Mara's Summer List 2009

Terminal Freeze (Mass Market Paperback)

By Lincoln Child

$7.99

ISBN-13: 9781400095483
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Anchor, 12/01/2009

The Shadow of the Wind (Paperback)

By Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia Graves (Translator)

$16.00

ISBN-13: 9780143034902
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 02/01/2005

The Angel's Game (Paperback)

By Carlos Ruiz Zafon

$15.95

ISBN-13: 9780767931113
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Anchor, 05/01/2010

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table (Paperback)

By Molly Wizenberg

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9781416551065
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Simon & Schuster, 03/01/2010

The Seance (Paperback)

By John Harwood

$13.95

ISBN-13: 9780547247823
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Mariner Books, 10/01/2009

Among the Mad: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback)

By Jacqueline Winspear

$14.00

ISBN-13: 9780312429256
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Picador, 11/01/2009

Angels of Destruction (Paperback)

By Keith Donohue

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780307450265
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Three Rivers Press, 10/01/2009

Le Crime (Paperback)

By Peter Steiner

$14.99

ISBN-13: 9780312380663
Availability: Readily Available
Published: Minotaur Books, 07/01/2008

A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover's Dream (Hardcover)

By Ferenc Mate

$24.95

ISBN-13: 9780920256565
Availability: Readily Available
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 10/01/2007

Jane Austen Ruined My Life (Paperback)

By Beth Pattillo

$14.99

ISBN-13: 9780824947712
Availability: Readily Available
Published: GuidepostsBooks, 02/01/2009

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