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The Dream of Scipio
by Iain Pears
Hardcover: Jun 2002
Paperback: 1 Jun 2003
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Three narratives, set in the fifth, fourteenth, and twentieth centuries, all revolving around an ancient text and each with a love story at its center, are the elements of this ingenious novel, a follow-up to the bestselling, An Instance Of The Fingerpost.

Seraglio
by Janet Wallach
Hardcover: 1 Jan 2003
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Transporting readers to the menacing yet majestic world of eighteenth-century Turkey, biographer and Middle East expert Janet Wallach brilliantly re-imagines the life of Aimee Dubucq, cousin of Empress Josephine and concubine to the Sultan.

Flights of Love : Stories
by Bernhard Schlink
Hardcover: Oct 2001
Paperback: 1 Nov 2002
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A collection of stories that weave themselves around the idea of love---love to seek and love to flee; love as desire, as guilt, as confusion or self-betrayal; love as habit, as affair, and as life-changing rebellion.

Sophie and The Rising Sun
by Augusta Trobaugh
Hardcover: Nov 2001
Paperback: 1 Sep 2002
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A radiant novel that gets the rhythms and cadences of small-town life exactly right. An unforgettable story of a time when the world lost its innocence--and of a town that finds its redemption in an extraordinary love.

The Ice Child
by Elizabeth McGregor
Hardcover: May 2001
Paperback: 1 Sep 2002
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Takes readers on an epic journey into the heart of the Arctic--and into one of history's most fascinating mysteries--to tell a breathtaking story of faith, courage, and a mother's indomitable love.

Swift As Desire
by Laura Esquivel
Hardcover: Sep 2001
Paperback: 1 Aug 2002
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An enchanting, bittersweet story, touched with graphic earthiness and wit; Esquivel shows us how keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness, and how communication is the key to love.

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Americanah
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Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today's globalized world.
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The story of an American family, middle class in middle America, ordinary in every way but one. But that exception is the beating heart of this extraordinary novel.
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