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The Nanny Diaries
: A Novel
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Nicola Kraus
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Emma McLaughlin
Hardcover: Feb 2002
Paperback: 1 Mar 2003
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Deftly skewers the manner in which America's over-privileged raise les petites over-privileged--as if grooming them for a Best in Show competition. Written by two former nannies, this alternately comic and poignant satire punctures the glamour of Manhattan's upper class. |
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Lamb
: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Christopher Moore
Hardcover: Feb 2002
Paperback: 1 Feb 2003
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The early life of the Son of God, including the missing years as told by his childhood friend Biff. "An instant classic...terrific, funny and poignant". |
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The Eyre Affair
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Jasper Fforde
Hardcover: Jan 2002
Paperback: 1 Feb 2003
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Suspenseful and outlandish, absorbing and fun - a novel unlike any other and an introduction to the imagination of a most distinctive writer and his singular fictional universe. |
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The Carnivorous Carnival
: Book the Ninth (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
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Lemony Snicket
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Brett Helquist
Hardcover: Oct 2002
Paperback: 1 Jan 2003
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In the continuing, appalling tales of the Baudelaire siblings, the children
are on the run having been falsely accused of murder, so they hide in the
carnival, as part of Madame Lulu's House of Freaks. Ages 9+ |
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Fury
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Salman Rushdie
Hardcover: Sep 2001
Paperback: 1 Aug 2002
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Fury is a work of explosive energy, at once a pitiless and pitch-black comedy, a profoundly disturbing inquiry into the darkest side of human nature, and a love story of mesmerizing force. |
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Spectacular Happiness
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Peter D.
Kramer
Hardcover: Jul 2001
Paperback: 1 Jun 2002
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Darkly intelligent, provocative, compelling and stunning in its execution. This is the masterful first novel that Kramer's nonfiction has led his readers and reviewers to expect. |
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