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The Freelance Pallbearers by Ishmael Reed More about this book »	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 »

Savage Hunger by Terry Spear As a jaguar he is graceful and gorgeous... Speedy and stealthy... Fierce, independent, and wild... As a man he is passionate and powerful... Willful and wonderful... More about this book »	Buffalo Soldier: Incident at Cactus Junction by Charles A. Ray Ben Carter and his men are sent to the West Texas town of Cactus Junction in response to a plea for help. A gang of rustlers, led by the notorious outlaw,... More about this book »
Grab the Brass Ring by Charles A. Ray A book on how learning to take risks can lead to a more successful and fulfilled life, with anecdotes from the author's life and his observations after a 50-year... More about this book »	Deadly Dose by Charles A. Ray Al Pennyback learns that a cousin he hardly knew has died and left him property in his will. The problem is, he has to go to Houston, Texas, near where he... More about this book »
City of Screams: A Short Story Exclusive by James Rollins From New York Times bestselling author James Rollins and award-winning suspense novelist Rebecca Cantrell comes a disturbing story of vengeance, bloodshed... More about this book »	The Blood Gospel: The Order of the Sanguines Series by James Rollins In his first-ever collaboration, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins combines his skill for cutting-edge science and historical mystery with... More about this book »
The Adventures of Boochi Malloochi: The Pirate Ship by Sal Corrente The second volume in The Adventures of Boochi Malloochi. Finding the treasure was exciting enough for Boochi and her family, she couldn't have asked for more...she... More about this book »	Fall in Love for Life: Inspiration from a 73-Year Marriage by Kim Cooper In this memoir meets relationship advice book, 94-year-old Cutie Cooper chronicles the challenges and triumphs of her seven decade-long marriage and then pulls out... More about this book »
Count Me In! A Parade of Mexican Folk Art Numbers in English and... by Cynthia Weill Count Me In! uses the figurative ceramics of Mexican ceramists: Guillermina, Josefina, Irene and Concepcion Aguilar to teach children their numbers. Figures... More about this book »	Newcomer's Handbook Country Guide for China 2nd Edition by Navjot Singh Written by Navjot Singh, a British man who relocated to China in 2002, this completely revised and updated second edition of the Newcomer's Handbook Country Guide:... More about this book »