The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini (Author)
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In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country’s political turmoil–in this case, Afghanistan–while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate […]

The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)
by Gary Larson (Author), Steve Martin (Author)
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Gary Larson calls The Complete Far Side, the massive two-volume collection of his Far Side cartoons, an “18-pound hernia giver.” Sure to give any coffee table a solid workout, the handsome and heavy 1,272-page “legacy book” is a must […]

T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
by Sue Grafton (Author)
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. The 20th Kinsey Millhone crime novel (after 2005’s S Is for Silence), a gripping, if depressing, tale of identify theft and elder abuse, displays bestseller Grafton’s storytelling gifts. By default, Millhone, a private investigator in the small Southern […]

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
by Michael Gates Gill (Author)
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From Publishers Weekly
The son of New Yorker writer Brendan Gill grew up meeting the likes of Ezra Pound and Ernest Hemingway. A Yale education led to a job at prestigious J. Walter Thompson Advertising. […]

Rules of the Game
by Neil Strauss (Author)
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Neil Strauss, the New York Times bestselling author of The Game, presents Rules of the Game: I. The Stylelife Challenge Master the Game in 30 Days II. The Style Diaries The Pickup Artist’s Companion Questions for Neil Strauss Amazon.com: Yours has to be […]

A Family Christmas
by Caroline Kennedy (Author)
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“When I began assembling [this] collection, I was skeptical that I would learn anything new about Christmas, but reading and reflecting on the history and spirit of Christmas brought back many memories, and taught me a great deal #133; The literature of Christmas ranges from the […]

The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini (Author)
Average Customer Review:
Amazon.com
In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country’s political turmoil–in this case, Afghanistan–while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate […]