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Dexter in the Dark
Jeff Lindsay


This year, Showtime's hit series "Dexter" — inspired by the Dexter novels by Jeff Lindsay and starring Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) — returns for a second season.

In the third installment, Dexter faces his ultimate adversary...an evil so terrifying it scares away Dexter's inner monster—and nearly dries up his sense of humor—in this wickedly witty, darkly suspenseful novel.



 
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary
for Lovers
Xiaolu Guo


In Xiaolu Guo's touching and innovative debut novel, readers will see Western culture and the nuances of romance from a fresh, curious perspective and will find a heroine unlike any who have appeared in contemporary literary fiction.

Download the Reading Guide Companion.



 
Trespass
Valerie Martin


An ambitious intellectual thriller about a comfortable, cultivated American family forced into sudden proximity with the discomfiting, the lawless, and the wild-particularly the wildness of history.

Download the Reading Guide Companion.


 
Mosaic
Amy Grant


One of America's most popular music artists shares beautiful pieces of an unforgettable human mosaic, revealing pieces of a life in progress.

Read an excerpt from Chapter One, "Every Road."


 
A Complaint Free World
Will Bowen


More than six million people world-wide have taken up Will Bowen's challenge: To go twenty-one consecutive days without complaining, criticizing, or gossiping, and in so doing, forming a new, positive habit.

Read an excerpt from Chapter One, "I Complain Therefore I Am."
 
Playing for Pizza
John Grisham


John Grisham returns with a comic novel about a one-time American football star who moves to Italy to play for the Parma Panthers and finds himself entangled in a series of cultural misadventures.

Visit www.jgrisham.com to read an excerpt and pre-order your copy.



 
The Nine
Jeffrey Toobin


"This is a remarkable, riveting book. So great are Toobin's narrative skills that both the justices and their inner world are brought vividly to life." —Doris Kearns Goodwin

Visit www.jeffreytoobin.com to read an excerpt, browse through his most recent New Yorker articles, and more.



 
The Siege of Mecca
Yaroslav Trofimov


"Carrying out his investigations in one of the world's most closed societies, Trofimov has crafted a compelling historical narrative..." —Publisher's Weekly

Visit www.siegeofmecca.com to view an interactive map, read through declassified government documents, and browse through the photo gallery.



 
The Great Man
Kate Christensen


Janet Maslin of The New York Times calls Christensen's latest, "a mischievous new novel...wise and expansive..."

Visit www.katechristensenbooks.com to view recipes featured in the book, watch Kate on WSJ.com, browse through Kate's previous titles, and download a Reader's Guide.



 
The Dark River
John Twelve Hawks


New York Times bestselling author John Twelve Hawks returns with the second installment of the Fourth Realm Series.

Explore www.johntwelvehawks.com to find original videos created by J12H, a news portal encouraging resistance to the Vast Machine, a complete encyclopedia from the Fourth Realm trilogy, and more.



 
RANT
Chuck Palahniuk


The provocative and mind-bending new novel from Chuck Palahniuk, bestselling author of Fight Club and Haunted.

Visit www.rant-book.com to listen to Graphic Traffic Reports, read Government files of characters, and much, much more!



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