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The Samurai by Shusaku Endo, Van C. Gessel
In October 1613, four Japanese samurai travel to Mexico, then to Spain and Italy, where they are the first Japanese to set foot in Europe. Their seven-year journey, meant to obtain trading privileges with the West, becomes a profound spiritual journey for the chief envoy, Hasekura Rokuemon, in Endo's fictional recreation.

AUTHOR: Shusaku Endo, Van C. Gessel
PUBLISHER: New Directions Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
In Saul Bellow's autobiographical novel, Augie March is a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Depression. Drifting from job to job, he falls in love with Thea, an eagle trainer, and develops schemes--each more grandiose and unrealistic than the last--for making money and becoming famous. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH is often called one of the great American novels; it was, at any rate, the novel that marked Saul Bellow as a great American writer when it appeared in 1953.

AUTHOR: Saul Bellow
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction

Mrs. Brown on Exhibit by R. W. Alley, Susan Katz
A collection of poems that describes the events and exhibits experienced by a class when they visit a variety of museums--including a train museum, a candy museum, and an art museum. Color illustrations accompany the verses.

AUTHOR: R. W. Alley, Susan Katz
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction

Herbs
Description not available.Offers advice on growing mint, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, lavender, and other herbs and discusses the medicinal, cosmetic, and culinary uses of herbs
CATEGORY: Gardening

Silicon Follies
Set in Silicon Valley, this satirical novel, originally a series in Salon, views the cyberworld from the point of view of four people who work at a tech firm called TeraMemory.
CATEGORY: Fiction

The Tether by Carl Phillips
Drawing from the ancient art of falconry, in which a tether attaches the falcon to the falconer, Carl Phillips, a previous finalist for the National Book Award, considers the metaphorical tethers connecting human beings to one another, and the mind to the body. This is his fifth collection. Named a Best Book of 2001 by the Los Angeles Times.

AUTHOR: Carl Phillips
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction