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An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England: A Novel
by Brock Clarke
Hardcover: Sep 2007
Paperback: 2 Sep 2008
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| As a teenager, Sam Pulsifer's accidentally torches an American landmark, and killed two people in the blaze. After ten years in prison, he thinks he has put his past behind him - but when the homes of Robert Frost, Edith Wharton, Herman Melville, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and even a replica of Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond, go up in smoke, Sam becomes the number one suspect. |
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Edward Trencom's Nose: A Novel of History, Dark Intrigue, and Cheese
by Giles Milton
Hardcover: Apr 2007
Paperback: 24 Jun 2008
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| On an ordinary day, Edward’s world is turned upside down when he stumbles across a crate of family papers. To his horror, he discovers that nine previous generations of his family have come to sticky ends because of their noses. When he investigates---despite his grandfather’s caveat never to look into the origin of his nose---Edward finds himself caught up in a Byzantine riddle to which there is no obvious answer. And like his ill-fated ancestors, he is hunted down by rival forces whose identity and purpose remain a total mystery. |
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Boomsday: A Novel
by Christopher Buckley
Hardcover: Apr 2007
Paperback: 16 May 2008
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| One of America’s most hilarious novelists and the bestselling author of Thank You For Smoking returns with a biting comedy about generational warfare. |
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The Austere Academy: Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 5
by Lemony Snicket
Hardcover: Aug 2000
Paperback: 1 Apr 2008
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| Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are at first optimistic--attending school is a welcome change for the book-loving trio, and the academy is allegedly safe from the dreaded Count Olaf, who is after their fortune. |
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Skulduggery Pleasant
by Derek Landy
Hardcover: Apr 2007
Paperback: 25 Mar 2008
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| Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: Ace Detective, Snappy Dresser, Razor–tongued Wit, Crackerjack Sorcerer, and, Walking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton! It is up to him and Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old, to save the world..... |
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Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire
by Ruth Downie
Hardcover: Mar 2007
Paperback: 4 Mar 2008
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| Murder in Roman-occupied Britain sets the scene for the most original and compelling novel of the ancient world since I, Claudius. |
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Kockroach: A Novel
by Tyler Knox
Hardcover: Dec 2006
Paperback: 1 Mar 2008
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| It is the mid-1950s; in a fleabag hotel off Times Square Kockroach, perfectly content with life as an insect, awakens to discover that somehow he's become, of all things, a human. As Kockroach, led by his primitive desires and insectile amorality, navigates through the bizarre human realms of crime, business, politics, and sex, he meets with both great triumph and great disaster. |
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel
by Joshua Ferris
Hardcover: Mar 2007
Paperback: 26 Feb 2008
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| The characters in Then We Came To The End cope with a business downturn in the time-honored way: through gossip, secret romance, elaborate pranks, and increasingly frequent coffee breaks. |
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