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|  | The Brothers by John Gledson, Milton Hatoum
By an acclaimed Brazilian writer, this novel follows the lives of identical twins with very different lives: one is a drunk who never escapes his environment, the other takes off for the big city, becomes an engineer, and makes a success of his life. The background to their story is a suspenseful parallel narrative about the twins' family, in which incest, illegitimacy, and abuse have flourished for generations. AUTHOR: John Gledson, Milton Hatoum
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Ghost Trap by Barbara M. Joosse, Sue Truesdell
Amateur detective Wild Willie is thrilled when Kyle, his old best friend, moves back to the neighborhood. Unfortunately, Kyle's arrival is met with much less enthusiasm by Willie's current best friend, Lucy. Tensions arise between the friends as Kyle and Lucy compete for Willie's attention. However, there is one thing that all three of them can agree on: Kyle's new house might be haunted! Illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Barbara M. Joosse, Sue Truesdell
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Nuclear Age by Tim O'Brien
William Cowling, driven to desperation by insomnia, the scorn of his wife, and a feeling that he is losing control of his life, begins to build a fallout shelter in his backyard. As he works, he looks back over his life and tries to decide if he's crazy--as his wife and daughter insist--or the only sane person he knows. AUTHOR: Tim O'Brien
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Tales from the Odyssey Vol. 1 by James Simmons, Mary Pope Osborne
Description not available.In two tales of ancient Greece, Odyssey fights a beast in The One-Eyed Giant, and then takes on giant cannibals and a beautiful witch in The Land of the Dead. AUTHOR: James Simmons, Mary Pope Osborne
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | When Bluebell Sang by Lisa Campbell Ernst
When Farmer Swenson discovers that his cow, Bluebell, is a wonderful singer, he takes her into town to perform before all his friends. It's not long before Bluebell is discovered by an unscrupulous talent scout named Big Eddie and signed up to preform worldwide. Will Bluebell and Farmer Swenson discover that a life in show biz is not for them? Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Lisa Campbell Ernst
PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
A satirical novel of romance and discontent by the well-known Canadian novelist. Elizabeth is an unhappily married woman whose lover has recently killed himself. Unbeknownst to her, her apparently ineffectual husband, Nate, has found the resolve to leave her and run off with Lesje, his paleontologist mistress. Running wordlessly through everyone's consciousness is the ghost of Elizabeth's dead lover, as well as the overwhelming suspicion that, in the end, happiness is forever out of reach. AUTHOR: Margaret Atwood
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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