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The
air is cool and clear, the days are short and the nights are
long, and you need something to take your mind off the impending
snow-
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Oh,
Play That Thing
A Novel |
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By Roddy
Doyle
The
sequel to A Star Called Henry takes the
brilliant Doyle (and Henry Smart), to new territory,
Chicago,
during the days of Louis Armstrong and the Mob.
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By Alan
Hollinghurst
The
somewhat surprise winner of this years Man Booker
prize is this gorgeously styled novel of change
and tragedy in the life of a man enduring 1980s
London.
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A
Very Long Engagement
A Novel |
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By Sébastien
Japrisot
A
longtime Barbara’s favorite
has just been made into a movie starring that cute
girl from Amelie. But skip it and read this amazing
mystery of love and war that it’s
based on.
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By Vivian
Walsh, Illustrated by J. Otto Seibold
The
beloved (and still confused) Olive is back. But
this time she’s out to return
a one-of-a-kind lost object: a heart. And not just
any heart, but a heart as big as Olive’s
own.
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The
Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker |
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By Robert
Mankoff (Editor)
The
biggest big book of the winter may be this collection
of every single cartoon ever published in the New Yorker.
Yes, you read that right.
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By Kate
Atkinson
Atkinson
has tried her hand at the family saga, magical
realism, and now, the hard-boiled detective story.
As ever her writing is crisp and witty, her characters
alternately hilarious and tragic, her hero worth
getting to know.
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Democracy
Matters
Winning the Fight Against Imperialism |
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By Cornel
West
This
sequel to the 1994 classic, Race Matters, is a timely
and unflinching look at what West sees as the waning
of our democracy in the face of America's
increasing empire.
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By Ann
M. Martin
In
1963, when her mother abandons the family to pursue
her dream of becoming an actress, 11-year-old Ellie
takes charge of her siblings, while trying to deal
with her outcast status in school and the "misfits" that
live on her street.
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