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  • Point Omega
    Point Omega : A Novel
    by Don DeLillo
    Hardcover: Feb 2010
    Paperback: Dec 2010
     
    Don DeLillo looks into the mind and heart of a "defense intellectual," one of the men involved in the management of the country's war machine.
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  • The Poisonwood Bible
    The Poisonwood Bible
    by Barbara Kingsolver
    Hardcover: Oct 1998
    Paperback: Sep 1999
     
    Set in the Belgian Congo during the 1960s, The Poisonwood Bible takes its place alongside the classic works of post-colonial literature, establishing Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers.
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  • Pomegranate Soup
    Pomegranate Soup
    by Marsha Mehran
    Hardcover: Aug 2005
    Paperback: Sep 2006
     
    Infused with the textures and scents, trials and triumphs of two distinct cultures this is an infectious, richly detailed story, highlighted with delicious recipes - a delectable journey into the heart of Persian cooking and Irish living.
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  • Pompeii
    Pompeii
    by Robert Harris
    Hardcover: Nov 2003
    Paperback: Oct 2004
     
    With his trademark elegance and intelligence Robert Harris recreates a world on the brink of disaster.
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  • Pope Joan
    Pope Joan
    by Donna Woolfolk Cross
    Hardcover: Aug 1996
    Paperback: Aug 1997
     
    A masterwork of suspense and passion that has as its center an unforgettable woman, the 9th Century Pope Joan. An enthralling, scholarly historical novel.
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  • The Portable Veblen
    The Portable Veblen : A Novel
    by Elizabeth McKenzie
    Hardcover: Jan 2016
    Paperback: Nov 2016
     
    An exuberant, one-of-a-kind novel about love and family, war and nature, new money and old values by a brilliant New Yorker contributor
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  • Portrait of an Unknown Woman
    Portrait of an Unknown Woman : A Novel
    by Vanora Bennett
    Hardcover: Apr 2007
    Paperback: Apr 2008
     
    The year is 1527. The great portraitist Hans Holbein, who has fled the reformation in Europe, is making his first trip to England under commission to Sir Thomas More. In the course of six years, Holbein will become a close friend to the More family ...
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  • The Possibilities of Sainthood
    The Possibilities of Sainthood
    by Donna Freitas
    Hardcover: Aug 2008
    Paperback: Aug 2010
     
    Antonia Lucia Labella has two secrets: at fifteen, she’s still waiting for her first kiss, and she wants to be a saint. An official one. Unfortunately, the two events Antonia’s prayed for seem equally unlikely to happen...
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