up with loving grandparents who inspire them to dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise in sumo...
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Away: A Novel
by Amy Bloom
Powells.com Staff Pick Lyrical and moving, terribly sad but funny, too, Away is a major accomplishment and a pleasure to read. Amy Bloom's language is precise and graceful, and her characters and their journeys make America in the 1920s shine with life. Recommended by Tessa,...
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Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand
by Fred Vargas Synopsis A #1 bestselling author in France, Fred Vargas repeatedly captivates her many admirers across the globe with suspenseful mysteries featuring Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, aa Gallic cousin to Ruth Rendellas Chief Inspector Wexforda (The Washington...
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Heartsick: A Novel
by Chelsea Cain
Powells.com 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. Recommended by Carrie, Powells...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Soul Catcher
by Michael White Publisher Comments Augustus Cain faces a past he wants to forget, a present without prospect or fortune, and an uncertain future marred by the loss of his most prized possession: the horse that has been his working companion for years. He is also a man haunted by a...
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Under Enemy Colors
by S. Thomas Russell Publisher Comments A sweeping novel of maritime mutiny set against the backdrop of the French Revolution that evokes such masters as Patrick O'Brian and Bernard Cornwell. At the time of the French Revolution, one of Britain's most skillful naval officers, Charles Saunders...
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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...
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Power Play: A Novel
by Joseph Finder Publisher Comments It was the perfect retreat for a troubled company. No cell phones. No BlackBerrys. No cars. Just a luxurious, remote lodge surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness. All the top officers of the...
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The Spanish Bow
by Andromeda Romano-Lax Publisher Comments I was almost born Happy. Literally, Feliz was the Spanish name my mother wanted for me. Not a family name, not a local name, just a hope, stated in the farthest-reaching language she knew — a language that once reached around the world, to the...
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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...
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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...
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The End of the Alphabet
by C. S. Richardson Publisher Comments The End of the Alphabet is a tender, intimate story of an ordinary life defined by an extraordinary love. Ambrose Zephyr is a contented man. He shares a book-laden Victorian house with his loving wife, Zipper. He owns two suits, one of which he was...
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Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter, a Novel
by Alice Kuipers Publisher Comments Claire and her mother are running out of time, but they don't know it. Not yet. Claire is wrapped up with the difficulties of her bourgeoning adulthood — boys, school, friends, identity; Claire's mother, a single mom, is rushed off her feet both at...
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Walk On, Bright Boy
by Charles Davis Publisher Comments This extraordinarily crafted book, with not a word wasted, is set during the Spanish Inquisition, packs a punch more powerful than most fiction four times its size. It begins a touching account of friendship and betrayal in Moorish Spain, it begins...
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My Lady Judge: A Mystery of Medieval Ireland
by Cora Harrison Publisher Comments In the sixteenth century, as it is now, the Burren, on the western seaboard of Ireland, was a land of gray stone forts, fields of rich green grass, and swirling mountain terraces. It was also home to an independent kingdom that lived peacefully by the...
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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...
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