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Two young men who have never met fight on opposite sides of the war, and neither can face the reality of his situation until it is too late.

A successful caterer in Bascomb, North Carolina, Claire has always remained tied to the legacy of the Waverly family, until her peaceful life is transformed by Tyler Hughes, an art teacher and new next-door neighbor, and by the return of her prodigal sister, Sydney.

When the character actors at Disney World go on strike and are replaced by a new group of teens, the new workers get a dose of reality when a team-building scavenger hunt breaks apart one relationship and creates an unexpected new one to the surprise of everyone involved.

Once a high-profile forensic anthropologist, Dr. David Hunter keeps his past a secret while hiding himself in an isolated English village, until he is asked by the police to use his arcane skills to help track down the killer of a young woman, whose murder becomes only the first in a series of twisted mutilation killings.

When his son is kidnapped, Cotton Malone discovers a link to a conspiracy involving the lost contents of the Library of Alexandria, a priceless treasury of thousands of ancient manuscripts that vanished more than 1,500 years ago.

Investigating the alleged shooting of a burglar in the home of a high-profile Savannah district judge, detectives Hatcher and Bowen suspect the judge’s dutiful trophy wife’s declarations of innocence and find the case complicated by the judge’s notorious soft-on-crime tactics.

Her life turned upside-down when a Japanese internment camp is opened in their small Colorado town, Rennie witnesses the way her community places suspicion on the newcomers when a young girl is murdered.

When a promising young legislator is accused of the murder of a young woman, disgraced ex-cop Nik Kane is hired by a mysterious patron to investigate the case, which is heavily influenced by corrupt forces in the oil industry.

An intimate painting of a quiet corner of an attic room, created by Gwen, Rodin’s lover, has a profound influence on several women whose lives it touches, including Gwen and Charlotte, a dreamy Edwardian intellectual.

With his rising culinary career threatened by an episode of food poisoning that affects most of the guests at a private affair that he had catered, Max Moreton finds himself in more trouble when he caters an exclusive luncheon at the Two Thousand Guineas horse race, a party devasted by a bomb blast that kills some of his staff as well as many of the guests.

Presents a novel of life in modern India, chronicling the interwoven journey of an American marine biologist and a Delhi businessman who travel to the remote Sundarban islands.

Drawn by a letter from a student who dies under mysterious circumstances, literature professor Rose Asher journeys to Italy in search of a missing folio containing what some believe are lost sonnets penned by William Shakespeare.

An analysis of the consequences of the current administration’s fear, secrecy, and faith-based initiatives explains how the Bush administration has dangerously compromised America’s capacity for addressing long-term challenges, from national security and the environment to health care and economic stability.

Introduced to the Dead Fathers Club of murdered men by the ghost of his late father, eleven-year-old Philip Noble learns that his uncle, who has designs on Philip’s mother, murdered Philip’s father in order to get his hands on the family pub.

On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother Sofia’s past on the Greek island of Crete before moving to London, and when Alexis decides to visit Crete, Sofia gives her daughter a letter to take to an old friend, promising that through her she will learn the truth.

Fact and fiction blend in a historical novel that chronicles the relationship between seminal architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, from their meeting, when they were each married to another, to the clandestine affair that shocked Chicago society.

Milla Edge, a woman with a gift for locating lost children, travels to Mexico to uncover the fate of many children who have vanished over the years, joining forces with a mysterious stranger on a mission that makes her an assassin’s target.

Wealthy young widow Bailey Wingate nearly dies when her small plane crashes, leaving Bailey and her pilot, Cam Justice, stranded in the wilderness, and it is only after their return to civilization that Bailey and Cam suspect that the crash was no accident.

Collects such short stories as “Basement Magic,” “Intelligent Design,” “The Green Glass Sea,” “Clip Art,” “Triangle,” “The Feed Bag,” “Time Gypsy,” and “Be Prepared.”

Twelve interwoven stories follow the lives of a group of young doctors as they make their way from medical school to the world of emergency rooms, evacuation missions, and research into new viruses, dealing with challenges and moral dilemmas along the way.

A gripping portrait of the ultimate double agent draws on recently declassified documents to recount the remarkable exploits of the enigmatic Eddie Chapman, Agent Zigzag, a criminal, con man, and philanderer trained by the Nazis as a spy who became a British agent at the heart of the German Secret Service.

Searching desperately for work and sharing an apartment with three other girls in a Brooklyn brownstone, Jessica Darling is stunned when her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Marcus Flutie, asks her to marry him and gives her a week to think it over.

The author of The Center of Everything presents a tale about the complicated interactions between mothers and daughters who unwittingly inflict harm on one another in spite of their best intentions.

A chronicle of the historical 1908 baseball season documents the contributions of numerous personalities who shaped the game, in an account that also explores how the sport was influenced by crooked politics, crime, and everyday Americans.

Describes one Honduran boy’s difficult and dangerous journey to find his mother, who had made the trek northward to the United States in search of a better life when Enrique had been five years old, but who had never made enough money to return home for her children, in a poignant account that addresses the issues of family and the implications of illegal immigration.

Chronicles the long-time friendship between Liz and Sarabeth, a relationship that is forged in childhood and sustained through the decades that follow, until both women are forced to reexamine their lives in the wake of a devastating crisis.

Filled with informational sidebars and tips, a definitive guide on the art of grilling with charcoal from the experts at Weber’s introduces more than one hundred tested recipes for steaks, roasted vegetables, smoked fish, barbecued ribs, wood-fired pizzas, and other dishes, along with helpful instructional photographs documenting essential grilling and barbecue techniques.

Describes how an American family of five moved from South Carolina suburbia to a town in the middle of France and the dramatic changes in their lives as the entire family embraced a whole new culture and language.

Attracted to a talented police lieutenant who serves as Savannah’s top hostage negotiator, Duncan Swift endeavors to become a part of Phoebe MacNamara’s solitary life in both her personal and professional arenas, which are challenged by her family and criminal attacks in both her past and present.

The founder of the Kabul Beauty School describes the lives of women in the patriarchal society of Afghanistan from the perspective of the school and its students, offering profiles of such women as a newlywed who must fake her own virginity, a child bride sold into marriage to pay her family’s debts, and the wife of a Taliban member who pursues her training despite her husband’s abuse.

A memoir of paranoid schizophrenia by an accomplished professor recounts her first symptoms at the age of eight, her efforts to hide the severity of her condition, and the obstacles she has overcome in the course of her treatment and marriage.

In attempt to shake up the system, Alex finds himself in deep water and ends up having to do community service at an old age home where his services are received with very little appreciation and endless harassment from its unfriendly residents.