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'Everyone should read Close To The Knives to understand the overall political agenda behind suffering, whether that suffering occurs because of a dysfunctional family, religion, or government. Wojnarowicz explores all of his painful life experiences as a plea for all of us to become more compassionate and caring human beings. This isn't just David's story, it's our story, our nation's story.'

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Dr. Edwin Spindrift has been sent home from Burma with a brain tumor. Closer to words than to people, his sense of reality is further altered by his condition. When he escapes from the hospital the night before his surgery, things and people he hardly knew existed swoop down on him as he careens through an adventurous night in London. "Fine, sly, rich comedy. . . ". (NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) by the author of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

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China Bayles attends a chili cookoff where a womanizing judge dies of an allergic reaction to peanuts. And since everyone knows peanuts don't belong in a bowl of Texas chili, China knows something suspicious is afoot. Includes chili recipes.

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From the master of the medical thriller and author of "Critical Judgment" and "Silent Treatment" comes the story of Dr. Brian Holbrook, who is thrilled about his opportunity to work on the trial of a new miracle drug. But when a patient dies and records disappear, Dr. Holbrook can't afford to voice his fears, or he might find himself in a new facility--the morgue.

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Surrounded by her two daughters, Lily Bloom, an aging American in the final stages of cancer, spends her time in a bed in Central London's Royal Ear Hospital, drugged with painkillers, moving in and out of consciousness, and railing against the unfairness of the world around, the sins of those around her, and her coming death. Reprint.

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A stunning national bestseller, here is the story of a family in the tradition of Ordinary People and Terms of Endearment. The Farrells are a family as ordinary and special as any family. There are parents, a son, and an eleven-year-old daughter with big dreams of gymnastic gold. But a shocking tragedy consumes them, and it becomes all too clear that when it comes to love, everyone is at risk. A Book-of-the Month Club Main Selection with movie rights optioned by 20th Century Fox.

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The author presents a terrifying vision of a world out of control, ruled by drug lords and their criminal organizations and encouraging an environment of lawlessness and chaos.

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After repeatedly waking up in strange places and not knowing how he arrived there, Frank Pollard enlists the help of Nick and Julie Dakota, a husband-and-wife detective team, to watch where he goes in his sleep. Reissue.

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Tells the story of easy-going social worker Zachary and ambitious reporter Korie as they try to reconcile passion with their differing backgrounds and approaches to life.

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LOVE WARPS THE MIND A LITTLE is the eagerly awaited new novel by John Dufresne, the acclaimed author of LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT, which displayed his inventive talent as a storyteller as verbally gifted as T. Coraghessan Boyle and as quirky, funny, and wise as John Irving.<BR>When LOVE WARPS THE MIND A LITTLE opens, Lafayette Proulx has quit his day job, left his wife, hauled his dog and his Royal portable across town to Judi Dubey's House, and set out, at last, to be a fiction writer. But life is complicated. Laf spends a lot of his writing time staring out the window at his dog, Spot; Judi's dysfunctional family is unraveling; rejection letters from editors are coming in; and Judi; of all people, has sent him onto the marriage counselor's couch to sort out his angry feelings about his wife. To make matters worse, Judi is diagnosed with stage IV cancer.<BR>Judi--she will break your heart and be remembered as one of the most lovable characters in American fiction--fights a heroic battle against the disease that becomes the backdrop for an exploration of illness, how it limits and expands our capacities for desire and passion, and love, its mystery and transparency, as Judi and Laf struggle to find the memory that will comfort, the truth that will redeem.<BR>LOVE WARPS THE MIND A LITTLE IS hilarious, deeply moving, and surely one of the untold and most original love stories of our time.