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  • Breath and Bones
    Breath and Bones : A Novel
    by Susann Cokal
    Hardcover: May 2005
    Paperback: May 2006
     
    A romp through the late 19th century chronicling the adventures - sexual and otherwise - of its beautiful heroine, Famke, from her childhood in a Copenhagen orphanage to her strange adventures in the American Wild West.
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  • A Breath of Fresh Air
    A Breath of Fresh Air
    by Amulya Malladi
    Hardcover: Jun 2002
    Paperback: Jun 2003
     
    On the night of December 3, 1984, Anjali waits for her husband to pick her up at the train station in Bhopal, India. In an instant, her world changes forever. Her anger at his being late turns to horror when a catastrophic gas leak poisons the city ...
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  • Breath, Eyes, Memory
    Breath, Eyes, Memory
    by Edwidge Danticat
    Hardcover: May 1998
    Paperback: May 1998
     
    A passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence, in a novel that bears witness to the traditions, suffering, and wisdom of an entire people.
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  • Brick Lane
    Brick Lane
    by Monica Ali
    Hardcover: Sep 2003
    Paperback: Jun 2004
     
    This gorgeous first novel is the deeply moving story of one woman, Nazneen, born in a Bangladeshi village and transported to London at age eighteen to enter into an arranged marriage.
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  • The Bridegroom
    The Bridegroom : Stories
    by Ha Jin
    Hardcover: Oct 2000
    Paperback: Sep 2001
     
    Reversals, transformations, and surprises abound in these assured stories. Parables for our times--with a hint of the reckless and the absurd that we have come to expect from Ha Jin--The Bridegroom offers tales both mischievous and wise.
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  • Bridge of Sighs
    Bridge of Sighs
    by Richard Russo
    Hardcover: Sep 2007
    Paperback: Sep 2008
     
    Bridge of Sighs courses with small-town rhythms and the claims of family. Here is a town, as well as a world, defined by magnificent and nearly devastating contradictions.
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  • Bridget Jones's Diary
    Bridget Jones's Diary : A Novel
    by Helen Fielding
    Hardcover: May 1998
    Paperback: May 1999
     
    This laugh-out-loud chronicle charts a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single girl on a permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement.
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  • A Brief History of The Flood
    A Brief History of The Flood
    by Jean Harfenist
    Hardcover: Jun 2002
    Paperback: Jul 2003
     
    In this funny, sad and somehow good natured book Jean Harfenist explores the interface between love and dysfunction through young Lillian whose voice will stick with you long after you turn the last page.
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