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      Read It and Eat
Sarah Gardner
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Make your get-togethers extra delicious with this great compilation of book club selections and easy recipes.

 
         

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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The Accidental Masterpiece
Michael Kimmelman
$24.95
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The chief art critic for The New York Times on the creative impulse that emerges in all of us when we realize that the art of making art starts with the art of living.  

 

The Deception of the Emerald Ring
Lauren Willig
$21.95
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A dangerous ring of spies, a game of mistaken identities, and a heartwarming romance of unlikely pairs.  

 

Goodbye Lemon
Adam Davies
$14.00
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A piercing and hilarious story about love, family, and redemption by the author of The Frog King.  

 

Are You Happy?: A Childhood Remembered
Emily Fox Gordon
$23.95
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An elegant dissection of how youthful happiness is lost, by a memoirist of great style and insight.  

 

The City of Falling Angels
John Berendt
$25.95
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The author of the record-breaking bestseller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil unveils the enigmatic Venice as only he can.  

 

What Matters Most
Nicole Bokat
$12.95
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Georgia Merkin - a magazine writer and self-sufficient divorcee with a young son - always adored her father, who was her buffer against her cold, fiercely ambitious mother, Dr. Estelle Merkin. When he dies of cancer, secret histories wash up in sorrow's wake - and Georgie must finally find the courage to confront her mother and their years of detachment and misunderstanding. And as her world seems to collapse around her, Georgie may just rediscover an unexpected love and the depth of the roots that define her.  

 

On Beauty On Beauty
Zadie Smith
$15.00
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Set on both sides of the Atlantic, Zadie Smith's third novel is a brilliant analysis of family life, the institution of marriage, intersections of the personal and political, and an honest look at people's deceptions.  

 

Special Topics in Calamity Physics Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Marisha Pessl
$25.95
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This mesmerizing debut, uncannily uniting the trials of a postmodern upbringing with a murder mystery, heralds the arrival of a vibrant new voice in literary fiction.  

 

The King of Kings County The King of Kings County
Whitney Terrell
$24.95
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In The King of Kings County, Whitney Terrell takes us to his native Kansas City for a heartrending look at a young manŐs coming-of-age as he confronts his fatherŐs—and his city's—dissolution.  

 

Eatng Heaven Eating Heaven
Jennie Shortridge
$12.95
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Eleanor Samuels uncovers some long-buried secrets about her emotionally frayed family and may finally get the chance to become the woman she's always wanted to be.  

 

The Sparks Fly Upward The Sparks Fly Upward
Diana Norman
$15.00
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A new novel of love and courage in a time of war, from the author of A Catch of Consequence and Taking Liberties.  

 

The Washington Story The Washington Story
Adam Langer
$14.00
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This is the irresistible follow-up to Adam Langer's debut hit, Crossing California. More than a year and a half has passed since Jill Wasserstrom tried to catch up to Muley Wills in West Rogers Park. Will their relationship survive as their world expands beyond the boundaries of West Rogers Park?  

 

From Binge to Blackout From Binge to Blackout
Chris Volkmann and Toren Volkmann
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Written from the viewpoints of both mother and son, this book is the true story of a family that was able to survive the epidemic of teenage drinking that's putting America's future at risk.