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by Alan Weisman
Published Aug 2008
Read ReviewsIn The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanitys impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.
by Alice Munro
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsA powerful new collection from one of our most beloved, admired, and honored writers.
by Claire Messud
Published Jun 2007
Read ReviewsA dazzling, masterful novel about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their wayand notin New York City.
by John Updike
Published May 2007
Read ReviewsDeserted by his father when he was three, Ahmad turned to Islam at the age of eleven. He feels his faith threatened by the materialistic, hedonistic society he sees around him in New Jersey. Nobody succeeds in diverting the boy from what his religion calls the Straight Path; when he finds employment in a furniture store owned by a family of ...
by Ian McEwan
Published Apr 2006
Read ReviewsAn astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. A brilliant, thrilling page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
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