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  • Sacred Games
    Sacred Games : A Novel
    by Vikram Chandra
    Hardcover: Jan 2007
    Paperback: Jan 2008
     
    Vikram Chandra's novel draws the reader deep into the life of Inspector Sartaj Singh—and into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India. It is is a story of friendship and betrayal, of terrible violence, of ...
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  • Sadness Is a White Bird
    Sadness Is a White Bird
    by Moriel Rothman-Zecher
    Hardcover: Feb 2018
    Paperback: Feb 2019
     
    In this lyrical and searing debut novel written by a rising literary star and MacDowell Fellow, a young man is preparing to serve in the Israeli army while also trying to reconcile his close relationship to two Palestinian siblings with his deeply ...
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  • The Saffron Kitchen
    The Saffron Kitchen
    by Yasmin Crowther
    Hardcover: Dec 2006
    Paperback: Aug 2007
     
    A passionate and timely debut about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, from the streets of Iran to the suburbs of London
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  • Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
    Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea : Why the Greeks Matter
    by Thomas Cahill
    Hardcover: Oct 2003
    Paperback: Jul 2004
     
    In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece.
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  • Saint X
    Saint X
    by Alexis Schaitkin
    Hardcover: Feb 2020
    Paperback: May 2021
     
    Hailed as a "marvel of a book" and "brilliant and unflinching," Alexis Schaitkin's stunning debut, Saint X, is a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another.
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  • The Saints and Sinners of Okay County
    The Saints and Sinners of Okay County
    by Dayna Dunbar
    Hardcover: Jan 2004
    Paperback: Jun 2005
     
    A funny and poignant first novel about a woman struggling to liberate herself in small-town America.
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  • Salem Falls
    Salem Falls
    by Jodi Picoult
    Hardcover: Apr 2001
    Paperback: Jul 2002
     
    Jack buries his past, content to become the mysterious stranger who has appeared out of the blue. Addie, desperate for answers, must look into her heart -- and into Jack's lies and shadowy secrets -- for evidence that will condemn or redeem the man ...
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  • Salt Houses
    Salt Houses
    by Hala Alyan
    Hardcover: May 2017
    Paperback: Jun 2018
     
    From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past, between displacement and home.
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