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- Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink
The first novel by Bernhard Schlink since his international best seller The Reader, Homecoming is the story of one man's odyssey and another man's pursuit. Homecoming is a story of... - NBCC Award Winners
The 2007 National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced, and the winners are: Fiction: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Autobiography: Brother, Im Dying by Edwidge... - The Tournament of Books
The Morning News officially announced the judges today for the 2008 Tournament of Books. Sponsored by Powells.com, the Tournament of Books takes 16 of the year's best books and "pits them... - Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event by James H. Cobb
On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers discover the wreckage of a Soviet strategic bomber that disappeared with its crew more than fifty years ago while carrying two... - An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
Set in 1931 England, An Incomplete Revenge begins with a deceptively simple quest for psychologist and investigator Maisie to explore a rural town in Kent for a prospective land buyer,... - Queen of Darkness Returns
In 2005, Anne Rice turned away from her Vampire Chronicles and towards religious fiction, declaring that she would never again write about vampires. Recently however, Rice told Time Magazine that... - Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home by Kim Sunée
Abandoned at the age of three in a Korean marketplace, Kim Sunée is adopted and raised by a New Orleans couple. Later in life, she moves to France with multimillionaire... - The Best of the Booker
In the 2008 celebration of the Booker Prize's 40th birthday, the public will be invited to help choose The Best of the Booker. The Best of the Booker will be... - Ginsberg's First Howl
Reed College in Oregon has discovered what is believed to be the first ever recording of Allen Ginsberg reading "Howl," the epic poem of the beat generation. In February 1956,... - Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes
Mark Penn, the man who identified "Soccer Moms" as a crucial constituency in President Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, is known for his ability to detect relatively small patterns of behavior...
