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FICTION Misadventure by Nicholas Grider "A debut that short fiction lovers shouldn't miss- or lovers of the fringe, the darkly funny, the raw glimpses of secret and flaw. Bold readers won't be disappointed & timid readers will be surprised." - Ben The latest book from Austin small press A Strange Object! The Museum of Extraordinary … Continue reading New Releases – 2/18/14
HARDCOVER FICTION The Parallel Apartments by Bill Cotter Justine Moppett is 34, pregnant, and fleeing an abusive relationship in New York to dig up an even more traumatic childhood in Austin. Waiting for her there is a cast of more than a dozen misfits each hurtling toward their own calamities, and, ultimately, toward each other. … Continue reading New Releases – 2/11
HARDBACK FICTION ________________________________________________________________ Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan From Nancy Horan, bestselling author of Loving Frank, comes her much-anticipated second novel, which tells the improbable love story of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his tempestuous American wife, Fanny. We have SIGNED COPIES available while supplies lasts on our shelves … Continue reading New Releases – 1/21
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION The Polaris Protocol by Brad Taylor Brad Taylor's bestselling thrillers are fueled by his more than twenty years of experience in the US Army, including eight years in Delta Force. Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are used to putting their lives at risk, but in The Polaris Protocol it's Jennifer's … Continue reading New Releases – 1/14/14
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah When Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic. Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called “arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature,” has returned with his first novel, an … Continue reading New Releases – 1/7/14
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION Purity of Vengeance by Jussi Adler-Olsen Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q series, continues with the most chilling cold case yet. In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth, including Curt Wad, a charismatic surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize wayward girls in 1950s Denmark. More … Continue reading New Releases-12/31
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION Hild by Nicola Griffith A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild. Hild is a young woman at the heart of the violence, subtlety, and mysticism of the early Middle Ages—all of it brilliantly and accurately evoked by Nicola Griffith’s luminous prose. … Continue reading New Releases – 11/12
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT by Amy Tan "The book follows a half American half Chinese girl growing up in Shanghai. Her mother owns a very unusual house for courtesans. The title is definitely a double entendre. It’s a great time.” --Doc BookPeople has SIGNED COPIES available on our shelves and at bookpeople.com. … Continue reading New Releases – 11/5
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION JUST ONE EVIL ACT by ELIZABETH GEORGE Bestselling author Elizabeth George delivers another masterpiece of suspense in her Inspector Lynley series: a gripping child-in-danger story that tests Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers like never before. As both Barbara and her partner, Inspector Thomas Lynley, soon discover, the case is far more complex than … Continue reading New Releases – 10/15
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION STORM FRONT by JOHN SANDFORD The thrilling new novel in the bestselling Virgil Flowers series. Virgil Flowers is at it again working with an Israli cop who happens to be tailing a smuggler of an extraordinary relic -- a copper scroll revealing startling details about the man known as King Solomon. "Wait … Continue reading New Releases – 10/8
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