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THE FIG EATER.

by Jody Shields

Vienna, 1910 and a young girl's body has been discovered. She was strangled. The Chief Inspector uses the latest scientific techniques in his attempt to catch the killer. While his wife, a woman steeped in the Gypsy lore of her native Hungary, relies on intuition, instinct and superstition.

Killer Cowboy Charm: Editor's Choice (Temptation)

Killer Cowboy Charm: Editor's Choice (Temptation)

by Vicki Lewis Thompson

New York Times bestselling author Vicki Lewis Thompson definitely knows her cowboys. . . TV talk show host Meg Delaney needs a surefire way to boost ratings. Her solution? To introduce her viewers to "The Hottest Cowboy in the West"--once she finds him that is. Luckily, after one trip to the Circle W Ranch, Meg finds her man. . .because they don't come any hotter than rancher Clint Walker! Only, before... (more)

My Best Friend

by Laura Wilson

England, 1944: In a time of unparalleled fear, youngsters everywhere sought sanctuary in M. M. Haldane’s magical books, where no danger was ever great enough to prevent her hero from returning safely home to tea. But when her own son, Gerald, went down to the woods one day, not even a mother could save him from making a discovery so horrifying that it would mark the end of both his sister’s life and his... (more)

The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein

Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver. Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn't... (more)

The Ash Garden

Five-Finger Discount : A Crooked Family History

Five-Finger Discount : A Crooked Family History

by Helene Stapinski

With deadpan humor and obvious affection, Five-Finger Discount recounts the story of an unforgettable New Jersey family of swindlers, bookies, embezzlers, and mobster-wannabes. In the memoir Mary Karr calls “a page-turner,” Helene Stapinski ingeniously weaves the checkered history of her hometown of Jersey City—a place known for its political corruption and industrial blight—with the tales that have swirled around... (more)

The Bean Trees: A Novel

by Barbara Kingsolver

Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with... (more)

The Holy Bible

by Bernhard W. Anderson, Roland Edmund Murphy, Bruce M. Metzger

If you are looking for a Bible that’s easy to use and to give away, this is the Bible for you! The world is hungry for eternal truth. When we spread God’s Word, we’re helping to fulfill the Great Commission. Now you can reach more people with this handy, budget-friendly edition. With no frills or extras that increase the page count or the price, this economy KJV Bible is the ideal choice for a basic... (more)

Prodigal Summer

by Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for her"extravagantly gifted narrative voice" ( New York Times Book Review ), has created with this novel a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern... (more)

The Brief History of the Dead

by Kevin Brockmeier

From Kevin Brockmeier, one of this generation's most inventive young writers, comes a striking new novel about death, life, and the mysterious place in between. The City is inhabited by those who have departed Earth but are still remembered by the living. They will reside in this afterlife until they are completely forgotten. But the City is shrinking, and the residents clearing out. Some of the holdouts, like... (more)

The Dark Half

by Stephen King

Bestselling author Thad Beaumont would like to say he has nothing to do with the evil that has resulted in a series of monstrous murders. But he can't. He created it.

Pigs in Heaven

by Barbara Kingsolver

When a six-year-old child named Turtle is the sole witness to a freak accident, she and her adoptive mother, Taylor, appear on television. After seeing them, Annawake Fourkiller, an attorney for Oklahoma's Cherokee Nation, challenges Taylor's claim to Turtle, sending her fleeing across country on a wild odyssey that winds up in Heaven, Oklahoma, where pigs light the way to love.

The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world. It remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Restored in this Definitive Edition are diary entries that were omitted from the original edition. These passages,... (more)

The Keep

by Jennifer Egan

Award-winning author Jennifer Egan brilliantly conjures a world from which escape is impossible and where the keep –the tower, the last stand –is both everything worth protecting and the very thing that must be surrendered in order to survive. Two cousins, irreversibly damaged by a childhood prank, reunite twenty years later to renovate a medieval castle in Eastern Europe. In an environment of extreme paranoia,... (more)

A Northern Light

by Jennifer Donnelly

Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the... (more)

His Dark Materials: Book 1

The Golden Compass (Northern Lights)

by Philip Pullman

"SUPERB . . . WONDER-FILLED." --The Washington Post Book World It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary particle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust--found... (more)

Haunted : Tales of the Grotesque

by Carol Joyce Oates, Joyce Carol Oates

Revealing another side of the accomplished writer's unlimited imagination, sixteen tales of the grotesque include ""Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly,"" a reworking of The Turn of the Screw, and the chilling ""No Trespassing."" Reprint. NYT.

Haunted

by Chuck Palahniuk

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel made up of stories: Twenty-three of them, to be precise. Twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you’ll ever encounter—sometimes all at once. They are told by people who have answered an ad headlined “Writers’ Retreat: Abandon Your Life for Three Months,” and who are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the... (more)

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THE FIG EATER.

by Jody Shields

Killer Cowboy Charm: Editor's Choice (Temptation)

by Vicki Lewis Thompson

My Best Friend

by Laura Wilson

The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein

The Ash Garden

Five-Finger Discount : A Crooked Family History

by Helene Stapinski

The Bean Trees: A Novel

by Barbara Kingsolver

The Holy Bible

by Bernhard W. Anderson, Roland Edmund Murphy, Bruce M. Metzger

Prodigal Summer

by Barbara Kingsolver

The Brief History of the Dead

by Kevin Brockmeier

The Dark Half

by Stephen King

Pigs in Heaven

by Barbara Kingsolver

The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank

The Keep

by Jennifer Egan

A Northern Light

by Jennifer Donnelly

The Golden Compass (Northern Lights)

by Philip Pullman

Haunted : Tales of the Grotesque

by Carol Joyce Oates, Joyce Carol Oates

Haunted

by Chuck Palahniuk