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The Elephant Keeper
by
Christopher Nicholson
England, 1766: After a long voyage from the East
Indies, a ship docks in Bristol, England, and rumor quickly spreads about its
unusual cargo—some say a mermaid is on board. A crowd forms, hoping to catch a
glimpse of the magical creature. One crate after another is unpacked: a zebra, a
leopard, and a baboon. There's no mermaid, but in the final two crates is
something almost as magical—a pair of young elephants, in poor health but
alive.
Seeing a unique opportunity, a wealthy sugar merchant
purchases the elephants for his country estate and turns their care over to a
young stable boy, Tom Page. Tom's family has long cared for horses, but an
elephant is something different altogether. It takes time for Tom and the
elephants to understand one another, but to the surprise of everyone on the
estate, a remarkable bond is formed.
$1.99 Originally: $10.99
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The Believers
by Zoe
Heller
When a stroke fells radical New York lawyer Joel
Litvinoff, a secret is revealed that forces Audrey, his wife, to reexamine
everything she believed about their forty-year marriage. In the meantime Joel's
children are struggling with their own dilemmas and doubts. Disillusioned
revolutionary Rosa has been drawn into the world of Orthodox Judaism. Karla, a
devoted—and married—social worker hoping to adopt a child, is falling in love
with the owner of a newspaper stand. Lenny, the ne'er-do-well, faces yet another
relapse into heroin addiction. In the course of battling their own demons—and
one another—the Litvinoffs must reexamine long-held articles of faith and decide
what—if anything—they still believe in.
$1.99 Originally: $10.99
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Meatspace
by Nikesh
Shukla
Kitab Balasubramanyam has had a rough few months. His
girlfriend left him. He got fired from the job he hated for writing a novel on
company time, but the novel didn’t sell and now he’s burning through his mum’s
life insurance money. His father has more success with women than he does, and
his Facebook comments get more likes. Kitab is reduced to spending all of his
time in his flat with his brother Aziz, coming up with ideas for novelty Tumblrs
and composing amusing tweets. But now even Aziz has left him, travelling to
America to find his doppelganger.
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The Lost
by Daniel
Mendelsohn
In this rich and riveting narrative, a writer's search
for the truth behind his family's tragic past in World War II becomes a
remarkably original epic—part memoir, part reportage, part mystery, and part
scholarly detective work—that brilliantly explores the nature of time and
memory, family, and history.
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Haunted Destiny
by Heather
Graham
A historic cruise ship, a haunted ship, the Celtic
American Line's Destiny, sets sail from the Port of New Orleans—with a killer on
board. He's known as the Archangel Killer because of the way he displays his
victims in churches. And how he places a different saint's medallion on each
body. No one knows exactly who he is or why he's doing this.
Jackson Crow—head of the FBI's Krewe of Hunters, a
special unit of paranormal investigators—is assigned to the case, along with
local agent Jude McCoy. Then Alexi Cromwell, who works in the ship's piano bar,
is drawn into the situation when a victim's ghost appears to her—and to Jude.
She and Jude share an attraction, and not just because of their mutual
talent.
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The Historical Jesus
by John
Dominic Crossan
The Historical Jesus reveals the true Jesus––who
he was, what he did, what he said. It opens with 'The Gospel of Jesus,' John
Dominic Crossan's studied determination of Jesus' actual words and actions
stripped of any subsequent additions and placed in a capsule account of his life
story. The Jesus who emerges is a savvy and courageous Jewish Mediterranean
peasant, a radical social revolutionary, with a rhapsodic vision of economic,
political, and religious egalitarianism and a social program for creating
it.
$1.99 Originally: $16.99
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