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The Leftovers The Leftovers: A Novel
by Tom Perrotta
Hardcover: Aug 2011
Paperback: 22 May 2012
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What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down?
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
by Steve Earle
Hardcover: May 2011
Paperback: 22 May 2012
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A brilliant excavation of an obscure piece of music history, Steve Earle's I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is a ballad of regret and redemption, and of the ways in which we remake ourselves and our world through the smallest of miracles.
Vandal Love Vandal Love: A Novel
by Deni Y. Béchard
Paperback: 15 May 2012
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In assured and mystically powerful prose, Deni Y. Béchard tells a wide-ranging, spellbinding story of a family trying to create an identity in an unwelcoming landscape.
The Secrets of Mary Bowser The Secrets of Mary Bowser
by Lois Leveen
Paperback: 15 May 2012
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With the rich detail of Cold Mountain, the strong female bonds of The Help, and the untold history of The Warmth of Other Suns, comes a powerful debut novel about the secrets a woman keeps, and those she will risk everything to tell.
Next to Love Next to Love
by Ellen Feldman
Hardcover: Jul 2011
Paperback: 15 May 2012
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Beautifully crafted and unforgettable, Next to Love depicts the enduring power of love and friendship, and illuminates a transformational moment in American history.
Luminarium Luminarium: A Novel
by Alex Shakar
Hardcover: Aug 2011
Paperback: 8 May 2012
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Do you feel... Your life is without purpose? Your days are without meaning? There's something about existence you're just not getting?
The Art of Fielding The Art of Fielding: A Novel
by Chad Harbach
Hardcover: Sep 2011
Paperback: 1 May 2012
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The Art of Fielding is an expansive, warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits, about family and friendship and love, and about commitment - to oneself and to others.
Last Will Last Will
by Bryn Greenwood
Paperback: 24 Apr 2012
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Last Will is a richly detailed story about finding love in a world that can scarcely offer the real thing.
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And the Mountains Echoed
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Khaled Hosseini has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations
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The remarkable diary of a young girl who survived the Holocaust—appearing in English for the first time.
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A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
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