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The Sandcastle Girls
The Sandcastle Girls
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385534796
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The Sandcastle Girls
A Novel
Written by Chris Bohjalian


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: July 17, 2012
Price: $25.95

Over the course of his career, New York Times bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian has taken readers on a spectacular array of journeys. Midwives brought us to an isolated Vermont farmhouse on an icy winter’s night and a home birth gone tragically wrong. The Double Bind perfectly conjured the Roaring Twenties on... Read more >
The Sandcastle Girls
The Sandcastle Girls
Written by Chris Bohjalian
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ISBN: 9780385534802
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The Sandcastle Girls
A Novel
Written by Chris Bohjalian


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: July 17, 2012
Price: $11.99

Over the course of his career, New York Times bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian has taken readers on a spectacular array of journeys. Midwives brought us to an isolated Vermont farmhouse on an icy winter’s night and a home birth gone tragically wrong. The Double Bind perfectly conjured the Roaring Twenties on... Read more >
The Sandcastle Girls
The Sandcastle Girls
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307990822
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The Sandcastle Girls
A Novel
Written by Chris Bohjalian


Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: July 17, 2012
Price: $26.00

Over the course of his career, New York Times bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian has taken readers on a spectacular array of journeys. Midwives brought us to an isolated Vermont farmhouse on an icy winter’s night and a home birth gone tragically wrong. The Double Bind perfectly conjured the Roaring Twenties on... Read more >
The Sandcastle Girls
The Sandcastle Girls
Written by Chris Bohjalian, Read by Cassandra Campbell and Alison Fraser
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780307917379
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The Sandcastle Girls
A Novel
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Read by Cassandra Campbell and Alison Fraser


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 17, 2012
Price: $35.00

Over the course of his career, New York Times bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian has taken readers on a spectacular array of journeys. Midwives brought us to an isolated Vermont farmhouse on an icy winter’s night and a home birth gone tragically wrong. The Double Bind perfectly conjured the Roaring Twenties on... Read more >
The Sandcastle Girls
The Sandcastle Girls
Written by Chris Bohjalian, Read by Cassandra Campbell and Alison Fraser
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307917386
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The Sandcastle Girls
A Novel
Written by Chris Bohjalian
Read by Cassandra Campbell and Alison Fraser


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 17, 2012
Price: $20.00

Over the course of his career, New York Times bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian has taken readers on a spectacular array of journeys. Midwives brought us to an isolated Vermont farmhouse on an icy winter’s night and a home birth gone tragically wrong. The Double Bind perfectly conjured the Roaring Twenties on... Read more >
The Red Chamber
The Red Chamber
Written by Pauline A. Chen
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307701572
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The Red Chamber

Written by Pauline A. Chen


Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $26.95

In this lyrical reimagining of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber, set against the breathtaking backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing, the lives of three unforgettable women collide in the inner chambers of the Jia mansion. When orphaned Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to take shelter with her cousins... Read more >
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The Red Chamber
The Red Chamber
Written by Pauline A. Chen
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307958419
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The Red Chamber

Written by Pauline A. Chen


Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $11.99

In this lyrical reimagining of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber, set against the breathtaking backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing, the lives of three unforgettable women collide in the inner chambers of the Jia mansion. When orphaned Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to take shelter with her cousins... Read more >
The Red Chamber
The Red Chamber
Written by Pauline A. Chen, Read by Grayce Wey
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780449008829
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The Red Chamber

Written by Pauline A. Chen
Read by Grayce Wey


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $25.00

In this lyrical reimagining of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber, set against the breathtaking backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing, the lives of three unforgettable women collide in the inner chambers of the Jia mansion. When orphaned Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to take shelter with her cousins... Read more >
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The Book of Khalid
The Book of Khalid
Written by Ameen Rihani, Afterword by Todd Fine, Illustrated by Kahlil Gibran
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781612190877
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The Book of Khalid

Written by Ameen Rihani
Afterword by Todd Fine
Illustrated by Kahlil Gibran


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $15.00

This long-awaited re-publication of the first Arab-American novel—inspiration for Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet—deals with Arab/American relations, religious conflict and the American immigrant experience.

Told with great good humor and worldly compassion, and with illustrations by Kahlil Gibran, The Book of Khalid recounts the adventures of two young men, Khalid and Shakib, who... Read more >
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The Book of Khalid

Written by Ameen Rihani
Afterword by Todd Fine
Illustrated by Kahlil Gibran


Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $15.00

This long-awaited re-publication of the first Arab-American novel—inspiration for Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet—deals with Arab/American relations, religious conflict and the American immigrant experience.

Told with great good humor and worldly compassion, and with illustrations by Kahlil Gibran, The Book of Khalid recounts the adventures of two young men, Khalid and Shakib, who... Read more >
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The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307744418
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The Cat's Table

Written by Michael Ondaatje


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $15.00

In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the “cat’s table”—as far from the Captain’s Table as can be—with a ragtag group of “insignificant” adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indian...

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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Written by Mohammed Hanif
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307958457
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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Written by Mohammed Hanif


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $11.99

From the author of the acclaimed A Case of Exploding Mangoes (“An insanely brilliant, satirical first novel . . . Belongs in a tradition that includes Catch-22—The Washington Post), a subversively, often shockingly funny new novel set in steaming Karachi, about second chances, thwarted ambitions and love in the most unlikely...

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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Written by Mohammed Hanif
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307958310
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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Written by Mohammed Hanif


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2012
Price: $25.95

From the author of the acclaimed A Case of Exploding Mangoes (“An insanely brilliant, satirical first novel . . . Belongs in a tradition that includes Catch-22—The Washington Post), a subversively, often shockingly funny new novel set in steaming Karachi, about second chances, thwarted ambitions and love in the most unlikely...

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Aerogrammes
Aerogrammes
Written by Tania James
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307268914
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Aerogrammes
and Other Stories
Written by Tania James


Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $24.00

From the highly acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns (“Dazzling . . . One of the most exciting debut novels since Zadie Smith’s White Teeth”—San Francisco Chronicle; “An astonishment of a debut”—Junot Díaz), a bravura collection of short stories set in locales as varied as London, Sierra Leone, and the American... Read more >
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Aerogrammes
Aerogrammes
Written by Tania James
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307957474
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Aerogrammes
and Other Stories
Written by Tania James


Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $11.99

From the highly acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns ("Dazzling...One of the most exciting debut novels since Zadie Smith's White Teeth" --San Francisco Chronicle),a bravura collection of short stories set in locales as varied as London, Sierra Leone, and the American Midwest that captures the yearning and dislocation of young men... Read more >
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The Chemistry of Tears
The Chemistry of Tears
Written by Peter Carey
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307592712
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The Chemistry of Tears

Written by Peter Carey


Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $26.00

An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, two stories of love—all are brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our time. 

London 2010: Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the sudden death of her colleague and... Read more >
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The Chemistry of Tears
The Chemistry of Tears
Written by Peter Carey
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307958396
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The Chemistry of Tears

Written by Peter Carey


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $11.99

An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, two stories of love—all are brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our time. 

London 2010: Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the sudden death of her colleague and... Read more >
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THE ANATOLIAN
THE ANATOLIAN
Written by Elia Kazan
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307807304
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THE ANATOLIAN

Written by Elia Kazan


Format: eBook, 436 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2012
Price: $15.99

In his powerful new novel, Elia Kazan takes up the life of the young Greek from Anatolia whose early years he chronicled in his first and highly acclaimed novel, America America, giving us the story of a man caught between two worlds and fighting to make a place for himself within... Read more >
Please Look After Mom
Please Look After Mom
Written by Kyung-Sook Shin
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307739513
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Please Look After Mom

Written by Kyung-Sook Shin


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $14.95

MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE WINNER

When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know...

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The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic
Written by Julie Otsuka
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307744425
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The Buddha in the Attic

Written by Julie Otsuka


Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $13.95

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction
National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book

A gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of When the Emperor Was Divine that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as “picture... Read more >
The O'Briens
The O'Briens
Written by Peter Behrens
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307379931
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The O'Briens

Written by Peter Behrens


Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $25.95

An unforgettable saga of love, loss, and exhilarating change spanning half a century in the lives of a restless family, from the author of the acclaimed novel The Law of Dreams.
 
The O’Briens is a family story unlike any told before, a tale that pours straight from the heart of a splendid...

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The O'Briens
The O'Briens
Written by Peter Behrens
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307907097
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The O'Briens

Written by Peter Behrens


Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $11.99

An unforgettable saga of love, loss, and exhilarating change spanning half a century in the lives of a restless family, from the author of the acclaimed novel The Law of Dreams.
 
The O’Briens is a family story unlike any told before, a tale that pours straight from the heart of a splendid...

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The Healing
The Healing
Written by Jonathan Odell
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385534673
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The Healing

Written by Jonathan Odell


Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $26.00

"Compelling, tragic, comic, tender and mystical... Combines the historical significance of Kathryn Stockett's The Help with the wisdom of Toni Morrison's Beloved." —Minneapolis Star Tribune

Rich in mood and atmosphere, The Healing is a warmhearted novel about the unbreakable bonds between three generations of female healers and their power to restore the body...

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The Healing
The Healing
Written by Jonathan Odell
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385534680
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The Healing

Written by Jonathan Odell


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $11.99

"Compelling, tragic, comic, tender and mystical... Combines the historical significance of Kathryn Stockett's The Help with the wisdom of Toni Morrison's Beloved." —Minneapolis Star Tribune

Rich in mood and atmosphere, The Healing is a warmhearted novel about the unbreakable bonds between three generations of female healers and their power to restore the body...

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The Healing
The Healing
Written by Jonathan Odell, Read by Adenrele Ojo
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307989376
Our Price: $22.50

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The Healing

Written by Jonathan Odell
Read by Adenrele Ojo


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $22.50

The pre-Civil War South comes brilliantly to life in this masterfully written novel about a mysterious and charismatic healer readers won’t soon forget
 
Mississippi plantation mistress Amanda Satterfield loses her daughter to cholera after her husband refuses to treat her for what he considers to be a “slave disease.” Insane with grief...

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