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Can’t Wait to Read...

Calling All Twilight Fans…..

April 1, 2010
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Coming June 5th 2010
 
“I never intended to publish this story as a stand-alone book,” said Stephenie Meyer. “I began this story a long time ago—before Twilight was even released. Back then I was just editing Eclipse, and in the thick of my vampire world. I was thinking a lot about the newborns, imagining their side [...]

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Orange Prize 2010 Longlist

March 22, 2010
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Rosie Alison: The Very Thought of You
Eleanor Catton: The Rehearsal
Clare Clark: Savage Lands
Amanda Craig: Hearts and Minds
Roopa Farooki: The Way Things Look to Me
Rebecca Gowers: The Twisted Heart
M.J. Hyland: This is How
Sadie Jones: Small Wars
Barbara Kingsolver: The Lacuna
Laila Lalami: Secret Son
Andrea Levy: The Long Song
Attica Locke: Black Water Rising
Maria McCann: The Wilding
Hilary Mantel: [...]

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Coming in March……..

February 18, 2010
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Fiction
So Much for That – Lionel Shriver
Shepherd Knacker is bored with his humdrum existence. He’s sold his successful handy-man business for a million dollars and is now ready to embark on his ‘Afterlife’ – a one way ticket to a small island off the coast of Africa.
He tries to convince his wife Glynis to come [...]

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Love of the World Essays- John McGahern

January 25, 2010
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This definitive book brings together all the surviving non-fiction of John McGahern, whose work has entered the canon of modern prose. While nearly all of McGahern’s creative energy went into his novels and stories, his non-fiction writings are of interest to anyone who cares about his work, and to all those interested in the recent [...]

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Race of a Lifetime by John Heileman & Mark Halperin

January 25, 2010
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Forget everything you think you know about the making of the most powerful man on the planet. President Barack Obama’s triumph was not inevitable: it was the end product of a brilliant, calculated, convention-defying political campaign. In a race that will be talked about for years to come, he faced down his rivals with ruthless [...]

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Can’t Wait to Read: The Unseen Academicals – Terry Pratchett

September 14, 2009
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Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork – not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they’re in [...]

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Can’t Wait to Read: Nine Dragons – Michael Connelly

September 14, 2009
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The shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner in LA brings Harry Bosch back to the Rodney King riots and the moment a stranger gave a young cop sanctuary. Now the debt must be repaid, and Harry soon discovers the old man’s death was no ordinary holdup. Homing in on clues disregarded by the cops [...]

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Can’t Wait to Read: The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson

September 14, 2009
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The third installment in the Millennium triology sees Salander plotting her revenge against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive [...]

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