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The Snow Child (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780316175678
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Published: Reagan Arthur Books, 2/2012

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A middle-aged couple longing for a child of their own hope for a fresh start on the Alaskan frontier. The reader shares the couple's doubts and wonder when a wild but delicate child emerges from the wilderness and into their lives.

The Night Circus (Hardcover)

By Erin Morgenstern

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ISBN-13: 9780385534635
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Published: Doubleday, 9/2011

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"How did she ever think of that?" I kept asking myself, as I luxuriated in the author's extraordinary descriptions of an enchanted traveling circus, crafted entirely in black and white, and open only from dusk to dawn. Amid tarot card readers, contortionists and acrobatic kittens, rival magicians engage in a deadly competition, leaving circus goers and readers unsure whether they are witnessing magic or merely magic tricks.

The Tiger's Wife (Paperback)

By Tea Obreht

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780385343848
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 11/2011

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The Tiger's Wife is an exquisitely written first novel about a young female doctor in the Balkans, and the stories she learns from and about her beloved grandfather.

The Cookbook Collector (Paperback)

By Allegra Goodman

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780385340861
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback, 6/2011

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Free-spirited philosophy student Jess is at home among the used bookstores and tree-huggers of Berkeley. Her capable older sister, Emily, has made a fortune in the high-tech world of Menlo Park and Cambridge. Allegra Goodman draws a warm, astute portrayal of the tension and affection between them as the internet-bubble begins to burst.

Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (Paperback)

By Piper Kerman

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ISBN-13: 9780385523394
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Published: Spiegel & Grau, 2/2011

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A searing, clear-eyed look at life inside a women’s federal prison. The author describes in detail the relationships and code of behavior among the female prisoners, none of whom have had her own advantages in life.