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  • The Amber Spyglass
    The Amber Spyglass : His Dark Materials - Book III
    by Philip Pullman
    Hardcover: Oct 2000
    Paperback: Oct 2001
     
    Brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
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  • America America
    America America : A Novel
    by Ethan Canin
    Hardcover: Jun 2008
    Paperback: May 2009
     
    A stunning novel, set in a small town during the Nixon era and today, about America and family, politics and tragedy, and the impact of fate on a young man’s life.
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  • America for Beginners
    America for Beginners
    by Leah Franqui
    Hardcover: Jul 2018
    Paperback: Jul 2019
     
    Recalling contemporary classics such as Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a funny, poignant, and insightful debut novel that explores the complexities of family, immigration, prejudice, and the American Dream ...
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  • America's Women
    America's Women : Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
    by Gail Collins
    Hardcover: Sep 2003
    Paperback: Sep 2004
     
    A landmark work of history telling the story of more than four centuries of history featuring a stunning array of personalities.
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  • American Dervish
    American Dervish : A Novel
    by Ayad Akhtar
    Hardcover: Jan 2012
    Paperback: Sep 2012
     
    American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life.
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  • American Dirt
    American Dirt : A Novel
    by Jeanine Cummins
    Hardcover: Jan 2020
    Paperback: Feb 2022
     
    Hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times" and "a new American classic", American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope.
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  • American Gods
    American Gods
    by Neil Gaiman
    Hardcover: Jun 2001
    Paperback: Apr 2002
     
    As unsettling as it is exhilarating, American Gods is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien.
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  • The American Heiress
    The American Heiress : A Novel
    by Daisy Goodwin
    Paperback: Mar 2012
     
    Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, The American Heiress marks the debut of a glorious storyteller who brings a fresh new spirit to the world of Edith Wharton and Henry James.
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