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American Dream Machine 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
The World Without You The World Without You: A Novel
by Joshua Henkin
Hardcover: Jun 2012
Paperback: 9 Apr 2013
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From the author of the New York Times Notable Book Matrimony, a moving new novel about love, loss, and the aftermath of a family tragedy.
Blue Asylum 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.
The House at the End of Hope Street The House at the End of Hope Street
by Menna van Praag
Hardcover: 4 Apr 2013
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Filled with a colorful and unforgettable cast of literary figures, The House at the End of Hope Street is a charming, whimsical novel of hope and feminine wisdom.
The Shelter Cycle The Shelter Cycle
by Peter Rock
Hardcover: 2 Apr 2013
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An American original, Peter Rock brings our strangest beliefs to vivid and sympathetic life in this haunting novel inspired by true events.
Life After Life Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
Hardcover: Apr 2013
Paperback: 24 Sep 2013
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What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?
All That Is All That Is
by James Salter
Hardcover: 2 Apr 2013
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An extraordinary literary event, a major new novel by the PEN/Faulkner winner and acclaimed master: a sweeping, seductive, deeply moving story set in the years after World War II.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 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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