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Countdown City

(Available July 16, 2013)
Countdown City
Written by Ben H. Winters
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781594746260
Our Price: $14.95
 Quantity: 1 
Countdown City
The Last Policeman Book II
Written by Ben H. Winters


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2013
Price: $14.95

The Last Policeman received the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original--along with plenty of glowing reviews.  
 
Now Detective Hank Palace returns in Countdown City, the second volume of the Last Policeman trilogy. There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Countdown City
The Last Policeman Book II
Written by Ben H. Winters


Format: eBook
On Sale: July 16, 2013
Price: $14.95

The Last Policeman received the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original--along with plenty of glowing reviews. 
 
Now Detective Hank Palace returns in Countdown City, the second volume of the Last Policeman trilogy. There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Oasis
The Oasis
Written by Mary McCarthy, Introduction by Vivian Gornick
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781612192284
Our Price: $15.00
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The Oasis
A Novel
Written by Mary McCarthy
Introduction by Vivian Gornick


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.00

A vicious and brilliant satire of human vanity from the author of the classic bestseller The Group.

Long out of print, Mary McCarthy's second novel is a bitingly funny satire set in the early years of the Cold War about a group of writers, editors, and intellectuals who retreat to rural New... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Oasis
A Novel
Written by Mary McCarthy
Introduction by Vivian Gornick


Format: eBook
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00

A vicious and brilliant satire of human vanity from the author of the classic bestseller The Group.

Long out of print, Mary McCarthy's second novel is a bitingly funny satire set in the early years of the Cold War about a group of writers, editors, and intellectuals who retreat to rural New... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Last Policeman
The Last Policeman
Written by Ben H. Winters
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781594746741
Our Price: $14.95
 Quantity: 1 
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The Last Policeman
A Novel
Written by Ben H. Winters


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2013
Price: $14.95

Winner of the 2013 Edgar® Award Winner for Best Paperback Original!

What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway?
 
Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact.
 
...

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Man in the Empty Suit
Man in the Empty Suit
Written by Sean Ferrell
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781616951252
Our Price: $24.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Man in the Empty Suit

Written by Sean Ferrell


Format: Hardcover
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $24.95

Say you're a time traveler and you've already toured the entirety of human history. After a while, the outside world might lose a little of its luster. That's why this time traveler celebrates his birthday partying with himself. Every year, he travels to an abandoned hotel in New York City in... Read more >
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The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles
Written by Karen Thompson Walker
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812982947
Our Price: $15.00
 Quantity: 1 
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The Age of Miracles
A Novel
Written by Karen Thompson Walker


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $15.00

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
People ∙ O: The Oprah Magazine ∙ Financial Times ∙ Kansas City Star ∙ BookPage ∙ Kirkus Reviews ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ Booklist
 
With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans...

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Voyage to Kazohinia

Written by Sandor Szathmari
Translated by Inez Kemenes


Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $16.95

A page-turning dystopian classic that stands alongside Brave New World and Gulliver's Travels.

Voyage to Kazohinia is a tour de force of twentieth-century literature--and it is here published in English for the first time outside of Hungary. Sándor Szathmári's comical novel chronicles the travels of a modern Gulliver on the eve of... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Last Policeman
A Novel
Written by Ben H. Winters


Format: eBook
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $14.95

Winner of the 2013 Edgar® Award Winner for Best Paperback Original!

What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway?
 
Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact.
 
...

Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Voyage to Kazohinia
Voyage to Kazohinia
Written by Sandor Szathmari, Translated by Inez Kemenes
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780982578124
Our Price: $16.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Voyage to Kazohinia

Written by Sandor Szathmari
Translated by Inez Kemenes


Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $16.95

A page-turning dystopian classic that stands alongside Brave New World and Gulliver's Travels.

Voyage to Kazohinia is a tour de force of twentieth-century literature--and it is here published in English for the first time outside of Hungary. Sándor Szathmári's comical novel chronicles the travels of a modern Gulliver on the eve of... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles
Written by Karen Thompson Walker
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780812992977
Our Price: $26.00
 Quantity: 1 
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The Age of Miracles
A Novel
Written by Karen Thompson Walker


Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $26.00

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
People ∙ O: The Oprah Magazine ∙ Financial Times ∙ Kansas City Star ∙ BookPage ∙ Kirkus Reviews ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ Booklist


With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative... Read more >
The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles
Written by Karen Thompson Walker
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780679644385
Our Price: $11.99
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The Age of Miracles
A Novel
Written by Karen Thompson Walker


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $11.99

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
People ∙ O: The Oprah Magazine ∙ Financial Times ∙ Kansas City Star ∙ BookPage ∙ Kirkus Reviews ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ Booklist

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

 
“A stunner.”—Justin Cronin
 
“It’s never the disasters you see coming that finally come to... Read more >
The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles
Written by Karen Thompson Walker, Read by Emily Janice Card
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780307970695
Our Price: $35.00
 Quantity: 1 
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The Age of Miracles
A Novel
Written by Karen Thompson Walker
Read by Emily Janice Card


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $35.00

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
People ∙ O: The Oprah Magazine ∙ Financial Times ∙ Kansas City Star ∙ BookPage ∙ Kirkus Reviews ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ Booklist


With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative... Read more >
The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles
Written by Karen Thompson Walker, Read by Emily Janice Card
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307970701
Our Price: $20.00

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The Age of Miracles
A Novel
Written by Karen Thompson Walker
Read by Emily Janice Card


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $20.00

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
People ∙ O: The Oprah Magazine ∙ Financial Times ∙ Kansas City Star ∙ BookPage ∙ Kirkus Reviews ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ Booklist


With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audio CD, eBook, hardcover and a trade paperback.
Ready Player One
Ready Player One
Written by Ernest Cline
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307887443
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Ready Player One
A Novel
Written by Ernest Cline


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Price: $14.00

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans...

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After Dachau

Written by Daniel Quinn


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $14.95

Daniel Quinn, well known for Ishmael – a life-changing book for readers the world over – once again turns the tables and creates an otherworld that is very like our own, yet fascinating beyond words. Imagine that Nazi Germany was the first to develop an atomic bomb and the Allies surrendered... Read more >
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After Dachau
After Dachau
Written by Daniel Quinn
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781581952155
Our Price: $14.95
 Quantity: 1 
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After Dachau

Written by Daniel Quinn


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $14.95

Daniel Quinn, well known for Ishmael – a life-changing book for readers the world over – once again turns the tables and creates an otherworld that is very like our own, yet fascinating beyond words. Imagine that Nazi Germany was the first to develop an atomic bomb and the Allies surrendered... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
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