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The Blue Afternoon - William Boyd (hardcover or paperback)
Set in LA in 1936 and the Manilla of 1902, a story of love, crime, and of lives destroyed.
The Bear Went Over The Mountain - William Kotzwinkle
From the author of ET, a gentle fantasy about a bear who finds a manuscript, and becomes a feted literary figure.
Woman of the Inner Sea - Thomas Keneally (paperback)
A woman escapes her complicated family for the simplicity of life in the Australian outback.
The Lost Continent - Bill Bryson (paperback)
Bill Bryson's humorous observations of travels around his American homeland.
Crossing the River - Caryl Phillips (paperback)
A powerful book about the Afro-European relationship over two centuries.
Into the Forest - Jean Hegland (hardcover)
A sensitive book about individuals and the breakdown of modern society.
Strandloper - Alan Garner (hardcover or paperback)
A novel which explores English folk tradition and Aboriginal tradition, mystically brought together by an escaped 19th century English convict.
The List of Seven - Mark Frost (paperback)
In an imaginative adventure, Arthur Conan Doyle meets the man who will inspire him to create Sherlock Holmes.
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