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The housekeeper and the profess - Yoko Ogawa
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Ogawa (_The Diving Pool_) weaves a poignant tale of beauty, heart and sorrow in her exquisite new novel. Narrated by the Housekeeper, the char... -
The hitchhiker's guide to the g - Douglas Adams
SUMMARY: Don't panic! You're not timetripping! It's the tenth anniversary of the publication of Douglas Adams's zany, best-selling novel, and to celebrate Harmony is reissuing a sp... -
The help - Kathryn Stockett
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a d... -
The great lover - Jill Dawson
SUMMARY: Nell Golightly is living out her widowhood in Cambridgeshire when she receives a strange request: a Tahitian woman, claiming to be the daughter of the poet Rupert Brooke, ... -
The first billion_ a novel - Christopher Reich
Amazon.com ReviewMoney makes the world go round for Jett Gavallon, a high-tech entrepreneur who's on the brink of bringing a Russian telecom startup to market with an IPO worth bil... -
The darkest road - Guy Gavriel Kay
EDITORIAL REVIEW: As the Unraveller's armies march to battle and a plague-filled rain devastates the planet, the warriors of Light call upon one of the most ancient powers of evil ... -
The cowgirl in question - B. J. Daniels
THE WILDEST OF THE MCCALL BOYS WAS BACK The wildest of the McCall boys was back...and he had a score to settle with Cassidy Miller! Like two outlaws facing off at high noon, they r... -
The clan of the cave bear_ a no - Jean M. Auel
Amazon.com ReviewWhen her parents are killed by an earthquake, 5-year-old Ayla wanders through the forest completely alone. Cold, hungry, and badly injured by a cave lion, the litt... -
The box garden - Carol Shields
SUMMARY: Charleen, a divorced woman attending her widowed mother's second wedding, makes startling discoveries about other family members attending the reunion and achieves a new u... -
The botany of desire_ a plant's - Michael Pollan
SUMMARY: Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the fl...