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First published to critical acclaim by Houghton Mifflin, Tim O’Brien’s celebrated classic In the Lake of the Woods now returns to the house in a gorgeous new Mariner paperback edition. This riveting novel of love and mystery from the author of The Things They Carried examines the lasting... (learn more about this book)
A wildly funny, brilliantly inventive novel about a man torn between two obsessions: the desperate need to win back his former wife and a craving to test his erotic charms on every woman he meets. He is 6'6" tall, a cross between Ichabod Crane and Abe Lincoln. He is a professor of linguistics,... (learn more about this book)
As he did with In the Lake of the Woods , National Book Award winner Tim O'Brien strikes at the emotional nerve center of our lives with this ambitious, compassionate, and terrifically compelling new novel that tells the remarkable story of the generation molded and defined by the 1960s. At... (learn more about this book)
COURAGE WEARS MANY FACES The Civil War may be over, but for twelve-year-old Will Page, the pain and bitterness haven't ended. How could they have, when the Yankees were responsible for the deaths of everyone in his entire immediate family? And now Will has to leave his comfortable home in... (learn more about this book)
At the age of 49, after a lifetime of insomnia and midnight peril, William Cowling believes the hour has come for him to sieze control. So, he begins to dig a hole in his backyard--a shelter against impending doom--much to the chagrin of his family. Ultimately, he finds he must make a choice:... (learn more about this book)
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters dogs that are in need of a permanant home. Baxter is a Portuguese water dog whose owner has just lost her job. Lizzie offers to foster the puppy, until they can find the perfect forever home. But Baxter can't be left alone for more... (learn more about this book)
Nine acclaimed novelists teamed up to answer the question: can golf save the world? When three down-on-their-luck golfers are invited by the richest man in the world to play in a golf tournament on a mysterious Scottish course, none can refuse. What they dont realize is that the fate of the... (learn more about this book)
Seek life. Chache Lavi. That's what Paulie's uncle says they must do. But to seek life, Paulie and her family have to leave Haiti-the only home that Paulie has ever known. Since forever, Paulie has run in and out of the little houses nestled under the palms, smelling cocoa-bread and playing on... (learn more about this book)
Playing solitaire is about the only thing from before "the incident" that Ellie will allow to be a part of her new life. Of course, her memories aren't all bad. There are the good times she had shared with Mama, before the illness took her away. But always, always, creeping in when Ellie least... (learn more about this book)
Featuring twenty short stories selected by Alan Davis and Michael White, this collection represents the best of unpublished new fiction. Tim O'Brien, nationally acclaimed author, picked the four prize-winning stories, and wrote the introduction.
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