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Maffei, Fredric, DIVINELY SMITTEN
February 15, 2010 - A tight tale about forces of light and darkness set in motion by willing, if duped, characters. Writing with a sure hand, Maffei quickly introduces readers to a cast of strong characters

Moïse, Claire, ADELE, GRACE, AND CELINE
February 15, 2010 - In Adele, Grace and Celine, the most recent literary offspring of Charlotte Brontë¿s Jane Eyre, Moise grants readers a glimpse into the lives of three women connected to Mr. Rochester...Adele Varens was an inquisitive, intuitive child while growing up at Thornfield Manor, the home of her guardian, Edward Rochester

Braccia, Richard, RESPUBLICA
February 15, 2010 - Braccia tenders Cicero's testament to his son about his thwarted ambitions in the Roman Senate. The author has clearly done his homework into the life and times of Cicero, and even readers with reservations about the great orator¿s beliefs and tactics will appreciate the honest hand he brings to the proceedings

Christie, Joel, ROBBY FIGHTS THE WORLD
January 15, 2010 - This coming-of-age story, set in present-day Florida, may leave adult readers with a sad view of today¿s teens but engage the younger crowd...A portrait of the realistic bravado of teens struggling to find their place in the world.

Bardolph, Baronis and Telling Bardolph, TOME OF A HERETOFORE UNKNOWN PERSONAGE
December 29, 2009 - A lost manuscript is discovered by an aspiring author, who--in true postmodern fashion--completes and brings the story to life.

Santi, Catherine, CRAZY PEOPLE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. . . AM I?
December 29, 2009 - The sorrowful days of a single welfare mother who can't get what she wants and can't get rid of what she doesn't.

Bessinger, Donivan, POETIC WORKS
December 22, 2009 - Ambitious poems in various genres explore the intersections of philosophy, religion, psychology and cutting-edge physics.

Del Bourgo, David, PRAGUE SPRING
December 22, 2009 - A 1968-era noir crime novel, in which the past comes back to haunt San Francisco police inspector Simon Wolfe.

Meredith, Frank, THE UNFINISHED WORK
December 22, 2009 - A Northern boy fights for the South in this rollicking Civil War novel.

Wright, Elizabeth Catherine, DEAR BOB, DEAR BETTY
December 22, 2009 - The correspondence between Frank Lloyd Wright's youngest child Robert Llewellyn (nicknamed Bob) and his bride-to-be Elizabeth Bryan Kehler (known as Betty) is laid bare in heartfelt detail.

Carrick, Donna, THE FIRST EXCELLENCE
December 17, 2009 - A complex mystery with multiple plots and a host of intriguing characters.

Hill, Cassandra, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY SHYANN
December 14, 2009 - An Egyptian cat has pink fur, a colorful party hat and friends from around the world.

Ratnam, Raja (Arasa), THE DANCE OF DESTINY
December 14, 2009 - A detailed exploration of a personal journey through varying cultures and countries.

Cassan, Brent, A HISTORY OF CHINA
December 14, 2009 - Cassan--who has published several reference books on railroading as well as poetry collections--has created a volume of sharp-edged language and surreal logic.

Gordon, C.W., AZURE DYING
December 14, 2009 - Haunting suspense/thriller debut by author Gordon.

Viliborghi, Mark Russell, HIGH TIMES
December 14, 2009 - A topsy-turvy psychedelic science-fiction tale--starring an eclectic array of beings, human and otherwise--based on an "exceptionally lucid dream" experienced by author Viliborghi.









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The Arabian Nights: A New Edition
March 01, 2010 - The most famous tales in The Arabian Nights have flown far beyond the confines of the night-shrouded bedroom in which Scheherazade spins stories to the vengeful king who will kill her come morning (unless she makes sure he just has to know what happens next). "There is no such thing as a canonical text of the Nights with a fixed number of stories," writes Middle East scholar Robert Irwin in his introduction to Volume 2 of Penguin Classics' new three-volume edition. So should we care that Cambridge University scholars Malcolm and Ursula Lyons, for the first time since Sir Richard Burton in the 1880s, have based this English translation on the 1839-42 Arabic edition that contains more stories than any other, usually in fuller versions? We should



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