Kabul Beauty School
: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
by Deborah Rodriguez, Kristin Ohlson
Hardcover: Apr 2007
Paperback: Dec 2007
Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good ...
Kafka on The Shore
by Haruki Murakami
Hardcover: Jan 2005
Paperback: Jan 2006
A tour de force of metaphysical reality, powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy who runs away from home to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy, and an aging simpleton.
The Kalahari Typing School For Men
: More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
Hardcover: Apr 2003
Paperback: Mar 2004
Life is never without its problems. Will Precious Ramotswes delightfully cunning and profoundly moral methods save the day? Find out in this, the fourth volume in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series featuring Botswana's first and only lady ...
Keeper
: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer's
by Andrea Gillies
Hardcover: Aug 2010
Paperback: Oct 2011
Keeper is a fiercely honest "glimpse into the dementia abyss" - an endlessly engrossing meditation on memory and the mind, on family, and on a society that is largely indifferent to the far-reaching ravages of this baffling disease.
Killer Smile
by Lisa Scottoline
Hardcover: May 2004
Paperback: Jul 2005
A stunning new tale filled with witty dialogue, vibrant characters, and breakneck pacing, in which true-life history reinforces Scottoline's hallmark themes of justice and family.
The Killer's Tears
by Anne-Laure Bondoux
Hardcover: Feb 2006
Paperback: May 2007
Angel Allegria arrives at the Poloverdos farmhouse. He kills the farmer and his wife, but he spares their child, Paolo. Together the killer and the boy begin a new life on this remote and rugged stretch of land in Chile.
They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just retire – it's kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller by New York ...
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