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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 »	Into a Paris Quartier: Reine Margot’s Chapel and Other Haunts of... by Diane Johnson The Paris Left Bank neighborhood of St. Germain is most often connected to the era from the 1940s through the 1960s, when Sartre, de Beauvoir and others gathered in... More about this book »

The Hope Tree: Kids Talk about Breast Cancer by Wendy S Harpham The Hope Tree helps families talk about the difficulties children face when one of their parents has cancer or other illness. Dr. Wendy... More about this book »	The Chronicles of Princess Naughty: Dancing Princesses by Rosanna I Porter Dancing Princesses is the first book in The Chronicles of Princess Naughty series. Princess is a little girl full of youthful curiosity. She is creative, kind,... More about this book »
January's Thaw by J. Conrad Guest Many people obsess over their past, but no one more than I. Perchance it’s because, as a man out of time, I left behind so much of it unlived. If that makes little... More about this book »	Annabel Horton, Lost Witch of Salem by Vera Jane Cook From the Salem Witch trials through the Nineteenth Century and beyond, Annabel Horton is pursued by the devil’s disciple, Urban Grandier, the demonic priest from... More about this book »
Buffalo Soldier: Trial by Fire by Charles A. Ray After the Civil War, Ben Carter walked from east Texas to New Orleans to enlist in the 9th (Colored) Cavalry Regiment. A good field soldier, he gets into trouble... More about this book »	Hero on Three Continents by Stephen Maitland-Lewis The central figure of Hero on Three Continents is Sir Henry Brown, born 1901, into a prominent Anglo-Jewish family. Henry's two elder brothers were killed in... More about this book »
Ten Thoughts About Love by Orna Ross An artist ignores what he is creating in his life; a woman survives genocide and its aftermath; an Irish wedding blessing is reworked: these poems from an... More about this book »	Carcinoid Cancer, Zebras and Stardust by Mary Girsch-Bock Carcinoid Cancer is a rare disease, with approximately 8,000 cases reported in the U.S. each year. Because of this rarity and its slow-growing tendencies, carcinoid... More about this book »
AN AFGHAN WINTER by Rajesh Talwar Soon after Anzan’s arrival in Kabul he is embroiled in a surreal episode that involves the murder of a friend and fellow inmate of a guest house. There are three... More about this book »	Blind: A Memoir by Belo Cipriani Imagine if the most severe physical pain and sorrow in your life were inflicted by the people you trusted most. In the spring of 2007, Belo Cipriani was beaten... More about this book »