Nomad: From Islam to America--A Personal Journey Through The Clash of Civilizations
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Picking up where "Infidel" leaves off, "Nomad" tells the stirring story of Ali's search for a new life in America. A brave, inspiring, and beautifully written memoir.--"The New York Times."
The Kitchen House
Kathleen Grissom
Gone with the Wind is turned upside down in this stunning debut novel of the antebellum South, a tragic story of page-turning suspense, exploring the meaning of family, where love and loyalty prevail.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning
Nancy Pickard
With exquisite sensitivity, Edgar-finalist Pickard (The Virgin of Small Plains) probes a smoldering cold case involving the Linders, a cattle ranching family that's ruled the small, tight-knit community of Rose, Kans., for generations. --Publishers Weekly
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs
Muhammad Yunus
A Nobel Peace Prize-winner shows how the social business model can harness the entrepreneurial spirit to address poverty, hunger, and disease.
Blockade Billy
Stephen King
From New York Times bestselling author Stephen King comes the story of Blockade Billy , the greatest Major League baseball player to be erased from the game.
Fragile Beasts
Tawni O'Dell
Redemptive and touching, "Fragile Beasts" is a tender and intelligent novel by the beloved "New York Times"-bestselling author O'Dell. The author's observational skills about places and people are sure to immerse readers in the world she has created.
Hitch 22: A Memoir
Christopher Hitchens
Over the course of his 60 years, Hitchens has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for alcohol and literature. This is the story of his life, lived large.
Imperial Bedrooms
Bret Easton Ellis
Twenty-five years have passed since the events of "Less Than Zero." Clay Easton, now a successful screenwriter, returns to L.A. where he's helping to cast his latest movie. But the more things have changed, the more they stay the same, and Clay is soon drifting around in his familiar old circle.
The Passage
Justin Cronin
A security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the stunned survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by fear --of darkness, of death, of a fate far worse.
The Surrendered
Chang-Rae Lee
At the end of the Korean War, the lives of orphan June Han and American soldier Hector Brennan collide. Thirty years later, they meet again and are forced to come to terms with the secrets of their devastating past.
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