"An emotional masterpiece . . . A novel in which humor, passion, and superb prose conspire to seize a reader by the heart and by the soul." —New York Daily News

From Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, The Bean Trees, and other modern classics, Animal Dreams is a passionate and complex novel about love, forgiveness, and one woman's struggle to find her place

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""Mad and wonderful. I thought I was reading one thing, then discovered—several times—that I was reading a different, even better thing."—Roddy Doyle

"Snowflake is a wonderfully inventive, deeply felt novel full of the best kinds of surprises."—Margot Livesey

An exquisitely talented young Irish writer makes her literary debut with this powerful and haunting novel—a tale

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Growing up on their parents' mythical stories about the opportunities of Australia, a brother and sister travel with their family from war-torn Pakistan through temporary homes in Indonesia and Nauru, before government indifference in Australia challenges their dreams.

During World War II, two African American musicians, Harlan and Lizard, are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp which changes the course of Harlan's life.--

Sheriff's deputy Alex Brady, who still grieves his father's death on September 11, concentrates on fighting crime in Los Angeles, until the worst fire season in California history sends him in pursuit of environmental terrorists.

From the author of The Gin & Chowder Club comes an exquisitely heartfelt and uplifting novel that explores the infinite reach of a mother's love—and the gift of second chances. . .
The modest ranch house where Callie Wyeth grew up looks just as she remembers it—right down to the well-worn sheets in the linen closet. But in the years since Callie lived here, almost everything else has changed. Her father, once indomitable, is...

After a ten-year absence, the return of one of the most enduring series characters in modern SF James Bolivar "Slippery Jim" DiGriz, Special Corps agent, master con man, interstellar criminal (retired), is living high on the hog on the planet of Moolaplenty when a long-lost cousin and a shipful of swine arrive to drain his bank account and send him and his lovely wife, Angelina, wandering the stars on the wildest journey since Gulliver's Travels. ...

Trisha Holiday makes her living moving like a dream. But out of her dancer's costume, she's as down-to-earth as they come. That's why she ignores the admiring note that arrives after one of her performances. Yet the sender, a wealthy prince, isn't easily dissuaded. Seven years living and studying in the United States have made Malik long for the freedom to choose his own bride. After a breathtaking visit to Malik's kingdom culminates in a marriage...