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The Sunday Philosophy Club The Sunday Philosophy Club
by Alexander McCall Smith
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 12 Jul 2005
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Filled with thorny characters and a Scottish atmosphere as thick as a highland mist, The Sunday Philosophy Club is irresistible, and Isabel Dalhousie is the most delightful literary sleuth since Precious Ramotswe.
The Professor and the Madman The Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
Hardcover: Jan 1998
Paperback: 5 Jul 2005
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With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tortured mind and his contribution to another man's magnificent dictionary.
The Rule of Four The Rule of Four
by Ian Caldwell , Dustin Thomason
Hardcover: May 2004
Paperback: 28 Jun 2005
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An ivy league murder, a mysterious coded manuscript and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide memorably in this debut novel, that weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimaginable treachery.
Inkheart Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
Hardcover: Oct 2003
Paperback: 1 Jun 2005
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Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing, action-packed fantasy by the author of The Thief Lord.
The Jane Austen Book Club The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler
Hardcover: Apr 2004
Paperback: 1 May 2005
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Dedicated Austenites will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through the novel, but most readers will simply enjoy the vision and voice that, despite two centuries of separation, unite two great writers of brilliant social comedy.
The Bookseller of Kabul The Bookseller of Kabul
by Asne Seierstad
Hardcover: Oct 2003
Paperback: 26 Oct 2004
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'An admirable, revealing portrait of daily life in a country that Washington claims to have liberated but does not begin to understand. Seierstad writes of individuals but her message is larger' -- Washington Post Book World.
The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo
by Paula Huntley
Hardcover: Jan 2003
Paperback: 1 Feb 2004
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"Gripping, heartbreaking reading...The interweaving of Hemingway's story, the students' narratives of terror and Huntley's own tales of discovery make for a book that is stirring and nearly impossible to put down."
Lost In A Good Book Lost In A Good Book : A Thursday Next Novel
by Jasper Fforde
Hardcover: Apr 2003
Paperback: 1 Feb 2004
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The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with the second installment in what is sure to become a classic series of literary fantasy.
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