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The Good Muslim - Tahmima Anam
From prizewinning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam comes her deeply moving second novel about the rise of Islamic radicalism in Bangladesh, seen through the intimate lens of a fam... -
The Forest - Edward Rutherfurd
Amazon.com ReviewWith such novels as and , Edward Rutherfurd has laid claim to place, in which the characters tend to play second fiddle to the setting. The ... -
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
SUMMARY:The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining ward. Rescued by Be... -
The Demon and the City - Liz Williams
From Publishers WeeklyThe second Detective Inspector Chen novel (after 2005's Snake Agent) traverses a wildly imaginative landscape based on Chinese mythology, with humans mi... -
The Death of Bunny Munro - Nick Cave
From Publishers WeeklyThe protagonist of Cave's pleasantly demented second novel, set in England, is living out a porno: door-to-door lotion salesman Bunny Munro spends his days se... -
The Curse of Deadman's Forest - Victoria Laurie
SUMMARY: The Curse of Deadman's Forest is the second book in the Oracles of Delphi Keep—a series with all the timeless charm of classics like the Chronicles of Narnia and all the a... -
The Coffee Trader_ A Novel - David Liss
SUMMARY: The Edgar Awardwinning novelA Conspiracy of Paperwas one of the most acclaimed debuts of 2000. In his richly suspenseful second novel, author David Liss once again travels... -
The Charnel Prince - J. Gregory Keyes
Amazon.com ReviewWith The Charnel Prince, author Greg Keyes keeps up the pace set by __ with a second taut entry in his series--the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone. The Briar King has .... -
The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock H - Mathias Malzieu; Sarah Ardizzon
SUMMARY: FIRSTLY: don’t touch the hands of your cuckoo-clock heart. SECONDLY: master your anger. THIRDLY: never, ever fall in love. For if you do, the hour hand will poke through y... -
The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
SUMMARY:If you are either learning German, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a German speaker, this book is for you. There are many editions of The Age of In...