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The Bone Clocksby David MitchellInterweaves six narratives spanning the period between 1984 and the 2030s to chronicle a secret war between a cult of soul-decanters and a small group of vigilantes who would take them down.
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Heading West by Doris BettsNancy Finch, her kidnapper, and on-the-run hitchhiker Judge J. Jolley drive westward from South Carolina and--after plots, failed chances, and retreats along the way -- finally arrive at the Grand Canyon and deliverance.
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The Early Stories, 1953-1975 by John UpdikeEncompassing nearly all the short fiction published between 1953 and 1975, this remarkable anthology contains 103 stories by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author, ranging from his first work "Ace in the Hole," written as a Harvard undergraduate, to "Love Song, for a Moog Synthesizer," accompanied by an introduction by the author.
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Libra
by Don DeLillo
The scheme of two disgruntled CIA agents to stage an unsuccessful attempt on the life of President Kennedy and link it to Cuba backfires when the erratic Lee Harvey Oswald goes too far
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Gone Girlby Gillian FlynnWhen a woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage, while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred.
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The Age of American Unreason by Susan JacobyA scathing indictment of American modern-day culture examines the current disdain for logic and evidence fostered by the mass media, religious fundamentalism, poor public education, a lack of fair-minded intellectuals, and a lazy, credulous public, condemning our addiction to infotainment, from TV to the Web, and assessing its repercussions for the country as a whole.
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The Black Reckoning by John StephensEmma continues her quest to locate the Book of Death before Dire Magnus does, while Kate and Michael search for their sister, who has been captured by the evil mastermind.
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The Art of Fielding
by Chad HarbachA baseball star at a small college near Lake Michigan launches a routine throw that goes disastrously off course and inadvertently changes the lives of five people, including the college president, a gay teammate and the president's daughter.
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The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le GuinWhen the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out to test the ancient prophecies of Earthsea.
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Glad News of the Natural World by T. R. PearsonA humorous sequel to A Short History of a Small Place brings readers back into the world of the original story's narrator who, at the onset of his twenties, finds himself in a roach-infested apartment with two roommates, lands a job with a car-service outfit, and struggles with young romance.
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