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Zone One: A Novel
by Colson Whitehead
Hardcover: 18 Oct 2011
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| Both spine chilling and playfully cerebral, Zone One brilliantly subverts the genre's conventions and deconstructs the zombie myth for the twenty-first century. |
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Luminous Airplanes: A Novel
by Paul LaFarge
Hardcover: 27 Sep 2011
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| A decade after the publication of Haussmann, or the Distinction, his acclaimed novel about nineteenth-century Paris, Paul La Farge turns his imagination to America at the dawn of the twenty-first century. |
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Travels in Siberia
by Ian Frazier
Hardcover: Oct 2010
Paperback: 27 Sep 2011
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| A dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains |
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
by Simon Garfield
Hardcover: 1 Sep 2011
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| A hugely entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type that asks, What does your favorite font say about you? |
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The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise: A Novel
by Julia Stuart
Hardcover: Aug 2010
Paperback: 23 Aug 2011
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| Brimming with charm and whimsy, this exquisite novel set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightful magic of the contemporary classics Chocolat and Amélie. |
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The Family Fang: A Novel
by Kevin Wilson
Hardcover: 9 Aug 2011
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| Meet The Family Fang, an unforgettable collection of demanding, brilliant, and absolutely endearing oddballs whose lives are risky and mischievous performance art. |
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Killed at the Whim of a Hat: A Jimm Juree Mystery, #1
by Colin Cotterill
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 22 May 2012
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| Set in present day rural Thailand, Cotterill launch of a brand new series which is as sharp and witty, yet more engaging and charming, than ever before. |
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Long Story Short
by Siobhan Parkinson
Hardcover: 21 Jun 2011
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| From Ireland's first laureate for children's literature comes a story of abuse and neglect told with sincerity, heart, and a healthy dose of humor. |
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