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Rouse up o young men of the new age!
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Kenzaburō Ōe |
"K is a famous writer living in Tokyo with his wife and three children, the oldest of whom was born with a brain anomaly that has left him mentally disabled. A highly cerebral man who often retreats … |
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The Edge of Winter
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Luanne Rice |
Neve Halloran and her daughter have shared a fierce love for the austere beauty of Rhode Island's South County ever since Neve guided Mickey's first baby steps along the sandy shore. Now, with Micke… |
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If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?
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M. E. Kerr |
Alan, a popular senior high school student, faces painful changes after a new student, Duncan "Doomed" Stein, comes to town and starts an influential underground newspaper. |
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Born to rock
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Gordon Korman |
High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a punk rock legend. |
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Mr. Scarborough's Family
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Anthony Trollope |
It will be necessary, for the purpose of my story, that I shall go back more than once from the point at which it begins, so that I may explain with the least amount of awkwardness the things as they… |
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The seventh sacrament
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David Hewson |
In the heat of a Rome summer, a seven-year-old boy vanishes in the dank catacombs beneath the city. Now fourteen years have passed, and in acclaimed author David Hewson's stunning new crime novel the… |
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The long fall
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Walter Mosley |
A brand-new mystery series from one of the country's best-known, best-loved writers: a new character, a new city, a new era. A new Walter Mosley.His name is etched on the door of his Manhattan office… |
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Melonhead
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Katy Kelly |
DANNY'S TALL AND skinny. Even though he's not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy's not ev… |
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Daddy's home!
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Rosanne Parry |
Pictures and rhyming text depict a father coming home at the end of the day and unwinding from work in parallel with the bedtime rituals of his child. |
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Out of reach
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V. M. Jones |
Pressured by his agressively competitive father to play soccer, teenaged Pip McLeod secretly pursues a sport that he truly enjoys--indoor rock climbing. |
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Goblins!
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Royce Buckingham |
Sneaking out into the woods near the Canadian border, Sam and PJ come across what looks like a mutant gorilla with a bad attitude. But its no ape its a goblin, and thousands more of them live under t… |
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The fall of light
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Niall Williams |
Beginning in Ireland in the early years of the 19th century, the four Foley brothers flee across the country with their father and the large telescope he has stolen. Soon forced apart by the violence… |
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Kiriath's quest
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Barry, Rick (Richard C.) |
When King Jekoniah of Xandria is kidnapped by evil Grishnaki, the royal family searches for a way to save him. The desired ransom is impossible, and an outright war on the Grishnaki would end in disa… |
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All shall be well; and all shall be well; and all manner of things shall be well
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Tod Wodicka |
Meet Burt Hecker: a mead-drinking, tunic-wearing medieval re-enactor from upstate New York. He prefers oat gruel to French fries because potatoes were unavailable in Europe before 1200 AD; and, at w… |
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When a father is hard to honor
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Elva McAllaster |
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The Storm
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Frederick Buechner |
The Boston Globe calls Frederick Buechner "one of our finest writers." USA Today says he's "one of our most original storytellers." Now this acclaimed author gives us his most beguiling novel yet--a … |
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Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet
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Jamie Ford |
"Sentimental, heartfelt....the exploration of Henry's changing relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers turning pages...A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a sha… |
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Once a spy
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Keith Thomson |
Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions. Now Alzheimer's disease has taken its toll and he's just a confused old man who's wandered away from home, waiting for his son to fetch him. … |
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Try to tell the story
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David Thomson |
From one of our most celebrated film critics and historians now comes a beautifully written memoir about his first eighteen years, growing up as an only child in south London in the midforties and la… |
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Until I find you
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John Irving |
Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns -- his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents. When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Ali… |
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