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Middlesex
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Spanning eight decades, Eugenides's long-awaited second novel is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. Eugenides was named one of America's best young novelists by both "Granta" and "The New Yorker."
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Bud, Not Buddy
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Christopher Paul Curtis
Still heartbroken over the death of his mother, a 10-year-old boy named Bud decides to run away rather than live in yet another foster home. Bud is convinced that all would be perfect if he could only get in touch with his father--a man he's never met. The only clues Bud has about his father's identity are some old fliers that his mother saved- ...
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Song of Solomon
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T Morrison
In Toni Morrison's powerful 1977 novel, Milkman Dead hears a strange story: his father and his aunt Pilate witnessed their father's murder, and Pilate has carried his bones around with her for 20 years. Milkman travels south to find that this grandfather (who fled slavery and escaped, creating a myth of flight) has been immortalized in folktales ...
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Mr Perfect
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Linda Howard
Jaine Bright and three close friends spend an evening coming up with a humorous list of attributes for their ideal man. The whimsical list is leaked to the press, and it receives some publicity--which leads to Jaine and her friends being targeted by a psychotic killer. Jaine turns to her handsome neighbor, undercover cop Sam Donovan, for ...
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Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary Approach
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Gary L Musser
All the essential mathematics teachers need for teaching at the elementary and middle school levels! This best seller features rich problem-solving strategies, relevant topics, and extensive opportunities for hands-on experience. The coverage in the book moves from the concrete to the pictorial to the abstract, reflecting the way math is generally ...
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Anatomy of a Murder
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Robert Traver
A gripping tale of deceit, murder and a sensational trial, this courtroom classic is unmatched in its authenticity and vivid portrayls of its setting, events, and characters. Irresistibly absorbing, it has set the standard for all courtroom dramas to come.
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Feast of Love
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Charles Baxter
The plot of Baxter's novel consists of scandalous tales supposedly told to the author by his neighbors--all of whom seem to be involved in sexual imbroglios that intertwine and enrich each other in the telling. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000.
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What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
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Pearl Cleage
When Ava returns to her hometown to visit her sister, she becomes involved with Eddie Jefferson. The romance is threatened because each of them has a terrible secret: Ava is HIV-positive, and Eddie is a convicted murderer.
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Company Man
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Joseph Finder
A loyal company executive stands to lose everything in this thriller of corporate politics by the bestselling author of PARANOIA. At the behest of his parent company, furniture company CEO Nicholas Conover has fired about half of his employees, making him one of the most hated men in Fenwick, Michigan. When a disturbed man invades Nick's home, ...
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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
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Kevin Boyle
This investigative report looks into the events around the 1925 murder trial of an African-American doctor who had bought a home in what was considered a whites-only neighborhood of Detroit. A mob attacked his home, shots were fired, a man lay dead, and Dr. Ossian Sweet, homeowner, was charged with the killing. This account explores Dr. Sweet's ...
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Dollmaker
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Harriette Simpson Arnow
Harriette Arnow was born in 1908 into a family whose roots reached back for five generations of Kentucky's history. From this rich background, she inherited a bountiful storytelling tradition that provided inspiration for her acclaimed novels: "Mountain Path, Hunter's Horn" and "The Dollmaker", the last considered her masterpiece and a landmark of ...
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A Cold Day in Paradise
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Steve Hamilton
Alex McKnight, an ex-Detroit cop who was wounded in a shootout 14 years ago, has moved to a new town, where he is being followed and tormented. Could it be the same person who put a bullet into his chest and killed his partner? Martin's Press.
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The Reckoning
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David Halberstam
In this study of the competition between Ford and Nissan, journalist David Halberstam searches for larger answers to the future of America and whether it can still compete in the world.
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My Dog Skip
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Willie Morris
A dog and his boy.
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Pagan Babies
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Elmore Leonard
In Leonard's 35th novel, Father Terry Dunn, a professional crook turned nominal priest, returns to Detroit after a brief exile in Rwanda and teams up with tough girl Debbie Dewey. Debbie is an ex-con just out of prison for running over her boyfriend with a Ford Escort; she's also a former employee of Terry's lawyer brother, Francis. Together, ...
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House with a Clock in Its Walls
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John Bellairs
Lewis Barnavelt goes to live with his Uncle Jonathan after being orphaned, only to discover that both his uncle and his next-door neighbor Mrs. Zimmermann are witches, bent on trying to stop the terrifying clock ticking within the walls of their house.
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Them
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Joyce Carol Oates
Based on the family story of one of Oates's own students at the University of Detroit, "Them" chronicles the troubled life of Maureen Wendall, who begins to turn tricks at 16. Beaten by her stepfather, she retreats into catatonia. When she emerges she attends college, seduces a professor, and breaks up his marriage. Meanwhile, her brother Jules ...
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Mr. Paradise
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Elmore Leonard
Chloe is a former escort who's found herself a steady job as the personal dancer to a wealthy, retired lawyer named Tony Paradiso. The money's good and the work, dancing around in a topless cheerleader's outfit while he watches old football games, is not exactly challenging. One night Chloe and Tony have two guests at their party--she brings along ...
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Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, the American Dream
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Mitch Albom
The bestselling author of Bo chronicles the amazing story of the first string Michigan basketball team--composed entirely of freshmen--that took the 1992 NCAA Tournament by storm and began the 1993 season burdened by more expectations than any team in collegiate history. 8 pages of photos.
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Mama
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Terry McMillan
An independent-minded African-American woman named Mildred Peacock gets tired of being dominated by the worthless men in her life, including her jealous husband, and raises her five children alone.
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Freaky Deaky
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Leonard
Robin Abbott and Emerson "Skip" Gibbs are former lovers who once burned bras and draft cards together, dropped acid, and protested the war. In the 1980s, both have joined the establishment--sort of. Robin has a plan to use Skip's talent with dynamite to even an old score and make a lot of money at the same time.
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Wisconsin death trip
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Michael Lesy
First published in 1973, this remarkable book about life in a small, turn-of-the-century Wisconsin town has become a cult classic. Lesy has collected photos taken between 1890 and 1910 by a Black River Falls photographer, Charles Van Schaik, and juxtaposed them against newspaper accounts and state asylum and police records.
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Out of Sight
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E Leonard
Despite his silky smoothness, Jack Foley has still managed to land in prison. He soon escapes, but then has the bad luck to run into deputy U.S. marshal Karen Sisco. He stuffs her into the trunk of the getaway car driven by his friend Buddy, but being a gentleman as well as a wanted man, climbs in with her. An odd first date, it works until Sisco ...
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Bo
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Bo Alb Schembechler
Legendary University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler profiles great players, coaches, and games he has seen in over 20 years at the Wolverine's helm, and delivers an explosive critique of the college game today. 8-page photo insert.
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Road to Wellville
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T Coraghessan Boyle
T. C. Boyle tells the fictionalized story of John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of cornflakes. As perhaps the world's most successful health nut, Kellogg founded the Battle Creek Sanitarium, where he preached vegetarianism, colonic irrigation, and various other extreme remedies to his wealthy clients. (On his website, Boyle lists a typical ...
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