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The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

Published: 2004-04-27

Paperback: 370 pages

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The New York Times bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country t...

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Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants

by Sunil S. Amrith

Published: 2013-10-07

Hardcover: 368 pages

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The Indian Ocean was global long before the Atlantic, and today the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal--India, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia--are home to one in four people on Earth. Crossing the Bay of Bengal places this region at the heart of world history for t...

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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker: The Unlikely Friendship of Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Todd Lincoln

by Lynda Jones

Published: 2009-01-13

Hardcover: 80 pages

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Few events can stir up a scandal more than an autobiography of a First Lady’s confidante. In 1868, a controversial tell-all called Behind the Scenes introduced readers to Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley. Mrs. Keckley was a former slave who had been Mary Todd Lincoln’s dressmaker and friend dur...

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Mary Lincoln's Dressmaker: Elizabeth Keckley's Remarkable Rise from Slave to White House Confidante

by Becky Rutberg

Published: 1995-10

Hardcover: 166 pages

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In the Company of Liars

by David Ellis

Published: 2005-04-07

Hardcover: 384 pages

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In the Company of Liars is a truly original thriller, strikingly fresh and unpredictable. Told in chronological reverse, from its enigmatic end to its brilliant beginning, the novel is centered on a woman who is on trial for murder-Allison Pagone, a mother caught between competing forces, ...

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Shadow Spell: Book Two of The Cousins Oâ??Dwyer Trilogy

by Nora Roberts

Published: 2014-03-25

Paperback: 352 pages

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a trilogy about the land we’re drawn to, the family we learn to cherish, and the people we long to love…Book Two of The Cousins O’Dwyer TrilogyShadow SpellWith the legends and lore of Ireland running through his blood, falc...

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Dear Lupin: Letters to a Wayward Son

by Roger Mortimer, Charlie Mortimer

Published: 2013-10-01

Hardcover: 208 pages

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"Among the funniest [letters] ever dispatched in the vain hope of steering a black sheep onto something like the straight and narrow." --The Wall Street JournalNostalgic, witty, and original, Dear Lupin by Roger Mortimer and Charlie Mortimer tracks the entire correspondence between a fathe...

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The Blindness of the Heart: A Novel

by Julia Franck

Published: 2011-05-10

Paperback: 416 pages

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An international best seller and winner of the German Book Prize, The Blindness of the Heart is a dark marvel of a novel by one of Europe’s freshest young voices?a family story spanning two world wars and several generations in a German family. In the devastating opening scene, a woman n...

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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, Book 1)

by Richelle Mead

Published: 2007-08-16

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Prepare to be Tested. The story that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. Read it Before it Hits Theaters February 14th, 2014! St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school?it’s a hidden place where vampir...

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Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life

by Jane Pauley

Published: 2014-01-07

Hardcover: 272 pages

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IN 2014, EVERY BABY BOOMER WILL HAVE REACHED THE MILESTONE AGE OF FIFTY. FOR MOST, IT’S NOT AN END BUT THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING NEW.This is the awakening of a generation to the opportunities that lie ahead. Research has shown that people in their fifties are more vital now than they w...