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Krik_ Krak! - Edwidge Danticat
From Publishers WeeklyDanticat's collection of stories detailing daily life under dictatorship in Haiti was a finalist for the National Book Award. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Inf... -
Junk - Melvin Burgess; Julia Eccleshar
From WikipediaJunk (released as Smack in America) is a 1996 Carnegie Medal- and Guardian Award-winning novel by Melvin Burgess. The book is about the experiences of a group of teen... -
Johannes Brahms - Jan Swafford
An illuminating new biography of one of the most beloved of all composers, published on the hundredth anniversary of his death, brilliantly written by a finalist for the 1996 Natio... -
Illywhacker_ A Novel - Peter Carey
From Publishers WeeklyFirst published in 1985, this picaresque tale from Australian novelist Carey presents the life story of a highly unreliable 139-year-old con man. Copyright 19... -
FDR - Jean Edward Smith
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Independent biographer Smith (1996's John Marshall: Definer of a Nation and 2001's Grant) crafts a magisterial biography of... -
Cosmos - Carl Sagan
Amazon.com ReviewCosmos was the first science TV blockbuster, and Carl Sagan was its (human) star. By the time of Sagan's death in 1996, the series had been seen by half a bi... -
Another Homecoming - Davis Bunn; Janette Oke
From Library JournalChristian fiction powerhouses Oke and Bunn team up again (after Return to Harmony, Bethany, 1996) with a story of wartime romance and its tragic consequences. M... -
American Music - Jane Mendelsohn
Amazon.com ReviewJane Mendelsohn on American MusicThe first moment of inspiration for American Music came in 1996 when I learned the remarkable fa...