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FEATURED BOOK OF THIS MONTH
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Falling Man by Don DeLillo
"Falling Man" begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and follows the aftermath in the intimate lives of a few
individuals. This is the inner seam of history, a novel that traces the way the events of September 11 reconfigured our
emotional landscape, our memory, and our perception of the world. It is beautiful, heartbreaking and, ultimately,
redemptive. "DeLillo understands the capacity of words to establish a distance from things and a mastery over them" -
"Houston Chronicle". "One of America's smartest and most disturbing writers" - "The Times". "DeLillo shapes a rhetoric
for our age" - "Observer". |

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The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
A stunning new thriller in the vein of ’Velocity’ and ’The Husband’ from one of the world’s
bestselling authors. After a day’s work hefting brick and stone, Tim Carrier slakes his thirst at The Lamplighter
Tavern. Working his deadpan humour on strangers is, for Tim, all part of the entertainment. But how could Tim have
imagined that the stranger who sits down next to him one evening is about to unmake his world and enmesh him in a
web of murder and deceit? The man has come there to meet someone and he thinks it’s Tim. Tim's wayward
sense of humour lets the misconception stand for a moment and that’s all it takes: the stranger hands Tim a fat
manila envelope, saying, ’Half of it's there; the rest when she’s gone,’ and then he's out the door. |
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The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
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In "The Audacity of Hope", Obama shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of the future that involves repairing a "political process that is broken" and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people. |
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Invisible Prey by John Sandford
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Bestseller Sandford opts for a contemplative procedural rather than a high-octane nail-biter for his 17th novel to feature Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport. Brilliantly suspenseful, filled with rich characterization and exciting drama. |
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Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
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Each book in Lee Child’s smart, addictive series (The New York Times has referred to it as "pure escapist gold") follows the wandering warrior on a new adventure, making it easy to start with any book, including his latest gem, Bad Luck and Trouble. |
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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"A Thousand Splendid Suns" is more so, bringing Hosseini’s compassionate storytelling and his sense of personal and national tragedy to a tale of two women that is weighted equally with despair and grave hope. |
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