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2001 Favorites by Established Authors
Recommended books found: 18
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Coming Back To Me
by Caroline Leavitt
Hardcover: Apr 2001
Paperback: Sep 2003
"Rarely has an author succeeded so splendidly at making real the inexplicable event (here a life-threatening childbirth) while also reminding us of the struggle between sisters, the enchantment of love, and the kindness of others. Do not miss this ...
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Sophie and The Rising Sun
by Augusta Trobaugh
Hardcover: Nov 2001
Paperback: Sep 2002
A radiant novel that gets the rhythms and cadences of small-town life exactly right. An unforgettable story of a time when the world lost its innocence--and of a town that finds its redemption in an extraordinary love.
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Lost Soldiers
by James Webb
Hardcover: Aug 2001
Paperback: Aug 2002
A page-turning mystery, shot through with adventure and intrigue that captures the Vietnam of past and present --- its beauty and squalor, its politics and people.
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Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
by  Wann, de Graaf, Naylor
Hardcover: Jun 2001
Paperback: Aug 2002
A fast-paced, very readable book that shows how to "beat the affluence bug" and achieve healthier, happier lives.
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The Grand Complication
by Allen Kurzweil
Hardcover: Aug 2001
Paperback: Aug 2002
A delicious compendium of quirky colleagues, erotic pop-ups, deviant passions, and miraculous examples of theft, the book is a grand and complicated "timepiece," told with a devilish sense of fun.
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Sharpe's Trafalgar
by Bernard Cornwell
Hardcover: Jun 2001
Paperback: Jul 2002
A dazzling nautical adventure that finds ensign Richard Sharpe in the middle of one of history's most spectacular naval engagements: the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar.
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Turning On The Girls: A Novel
by Cheryl Benard
Hardcover: Feb 2001
Paperback: Jul 2002
Cheryl Benard's deftly comic novel gives us a chance to envision a world designed by women.... It's 2000 something, the world has just been taken over by women, and things are wonderful. Meanwhile, a secret men's movement, is planning a violent ...
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The Lost Daughter of Happiness
by Geling Yan
Hardcover: Apr 2001
Paperback: May 2002
The story of a love affair between an enigmatic Chinese prostitute and the Caucasian boy who worships her. Set in San Francisco in the aftermath of the Gold Rush - a time when millions came to seek their fortune and the city was plagued by anti-...
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A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
by Robert M. Sapolsky
Hardcover: Mar 2001
Paperback: Mar 2002
Robert Sapolsky's exhilarating account of his life in the bush with neighbors both human and primate, by turns hilarious and poignant. The culmination of more than two decades of experience and research, A Primate's Memoir is a magnum opus ...
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Female Intelligence
by Jane Heller
Hardcover: Apr 2001
Paperback: Feb 2002
Female Intelligence is a hilarious look at our inability to bridge the communication gap between men and women, despite all the Mars/Venus books on the market.
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The Unknown Errors of Our Lives
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Hardcover: Apr 2001
Paperback: Jan 2002
A collection of moving stories about family, culture, and the seduction of memory. The tales of journeys and returns, of error, of loss and recovery, all resound with Divakaruni's unique understanding of the human spirit.
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The Bonesetter's Daughter
by Amy Tan
Hardcover: Feb 2001
Paperback: Jan 2002
Tan's newest novel mixes pure fiction with elements of autobiography. In the acknowledgements she writes, "The heart of this story belongs to my grandmother, its voice to my mother".
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The Constant Gardener
by John Le Carre
Hardcover: Dec 2000
Paperback: Nov 2001
Frightening, heartbreaking, and exquisitely calibrated, John le Carré's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful Tessa Quayle near northern Kenya's Lake Turkana.
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Kingdom of Shadows
by Alan Furst
Hardcover: Jan 2001
Paperback: Oct 2001
In spymaster Alan Furst's most electrifying thriller to date, Hungarian aristocrat Nicholas Morath becomes embroiled in a daring and perilous effort to halt the Nazi war machine in eastern Europe.
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The Vault
by Peter Lovesey
Hardcover: Sep 2000
Paperback: Oct 2001
When a skeletal hand turns up in the vault of the Pump Room, followed by the excavation of a skull, Diamond is called upon to solve a series of crimes.
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Tears of The Giraffe
by Alexander McCall Smith
Paperback: Sep 2001
"This is a superior piece of detective fiction, written in simple, direct but effective prose. Perhaps most importantly, this novel offers a refreshingly positive picture of an African nation - and probably deserves a wide audience in the West on ...
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Lord Brocktree: A Tale of Redwall
by Brian Jacques
Hardcover: Sep 2000
Paperback: Aug 2001
Dotti, a brazen young haremaid, and the badger Lord Brocktree, a fearsome warrior embark on a perilous journey to Salamadastron.
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The Crowning Circle: A Mystery Thriller
by J.R. Lankford
Paperback: Feb 2001
When three violent deaths occur in a quiet Ohio town, personal calamity befalls forensic psychologist Doc "Skeet" Cullum and his technology wizard buddy, Jake Morrison, in this compassionate thriller about how we live, love and die.
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