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The Devil Wears Prada
by Lauren Weisberger
2006 Variety Blockbuster Book To Film Award Winner
Written by a former Vogue staff writer, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is about Andrea Sachs, a staffer at a trendy fashion magazine in Manhattan whose boss, the eponymous Prada-wearer, treats Andrea like a cross between a galley slave and a retarded child. As things get worse, Andrea must decide
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Blue Smoke
by Nora Roberts
2006 Romance Winner
In this work of romantic suspense by the prolific and popular Nora Roberts, fire and a stalker bent on revenge dog the footsteps of a woman determined to battle them both. After neighbors stop 12-year-old Joey Pastorelli’s assault on 11-year-old Caterina "Reena" Hale,
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander)
by Diana Gabaldon
2005 Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Winner
In 1772, on the eve of the American Revolution, Jamie Fraser is asked by the governor to help protect the colonies for King and Crown, but, thanks to his time-traveling twentieth-century wife, Claire, Jamie is aware of the ultimate result of the rebellion, a situation complicated by his
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The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly
2006 Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Nominee
Although fans of Michael Connelly’s popular and critically praised Harry Bosch series won’t find their favorite police detective in this legal thriller, they’ll enjoy getting to know the half-brother Harry’s never met, California defense lawyer Mickey Haller, who runs
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The Masque of the Black Tulip
by Lauren Willig
2006 Romance Nominee
When a London War Office courier is murdered for the confidential dispatch he carried for an elusive spy known as the Pink Carnation, Henrietta Uppington and Miles Dorrington decipher a secret message and work with the War Office to prevent the Pink Carnation's assassination by a deadly
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Cell
by Stephen King
2006 Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Nominee
Master of horror Stephen King preys upon our fears of technology with the plot hook driving this chiller: a mysterious signal known as "The Pulse," sent via cell phone, turns everyone talking on one into a mindless, murderous beast. The "normies"--those fortunate enough
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The Last Templar
by Raymond Khoury
2006 Debut Author of the Year Nominee
Mysterious medieval codes and the most carefully guarded secrets of the Catholic church drive this DA VINCI CODE-style debut thriller. As the Crusading Templars face their greatest defeat at the gates of Acre in 1291, a small group of the order flee in their last boat, bearing with them a
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The March
by E. L. Doctorow
2006 General Fiction Nominee
E. L. Doctorow digs deeply into American history once again in this epic tale of Sherman’s march to the sea--a 60-mile trail of death and destruction--toward the end of the Civil War. Mingling real historical figures with imagined ordinary people, Doctorow offers a panoramic view of
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The Preachers Daughter (Annies People)
by Beverly Lewis
2006 Romance Nominee
"Annie Zook--the preacher's eldest daughter--is expected to join the Amish church, but at 20 she is 'still deciding.' Because of the strict rules that guide the Plain community, she must continually squelch her artistic passion, although it has become her solace"--Provided by
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A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)
by George R. R. Martin
2006 Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Nominee
Because he ran out of pages and deadlines, author George R. R. Martin picks up only half the threads of the amazingly intricate tapestry left unfinished in A STORM OF SWORDS, the previous volume of the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. The remaining storylines continue in the
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It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken:...
by Greg Behrendt
2006 Health/Self Improvement Nominee
A humorous but helpful handbook offers survival strategies for women who are getting over Mr. Wrong and struggling to rebuild their lives, in a guide that is divided into two sections--Get Over It and Get on with It--covering everything from ending a relationship permanently to transforming
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