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The Milagro Beanfield War

A Novel

John Nichols Holt Paperbacks

Joe Mondragon, a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble, slammed his battered pickup to a stop, tugged on his gumboots, and marched into the arid patch of...

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The White Bone

A Novel

Barbara Gowdy Picador

A thrilling journey into the minds of African elephants as they struggle to survive. If, as many recent nonfiction bestsellers have revealed, animals...

Giller Prize - Nominee - Fiction

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Headlong

A Novel

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An unlikely con man wagers wife, wealth, and sanity in pursuit of an elusive Old Master. Invited to dinner by the boorish local landowner, Martin Clay, an...

Man Booker Award - Nominee - Novel

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Mississippi Solo

A River Quest

Eddy Harris Holt Paperbacks

Since the publication of his first book, Mississippi Solo, Eddy L. Harris has been praised for his travel writing. In this exciting reissue of his classic...

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Real Boys

Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood

William Pollack; Foreword by Mary Pipher Holt Paperbacks

Featuring a new preface by the author on how parents can make a difference. With author appearances on Good Morning America, The Today Show, 20 /20 and...

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Spies

A Novel

Michael Frayn Picador

The National Bestseller The sudden trace of a disturbing, forgotten aroma compels Stephen Wheatley to return to the site of a dimly remembered but troubling...

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Whitbread Book Award - Winner - Novel This award was renamed the Costa Book Award in 2006

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The Strength of the Sun

A Novel

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"[Chidgey] has written an elegant, connect-the-dots novel, in which each step the characters make toward one another proves emotionally treacherous."--The New...

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Women Who Think Too Much

How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Ph.D. Holt Paperbacks

“Groundbreaking research . . . Women Who Think Too Much tells why overthinking occurs, why it hurts people, and how to stop.” —USA Today ...

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One Foot in Eden

A Novel

Ron Rash Picador

Will Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in southern Appalachia, and he knows that the local thug Holland Winchester has been murdered. The only thing is...

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Mason & Dixon

A Novel

Thomas Pynchon Picador

Charles Mason (1728-1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland...

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What I Loved

A Novel

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What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys...

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The Enchantment of Lily Dahl

A Novel

Siri Hustvedt Picador

The protagonist of Siri Hustvedt's astonishing second novel is a heroine of the old style: tough, beautiful, and brave. Standing at the threshold of adulthood,...

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The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll

The Search for Dare Wright

Jean Nathan Picador

In 1957, a children’s book called The Lonely Doll was published. With its pink-and-white-checked cover and photographs featuring a wide-eyed doll, it...

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The Romantic

A Novel

Barbara Gowdy Picador

When she is nine-years-old, Louise Kirk’s mother disappears, leaving a note that reads only--and incorrectly--"Louise knows how to work the washing...

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The Weight of It

A Story of Two Sisters

Amy Wilensky Holt Paperbacks

A "candid, funny, and altogether un-putdownable" (Glamour) memoir about the bond between two sisters—and the 150 pounds that nearly separated them As...

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What Was She Thinking?

Notes on a Scandal: A Novel

Zoe Heller Picador

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Now the Major Motion Picture Notes on a Scandal Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary life until...

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Man Booker Award - Nominee - Novel

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The Judas Field

A Novel of the Civil War

Howard Bahr Picador

After returning from the Civil War, Cass Wakefield means to live out the rest of his days in his hometown in Mississippi. But when a childhood friend asks him...

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A Great Improvisation

Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

Stacy Schiff Holt Paperbacks

In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career In December...

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Faith in Carlos Gomez

A Memoir of Salsa, Sex, and Salvation

Samantha Dunn Holt Paperbacks

A writer's all-consuming passion for salsa opens the door to an unexpected world in a nonfiction tale with all the sexiness and humor of the best chick...

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Everything Will Be All Right

A Novel

Tessa Hadley Picador

When Joyce Stevenson is thirteen, her family moves to the south of England to live with their aunt Vera. Vera and her sister Lil aren't at all alike. Vera, a...

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