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A Guide to the Birds of East Africa: A Novel
by Nicholas Drayson
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: 10 Sep 2009
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| A beguiling novel that does for contemporary Kenya and its 1,000 species of birds what Alexander McCall Smith’s Ladies Detective series does for Botswana |
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E Lockhart
Hardcover: Mar 2008
Paperback: 25 Aug 2009
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| Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16: No longer the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer and possibly a criminal mastermind. This is the story of how she got that way. |
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Curse of the Pogo Stick
by Colin Cotterill
Hardcover: Jul 2008
Paperback: 1 Aug 2009
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| In the engaging fifth entry in Cotterill's unusual crime series set in 1970s Laos, A Pogo Stick Brings a Curse Down upon a Hmong Village. |
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Play Dead
by David Rosenfelt
Hardcover: May 2007
Paperback: 1 Aug 2009
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| Attorney Andy Carpenter loves dogs, especially his own beloved Tara. When Andy discovers that this gentle dog is a key witness to a murder, it will take all the tricks he knows to convince a jury to take canine testimony seriously. |
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Firmin
by Sam Savage
Paperback: 1 Jan 2009
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| Firmin is a rat born in a book (a shredded copy of Finneggans Wake), who finds the books he consumes also consume his soul. He becomes a vagabond and philosopher, struggling with mortality and meaning. |
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A Fraction of the Whole
by Steve Toltz
Hardcover: Feb 2008
Paperback: 14 Oct 2008
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| A Fraction of the Whole is an uproarious indictment of the modern world and its mores - a rollicking rollercoaster ride from obscurity to infamy, and the moving, memorable story of a father and son whose spiritual symmetry transcends all their many shortcomings. |
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The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
by Alan Bennett
Hardcover: Sep 2007
Paperback: 30 Sep 2008
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| A deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading. When the Queen in pursuit of her wandering corgis stumbles upon a mobile library she feels duty bound to borrow a book. Aided by Norman, a young man from the palace kitchen who frequents the library, the Queen is transformed as she discovers the liberating pleasures of the written word. |
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In Pursuit of the Common Good: Twenty-Five Years of Repairing the World, One Bottle of Salad Dressing at a Time
by A. E. Hotchner, Paul Newman
Hardcover: Nov 2003
Paperback: 16 Sep 2008
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| With rare glimpses into their zany style and their compassion for those less fortunate, Newman and Hotchner (founders of Newman's Own all-natural foods) have written the perfect non-management book, at once playful, informative, and inspirational. |
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