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2005 Favorite Books by Debut Authors
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The Traveler: The First Novel of the Fourth Realm Trilogy
by John Twelve Hawks
Hardcover: Jun 2005
Paperback: 18 Jul 2006
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| The Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own. A world that exists in the shadows of our own. A conflict we will never see. One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom. |
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Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
by Xue Xinran
Hardcover: Jul 2005
Paperback: 11 Jul 2006
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| An extraordinary portrait of a woman and the land of Tibet, each at the mercy of fate and politics. It is an unforgettable, ultimately uplifting tale of love loss, loyalty, and survival. |
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Rules for Old Men Waiting
by Peter R. Pouncey
Hardcover: Apr 2005
Paperback: 8 Jun 2006
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| A brief, lyrical novel with a powerful emotional charge about three wars of the twentieth century and an ever-deepening marriage. |
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The Cry of The Icemark
by Stuart Hill
Hardcover: Mar 2005
Paperback: 1 Jun 2006
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| The Icemark is a kingdom in grave danger. Its king has been killed in battle. Its enemy lies in wait. And its fate rests on the shoulders of one girl. |
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Maybe A Miracle
by Brian Strause
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 30 May 2006
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| By turns humorous and heartbreaking, personal and sweeping, familiar and extraordinary, Brian Strause's first novel takes readers on an unforgettable emotional journey into America's heartland. |
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The Poet of Tolstoy Park
by Sonny Brewer
Hardcover: Mar 2005
Paperback: 28 Mar 2006
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| A moving and irresistible book based on the true story of Henry Stuart who, given less than a year to live, moved to Alabama, discarded his boots and built a round hut that he lived in for the next twenty years. |
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The Ha-Ha
by Dave King
Hardcover: Jan 2005
Paperback: 1 Mar 2006
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| A deeply moving and unforgettable first novel about the cost of war and the infinite worth of human connection. |
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Wolf Brother: The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Book 1
by Michelle Paver
Hardcover: Feb 2005
Paperback: 25 Feb 2006
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| Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and
his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through
deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined. Ages
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