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The Fall of the House of Zeus - Curtis Wilkie
“Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie.” —Douglas Brinkley ... -
The Eden Hunter_ A Novel - Skip Horack
From Publishers WeeklyLouisiana-born Horack's novel (after The Southern Cross collection) offers a stylish, fast-paced, historical narrative based on an 1816 slave insurrection. Sp... -
The Conservationist - Nadine Gordimer
Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son, and mistress leave him; his ... -
The Concubine's Daughter - Pai Kit Fai
From Publishers WeeklyIn 1906 Southern China, newborn Li-Xia (Li) is nearly murdered by her elderly father because she is a girl, only to be saved by the specter of a fox fairy. Li... -
The Bone Fire_ A Mystery - Christine Barber
EDITORIAL REVIEW: "Christine Barber is new to the Southwest in the sense that *The Replacement Child* is her first novel. But she has a great feel for the territory and for the fam... -
The Boat - Nam Le
The seven stories in Nam Le's masterful collection <b>The Boat</b> take us across the globe, from the slums of Colombia to Iowa City; from the streets of Tehran to a foundering ves... -
Steeped in Blood - David Klatzow; Sylvia Walker
For a very long period of time, Dr. David Klatzow was the only independent forensic investigator in South Africa. During the apartheid years, a time of police brutality and state c... -
Southern Plate - Christy Jordan
Amazon.com ReviewProduct DescriptionMy name is Christy Jordan and I like to feed people. I come from a long line of Southern cooks who taught me home cooking ... -
Southern Pies - Nancie McDermott; Leigh Beisch
From Publishers WeeklyThe subtitle says it all. McDermott presents dozens of delicious recipes for pie-loving home bakers in this follow-up to Southern Cakes. With a light hand, Mc... -
Southern Lights_ A Novel - Danielle Steel
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *Danielle Steel sweeps us from a Manhattan courtroom to the Deep South in her powerful new novel—at once a behind-closed-doors look into the heart of a family and...