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2007 BookBrowse Favorites
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
Hardcover: Apr 2007
Paperback: 14 Apr 2008
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| Changez is at the top of his class at Princeton, and is snapped up by the elite "valuation" firm of Underwood Samson. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his infatuation with elegant, beautiful Erica. But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned, and his budding relationship with Erica eclipsed by the reawakened ghosts of her past. |
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The Ministry of Special Cases: A Novel
by Nathan Englander
Hardcover: Apr 2007
Paperback: 1 Apr 2008
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| In the heart of Argentina’s Dirty War, Kaddish Poznan struggles with a son who won’t accept him; strives for a wife who forever saves him; and spends his nights protecting the good name of a community that denies his existence--and denies a checkered history that only Kaddish holds dear. |
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Bad Luck and Trouble
by Lee Child
Hardcover: May 2007
Paperback: 25 Mar 2008
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| A decade post-military, Reacher has an ATM card and the clothes on his back—no phone, no ties, and no address. But now members of his old team are being killed and when someone targets Jack Reacher's team they’d better be ready for what comes right back at them! |
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The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel
by Stef Penney
Hardcover: Jul 2007
Paperback: 4 Mar 2008
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| A brilliant and breathtaking debut that captivated readers and garnered critical acclaim in the United Kingdom, The Tenderness of Wolves was long-listed for the Orange Prize in fiction and won the Costa Award (formerly Whitbread) Book of the Year. |
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The Book of Air and Shadows: A Novel
by Michael Gruber
Hardcover: Mar 2007
Paperback: 1 Mar 2008
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| An intellectual property lawyer is at the center of a deadly conspiracy and a chase to find a priceless treasure involving William Shakespeare. As he awaits a killer—or killers—unknown, Jake writes an account of the events that led to this deadly endgame, a frantic chase that began with a fire in an antiquarian bookstore. |
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
by Atul Gawande
Hardcover: Apr 2007
Paperback: 1 Feb 2008
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| The New York Times bestselling author of Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession |
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This Human Season
by Louise Dean
Hardcover: Feb 2007
Paperback: 1 Feb 2008
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| An affecting and well-researched depiction of the political and social strife of Northern Ireland in the winter of 1979. |
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Valentines
by Olaf Olafsson
Hardcover: Jan 2007
Paperback: 8 Jan 2008
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| A haunting collection of thematically linked stories that encompasses the twelve months of a year, capturing the most candid moments between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children. |
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