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Apr 19, 2002
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Babe In Paradise
Marisa Silver
Marisa Silver
The nine short stories in Marisa Silver's debut collection Babe In Paradise all take place in the crumbling neighborhoods of a Los Angeles...
Aug 14, 2008
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Babylon Rolling
Amanda Boyden
Amanda Boyden
From the people who brought you the 9/11 novel, meet the Katrina novel.
Mar 29, 2002
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Back Roads
Tawni O'Dell
Tawni O'Dell
Life has always been hard for Harley Altmeyer, the protagonist and narrator of Tawni O'Dell's Back Roads, but never harder than since his...
Jan 24, 2005
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Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2
Annie Proulx
Annie Proulx
In Elk Tooth, Wyoming, the favored setting for the quirkier short stories in Annie Proulx's disappointing anthology Bad Dirt, the...
Dec 13, 2004
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Ballad Of The Whiskey Robber: A True Story Of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, An
Julian Rubinstein
Julian Rubinstein
A bank robber makes a compelling subject for a book more often than not, but it never hurts if the bank robber in question also doubles as the...
Feb 22, 2007
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May 17, 2004
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Bannock, Beans And Black Tea
John Gallant & Seth
John Gallant & Seth
After Chris Ware, Canadian cartoonist Seth has the best design sense in comics; it's evident in the way he slips nostalgic ennui into packages...
Mar 29, 2002
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Bare Bulbs
Kaz
Kaz
Kaz has been a staple of the underground (or "alternative") comics (or "comix") scene since the early '80s. In that time, he...