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When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter "Y2K to March 2004," what will they say was the most crucial development? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating... (more)

Three Junes

by Julia Glass

An astonishing first novel that traces the lives of a Scottish family over a decade as they confront the joys and longings, fulfillments and betrayals of love in all its guises. In June of 1989 Paul McLeod, a newspaper publisher and recent widower, travels to Greece, where he falls for a young American artist and reflects on the complicated truth about his marriage. . ..Six years later, again in June, Paul’s... (more)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray , by Oscar Wilde , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics : New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and... (more)

The Bonesetter's Daughter

by Amy Tan

““As compelling as Tan’s first bestseller, The Joy Luck Club. . . No one writes about mothers and daughters with more empathy than Amy Tan.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer “<An> absorbing tale of the mother-daughter bond . . . this book sing<s> with emotion and insight.” –People Ruth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before she succumbs to... (more)

For One More Day

by Mitch Albom

This is the story of Charley, a child of divorce who is always forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows into a man and starts a family of his own. But one fateful weekend, he leaves his mother to secretly be with his father - and she dies while he is gone. This haunts him for years. It unravels his own young family. It leads him to depression and drunkenness. One night, he decides to take his... (more)

I'm Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers

I'm Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers

by Tim Madigan

Reminiscent of Mitch Albom and his phenomenal bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie : A journalist recalls how an encounter with the icon of kindness led to a wondrous, life-changing friendship. It was 1995 when the Fort Worth Star-Telegram assigned Tim Madigan to write a profile of children’s television icon Fred Rogers. This fortuitous interview sparked a magnificent friendship between the two, one that... (more)

The Samurai's Garden

by Gail Tsukiyama

The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Tsukiyama uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for her unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the... (more)

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

The town of Cold Sassy, Georgia is scandalized on July 5, 1906 when E. Rucker Blakeslee, a widower for three weeks, eloped with Love Simpson, a northerner.

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

by Salman Rushdie

Haroun is the son of Rashid, the greatest of all storytellers who conjures up magical worlds and brings laughter to the city of Alifbay. Then one terrible day, everything goes wrong. Haroun's father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun is determined to return the storyteller's gift to his father.

It Had to Be You

by Timothy James Beck

New Yorker Daniel Stephenson had made a name for himself with his drag persona, Princess 2Di4, when the sudden death of the real Princess Di drained all the pleasure from his performances. Taking the advice (and financial support) of a wealthy aunt, he decides to "toss the tiara and get a life." Unfortunately, Daniel's only degrees are in "extensive show tune knowledge, advanced lip-synch, and how to cover up a... (more)

He's The One

by Timothy James Beck

From Timothy James Beck, the acclaimed author of It Had To Be You, comes his second delightfully witty, thoroughly heartfelt novel as he introduces a Midwestern jock-slash-computer geek who comes to the big city in search of love, career, friendship, and a chance to find out if… He’s The One Something’s gotta give for Adam Wilson. The hunky, sweet Midwestern entrepreneur might have a dream job, but his love... (more)

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The World Is Flat

A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

by Thomas L. Friedman

Three Junes

by Julia Glass

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

The Bonesetter's Daughter

by Amy Tan

For One More Day

by Mitch Albom

I'm Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers

by Tim Madigan

The Samurai's Garden

by Gail Tsukiyama

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

by Salman Rushdie

It Had to Be You

by Timothy James Beck

He's The One

by Timothy James Beck

The Joy Luck Club