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Cold Days (Dresden Files)

by Jim Butcher

Published: 2013-09-03

Paperback: 640 pages

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After being murdered and then brought back to life, Harry Dresden soon realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad. Because he is no longer Chicago’s only professional wizard.   He is now Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. Her word is his command. And her first com...

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The Flamethrowers: A Novel

by Rachel Kushner

Published: 2014-01-14

Paperback: 383 pages

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * New York magazine’s #1 Book of the Year * Best Book of 2013 by: The Wall Street Journal; Vogue; O, The Oprah Magazine; Los Angeles Times; The San Francisco Chronicle; The New Yorker; Time;...

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The Flamethrowers: A Novel

by Rachel Kushner

Published: 2014-01-14

Paperback: 383 pages

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * New York magazine’s #1 Book of the Year * Best Book of 2013 by: The Wall Street Journal; Vogue; O, The Oprah Magazine; Los Angeles Times; The San Francisco Chronicle; The New Yorker; Time;...

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Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Karen Russell

Published: 2014-01-14

Paperback: 256 pages

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Named a Best Book of the Year by:The Boston GlobeO, The Oprah MagazineHuffington PostThe A.V. ClubA Washington Post Notable BookAn NPR Great Read of 2013From the author of the novel Swamplandia!—a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—comes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories...

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Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel

by Ishmael Beah

Published: 2014-01-07

Hardcover: 256 pages

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A haunting, beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of A Long Way GoneWhen Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone’s civil war and the fate of child soldiers...

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The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking

by Olivia Laing

Published: 2013-12-31

Hardcover: 352 pages

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WHY IS IT THAT SOME OF THE GREATEST WORKS OF LITERATURE HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY WRITERS IN THE GRIP OF ALCOHOLISM, AN ADDICTION THAT COST THEM PERSONAL HAPPINESS AND CAUSED HARM TO THOSE WHO LOVED THEM?In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing examines the link between creativity and alcohol ...

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A Little History of Literature

by John Sutherland

Published: 2013-11-05

Hardcover: 288 pages

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This 'little history' takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task. He has researched, taught, and written on virtually every area of literatur...

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Black Fridays: A Novel (Jason Stafford)

by Michael Sears

Published: 2013-09-03

Paperback: 432 pages

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One of Booklist's "Year's Best Crime Novels" After two years in federal prison, Jason Stafford is no longer welcome on Wall Street. But due to his financial crime expertise, one firm wants him to quietly look for irregularities in the books of one of their junior traders, whose body ...

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Mortal Bonds (A Jason Stafford Novel)

by Michael Sears

Published: 2013-10-01

Hardcover: 352 pages

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From the author of the extraordinary Edgar-nominated debut novel Black Fridays, a sensational story of murder and financial corruption?and one man’s continued search for redemption. William von Becker ran one of the largest privately held investment banks in North America, until the bott...

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The Gate Thief (Mither Mages)

by Orson Scott Card

Published: 2013-03-19

Hardcover: 384 pages

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In this sequel to The Lost Gate, bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile on Earth in The Gate Thief, a novel of the Mither Mages.Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the ...