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2005 Favorite Books by Debut Authors
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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
by Jeanne Birdsall
Hardcover: Jun 2005
Paperback: 13 Mar 2007
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| Deliciously nostalgic and quaintly witty, this is a story as breezy and carefree as a summer day. 2005 National Book Award Winner. Ages 8-12. |
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The Last Gentleman Adventurer
by Edward Beauclerk Maurice
Hardcover: Nov 2005
Paperback: 1 Nov 2006
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| As spare, gleaming, and exhilarating as the Arctic wastes and the gentle, stoic Eskimos who had mastery of this realm. His translucent prose is a sparkling and moving record of a bygone way of life. |
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The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
Hardcover: Jun 2005
Paperback: 3 Oct 2006
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| What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed—and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an
adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful—and utterly unforgettable. |
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The Great Stink
by Clare Clark
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 2 Oct 2006
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| With extraordinarily vivid characters and unflinching prose The Great Stink marks the debut of an outstandingly talented writer in the tradition of the best historical novelists. |
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Pomegranate Soup
by Marsha Mehran
Hardcover: Aug 2005
Paperback: 12 Sep 2006
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| Infused with the textures and scents, trials and triumphs of two distinct cultures this is an infectious, richly detailed story, highlighted with delicious recipes - a delectable
journey into the heart of Persian cooking and Irish living. |
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by Diana Evans
Hardcover: Jan 2005
Paperback: 1 Sep 2006
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| A hauntingly beautiful, wickedly funny and devastatingly moving novel of innocence and dreams. |
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Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
by Julie Powell
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 1 Sep 2006
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| With the humor of Bridget Jones and the vitality of Augusten Burroughs, Julie Powell recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and saved her soul! |
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The Tender Bar
by J.R. Moehringer
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 6 Aug 2006
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| In the grand tradition of landmark memoirs - a classic American story of
self-invention and escape, of the fierce love between a single mother and an
only son, it's also a moving portrait of one boy's struggle to become a man, and
an unforgettable depiction of how men remain, at heart, lost boys. |
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