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The Headmaster's Wager: A Novel
by Vincent Lam
Hardcover: Aug 2012
Paperback: 14 May 2013
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| A superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting debut novel about one man's loyalty to his country, his family and his heritage |
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir
by Anna Quindlen
Hardcover: Apr 2012
Paperback: 23 Apr 2013
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| In this irresistible memoir, the #1 New York Times bestselling author writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead - and celebrating it all - as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more. |
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The Coldest Night: A Novel of Love and War
by Robert Olmstead
Hardcover: Apr 2012
Paperback: 16 Apr 2013
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| Olmstead reveals an unspoken truth about combat: That for many men, the experience of war is the most enlivening, electric, and extraordinary experience of their lives. |
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The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer
Hardcover: 9 Apr 2013
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| The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a life. |
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American Dream Machine
by Matthew Specktor
Hardcover: 9 Apr 2013
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| American Dream Machine is the story of two talent agents and their three troubled boys, heirs to Hollywood royalty. It's a sweeping narrative about fathers and sons, the movie business, and the sundry sea changes that have shaped Hollywood and, by extension, American life |
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Blue Asylum: A Novel
by Kathy Hepinstall
Hardcover: Apr 2012
Paperback: 9 Apr 2013
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| In the midst of the American Civil War, a southern plantation owner's wife is arrested by her husband and declared insane for interfering with his slaves. She is sent to an island mental asylum to come to terms with her wrongdoing, but instead finds love and escape with a war-haunted Confederate soldier. |
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel
by Maria Semple
Hardcover: Dec 2012
Paperback: 2 Apr 2013
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| A compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world. |
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The Light Between Oceans: A Novel
by Margot L. Stedman
Hardcover: Jul 2012
Paperback: 2 Apr 2013
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| A captivating, beautiful, and stunningly accomplished debut novel that opens in 1918 Australia - the story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who make one devastating choice that forever changes two worlds. |
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