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A Story Like the Wind

by Laurens van der Post

Published: 1978-11-08

Paperback: 384 pages

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Van der Post’s incomparable knowledge of Africa illuminates this epic novel, set near the Kalahari Desert, about a boy on the verge of manhood, his experiences with the wonder and mystery of a still-primitive land, and his secret friendship with the Bushman whose life he saves. The narra...

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Astonish Me (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Maggie Shipstead

Published: 2015-01-06

Paperback: 272 pages

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For years Joan has been trying to forget her past, to find peace and satisfaction in her role as wife and mother. Few in her drowsy California suburb know her thrilling history: as a young American ballerina in Paris, she fell into a doomed, passionate romance with Soviet dance superstar A...

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The Shock of the Fall: A Novel

by Nathan Filer

Published: 2015-01-06

Paperback: 336 pages

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***This book has also been published as Where the Moon Isn't.***Winner of the 2013 Costa First Novel Award "A stunning novel. Ambitious and exquisitely realized . . . clearly the work of a major new talent." ?S. J. Watson, New York Times bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep While on ...

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Deeply Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel

by Dean Koontz

Published: 2014-05-27

Paperback: 464 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe pistol appeared in his hand the way a dove appears in the hand of a good magician, as if it materialized out of thin air. “You think I won’t do it right here in the open. But you’d be surprised. . . . You’ll drop before you get the breath to scream.”�...

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* * * * Adventurous,
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The Nature of the Beast: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

by Louise Penny

Published: 2015-08-25

Hardcover: 384 pages

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The Nature of the Beast is a New York Times bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache novel from Louise Penny.Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Thr...

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Falling in Love: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)

by Donna Leon

Published: 2015-04-07

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Donna Leon’s Death at La Fenice, the first novel in her beloved Commissario Guido Brunetti series, introduced readers to the glamorous and cutthroat world of opera and one of Italy’s finest living sopranos, Flavia Petrelli?then a suspect in the poisoning of a renowned German conductor....

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By its Cover: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

by Donna Leon

Published: 2014-04-01

Hardcover: 237 pages

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Donna Leon’s critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has attracted readers the world over with the beauty of its setting, the humanity of its characters, and its fearlessness in exploring politics, morality, and contemporary Italian culture. In...

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Nothing Holds Back the Night: A Novel

by Delphine de Vigan

Published: 2014-03-25

Paperback: 352 pages

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Only a teenager when Delphine was born, Lucile raised two daughters largely alone. She was a former child model from a Bohemian family, younger and more glamorous than the other mothers: always in lipstick, wayward and wonderful. But as Delphine grew up, Lucile’s occasional sadness gave ...

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Fatally Flaky (Goldy Schulz)

by Diane Mott Davidson

Published: 2009-03-31

Kindle Edition: 431 pages

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“A series that remains as reliable and satisfying as a favorite casserole recipe.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz encounters Bridezilla—and murder—in Fatally Flaky, another delectable mystery by Diane Mott Davidson. The USA Today and New York Times bestsell...

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Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

by Wesley Hill

Published: 2010-09-27

Paperback: 160 pages

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"Gay," "Christian," and “celibate” don't often appear in the same sentence. Yet many who sit next to us in the pew at church fit that description, says author Wesley Hill. As a celibate gay Christian, Hill gives us a glimpse of what it looks like to wrestle firsthand with God's "No" to...