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Breakfast with Buddha (Paperback)

$13.95

ISBN-13: 9781565126169
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 08/01/2008

"Otto Ringling's sister tricks him into taking her guru on a six-day trip from New York City to the family homestead in North Dakota. Initially quite put off by the crimson-robed Buddhist monk, Otto resigns himself to his fate, and the two have a hilarious sightseeing trip across the country. You will laugh your way through this tale and wish you could be riding along in the back seat!" --Linda Smith, Sister Wolf Books, Park Rapids, MN

Netherland (Paperback)

By Joseph O'Neill

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9780307388773
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage, 05/01/2009

"Hans van den Broek, the narrator of Joseph O'Neill's rich, beautifully written novel, finds his life and his marriage breaking down in post-9/11 New York City. When Hans is drawn into the world of league cricket games, he begins a friendship with Chuck Ramkissoon, a Trinidadian expat and a somewhat delusional self-promoter and part-time gangster -- that helps carry him through the dark times. The pure voice of Hans rolls along so smoothly and precisely that, in the end, it is difficult to imagine Hans not at your side." --Ray Nurmi, Snowbound Books, Marquette, MI

The 19th Wife (Paperback)

By David Ebershoff

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780812974157
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 06/01/2009

"A fascinating tale of polygamy and its effect on those who practice it. This novel really tells two tales -- that of Jordan Scott -- a young man who was thrown out of his fundamentalist sect and who is now trying to clear his mother of murder -- and that of Ann Eliza Young, the wife of Brigham Young, who went on to denounce polygamy. This is an amazingly researched, well-written novel!" --Mary Cowen, Anderson's Bookshop, Naperville, IL

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