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In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil--in this case, Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over. And he does this on... (more)

Samarkand (Interlink World Fiction)

by Amin Maalouf

Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alleged crimes. Recognising genuis, the judge decides to spare him and gives him instead a small, blank book, encouraging him to confine his thoughts to it alone. Thus beginds the seamless blend of fact and fiction that is Samarkand. Vividly re-creating the... (more)

Alamut

by Vladimir Bartol

The young and beautiful, gazelle-eyed Halima, and the equally as young and courageous Avani ibn Tahir, arrive at the fortress of Alamut, unaware that they will soon both be playing leading roles in the tragedy steadily unfolding behind the castle walls. For it is here that the Master of Alamut—the Old Man of the Mountain and self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah--has devised a scheme, after years of arduous... (more)

An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. He’s also a washedup child prodigy with ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a passion for anagrams, and an overweight, Judge Judy-obsessed best friend. Colin’s on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying... (more)

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