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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry : A Novel
by Rachel Joyce
Hardcover: Jul 2012
Paperback: 26 Mar 2013
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A novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we all bury deep within our hearts, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry introduces Rachel Joyce as a wise - and utterly irresistible - storyteller.

The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards
by Kristopher Jansma
Hardcover: 21 Mar 2013
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An inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia : A Novel
by Mohsin Hamid
Hardcover: 5 Mar 2013
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy's quest for wealth and love.

The End of the Point
by Elizabeth Graver
Hardcover: 5 Mar 2013
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A precisely observed, superbly crafted novel, The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver charts the dramatic changes in the lives of three generations of one remarkable family, and the summer place that both shelters and isolates them.

Forgotten Country
by Catherine Chung
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 5 Mar 2013
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Weaving Korean folklore within a modern narrative of immigration and identity, Forgotten Country is a fierce exploration of the inevitability of loss, the conflict between obligation and freedom, and a family struggling to find its way out of silence and back to one another.

The Book of Jonas
by Stephen Dau
Hardcover: Mar 2012
Paperback: 26 Feb 2013
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An exceptional debut novel about a young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and the American soldier to whom his fate, and survival, is bound.

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The remarkable diary of a young girl who survived the Holocaust—appearing in English for the first time.
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