Fiction

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“This new collection form Dark Horse Publishing is the perfect book for a nine-year-old boy or girl who has just fallen in love with dinosaurs.

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This book is designed to be a thorough course in speed racing for children.

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My Animal Book: Facts and Fun Questions and Answers, Things to Make and Do is a combination fact book, puzzle book, and game and activity book.”

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The Transcriptionist is suffused with prescient insight into journalism, ethics, and alienation. . . . A thought provoking, original work.”

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Ultimately, Pekkanen shows that relationships of any kind take work, expression of love, and the willingness to take risks in order to save them.”

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“With its understated title and placid cover image of a rosy-cheeked lion with a small gray bird on his shoulder, The Lion and the Bird is clearly not where the wild things are.

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Muzzled is an enjoyable read for both the mystery fan and the dog lover, and if they are one and the same, it’s a double delight . . .”

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“The Bees is a blend of imagination and gumption.

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“Elizabeth Crook vividly paints the terror, panic, and confusion as well as the bloody results of real-life shooter Charles Whitman’s horrendous actions.”

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“There are many volumes that discuss in almost excruciating depth players’ stats, off field antics, amazing plays, and endless facts about the game itself.

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“The Gears have written an epic novel that combines the cultural history of Cahokia with the fast-paced narrative of a thriller to explore the all too human and universal dangers of greed a

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“Hannon’s treatment of the heartbreaking issues of adoption and abandonment educates the readers.

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“Though not Appelfeld’s best work, Suddenly, Love despite its deceptive simplicity offers much food for thought and would be a good choice for book groups.”

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The Anarchist enlivens a violent, edgy period not so far away from the assassination of William McKinley by a deranged, misguided, idealist immigrants’ son . . .”

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“This book may put you off your game—if you aren’t careful.”

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“Readers will pore over the many humorous details that depict the miniature inventor’s thought process: how he pulls the shoelace from an old boot, how he peeps out of an old typewriter lab

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If you like your thrillers a little on the strange and dystopian side or your dystopias a little on the mythological and crime-solving side, Peacemaker

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“The book may be called Slow Getting Up, but if you take the time to read it, you’ll find yourself incredibly slow to put it down.

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“This is a story that is rich in human drama, with a tinge of predictability; however, the clever use of parallels will intrigue the reader long after finishing the novel.”

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“ . . . a chilling encounter between the past and the present brought to life  . . . in a most entertaining fashion.”

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My Lady of the Bog is a page-turner with a corpse we can fall in love with, runes we should have read, and a sword-hacked scholar in a carpeted study of prim, modern-day London.”

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Andrew Gross is a skilled storyteller, and he drives the tension to its climatic point, pulling the reader along.

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“Cremer delivers it all: intrigue, romance, dangerous adventures, imaginative machines, and perilous secrets. What more could anyone ask for? This is a delightful read.”

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Flash Boys is mandatory reading for anyone who has ever owned a share of stock or might do so in the future.

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“It is probably not fair to compare C. K.

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