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Bring Up the Bodies
Bring Up the Bodies
By Mantel, Hilary
2012-05 - Henry Holt & Company
9780805090031 Check Our Catalog

The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and "New York Times"-bestseller "Wolf Hall" delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn. …More

In One Person
In One Person
By Irving, John
2012-05 - Simon & Schuster
9781451664126 Check Our Catalog

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His most political novel since "The Cider House Rules" and "A Prayer for Owen Meany" Irving's new novel is an unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself "worthwhile." …More

Home
Home
By Morrison, Toni
2012-05 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307594167 Check Our Catalog

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An angry and self-loathing veteran of the Korean War, Frank Money finds himself back in racist America after enduring trauma on the front lines that left him with more than just physical scars. A deeply moving novel about an apparently defeated man finding his manhood--and his home. …More

Calico Joe
Calico Joe
By Grisham, John
2012-04 - Doubleday Books
9780385536073 Check Our Catalog

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Joe Castle, from Calico Rock, Arkansas, took the baseball world by storm in 1973. He homered in his first three major league at bats for the Chicago Cubs. Two months later, he was still hitting more than .500. Then, in his next at bat after homering off Warren Tracey, a surly journeyman pitcher, Tracey drilled a fastball at Joe's head. The damage was severe. Joe's right eye socket was destroyed, and he never played again, retreating back to Calico Rock, far from the public eye. Tracey soon retired from the Mets and drifted into booze and a succession of ex-wives. Thirty years later, Tracey's estranged son, Paul, on learning of his father's impending death from cancer, tries to bring Warren Tracey and Joe Castle together. …More

Sacre Bleu: A Comedy D'Art
Sacre Bleu: A Comedy D'Art
By Moore, Christopher
2012-04 - William Morrow & Company
9780061779749 Check Our Catalog

Moore drops his readers into the strange world of nineteenth-century France, where the line between past and present, real and surreal, shifts with a mere brushstroke. …More

Deadlocked
Deadlocked
By Harris, Charlaine
2012-05 - Ace Books
9781937007447 Check Our Catalog

With Felipe de Castro, the Vampire King of Louisiana, in town, it's the worst possible time for a body to show up in Eric Northman's front yardNespecially the body of a woman whose blood he just drank. …More

The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife
By McLain, Paula
2011-02 - Ballantine Books
9780345521309 Check Our Catalog

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A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal, "The Paris Wife" captures a remarkable period of time and a love affair between two unforgettable people: Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. …More

The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
By McCall Smith, Alexander
2012-04 - Pantheon Books
9780307378408 Check Our Catalog

The new installment in the perpetually delightful and bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Precious Ramotswe is back and, as usual, her plate is full! She's called in to tackle a mysterious disciplinary problem at her adopted daughter's school...Her infinitely trustworthy assistant, Grace Makutsi, is having trouble adjusting to wedded bliss, a problem to test even the formidable talents of Mma Ramotswe...And the estimable Clovis Andersen, author of The Principles of Private Investigation--the No. 1 Ladies' prized manual‾has arrived, right there, in Botswana, on a case of his own. Bush tea anyone?
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The Beginner's Goodbye
The Beginner's Goodbye
By Tyler, Anne
2012-04 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307957276 Check Our Catalog

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Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances--in their house, on the roadway, in the market. …More

The Innocent
The Innocent
By Baldacci, David
2012-04 - Grand Central Publishing
9780446572996 Check Our Catalog

America has enemies--ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't always stop. That's when they call on freelance hitman Will Robie. Only now, Robie may have made the first mistake of his career by stepping in to rescue a wayward teenage girl. …More

11th Hour
11th Hour
By Patterson, James
Author Paetro, Maxine
2012-05 - Little Brown and Company
9780316097499 Check Our Catalog

When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, Lindsay Boxer discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the death of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker. …More

The Wind Through the Keyhole
The Wind Through the Keyhole
By King, Stephen
2012-04 - Scribner Book Company
9781451658903 Check Our Catalog

In "The Wind Through the Keyhole," Stephen King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga that stands as his most beguiling achievement. …More

The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending
By Barnes, Julian
2011-10 - Alfred A. Knopf
9780307957122 Check Our Catalog

2011 Man Booker Prize Winner

By an acclaimed writer at the height of his powers, "The Sense of an Ending" extends a streak of extraordinary books that began with "Arthur & George" and continued with "Nothing to Be Frightened Of" and, most recently, "Pulse." …More

The Shoemaker's Wife
The Shoemaker's Wife
By Trigiani, Adriana
2012-04 - Harper
9780061257094 Check Our Catalog

This riveting historical epic of love and family, war and loss, risk and destiny is the novel Adriana Trigiani was born to write, one inspired by her own family history and the love of tradition that has propelled her body of bestselling novels to international acclaim. …More

A Dance with Dragons
A Dance with Dragons
By Martin, George R. R.
2011-07 - Bantam Books
9780553801477 Check Our Catalog

Dubbed "the American Tolkien" by "TIME" magazine, Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his landmark series--as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire. …More

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