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Life After Life

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 6:09:43 PST

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances ...

Leaving Everything Most Loved

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 7:46:47 PST

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Hit and Run

Sun, 3 Mar 2013 22:18:37 PST

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Driving home from a party with his girlfriend and brother, all of them drunk and high on stolen pills, Billy Blackmore accidentally hits someone in the night. In a panic, they all decide to drive off. But the next day Billy wakes to find he has to cover the story for the local paper. It turns out the dead man was Edinburgh's biggest crime lord and, as Billy struggles with what he's done, he is su ...

Speaking from Among the Bones

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 9:17:11 PST

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In the fifth book of theNew York Timesbestselling series, featuring Flavia de Luce, Alan Bradley pens his most chilling mystery yet, and introduces a new character into the mix whose actions will have lasting consequences on Bishop's Lacey, ...

The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:03:13 PST

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White Death

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:01:21 PST

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Castagnetti, a bee-keeping private detective, is hired by a businessman to find out who set fire to his car and why. It seems like a dead-end case, nothing more than an instance of mindless vandalism. But before long the businessman is receiving threatening phone calls, his factory is burnt to the ground and an employee loses his life. Castagnetti traces similar cases of arson across the city and ...

A Fatal Winter: A Max Tudor Novel

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:00:41 PST

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In "A Fatal Winter", Max - Anglican priest, former MI5 agent, and village heartthrob - investigates two deaths at Chedrow Castle. But his growing attraction to Awena Owen complicates his case, as does the recent arrival at Chedrow Castle of a raucous group of long-lost, greedy relatives, any one of whom has a motive for murder. With a cosy setting, intricate puzzles, and a handsome (non-celibate) ...

The Golden Scales

Mon, 7 Jan 2013 22:44:43 PST

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A lost child. A missing hero. A bitter rivalry. In Cairo the ghosts of the past are stirring... Makana is a former police inspector who fled for his life to Cairo from his native Sudan seven years ago. Down on his luck and haunted by the past, he lives on a rickety Nile houseboat. When the notorious and powerful Saad Hanafi hires him to track down a missing person Makana is in no position to ...

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:33:59 PST

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Ali? From the Hardcover edition.

Standing in Another Man's Grave

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:10:35 PST

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It's twenty-five years since John Rebus appeared on the scene, and five years since he retired. But 2012 sees his return in STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE. Not only is Rebus as stubborn and anarchic as ever, but he finds himself in trouble with Rankin's latest creation, Malcolm Fox of Edinburgh's internal affairs unit. Added to which, Rebus may be about to derail the career of his ex-colleague S ...

Voglio il mio cappello!

Mon, 5 Nov 2012 22:48:10 PST

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Il cappello dell'orso è sparito, e lui lo rivuole indietro. Con pazienza chiede agli animali del bosco se lo hanno visto da qualche parte, ma senza successo. Finché il cervo non dice qualcosa che fa scattare la memoria dell'orso...

The Absent One

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:35:18 PST

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Every bit as pulse-pounding as the book that launched the series, "The Absent One" delivers further proof that Jussi Adler-Olsen is one of the world's premier thriller writers.

Watching the Dark

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 9:50:19 PST

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Banks is back - and this time he's investigating the murder of one of his own. Detective Inspector Bill Quinn is killed by a crossbow in the tranquil grounds of a police rehabilitation centre, and compromising photos are found in his room. DCI Banks, brought in to investigate, is assailed on all sides. By Joanna Passero, the Professional Standards inspector who insists on shadowing the investiga ...

Beautiful Ruins

Mon, 3 Sep 2012 8:35:11 PST

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The award-winning author of The Financial Lives of the Poets presents his most romantic and enjoyable novel yet that follows a young Italian innkeeper and his almost-love affair with a beautiful American starlet, which draws him into a ...

Dead And Buried

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 4:35:32 PST

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Brutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District, and now a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park. For DS Ben Cooper, the blazes are best left to the firefighters, even with the arsonists still at large. But when an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub, Cooper is on the case - and he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-o ...

The Woodcutter

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 5:02:35 PST

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A fast-moving, stunning new standalone psychological thriller – from the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series Wolf Hadda’s life has been a fairytale. From humble origins as a Cumbrian woodcutter’s son, he has risen to become a hugely successful entrepreneur, happily married to the girl of his dreams. A knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into ...

The End of the Alphabet

Wed, 8 Aug 2012 6:14:40 PST

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Meet Ambrose Zephyr: thought of by friends as better than some; by his wife, Zipper, as in need of no adjustment. On or about his fiftieth birthday, Ambrose is bluntly told by his doctor that he has one month to live. And so he and Zipper embark on a whirlwind expedition to the places he has most loved or longed to see, A through Z, Amsterdam to Zanzibar. Reeling from one destination to the next, ...

More Baths Less Talking

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:55:22 PST

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"Read what you enjoy, not what bores you," Nick Hornby tells us. That simple, liberating, and indispensable directive animates each installment of the celebrated critic and author's monthly column in the Believer. In this delightful and never-musty tour of his reading life, Hornby tells us not just what to read, but how to read. Whether tackling a dismayingly bulky biography of Dickens while hi ...

The Dogs of Rome

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 8:33:18 PST

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Blessed Are the Dead

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 8:32:17 PST

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Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper returns in this powerful, atmospheric novel about two communities forced to confront each other after a murder that exposes their secret ties and forbidden desires in apartheid South Africa, by award-winning author Malla Nunn. The body of a beautiful seventeen-year-old Zulu girl, Amahle, is found covered in wildflowers on a hillside in the Drakensberg Mountains ...

Grace's Sweet Life

Sat, 7 Jul 2012 5:33:35 PST

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Massa-Langlois shows readers how to make classic homemade Italian treats just like grandma. From espresso-rich tiramisu, cannoli overflowing with ricotta, or rich and creamy tartufo, "Grace's Sweet Life" presents the 75 most popular, reader-tested recipes from the author's popular Web site.

Bring Up the Bodies

Mon, 4 Jun 2012 23:19:47 PST

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 With this historic win for ‘Bring Up the Bodies’, Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes (her first was for ‘Wolf Hall’ in 2009). By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, the king’s new wife. But Anne has failed to give the king ...

Midwinter Sacrifice

Sun, 6 May 2012 5:49:07 PST

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'An investigation consists of a mass of voices, the sort you can hear, and the sort you can't. You have to listen to the soundless voices, Malin. That's where the truth is hidden.' The snow covered all the tracks, as the killer knew it would. But it couldn't hide the victim, the man who now hung naked from a lonely tree on a frozen plain. Malin Fors is first on the scene. A thirty-one-year-ol ...

Precious and the Puggies

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 8:51:59 PST

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This is a brand new, previously unpublished story from Alexander McCall Smith. A world first from Itchy Coo, this is a brand new book for younger readers, telling the story of the girlhood adventures of Precious Ramotswe, founder of the Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Written by one of the world's favourite authors, Alexander McCall Smith, and translated into Scots by award winning author, Jam ...

The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 8:50:38 PST

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Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi have always relied on the advice of the classic guide to their trade, The Principles of Private Detection. But who is the eminent author, Mr Clovis Andersen, and what if he were to come to Botswana? That seems a very unlikely possibility, and yet . . . When Mr Andersen visits Botswana on holiday, he is delighted and intrigued to stumble across a roadside sign that rev ...

Where the Bodies Are Buried

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 8:31:32 PST

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Detective Catherine McLeod was always taught that in Glasgow, they don't do whodunit. They do score-settling. They do vendettas. They do petty revenge. They do can't-miss-whodunit. It's a lesson that has served her well, but Glasgow is also a dangerous place to make assumptions. Either way she looks at it, she recognises that the discovery of a dead drug-dealer in a back alley is merely a portent ...

Little Owl Lost

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 2:21:04 PST

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What if a little owl should fall from his nest? A reassuring story for the very young is told with whimsy and simple, vibrant artwork. Full color.

I Want My Hat Back

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 2:20:28 PST

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This is a picture book debut by a rising talent that tells a cumulative tale with a cheeky twist, aided by graphically simple, and truly hilarious, illustrations. The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as it he begins to lose h ...

Good Little Wolf

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 2:19:13 PST

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Can a good little wolf still be a real wolf?And will Rolf discover there's somethingbig and bad lurking inside him after all?

Dolci

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 3:05:08 PST

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Acclaimed food historian and cookbook author Francine Segan takes home cooks on a virtual tour of Italy with more than 125 recipes for cookies, cakes, sweet breads, crostate, pastries and more. Time-tested recipes for beloved favourites such as cannoli, biscotti and olive oil cake are featured along with unusual regional specialties, such as Rosemary and Grape Focaccia, Licorice Granita and Hazel ...

The Journal of Best Practices

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 3:03:46 PST

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A full-length account based on a popular New York Times article traces the author's battle with Asperger Syndrome, describing his adult diagnosis and the ...

Death Comes to Pemberley

Mon, 2 Jan 2012 8:47:32 PST

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In a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P.D. James fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her own great ...

Crafting with Cat Hair

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 0:32:50 PST

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Are your favorite sweaters covered with cat hair? Are there fur balls piled up in every corner of your home? And do you love to make quirky and one-of-a-kind crafting projects? If so, it's time to throw away your lint roller and curl up with your kitty! "Crafting with Cat Hair" shows readers how to transform stray clumps of fur into soft and adorable handicrafts. From kitty tote bags and finger p ...

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 0:31:49 PST

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1000 Years of Annoying the French

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 9:46:44 PST

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The Impossible Dead

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 9:00:20 PST

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Malcolm Fox and his team from Internal Affairs are back. They've been sent to Fife to investigate whether fellow cops covered up for a corrupt colleague, Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct with his own uncle, also in the force, having proved to be his nephew's nemesis. But what should be a simple job is soon complicated by intimations of conspiracy and cover-up - ...

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 8:58:21 PST

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Drawing on George Harrison's personal archive of photographs, letters, diaries, and memorabilia, Olivia Harrison reveals the arc of his life, from his guitar-obsessed boyhood in Liverpool, to the astonishment of the Beatles years, to his days as an independent musician and bohemian squire. Here too is the record of Harrison's lifelong commitment to Indian music, and his adventures as a movie prod ...

Before the Poison

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:35:36 PST

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Through years of success in Hollywood composing music for Oscar-winning films, Chris Lowndes always imagined he would come full circle, home to Yorkshire with his beloved wife Laura. Now he's back in the Yorkshire Dales, but Laura is dead, and Chris needs to make a new life for himself. The isolated house he buys sight unseen should give him the space to come to terms with his grief and the quie ...

The Keeper Of Lost Causes

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:55:45 PST

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The Hypnotist

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:17:18 PST

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Silent Voices

Sun, 7 Aug 2011 20:05:05 PST

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This is the new novel featuring Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope. When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once in her life, she's uncovered a simple death from natural causes. But a closer inspection reveals ligature marks around the victim's throat - death is never that simple...Doing what she does best, Vera pulls her team ...

Practical Jean

Fri, 5 Aug 2011 22:26:31 PST

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F in Exams

Wed, 3 Aug 2011 0:46:59 PST

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Celebrating the creative side of failure in a way we can all relate to, F in Exams gathers the most hilarious and inventive test answers provided by students ...

Children of the Street

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 6:43:01 PST

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A follow-up to Wife of the Gods finds Inspector Darko Dawson investigating a string of murders targeting the street teens of Ghana in a case that takes him ...

Dark Vineyard

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 6:38:02 PST

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Just before dawn one summer morning Bruno is summoned by the wail of the siren in the little town of St Denis in the Perigord. A fire is raging in a local barn and spreading to the surrounding fields. When Bruno arrives at the scene, the smell of petrol leaves no doubt - it was arson. Meanwhile, a Californian producer wants to set up a wine-making business in the valley. Despite the money and job ...

I am Maru

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 2:40:25 PST

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His videos have been viewed more than eighty million times around the world. He has a wildly popular blog frequently visited by insatiable fans. He's been talked about in "Entertainment Weekly", the "New York Times" and on "The Colbert Report". And his videos have received the YouTube Video Award Japan 2008. He is Maru the adorable Japanese feline who has taken the Internet and the world by storm ...

Before I Go to Sleep

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 6:20:52 PST

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Without her husband's knowledge, Christine, whose memory is damaged by a long-ago accident, is treated by a neurologist who helps her to remember her former ...

Go the Fuck to Sleep

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:12:14 PST

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Blood in the Water

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:03:37 PST

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Smart and capable, but battling disillusionment and loneliness, Alice races against timeand an implacable killer to solve a series of grisly murders amongst...

Heads You Lose

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 6:49:29 PST

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Pot-growing siblings Paul and Lacey Hansen must investigate why the headless corpse of Lacey's ex-fiancé turned up on their property, in a metafictional ...

The Last Family in England

Thu, 26 May 2011 1:39:37 PST

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Meet the Hunter family: Adam, a teacher, his wife Kate, and their children Hal, seventeen, and Charlotte, thirteen. And Prince, their black Labrador. It's Prince who is the narrator and protagonist of this tale. An earnest young dog, he strives hard to live up to the tenets of the Labrador Pact. (Labradors believe in 'Duty Over All', that duty being to remain loyal to their human masters, to serv ...

Scaredy Squirrel

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 6:32:04 PST

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The News Where You are

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 9:25:23 PST

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Catherine O'Flynn, author of the Man Booker prize winning "What Was Lost" offers a 'funny, moving, acutely observed story about family and loss' in "The News Where You Are". Frank Allcroft, a regional TV news presenter, has just had a ratings boost. His puns, a website declares, makes him 'the unfunniest man on God's Earth'. Mortified colleagues wonder how he stands being a public joke. But Frank ...

The Unhinged World of Glen Baxter

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 9:00:42 PST

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Glen Baxter’s world became seriously unhinged one fateful day in 1954 when he was wrestling a turnip to the floor of the gymnasium at St. Mildred’s Academy for the Listless and Wayward. At exactly that moment the door was flung open by the portly Deputy Sheriff McClain. He began accusing Baxter of tampering with the bunkhouse collection of modernist paintings. Having successfully subdued the vege ...

Trail

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 8:58:55 PST

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A Lesson in Secrets

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 9:36:19 PST

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Maisie Dobbs' first assignment for the British Secret Service takes her undercover to Cambridge, and leads to the investigation of the deadly acts being ...