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When You Are Engulfed in Flames When You Are Engulfed in Flames
by David Sedaris

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Always a delight, never a disappointment, David Sedaris has come out with his finest offering yet. He has a deft touch, moving between sarcasm and sadness or, in this collection, between redneck babysitters and quitting smoking. Recommended by Beth... (read more)

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Life of Pi Life of Pi
by Yann Martel

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Mass market edition of Martel's Booker-winner which looks set to be a huge seller for the Edinburgh-based independent publisher, and for the rest of us. A spellbinding allegory with a wrenching literary twist - this is a modern classic in the making. "A... (read more)

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The Glass Castle: a Memoir The Glass Castle: a Memoir
by Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more)

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Out Stealing Horses: A Novel Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
by Per Petterson

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Hailed by critics across the globe, showered with awards, Out Stealing Horses is a book that true lovers of the written word will hold close to their hearts. With its captivating prose and characters who burrow under your skin and refuse to come out, Per... (read more)

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Vanishing Acts Vanishing Acts
by Jodi Picoult

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New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her ability to tap into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she explores what happens when a young woman's past — a past she didn't even know she had — catches up to... (read more)


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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee

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The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the... (read more)

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The Boleyn Inheritance The Boleyn Inheritance
by Philippa Gregory

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Three women who share one fate: the Boleyn Inheritance ANNE OF CLEVES: She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a court ruled by the terror of a vengeful king who despises her. Her Boleyn Inheritance: accusations and... (read more)

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The Shadow of the Wind The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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Okay, never mind that The Shadow of the Wind starts off in a wonderfully mysterious bookstore and that there's a romantic element that is not schmaltzy, but "timeless" in the best sense of the word. What I loved was how I thought I knew where the author... (read more)


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Harvesting the Heart Harvesting the Heart
by Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult earned rave notices for her debut novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale. Now this gifted young writer turns her considerable literary talents to the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family. Written with astonishing... (read more)

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My Name Is Red My Name Is Red
by Orhan Pamuk

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Pamuk's widely acclaimed and richly detailed historical thriller, which has been favourably compared with Umberto Eco's "The Name Of The Rose", and which featured heavily in last year's broadsheet "Books Of The Year" round-ups. A murder mystery set in... (read more)


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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby
by F Scott Fitzgerald

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The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James... (read more)

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The Road (Oprah's Book Club Selection #57) The Road (Oprah's Book Club Selection #57)
by Cormac McCarthy

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Strike-me-dead beautiful and bleak — this is the book I put into every customer's hands. Absolutely the best thing out of 2006, and perhaps many years preceding, The Road reminds me of McCarthy's early novels, only matured to perfection. Recommended... (read more)

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Water for Elephants Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen

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Well, first, I am a sucker for any book set at the circus. But throw in the massive talent that Sara Gruen has and then tell me a love story? Far from the cliché book club pick, Water for Elephants will be read for your next club meeting and then you'll... (read more)

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A Man without a Country A Man without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut

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A Man without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life (If I die — God forbid — I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?), art (To... (read more)

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Holidays on Ice Holidays on Ice
by David Sedaris

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A new holiday classic from the author of the bestselling Naked and Barrel Fever! Holidays On Ice collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice scraper. This... (read more)

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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini

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Privileged young narrator Amir comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy in Afghanistan, then must endure revolution, invasion and a country's long struggle to triumph over violent forces.... (read more)

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Darkness at Noon Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler

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Originally published in 1941, Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, "Darkness At Noon," is a powerful and haunting portrait of a Communist revolutionary caught in the vicious fray of the Moscow show trials of the late 1930s. During Stalin's purges... (read more)

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris

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One of these days I'll find the time to construct an actual review of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, but until I do let these words stand as my pledge: You will not regret purchasing this book. Further: You're unlikely to find more pure... (read more)

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Reservation Blues Reservation Blues
by Sherman Alexie

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In this bestselling winner of the American Book Award, the life of Spokane Indian Thomas Builds-the-Fire irrevocably changes when blues legend Robert Johnson miraculously appears on his reservation and passes the misfit storyteller his enchanted guitar.... (read more)

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz

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Darkly funny and at times heartbreaking, The Brief Wondrous Life is about Díaz's unlikely hero (an obese Dominican Trekkie terrified of dying a virgin) with a rich narrative voice that compels sympathy over pity as the inner workings of both Oscar... (read more)

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