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 •  Summer of Suspense:
Get a jump on Summer reading and stock up on these thrilling reads--perfect whether you're planning a trip to the beach or just relaxing in your living room:
  • Beautiful Lies: A mysterious package arrives one morning on Ridley Jones's doorstep, exposing the beautiful lie she used to call her life and setting her on a breathtaking pursuit of the truth.
  • Secret Asset: Liz Carlyle, the quick, passionate intelligence officer of Britain's MI5, returns to defuse a terrorist plot in this high-stakes, high-tension tale of international espionage.
  • The Pesthouse: In a future where the United States has become chaotically unstable, two travelers join forces on their way to the only escape left--a ship leaving for the safer shores of Europe.





After Dark
A Novel
by Haruki Murakami
author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
and Kafka on the Shore

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

About the book:
"Palpable and enthralling.... Bound to linger in the mind."
--The Plain Dealer

Read an excerpt from the book and visit the author's official Web site at www.harukimurakami.com.

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Divisadero
A Novel
by Michael Ondaatje
author of The English Patient

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

About the book:
"Ravishing and intricate.... So unforgettable that it's hard, on finishing, not to turn back to the opening page and start all over."
--Pico Iyer, The New York Review of Books

Read an excerpt from the book and an interview with the author, check out Michael Ondaatje's tour schedule, and print our free Reading Group Guide.

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Practical Wisdom for Parents
Raising Self-Confident Children in the Preschool Years
by Nancy Schulman and Ellen Birnbaum,
Directors of the 92nd Street Y Nursery School

About the book:
"This is the best book about raising preschool children that I have ever read. These two gifted educators know the world of children and parents inside out."
--Michael Thompson, coauthor of Raising Cain

Read an excerpt from the book and an interview with the authors.

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