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The Secret Lives of People in L - Simon Van Booy
From Publishers WeeklyA breadth of experience and setting distinguishes this somber first collection of 18 very short stories by New York-based Van Booy. "Little Birds" is narrated... -
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's - Lola Shoneyin
EDITORIAL REVIEW: When Baba Segi awoke with a bellyache for the sixth day in a row, he knew it was time to do something drastic about his fourth wife's childlessness. Meet Baba Seg... -
The Second Coming - Walker Percy
Percy's stirring sequel to The Last Gentleman: the offbeat story of how a man's midlife crisis finally leads him to happinessNow in his late forties, Will Barrett lives a life othe... -
The Quest of the Warrior Sheep - Christopher Russell
A super-funny, super-crazy crime caper with five rare-breed sheep.A silver object falls mysteriously from the sky and lands on Sal, a matronly Southdown ewe who lives happily with ... -
The Pull of the Moon_ A Novel - Elizabeth Berg
SUMMARY: Elizabeth Berg has published fiction and nonfiction and has been nominated for a National Magazine Award. She lives in Massachusetts. "From the Hardcover edition." -
The Prestige - Christopher Priest
SUMMARY: In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as the... -
The Love You Make - Peter Brown
Here is the national bestseller that Newsday called the most authoritative and candid look yet at the personal livesof the oft-scrutinized group. In The Love You Make, Peter Brown,... -
The Little Book of Economics_ H - G. Ip; Mohamed El-Erian
Review"A guide to understanding 'the dismal science' and how economic concepts and institutions affect our daily lives" (_The Economist_, December 2010) "...a must read in econ... -
The Lion's Game - Nelson DeMille
Amazon.com ReviewJohn Corey and Asad Khalil have both lived hard-knock lives. As revealed in Nelson DeMille's monster bestseller __, the gruff, wisecracking NYPD homicide cop Corey... -
The Last Vampire - Whitley Strieber
SUMMARY: She lives. Miriam Blaylock's insatiable hunger has never ceased. Her incomparable beauty has made her a legend among the Keepers. Her many lovers have come and gone, crumb...