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The Orchid Thief - Susan Orlean
In Susan Orlean's mesmerizing true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy, in spite of the fact that he is missing his fron... -
The Murder Room_ The Heirs of S - Michael Capuzzo
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **Thrilling, true tales from the Vidocq Society, a team of the world's finest forensic investigators whose monthly gourmet lunches lead to justice in ice-cold mur... -
The Lies of George W. Bush_ Mas - David Corn
From Publishers WeeklyAs Washington editor for the Nation, Corn has had his eyes and ears open for what he construes as lies from the Bush White House, and here he has assembled wh... -
The Liberation of Alice Love - Abby McDonald
From Publishers WeeklyMousy London lawyer Alice Love gets her identity stolen and finds her true self in this rocky tale of trust, personality makeovers, and a lying globe-trotting... -
The Lake of Dreams - Kim Edwards
Amazon.com ReviewA Letter from Kim EdwardsDear Readers, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter was that rare thing, a true word-of-mouth best seller, and... -
The Kill - Emile Zola; Arthur Goldhammer
Here is a true publishing event--the first modern translation of a lost masterpiece by one of fiction's giants. Censored upon publication in 1871, out of print since the 1950s, and... -
The Innocent Man_ Murder and In - John Grisham
Amazon.com ReviewJohn Grisham tackles nonfiction for the first time with The Innocent Man, a true tale about murder and injustice in a small town (that reads like one of his own b.... -
The Frenzy - Francesca Lia Block
From School Library JournalGr 8 Up–Liv went through more than mere pubescent changes on her 13th birthday, and as time goes on, she only feels like her true self when she is in the... -
The Forger's Spell - Edward Dolnick
As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter, Han van Meegeren, who dared to impersonate Vermee... -
The Dust of 100 Dogs - A. S. King
In the late seventeenth century, famed teenage pirate Emer Morrisey was on the cusp of escaping the pirate life with her one true love and unfathomable riches when she was slain an...