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		· An Award For Kate Christensen's PEN: Congratulations to Kate Christensen for winning the 2008 PEN/Faulkner award! Kate takes home this win for her work on The Great Man, a novel about a recently deceased painter whose wife and mistress reveal devestating secrets to the painter's two biographers. The PEN/Faulkner Award is the largest peer-juried prize for fiction in the United States, and this year's judges considered nearly 350 novels and short story collections in choosing The Great Man as their winner. Read an excerpt. · Short Stories With a Twist: The 2008 O. Henry Awards have been announced, and The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is the only place to read all of the winning stories! This year's jury featured Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Leavitt, and David Means, and the award winners include Ha Jin, Alice Munro, and Mary Gaitskill. Check out the full list of award winners at the official O. Henry Awards Web site, and read editor Laura Furman's introduction.

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	*Legacy of Ashes* The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner NATIONAL BESTSELLER National Book Award Winner National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist With a New Afterword ABOUT THE BOOK: "Must reading for anyone interested in the CIA or American intelligence since World War II." --The Washington Post Read an excerpt, check out Tim Weiner's tour schedule, and visit the book's official Web site to lean more! Buy the book.

	*Rant* The Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk NATIONAL BESTSELLER ABOUT THE BOOK: "One of the most feverish imaginations in American letters . . . . More than your weekly prescribed dose of humor and humanity, cleverness and outrage." --The Washington Post Read an excerpt from the book. Visit the author's official Web site to find interviews and community message boards. Buy the book.

	*The Great Man* A Novel by Kate Christensen 2008 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD WINNER ABOUT THE BOOK: "Mischievous . . . funny, astute. . . . As unexpectedly generous as it is entertaining. . . . Christensen is a witty observer of the art universe." --The New York Times Read an excerpt from the book, read an interview with the author, and visit the book's official Web site to lean more!. Buy the book.

Also in Stores: Everything Conceivable by Liza Mundy The Long March by Sun Shuyun The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 Edited by Laura Furman The Rope Walk by Carrie Brown The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra