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Panorama_ A Novel - H. G. Adler; Peter Filkins; Pet
From Publishers WeeklyThe first English-language translation of an opus by Adler (The Journey), Czech writer and Holocaust survivor, opens with the young Josef Kramer, at a "panora... -
Oracle Bones - Peter Hessler
From the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare portrait, both intimate and epic, of twenty-first-century China as it opens its doors to the outside world. A century ago, outs... -
Nights of Villjamur - Mark Charan Newton
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Newton opens a complex epic fantasy series with this impressive debut. The ancient fortress city of Villjamur is filled with human and nonhuma... -
Murder at the Opera_ A Capital - Margaret Truman
From Publishers WeeklyBestseller Truman's 22nd D.C. mystery (after 2005's Murder at the Washington Tribune), one of her strongest, opens with what looks like a simple crime of pas.... -
KnockOut - Catherine Coulter
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Bestseller Coulter's riveting 13th FBI thriller (after TailSpin) opens with a bang as psychic FBI agent Dillon Savich thwarts a gang of gun-t.... -
House of Sand and Fog - Iii Dubus Andre
Oprah Book Club® Selection, November 2000: Andre Dubus III wastes no time in capturing the dark side of the immigrant experience in America at the end of the 20th century. House of... -
Game Store Mystery - Gertrude Chandler Warner
When a new store called the Game Spot opens in their town, the Aldens are thrilled. But it's not fun and games when the other shops at Crossroads mall are robbed. What's more, lett... -
Foundation and Earth - Isaac Asimov
The fifth novel in Asimov's popular Foundation series opens with second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best poss... -
Dawn of the Dreadfuls - Steve Hockensmith
Readers will witness the birth of a heroine in Dawn of the Dreadfuls—a thrilling prequel set four years before the horrific events of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. As our story ... -
Clown Girl - Monica Drake; Chuck Palahniuk
From Publishers WeeklyAs Drake's debut opens, Nita, otherwise known as Sniffles the Clown, is tying balloon animals for a horde of greedy, sticky children at a fair. Suffering what...