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The Good Son

by Michael Gruber

Hardcover, 383 pages, Henry Holt & Co, List Price: $26 |

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When the members of a peace symposium are abducted by armed terrorists, Jungian psychologist and team leader Sonia Laghari struggles to keep the hostages alive by posing confounding interpretations of the kidnappers' dreams, while her ex-soldier son works to find and free her. By the best-selling author of The Book of Air and Shadows. Reprint.

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Librarian Nancy Pearl Picks 'Under The Radar' Reads

August 3, 2010 • As a librarian and a reader, Nancy Pearl scours the shelves in search of hidden treasures — titles you may have missed. Her findings include two chilling thrillers, one exquisite 1960s memoir, a lively biography of George Orwell, an example of historical fiction at its very best, and much more fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

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Critics' Lists: Summer 2010

Summer Books That Make The Critics' Cut

June 19, 2010 • Just what is a summer book, anyway? Does it have to be a big, fat, juicy page turner to earn the right to be packed away in the luggage (or downloaded on the e-reader)? We put that question to several book reviewers to find out what they like to take along on summer getaways.

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