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Under Heaven

by Guy Gavriel Kay

Hardcover, 573 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $26.95 |

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Author: Guy Gavriel Kay

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Shen Tai, a general serving the Emperor of Kitai, receives 250 Sardian horses, an unthinkable gift fit to overwhelm an emperor, and travels to claim the horses in person.

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Librarian Nancy Pearl Picks 'Under The Radar' Reads

Chris Silas Neal

Critics' Lists: Summer 2010

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.

Librarian Nancy Pearl Picks 'Under The Radar' Reads

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Chris Silas Neal

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.

Summer Books That Make The Critics' Cut

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