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The Complete Fairy Tales by George MacDonald
Magical stories, more fun per page than I've had in a good long while. And there are blurbs from W.H. Auden and C.S. Lewis, so you feel dignified while reading about floating princesses and such.

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Ritter's Crime by James Brantingham
Three intelligent and funny stories about constructing your own world around you. Ritter is an intellectual who, from lack of money, starts working construction. Author James Brantingham is a local author who deserves an audience!

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The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Lovable, eccentric characters whose company will entertain you for hours. A 14 Year old girl searches for the author of a book, an elderly man waiting to die, while her brother learns to deal with being one of the Lamed Vov (36 holy people who can talk directly to god).

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Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Fifty years after her death in the holocaust, Irene Nemirovsky's manuscript was found locked away in a chest. Originally, this was going to be the first two novelettes in a five-part work. We're left with these two, both tracking families and individuals under the thump of war.

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The Killing of Ned Christie by Bonnie Stahlman Speer An epic standoff between one man and time. Christie survived raging rifles, crashing cannons and vengeful justice before riding two tarnished pistols into flaming fate. This is an underdog story as legendary as the Wild West we romanticize.