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Book Jacket The Wasted Vigil
by Nadeem Aslam

Paperback (September 2009)
The author of Maps for Lost Lovers gives us a new novel—at once lyrical and blistering—about war in our time, told...
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Book Jacket Graceling
by Kristin Cashore

Paperback (September 2009)
Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight - she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land...
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Book Jacket The Given Day
by Dennis Lehane

Paperback (September 2009)
Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's long-awaited eighth novel...
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Book Jacket The White Mary
by Kira Salak

Paperback (September 2009)
A young woman journeys deep into the untamed jungle, wrestling with love and loss, trauma and healing, faith and...
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Jamie Ford. Jamie Ford discusses his first novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet; where the inspiration came from, and how his own heritage and experiences are reflected in the novel (video and text).
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