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The Shadow Knows by Diane Johnson The anonymous heroine, N, is a young woman who has broken free of a constricting marriage and is struggling to raise four children alone in a housing project.... More about this book »	Dashiell Hammett, a Life by Diane Johnson This is the definitive biography of one of America's most important, most fascinating and most enigmatic twentieth-century writers. It is the first and only book on... More about this book »
Adverbs by Daniel Handler Can Joe help it if he falls in love with people who don’t make him happy? And what about Helena—she’s in love, but somehow this isn’t enough. Shouldn’t it be? And... More about this book »	Burning by Diane Johnson Bel Air is a wealthy community nestled in the hills outside of Los Angeles. It is here, among the pastel stucco houses and palm trees, that Bingo Edwards, the New... More about this book »
Persian Nights by Diane Johnson From the author of Le Divorce comes another alluring, fast-paced novel of an American woman abroad. While visiting Iran with her husband, Chloe Fowler is left to... More about this book »	Le Mariage by Diane Johnson Le Mariage is a sparkling new novel—a comedy of manners from the author of Le Divorce, an acclaimed national bestseller and 1997 National Book Award finalist. Many... More about this book »
Health and Happiness by Diane Johnson This “brilliant, engaging, cleverly manipulated piece of fiction” (San Francisco Chronicle), written by the author of Le Divorce, captures the moral dilemmas and... More about this book »	L'Affaire by Diane Johnson Amy Hawkins, a young dot-com executive from California who has made her fortune at the top of NASDAQ, sets off for Europe to find culture, her roots, and maybe a... More about this book »
Natural Opium: Some Travelers' Tales by Diane Johnson A collection of ten travel essays. Johnson's destinations include the Great Barrier Reef and Serengeti National Park. All the while, Johnson brings her trademark... More about this book »	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The story of a young boy, Amir, who juggles to establish a closer rapport with his father and cope with memories of a haunting childhood event. The novel is set in... More about this book »

Devil's Oven by Laura Benedict There's an unknown mountain in Appalachia called Devil's Oven, a place where extraordinary, dark things have been happening for centuries. Now, the mountain has... More about this book »	Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style by Shira Tarrant Fashion Talks is a vibrant look at the politics of everyday style. Shira Tarrant and Marjorie Jolles bring together essays that cover topics such as lifestyle... More about this book »
Anatomy of a Single Girl by Daria Snadowsky After everything that happened—my first boyfriend, my first time, my first breakup—jumping back into the dating game seemed like the least healthy thing I could do... More about this book »	CRUSH: 26 Real-life Tales of First Love by Daria Snadowsky Twenty-six bestselling authors return to the teenage bedrooms, school hallways and college dorms of their youth to share passionate essays of love lost and found... More about this book »
Severed Threads by Kaylin McFarren (eBook) by Linda Yoshida Believing herself responsible for her father’s fatal diving accident, Rachel Lyons has withdrawn from the world and assumed a safe position at a foundation office.... More about this book »	Nowhere to Hide by Terry Odell The trouble with running away is that you take yourself with you. After police officer Colleen McDonald is injured in a case gone south and her partner dies, she... More about this book »
When Mars Women Date: How Career Women Can Love Themselves Into... by Paulette Kouffman Sherman When Mars Women Date: How Career Women Can Love themselves into the Relationship of their Dreams “If you’re an independent, strong, passionate... More about this book »	A Poet's Journey: Emotions by Marta Moran Bishop The good, the bad, and the beautiful of being human, a work set to the huge dichotomy called life. A POET'S JOURNEY: EMOTION is honest human emotion expressed... More about this book »
Wee Three: A Child's World by Marta Moran Bishop Wee Three: A Child's World is poetry written from the point of view of a child. It covers seventy years of memories as seen through the eyes of a child. It is a... More about this book »	Airtight by J.P. Smith It’s a Friday afternoon in October 1970, on a college campus in western Pennsylvania, and Nick Copeland is quietly going out of... More about this book »