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2005 Favorites by Established Authors
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The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 13 Feb 2007
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| 'An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief.' |
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
by Richard (Rick) Yancey
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 1 Jan 2007
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| With an ancient order of knights in hot cars, thugs on motorcycles, and a mysterious international organization following his every lumbering step, Alfred undertakes a modern-day quest to unravel a thousand-year-old mystery and return
Excalibur to its rightful place. Ages 12+. |
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The City of Falling Angels
by John Berendt
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 1 Oct 2006
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| The author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil returns after
more than a decade to give us an intimate look at the "magic, mystery, and
decadence" of the city of Venice and its inhabitants. |
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Saving Fish From Drowning
by Amy Tan
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 26 Sep 2006
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| A provocative novel from the bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter's Daughter. |
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Half Broken Things
by Morag Joss
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 25 Jul 2006
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| A stunning, thought-provoking crime novel of chilling moral complexity. A gripping, haunting exploration of love and our need for it, of the damage done when we go long without it, and the deeds we might be driven to in its name. |
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The Hungry Tide: A Novel
by Amitav Ghosh
Hardcover: May 2005
Paperback: 7 Jun 2006
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| A prophetic novel of remarkable insight, beauty, and humanity set in the Sundarbans, an immense labyrinth of tiny islands on the easternmost coast of India. |
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Maps For Lost Lovers
by Nadeem Aslam
Hardcover: May 2005
Paperback: 9 May 2006
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| Beautifully written, emotionally and sensually arresting—"a Persian love poem for the twenty-first century" —this deeply felt and moving novel explores the heart of a family at the crossroads of culture, nationality, religion, and the most personal crises of faith. |
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A Slight Trick of The Mind
by Mitch Cullin
Hardcover: Apr 2005
Paperback: 9 May 2006
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| This subtle and wise work is more than a re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes but a profound meditation on faultiness of memory and how, as we grow older, the way we see the world is inevitably altered. |
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