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Suitcase City

by Sterling Watson

Published: 2015-03-03

Paperback: 320 pages

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"Hypnotically beautiful novel...Paranoia has been defined as 'seeing too much pattern.' Author Watson can make us sweaty victims of that madness, partaking of it, suffering from it, and loving every minute."--Booklist, Starred review"A solid revenge tale...There is plenty of action to be h...

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The Lost Boys Symphony: A Novel

by Mark Ferguson

Published: 2015-03-24

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A STARTLINGLY ORIGINAL, GENRE-BENDING LITERARY DEBUT IN WHICH A LOVESICK COLLEGE STUDENT IS ABDUCTED BY HIS FUTURE SELVES.After Henry's girlfriend Val leaves him and transfers to another school, his grief begins to manifest itself in bizarre and horrifying ways. Cause and effect, once so r...

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The Jaguar's Children

by John Vaillant

Published: 2015-01-27

Hardcover: 288 pages

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From the best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce, this debut novel is a gripping survival story of a young man trapped, perhaps fatally, during a border crossing. Héctor is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have take...

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Driving the King: A Novel

by Ravi Howard

Published: 2015-01-06

Hardcover: 336 pages

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A daring and brilliant novel that explores race and class in 1950s America, witnessed through the experiences of Nat King Cole and his driver, Nat Weary.The war is over, the soldiers are returning, and Nat King Cole is back in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, for a rare performance. Hi...

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Citizens Creek: A Novel

by Lalita Tademy

Published: 2014-11-04

Hardcover: 432 pages

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The New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Cane River brings us the evocative story of a once-enslaved man who buys his freedom after serving as a translator during the American Indian Wars, and his granddaughter, who sustains his legacy of courage.Cow Tom, born into...

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The Buried Giant: A novel

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Published: 2015-03-03

Hardcover: 317 pages

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From the author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day   The Romans have long since departed and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. But, at least, the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased. Axl and Beatrice, a couple of elderly Britons, deci...

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The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China

by David Eimer

Published: 2014-07-15

Hardcover: 336 pages

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In 1949, Mao Zedong announced the birth of the People’s Republic of China, a proclamation to the world that, after centuries of war and social conflict, China had emerged as one nation. Since then, this idea has been propagated by broadcasts of marches and mass demonstrations of unity, d...

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Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite

by Suki Kim

Published: 2014-10-14

Hardcover: 304 pages

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A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign   Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland. ...

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Maria Callas: The Woman behind the Legend

by Arianna Huffington

Published: 2002-10-14

Paperback: 416 pages

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For millions of people, the great soprano Maria Callas (1923-1977) remains the focus of such unparalleled fascination that there is still no higher praise for singers than "…the best since Callas." In this biography, Callas' career is brought brilliantly to life, from her transformation from a chubby,...

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Lucy Gayheart (Vintage Classics)

by Willa Cather

Published: 1995-09-26

Paperback: 208 pages

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"Some people's lives are affected by what happens to their person or their property, but for others fate is what happens to their feelings and their thoughts—that and nothing more." In this haunting 1935 novel, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of My Ántonia and Death Comes for the Ar...