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Fiction, October 2009
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General Fiction
- Arsenault, Emily
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The dusty files of a venerable dictionary publisher . . . a hidden cache of coded clues . . . a story written by a phantom author . . . an unsolved murder in a gritty urban park . . . all collide in this memorable debut.
- Bundrick, Sheramy
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Art historian Bundrick offers a hauntingly beautiful debut novel about Vincent van Gogh's relationship with a mysterious young woman named Rachel and the passion they share.
- Carroll, Claudia
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Ever since Cassandra was a little girl, she's had a remarkable psychic gift. Now a successful columnist for a weekly magazine, she predicts the future with uncanny precision. But it seems even being able to foretell the future can't protect her from what destiny has in store — and sometimes fate won't allow you to look before you love.
- Crumb, R.
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Peeling away the theological and scholarly interpretations that have often obscured its most dramatic stories, R. Crumb — using the actual text, word for word — has imagined the Bible as it really was.
- Goudge, Eileen
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From the New York Times best-selling author comes a new, emotionally charged family drama, focusing on two sisters and their turbulent lives.
- Gussin, Patricia
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Renowned philanthropist and billionaire Paul Parnell had reached the pinnacle of monetary success, but not without cost. Determined to leave something far more valuable than money to his six children, Paul instructs his lawyers to create an unusual last will and testament. This unorthodox will stipulates that the lion's share of Paul's two billion dollar estate be given to the heirs who pass 'the test'. Before his six very different siblings can complete the test, they'll be forced to face their personal demons and the incredibly evil influence that could claim one of their own.
- Kava, Alex
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On the busiest shopping day of the year, idealistic students plan to carry out protests in malls across the nation. But the results are incendiary — and people lie dead. As Maggie O'Dell and her partner sift through the facts of the case, they uncover a sinister secret agenda.
- Knowles, Mike
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Two years ago Wilson left his old boss alive in exchange for a clean slate, keeping up his end of the bargain and staying off the grid. Then, thousands of miles from the city he once escaped, a man comes calling on Wilson with a gun in hand and a woman in his trunk. Wilson is pulled back into his old life as a "grinder" to work under the radar to quietly find out who is responsible for a dangerous mobster's missing nephews — and this time all bets are off.
- Magruder, James
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James Magruder's Sugarless offers a ruefully entertaining take on the simultaneous struggles of coming-out, coming-of-age and coming-to-Jesus.
- Neville, Stuart
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Fegan has been an IRA killer in northern Ireland. Now that peace has come, he is haunted day and night by the ghosts of his innocent victims. In order to appease the spirits, he's going to have to kill the men who had given him orders.
- Pamuk, Orhan
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From the universally acclaimed author of Snow and My Name Is Red comes his first novel since winning the Nobel Prize. A stirring exploration of the nature of romantic attachment and the strange allure of collecting, this is Pamuk's greatest achievement to date.
- Roslund, Anders
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This suspenseful, gripping Scandinavian thriller delves into the seedy underbelly of Stockholm.
- Stoker, Dacre
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Written by a direct descendant of Bram Stoker and a well-known Dracula historian, Dracula: The Un-Dead is a bone-chilling sequel based on Bram Stoker's own handwritten notes for characters and plot threads excised from the original edition.
- Volpi, Jorge
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Volpi's novel chronicles the science and history of the 20th century.
- Walter, Jess
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From National Book Award-finalist Walter comes a hysterically funny — and painfully timely — new novel of one man's attempt to save his family from economic disaster by putting his entrepreneurial leanings toward a life of petty crime.
Mysteries
- Arsenault, Mark
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Former journalist and beaten-down gambler Billy Povich returns in this electrifying work from the Shamus Award nominee of Spiked.
- Hamilton, Barbara, 1951-
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In the Massachusetts Colony, political upheaval turns murderous, in this new series featuring First Lady — and sleuth — Abigail Adams.
- Hannah, Sophie
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It's been a year since Sally Thorning's brief affair with Mark Bretherick. The two planned to never meet again. But now, Mark's wife and daughter are dead — and the safety of Sally's own family is in doubt.
- Khadra, Yasmina
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Superintendent Brahim Llob is bored. Nothing seems to need his attention in an unusually peaceful Algiers. Then suddenly, peace is shattered in ways Llob could never have imagined, putting him on a path down avenues he has never encountered and forcing him to delve into his beloved country's brutal past.
- Maitland, Barry
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Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, Kathy Kolla is called in to investigate a student's poisoning. As Kolla looks further into the case, it becomes increasingly clear that behind what really happened — and why — lies the most difficult-to-crack case the team has ever faced.
- Theorin, Johan
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On the idyllic island of Öland, off the coast of northern Sweden, a young couple from Stockholm tries to start life afresh. But in their new home, there are things that cannot be repaired, lives that have gone wrong and secrets that have followed them. Winner of Sweden's Best Crime Novel Award, Theorin’s deeply disturbing debut will remind many of Henning Mankell both in its thematic intensity and dark tone.
Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Barclay, James
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An apocalyptic spell has been cast, an ancient evil banished. Now the land of Balaia, still riven by war, must live with the consequences. The Dawnthief spell — designed to destroy the world, but cast to save it — has torn a hole in the sky, a pathway into the dragon dimension, and, through it, unfriendly eyes are turning to Balaia.
- Cashore, Kristin
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It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. In King City, the young King Nash is clinging to the throne, while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. War is coming. And the mountains and forest are filled with spies and thieves. This is where Fire lives, a girl whose beauty is impossibly irresistible and who can control the minds of everyone around her. She is the last of her kind…
- Colfer, Eoin
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An Englishman's continuing search through space and time for a decent cup of tea. Arthur Dent's accidental association with that wholly remarkable book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has not been entirely without incident. Arthur has finally made it home to Earth, but that does not mean he has escaped his fate. For no sooner has he touched down on the planet Earth than he finds out that it is about to be blown up — again.
- Dietz, William C
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In a far-distant future, the Uman Empire has spread to the stars and beyond, conquering and colonizing worlds, ruling with a benevolent — but iron — fist. The Pax Umana reigns, and all is well. But on one planet, the remnants of a violent, shape-shifting race called the Sagathis are confined, kept captive by xeno-cops, who have been bio-engineered to be able to see through their guises. Still, sometimes one manages to escape. Zak Cato is a xeno-cop. He's returning a fugitive Sagathi when things go horribly wrong. Cato — the only survivor after the rest of his men are slaughtered — must now figure out who betrayed them and bring the alien in, whatever the cost.
- Gilman, Laura Anne
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In the first volume in a unique trilogy about a world in which magic derives from the process of winemaking, the young slave Jerzy and his master unearth a plot of such great magnitude and danger that it could destroy the Vinearts forever.
- Hayes, Erica
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Imagine a secret world veiled in fairy glamour and brimming with unearthly delights. A city swarming with half-mad fairies, where thieving spriggans rob you blind, beautiful banshees mesmerize you with their song, and big green trolls bust heads at nightclubs. And once you're in, there's no escape.
- Lerner, Edward M.
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Garner Nanotechnology is developing nanotech-enhanced protective suits and autonomous first-aid nanobots. It's cutting-edge stuff, and when it saves Brent Cleary from a pipeline explosion that killed hundreds, the Army takes notice. Near-death experience changes a person, so no one is entirely surprised when easy-going Brent turns somber and studious, focused and cold. Not at first. But Kim O'Donnell, Brent's best friend, cannot get past some of the changes. With an Army field trial imminent and the company's future at stake, possible nanotech side effects aren't something anyone wants to discuss. Something has gotten into Brent – and he isn't the only one changing.
- Pratchett, Terry
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Discworld lives on! At its heart, this is an intelligent, cheeky love letter to football, its fans and the unifying power of sports.
- Turtledove, Harry
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The glaciers had covered the world with ice. But when a gap opens in the ice-wall, the men who call themselves Rulers emerge. The Golden Shrine continues the alternate Bronze Age epic begun in Beyond the Gap.
- Whitfield, Kit
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Set in the past, with a twist, In Great Waters features a race of mer-people — men and women who have evolved to live in the oceans — that protects the coast of each country against attacks from the others.