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Acosta, Marta Midnight Brunch Having her illusions shattered throughout his year-long residence at Casa Dracula, Milagro hopes for a proposal from her vampire boyfriend, is targeted by a Neo-Vamp cousin, and joins the film crew for a new independent monster movie. 2007 Appears on the following book list:  Latino Authors
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Adams, Douglas The Salmon of Doubt A final installment in the series that began with "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is taken from the late author's previously unpublished personal files and features the same offbeat adventures of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and their companions. 2005 | ||||
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Bartlett, Gerry Real Vampires Have Curves Rendered eternally full-figured when she is made into a vampire between diets, Gloriana St. Clair struggles with her centuries-old relationship with Scottish vampire Jeremy, opens a vintage clothing store, and falls under the spell of a billionaire techno-freak immortal. 2007 | ||||
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Born, James O. Field of Fire Since returning from Bosnia, ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) agent Alex Duarte has been re-acclimating to life in South Florida. But when a gunrunner's car explodes, Duarte's life kicks into overdrive in a high-profile hunt for a suspected serial bomber. 2007 | ||||
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Buckley, Christopher Boomsday Inciting a culture war when she suggests that baby boomers should be given government incentives to commit suicide, twenty-nine-year-old blogger and political malcontent Cassandra Devine catches the attention of an ambitious senator seeking the presidency, with whom she launches a campaign during which euthanasia is a forefront issue. 2007 | ||||
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Cabot, Meg Every Boy's Got One Cartoonist Jane Harris is delighted by the prospect of her first-ever trip to Europe. But it's hate at first sight for Jane and Cal Langdon, and neither is too happy at the prospect of sharing a villa with one another for a week -- not even in the beautiful and picturesque countryside of Italy. But when Holly and Mark's wedding plans hit a major snag that only Jane and Cal can repair, the two find themselves having to put aside their mutual dislike for one another in order to get their best friends on the road to wedded bliss -- and end up on a road themselves ... one neither of them ever expected. 2005 Appears on the following book list:
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Chabon, Michael Gentlemen of the Road In the Kingdom of Aran, in the Caucasus Mountains, in 950 A.D., two adventurers wander the region, plying their trade as swords for hire, until they become embroiled in a bloody coup in the medieval Jewish empire of the Khazars as bodyguards for a fugitive prince with a mysterious secret. 2007 Appears on the following book list:
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Crusie, Jennifer Agnes the Hitman Rescued during a break-in by an unlikely hit man who has been directed by the mob to protect her, food writer Cranky Agnes finds her situation further complicated by a missing cache of money that becomes a key factor in a Southern mafia wedding. 2007 Appears on the following book list:
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Dalby, Rob Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly A sequel to Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly finds newlyweds Laurie Lepanto and Powell Hampton organizing the mayoral campaign of Hale Dunbar, in which they are assisted by the eccentric Nitwitt widows and hampered by Dunbar's long-lost girlfriend, Gaylie Girl. 2007 | ||||
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Dorsey, Tim Hurricane Punch Returning to his home in Florida only to find himself facing the state's worst hurricane season and a pair of serial killers vying for "most wanted" status, Serge A. Storms and his perpetually stoned companion, Coleman, tackle the most challenging case of their careers. 2007 | ||||
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Fellowes, Julian Snobs Preparing to marry heir Charles Broughton, attractive accountant's daughter Edith Lavery makes humorous and astute observations about contemporary England's class system. 2005 Appears on the following book list:
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Galant, Debra Fear and Yoga in New Jersey Stressed-out yoga teacher Nina Gettleman-Summer and her family--husband Michael, suspicious mother and father, and teenage son Adam--sample a range of spiritual options in a comic search for meaning. 2008 | ||||
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Gore, Kristin Sammy's House Struggling to overcome her own personality foibles in her work as an advisor to the vice president, Samantha Joyce finds herself torn by his request to fleece pharmaceutical supplies during a trip to India, an assignment that is further complicated by her boyfriend's relocation and an embarrassing publicity photo. By the author of Sammy's Hill. 2007 Appears on the following book list: At Home Reader November 2007 | ||||
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Greene, Graham Our Man in Havana Follows the plight of Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, who becomes a slave to the expensive whims of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Milly, and takes on a job as Secret Agent 5920015 to pay for them. 2007 | ||||
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Haig, Matt The Labrador Pact Struggling with the typical throes of human life, from work and money to love and the trials of adolescence with the help of their loyal black Labrador, Prince, the Hunter family is aided in unusual ways by their canine friend when he perceives that they are becoming their own worst enemies. 2008 Appears on the following book list:
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Ironside, Virginia No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year Marie Sharp is about to turn 60, and unlike many of her peers, she has no interest in taking up paragliding or living for three months with a Masai tribe in Africa. She's intent on accepting this new phase of her life, which brings with it the freedom to do old things, such as getting a pension and free prescriptions the air of a very clean goblin given to laughing rather inappropriately. And though Marie has declared herself done with romantic entanglements, th ere's a very kind old friend, recently widowed, who has a crush on her. For Marie, old age is looking pretty wonderful. 2007 Appears on the following book list:
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Karasyov, Carrie The Infidelity Pact Four privileged, bored L.A. housewives make a pact that each will have a year-long extramarital affair. Each others' husbands are off-limits, and they agree to confide only in each other (assuming that dalliances cause trouble because word gets out). And so our ladies embark--two eagerly, one cautiously, and one very reluctantly--on perilous romantic paths that lead to all manner of adventure and intrigue. As the year progresses, secrets are revealed, betrayals pile up, desires are brought to light, lies are told, and each woman is forced to face up to the truth of who she is and the choices that have brought her here. When the women discover that a local gossip has been spying on them and threatens to reveal their secrets, how far will they go to stop him? And how well do these friends really know each other anyway?--From publisher description. 2007 | ||||
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Kaufman, Millard Bowl of Cherries Falling in with a distracted Egyptologist after being kicked out of Yale, fourteen-year-old Judd Breslau is coerced by a reckless young woman whose misadventures eventually lead to his death sentence and incarceration in a southern Iraqi jail. 2007 | ||||
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Keillor, Garrison Pontoon: A Lake Wobegon Novel Astonished to learn that her impeccable mother led a secret life marked by her passionate love for a Las Vegas man and a private commitment to pleasure, Barbara elects to end destructive patterns in her own life while honoring her mother's final wishes. 2007 Appears on the following book list: Minnesota Authors
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Landvik, Lorna The View from Mount Joy Joe was a hockey player and Kristi a cheerleader in high school, now Joe works in the local grocery store. The path Kristi has charged down, on the other hand, is as wild as Joe's is tame, or at least that's how it appears. But who has really risked more? Who has lived more? And who is truly happy? As Joe discovers, sometimes people are lucky enough to be standing in the one place where the view of the world is breathtaking, if only they'll open their eyes to all there is to see. 2007 Appears on the following book list: Minnesota Authors
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