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Shame by Salman Rushdie In this brilliant novel, Salman Rushdie masterfully combines history, art, language, politics, and religion. Set in a country “not quite Pakistan,” the story... More about this book »	Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear Hailed by NPR’s Fresh Air as part Testament of Youth, part Dorothy Sayers, and part Upstairs, Downstairs, this astonishing debut has already won fans from coast to... More about this book »
Birds of a Feather: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs is back and this time she has been hired to find a wealthy grocery magnate’s daughter who has fled from home. What seems a simple case at first becomes... More about this book »	Pardonable Lies: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear In the third novel of this bestselling series, London investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger as she returns to the site of her most painful World War I... More about this book »
Messenger of Truth: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear In Winspear’s winning fourth historical to star British psychologist and P.I. Maisie Dobbs (after 2005’s Pardonable Lies), Georgiana Bassington-Hope, a pioneering... More about this book »	Catskill Crafts: Artisans of the Catskill Mountains by Jane Smiley This book reveals the special qualities that have enabled artisans of the Catskill region to develop and sustain a remarkable craft tradition, and it details all... More about this book »
I Left My Back Door Open by April Sinclair “I am not young, or thin, or white, or beautiful,” says the narrator of Sinclair’s worldly-wise and entertaining new novel. Gun-shy after several catastrophic... More about this book »	The Motherhood Manifesto: What America's Moms Want - and... by Joan Blades A straightforward agenda by political activists Blades and Rowe-Finkbeiner advocates a seriously thought-out, workable scheme for empowering mothers at home and in... More about this book »
The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie Furor aside, it is a marvelously erudite study of good and evil, a feast of language served up by a writer at the height of his powers, and a rollicking comic fable... More about this book »	The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan Ruth is a self-sufficient woman who makes her living as a ghostwriter for self-help books. She lives with her long-term boyfriend, Art Kamen, and acts as a step-... More about this book »

When You Were Older by Catherine Ryan Hyde "A fantastic read which will have people talking about it for many weeks and months to come." -Sarah of Sarah's Book Reviews "My favourite novel yet by this author... More about this book »	Little Jane and the Nameless Isle by Adira Rotstein Only two people have ever survived a trip to the Nameless Isle: Long John Silver the Second and Bonnie Mary Bright, the parents of aspiring pirate Little Jane... More about this book »
Memoirs of a Gaijin by Bretigne Shaffer The adventures of a young American woman living in a Tokyo Gaijin house. More about this book »	Why Mommy Loves the State by Bretigne Shaffer Mommy didn't always love the state. First she had to learn about what it was and what it could do for her. Read all about Mommy's fun adventures with government and... More about this book »
Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction: Your Self... by Christopher Kennedy Lawford From New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal and Moments of Clarity Christopher Kennedy Lawford comes a book that will save lives. For most of... More about this book »	A Guide to Occult Britain by John Wilcock John Wilcock, traveller, occultist extraordinaire, author of more than thirty travel guides, and editor of the Witches Almanack, has compiled a comprehensive guide... More about this book »
Dinky: The Nurse Mare's Foal by Marta Moran Bishop Marta Moran Bishop has lovingly created the real-life poignant tale of Dinky: The Nurse Mare’s Foal. Narrated by the central character, Dinky, readers are given a... More about this book »	The Fallen Years—Deluxe Edition by Paul Rogov In "The Fallen Years," a novella about the aftermath of one man's unique experience during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, there is an encroaching presence of doom... More about this book »
Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo by Margot S. Mifflin Bodies of Subversion was the first history of women’s tattoo art when it was released in 1997, providing a fascinating excursion to a subculture that dates... More about this book »	Revenge of the Naked Princess by Oswald Pereira On a hot, humid morning in May 1545, a joint conversion brigade of the Portuguese King and the Pope set out to spread Christ’s message of love and compassion, but... More about this book »