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The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society

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I can’t say it better than Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the bestseller Eat, Pray, Love – when she says “I can’t remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one, a world so vivid that I kept forgetting this was a work of fiction populated with characters so utterly wonderful that I kept forgetting they weren’t my actual friends and neighbours. Treat yourself to this book, please -- I can’t recommend it highly enough.”

The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society

The Book of Negroes: (U.S. Title: Someone Knows My Name)

Author: Lawrence Hill

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This book tells the story of the life of Aminata Diallo, born in Bayo, West Africa, in 1745 who at the age of 11 is captured and sold into slavery. Detailing her struggles as a slave on a South Carolina plantation and her efforts to regain her freedom, the story is both harrowing and awe inspiring.

The Book of Negroes: (U.S. Title: Someone Knows My Name)

Bright Shiny Morning

Author: FREY JAMES

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A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey, seduced readers around the world. Then came the revelations about how Frey manufactured good parts of the story and Oprah's public thrashing -- many were turned off. His new novel, Bright Shiny Morning, should bring them all back…You will in turns be moved, angry, charmed, saddened, and entertained.
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The Cellist Of Sarajevo

Author: Steven Galloway

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This remarkable story takes us behind the daily soul-numbing headlines of death and destruction, and lets us feel in our hearts what it is like to live under siege and the constant threat of death. It is a beautifully written novel which speaks to the very core of humanity.
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Audition: A Memoir

Author: Barbara Walters

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Audition, Barbara Walters’ long-awaited autobiography, is a poignant and revealing story offering an up-close, journalistic romp through the great events of our time...
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Memoirs: 1939-1993

Author: Brian Mulroney

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I fear many people will deliberately choose not to read Brian Mulroney’s Memoirs. After all, this former Prime Minister remains one of the most polarizing political leaders in our history. But like him or not, this is a book that...+ Read the Full Review

People Of The Book

Author: Geraldine Brooks

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My very first Heather’s Pick – and still one of my favourite stories – was 'The Secret Book of Grazia Dei Rossi'. A love story between a poor young woman and a dashing Count, set against the backdrop of all that was happening in the time of the Medicis, the richly imagined saga was inspired when author Jacquie Parks came across two letters in the young woman’s hand archived at The New York Public Library...
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Unfeeling: A Novel

Author: HOLDING IAN

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This book was recommended to me by one of our great booksellers. It is a stunning first novel about a young man who witnesses his parents murder when their farm is confiscated. Set in Zimbabwe it brings the reader powerfully into the racial strife in that country.

Loving Frank: A Novel

Author: Nancy Horan

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Mix a brilliant, attractive and engaging architect – read Frank Lloyd Wright – with a beautiful, intelligent and feeling-trapped housewife and you have the basis for romantic combustion. Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan, is the novelized biography of this very affair. In the early 1900’s...+ Read the Full Review

Late Nights on Air

Author: Elizabeth Hay

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Late Nights On Air, Elizabeth Hay's Giller-wining novel made me want to do three things: start listening to radio again in a meaningful way, re-read The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service, and plan a trip to the Canadian North. Such is the impact of Hay's storytelling...+ Read the Full Review

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Prisoner of Tehran

Author: Marina Nemat

Hardcover

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Stories which quietly reveal incredible, almost unfathomable courage always draw me in. Prisoner of Tehran is one such story. It is the personal journey of Marina Nemat, an Iranian woman whose life experiences could hardly be imagined. When the story opens, Marina is sixteen. The Iranian Revolution has just occurred ushering in, among other things...+ Read the Full Review

Infidel

Author: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Hardcover

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Hirsi Ali's Infidel is as exciting and provocative an autobiography as I have read in a long time. Hirsi Ali was born in a small village in Somalia to the family of Ali. Her father, a Muslim, was in many ways unusual for his time. He wanted his daughters...+ Read the Full Review

About Alice

Author: TRILLIN CALVIN

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About Alice is a touching, heartwarming declaration of a love deeply shared and remembered. A very personal memoir of one man's feelings about the woman he lived with, had children with, and shared life's triumphs...+ Read the Full Review

Exile: A Novel

Author: Richard North Patterson

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I am always a sucker for a great love story. But set a great love affair against realities torn from today's headlines and the result is an irresistible read. In Exile, Richard North Patterson's latest blockbuster, our leading characters are David Wolfe and Hana Arif - two brilliant young....+ Read the Full Review

The Thirteenth Tale

Author: SETTERFIELD DIANE

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Margaret Lea toils away in her father's antiquarian bookstore writing obscure articles and biographies on little known subjects. The books lining the shelves in the shop are her true companions in life - and like most of us who consider...+ Read the Full Review

The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel

Author: RUBENFELD JED

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Reading this book, I felt as I did when I first read The Da Vinci Code. This story has a unique and compelling cadence, which, like The Da Vinci Code, intelligently combines fact and fiction in a manner that makes it at once a great story and a wonderful history lesson....

Water for Elephants: A Novel

Author: Sara Gruen

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Water for Elephants is that special book that is, in truth, a rarity…a rich, captivating, poignant, delicious-to-read story. From the very first paragraph to the final word on the last page, I was totally entranced - transported to another world and another time. Set against the backdrop of the…

Iran Awakening: From Prison to Peace Prize: One Woman's Struggle at the Crossroads of History

Author: Shirin Ebadi

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Imagine being taught as a young child to believe that you can do whatever you want to do and be whoever you want to be. Imagine taking that belief system to become one of the country's most accomplished judges at a mind bogglingly young age. Imagine too, being idealistic about the world you would…