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Summer Crossing
Truman Capote
Random House Hardcover, 160pp $22.95
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Thought to be lost for over 50 years, here is the first novel by one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Set in New York during the summer of 1945, this is the story of a young carefree socialite, Grady, who must make serious decisions about the romance she is dangerously pursuing and the effect it will have on everyone involved.
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Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Random House Softcover, 288pp $6.95
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An enchanting story of transformation and compassion, Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden is widely considered to be one of the most important works of children's literature. After her parents die of cholera, Mary Lennox, a difficult and sickly little girl, is brought from India to her mysterious uncle's sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Mary continues in her self-absorbed ways until one day she discovers a hidden and neglected garden adjoining her uncle's mansion.
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Paula Deen's Kitchen Classics: The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook
Paula Deen
Random House Hardcover, 480pp $29.95
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From one of the most frequently visited restaurants in Savannah, The Lady & Sons, comes this collection of down-home Southern family favorites.
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James Beard
Marcella Hazan
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Traveling with the Saints in Italy: Contemporary Pilgrimages on Ancient Paths
Lucinda Vardey
Hidden Spring Softcover, 488pp $22.00
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In recognizing the genius of many of Italy's well-known--and some lesser-known--saints, Vardey offers 10 pilgrimages for one or two days or a week, in a unique format of biography of early masters such as St. Benedict, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, and others.
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Fodor's Switzerland
Rick Steves' Spain 2005
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New Releases: Mystery & Crime |
The Innocent
Magdalen Nabb
When the body is found in an ornamental fish pond high up in Florence's Boboli gardens, Marshal Guarnaccia identifies her as a young Japanese woman apprenticed to one of Florence's legendary custom shoemakers, crotchety old Peruzzi. Could he have killed his protg? Or did jealousy drive his other apprentice to murder?
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Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders
John Mortimer
This full-length Rumpole novel relates the oft-mentioned but never revealed story of Rumpole's first case, the Penge Bungalow affair. This trial and its outcome put Rumpole on the map and shaped him into the cantankerous defender of justice readers love.
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