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New and Collected Poems 1964-2006 by Ishmael Reed First poetry collection in nearly twenty years. In language that is pointed, innovative and profoundly optimistic, Reed weaves politics and war with Nigerian poetry... More about this book »	Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley A glorious new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winner: a big, smart, bawdy tale of love and war, sex and politics, friendship and betrayal—and the allure of the... More about this book »
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie’s classic children’s novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories... More about this book »	The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13) by Daniel Handler Picking up from the final pages of the Pentultimate Peril, this farewell installment to the ridiculously (and deservedly!) popular A Series of Unfortunate Events... More about this book »
The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature: The Collected... by Neal Pollack It should come as no surprise that the Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature is the inaugural title from McSweeney’s Books, the publishing arm of Dave... More about this book »	Saints and Sinners by Lawrence Wright In this fascinating book about religion in America, one of this country’s most probing yet sympathetic journalists puts forth stories not only of real grace but of... More about this book »
City Children, Country Summer: A Story of Ghetto Children Among... by Lawrence Wright City Children, Country Summer is the story of black and Latin kids from the ghettos of New York who spend the summer with Amish and Mennonite farm families in... More about this book »	Twins And What They Tell Us About Who We Are by Lawrence Wright In this fascinating book, New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright recounts the decades of research on twins and their similarites to shed light on how our genes influence... More about this book »
In the New World: Growing Up With America From the Sixties to... by Lawrence Wright Wright reflects on his coming-of-age during the 1960s, describing his experiences on the home front of the Vietnam War and on the battlefields of the civil rights... More about this book »	God's Favorite: A Novel by Lawrence Wright In this fascinating work of historical fiction, award-winning author Lawrence Wright captures all the gripping drama and black humor of Panama during the final,... More about this book »

Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber Avis Muir is a brilliant pastry chef, Brian Muir a corporate real estate attorney. Their son, Stanley, is the proprietor of a trendy food market. Their beautiful... More about this book »	Married at Fourteen: A True Story by Lucille Lang Day “Told with self-lacerating honesty and unvarnished prose that rises on command to poetic intensity, Married at Fourteen is the absorbing memoir of a young woman who... More about this book »
Social Security: Maximize Your Benefits by Kathleen Sindell, Ph.D. Bestselling Wall Street Journal author Kathleen Sindell, Ph.D. has taught and written about financial management for the last 20 years. Sindell’s latest book... More about this book »	Shoefiti by Brian Gryphon The stories about the 'why' of shoes and boots being wrapped around power and phone lines vary widely, but such 'shoefiti' are found around the world. This book... More about this book »
Writing While Black by Wendy Coakley-Thompson After twenty rejections of Christina's poignant novel based on how she met her Jewish husband, she, on a martini-soaked dare, creates a Caucasian alter ego and... More about this book »	Bobby the Brave (Sometimes) by Lisa Yee Bobby fights his fears -- of stage fright, disconnection from his dad, and the evil neighbor cat with twenty-seven toes -- in this hilarious sequel to BOBBY VS.... More about this book »
Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan by Tamim Ansary Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real; but it sits atop an older... More about this book »	My Life Map: A Journal to Help You Shape Your Future by David Marshall Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself. My Life Map is a journaling tool to help you reflect on the past and sketch a picture of... More about this book »
All Your Pretty Dreams by Lise McClendon Humorous, romantic, and full of the turmoil of becoming an adult, All Your Pretty Dreams asks the question: How do I know who I am? And when I find out,... More about this book »	Redneck Goddess by Pamela Foster A hilarious romp with a quirky Georgia family determined to stick to it’s “old south” ways. More about this book »