Fragile Things
by Neil Gaiman




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Fantasy author Gaiman is at his best in this short story collection, which contains an embarrassing riches of storytelling that is at times dark, funny, terrifying, beautiful, and always brilliant. Recommended by Bolton, Powells.com... (read more)

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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke




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I know you shouldn't recommend books that you are only halfway through, but this is such a lush tapestry of a book I can't resist. Like a moist rich chocolate torte, Strange and Norrell is the sort of book you ration out to avoid finishing it too soon... (read more)

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The Confusion (Baroque Cycle #02) (P.S.)
by Neal Stephenson




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In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack -- devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues -- a perilous race for an enormous prize of... (read more)

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The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book)
by Audrey Niffenegger




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"Inspired by her grandparents' love story in which the grandmother outlived her husband by nearly three decades, Niffenegger has invented Henry and Clare, and their unique and complicated love story involving the ability to live in the past and future in... (read more)

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Quicksilver: Baroque Cycle #01
by Neal Stephenson


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Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where... (read more)

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The Children of Hurin
by J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien


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The first complete book by Tolkien in three decades, this book reunites fans of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, Eagles and Orcs. This stirring narrative will return fans to the rich landscape and... (read more)

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Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back Screen
by Leigh Brackett


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One of a hand-picked selection of some of the most popular and cult-worthy titles on Faber and Faber's extensive list of film scripts.... (read more)

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Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson




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With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century.... (read more)

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Blood and Iron: A Novel of the Promethean Age
by Elizabeth Bear


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Spellbound by the Faerie Queen, the woman known as Seeker has abducted human children for her mistress's pleasure for nearly an eternity, unable to free herself from her servitude and reclaim her own humanity. Seeker's latest prey is a Merlin. Named... (read more)

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The Fellowship of the Ring
by J. R. R. Tolkien




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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was one of the most influential writers of his time. His best-known works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, were not only among the bestselling books of the twentieth century, they also inspired a new genre of fiction: the... (read more)

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The Book of the Dun Cow
by Walter Wangerin




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Walter Wangerin's profound fantasy concerns a time when the sun turned around the earth and the animals could speak, when Chauntecleer the Rooster ruled over a more or less peaceful kingdom. What the animals did not know was that they were the Keepers of... (read more)

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Perelandra (Space Trilogy)
by C S Lewis


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The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength, Perelandra continues the adventures of the extraordinary Dr. Ransom. Pitted against the most destructive of human... (read more)

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You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps
by Tom Holt


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Colin Hollinghead is a young man going nowhere fast. Working for his dad might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but starting at the bottom in the widget-making industry has, predictably, lost its appeal. And now the business is in trouble. At... (read more)

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Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes


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Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving. Then, an... (read more)

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Star Wars Return of the Jedi Screenplay
by George Lucas


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One of a hand-picked selection of some of the most popular and cult-worthy titles on Faber and Faber's extensive list of film scripts.... (read more)

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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide
by Douglas Adams




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I won't write "Don't Panic." Every single thing ever written about Hitchhiker's starts with "Don't Panic," but I shall resist. Nor will I make a reference to the film adaptation, as Douglas Adams's books stand up very well all by themselves, and this... (read more)

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The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime (Nursery Crime)
by Jasper Fforde




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In the second adventure by the bestselling author of the Thursday Next novels, "nursery crime" characters Jack Spratt and Mary Mary take on their most dangerous case so far, as a murderous cookie (The Gingerbread Man) menaces the streets of Reading.... (read more)

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Amazonia
by James Rollins


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The Rand scientific expedition entered the lush wilderness of the Amazon and never returned. Years later, one of its members has stumbled out of the world's most inhospitable rainforest-; a former Special Forces soldier, scarred, mutilated, terrified... (read more)

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