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March 12, 2004: Aloft, by Chang-Rae Lee. Riverhead Books, 2004. ISBN: 1573222631 LISTEN | READ
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March 11, 2004: I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?: An Illustrated Memoir , by Suzy Becker. Workman Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN: 0761124780
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March 10, 2004: The Birth of Venus: A Novel, by Sarah Dunant. Random House, 2004. ISBN: 1400060737 LISTEN | READ
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March 9, 2004: Unveiled: The Hidden Life of Nuns, by Cheryl Reed. Berkley Pub Group; 1st edition, 2004. ISBN: 0425195112 LISTEN
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February 19, 2004: The Necessity of Empty Places, by Paul Gruchow. W.W. Milkweed Editions; 10th edition, 1999. ISBN: 1571312234
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February 19, 2004: The Snow Fox, by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer. W.W. Norton & Company; 1st edition, 2004. ISBN: 039305814X LISTEN | READ
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February 3, 2004: Coal: A Human History, by Barbara Freeze. ISBN: 0738204005
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February 3, 2004: An Air That Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana Uncovered a National Scandal, by Andrew Schneider. Penguin USA, 2004. ISBN: 0399150951
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February 2, 2004: Loving Che, by Ana Menendez. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004. ISBN: 0871139081
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January 21, 2004: The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters, by Elisabeth Robinson. Little Brown & Company; 1st edition, 2004. ISBN: 0316735027
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January 12, 2004: The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick Press, 2003. ISBN: 0763617229
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January 9, 2004: The Canterbury Papers, by Gisela Konopka. William Morrow, 2003. ISBN: 0060525355
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December 10, 2003: The Adolescent Girl in Conflict, by Gisela Konopka. Prentice Hall, 1966. ISBN: 013008672X

December 8, 2003: Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter, by Thomas Cahill. Doubleday, 2003. ISBN: 0385495536
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November 12, 2003: Walking into the Night, by Olaf Olafsson. Knopf Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN: 0375422544
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November 10, 2003: Hanging Katherine Garret, by Abigail Davis. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003.

November 6, 2003: Dirty: A Search for Answers Inside America's Teenage Drug Epidemic, by Meredith Maran. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 006008622X
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November 4, 2003: Tractor in the Pasture: Rusting Icons of Rural America , by Lee Klancher. Motorbooks International, 2003. ISBN: 0760308764
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October 29, 2003: Popular Music from Vittula, by Mikael Niemi. Seven Stories Press, 2003. ISBN: 1583225234
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October 28, 2003: My Cold War, Tom Piazza. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 0060533404
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October 22, 2003: The Fortress of Solitude, Jonathan Lethem. Doubleday, 2003. ISBN: 0385500696
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September 23, 2003: Chinese Takeout: A Novel, Arthur Nersesian. Perennial, 2003. ISBN: 0060548827
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September 17, 2003: No Graves As Yet: A Novel of World War I, Anne Perry. Ballantine Books, 2003. ISBN: 0345456521
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September 16, 2003: The White, Deborah Larsen. Knopf, 2002. ISBN: 0375413596
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September 15, 2003: You Are Not a Stranger Here, Adam Haslett. Doubleday, 2002. ISBN: 0385509529
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August 27, 2003: The Life You Save May Be Your Own, Paul Elie. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2003. ISBN: 0374256802
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August 15, 2003: Lord Haw Haw: The English Voice of Nazi Germany, Peter Martland. Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN: 0810847531
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August 7, 2003: Theater of the Stars, N.M. Kelby. Hyperion Books, 2003. ISBN: 0786868589
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August 6, 2003: The War Against the Beavers, Verena Andermatt Conley. University of Minnesota Press, 2003. ISBN: 0816642176
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August 1, 2003: Reunion , Alan Lightman. Pantheon Books, 2003. ISBN: 037542167X
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July 29, 2003: The Territory of Men, Joelle Fraser. Villard Books, 2002. ISBN: 0375504370
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July 24, 2003: A Simple Habana Melody, Oscar Hijuelos. HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 0060175699
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July 11, 2003: Ten Little Indians, Sherman Alexie. Grove Press, 2003. ISBN: 0802117449
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July 9, 2003: The Company You Keep, Neil Gordon. Viking Press, 2003. ISBN: 0670032182
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June 18, 2003: Kitchen of Light: New Scandinavian Cooking With Andreas Viestad, Andreas Viestad. Workman Pub Co, 2003. ISBN: 1579652166
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June 18, 2003: Eat Cake, Jeanne Ray. Random House Inc, 2003. ISBN: 060961004X
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June 17, 2003: The Dogs of Babel, Carolyn Parkhurst. Little Brown & Co, 2003. ISBN: 0316168688
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June 10, 2003: The Cruelest Miles, Laney and Gay Salisbury. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0393019624
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June 6, 2003: The Wild Woods Guide: From Minnesota to Maine, the Nature and Lore of the Great North Woods, by Tim Tiner and Doug Bennet. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0060936010
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June 4, 2003: The Russian Debutante's Handbook, by Gary Shteyngart. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 1573229881
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May 29, 2003: Getting Mother's Body, by Suzan-Lori Parks. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 1400060222
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May 21, 2003: Haunted Ground, by Erin Hart. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0743235053
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May 19, 2003: A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0767908171
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April 11, 2003: What I Loved, by Siri Hustvedt. Henry Holt & Co., 2003. ISBN: 0805071709
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March 12, 2003: Drop City, by T.C. Boyle. Viking Press, 2003. ISBN: 0670031720
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March 12, 2003: Was It Beautiful?, by Alison McGhee. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0609609785
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March 11, 2003: The Young Wan, by Brendan O'Carroll. Viking Press, 2003. ISBN: 0670031143
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February 19, 2003: Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson. Putnam Pub Group, 2003. ISBN: 0399149864
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February 10, 2003: A Memory of War, by Frederick Busch. W. W. Norton, 2003. ISBN: 0393049787
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January 21, 2003: A Box of Matches, by Nicholson Baker. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 0375502874
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January 20, 2003: Cass Gilbert Abroad: The Young Architect's European Tour, by Paul Clifford Larson. fton Historical Society Press, 2002. ISBN: 1890434515
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December 23, 2002: Batter-Up! Celebrating a Century of Minnesota Baseball, by Ross Bernstein. Publisher unknown, 2003. ISBN: 0931714974

December 13, 2002: Cecile: Gates of Gold, by Mary Casanova. Pleasant Co., 2002. ISBN: 1584855940

November 19, 2002: The Secret: A Novel, by Eva Hoffman. Perseus Book Group, 2002. ISBN: 1586481509
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October 17, 2002: Summerland, by Michael Chabon. Talk Miramax Books, 2002. ISBN: 0786808772
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October 17, 2002: The Piano Tuner, by Daniel Mason. Knopf, 2002. ISBN: 0375414657

October 15, 2002: Bamboo Among the Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong-Americans . Minnesota Historical Society, 2002. ISBN: 087351436X

October 14, 2002: The Gatekeepers, by Jacques Steinberg. Viking Press, 2002. ISBN: 0670031356

October 7, 2002: Miniatures, by Norah Labiner. Consortium Book Sales & Distributors, 2002. ISBN: 1566891361
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October 3, 2002: Cleveland Anonymous, by Keith Gandal. Publishers Group West, 2002. ISBN: 1583940626
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September 30, 2002: The Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica, by Carrol Henderson. University of Texas Press, 2002. ISBN: 029273459X
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September 16, 2002: Blues with a Feeling, by Tony Glover, Scott Dirks, and Ward Gaines. Routledge, 2002. ISBN: 0415937108
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August 27, 2002: The Gag Family: German-Bohemian Artists in America, by Julie L'Enfant. Afton Historical Society Press, 2002. ISBN: 1890434507

August 12, 2002: Coraline, by Neil Gaiman. HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN: 0380977788
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August 7, 2002: Pasadena, by David Ebershoff. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0375504567
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July 25, 2002: Choke, by Chuck Palahniuk. Doubleday, 2001. ISBN: 0385501560
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July 19, 2002: Prague, by Arthur Phillips. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0375507876
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July 17, 2002: Twelve: A Novel, by Nick McDonnell. Grove Press, 2002. ISBN: 0802117171
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July 16, 2002: A Brief History of the Flood, by Jean Harfenist. Knopf, 2002. ISBN: 0375413936
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July 15, 2002: The Year of Ice, by Brian Malloy. St. Martin's Press, 2002. ISBN: 0312289480
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June 17, 2002: Empire Falls, by Richard Russo. Knopf, 2001. ISBN: 0679432477

June 14, 2002: The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species, by Scott Weidensaul. North Point Press, 2002. ISBN: 0374246645
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June 12, 2002: By the Side of the Road, by Jules Feiffer. Hyperion Press, 2002. ISBN: 0789809086
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May 29, 2002: The Cadence of Grass, by Thomas McGuane. Knopf, 2002. ISBN: 0679446745
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May 16, 2002: When Eagles Fall, by Mary Casanova. Disney Press, 2002. ISBN: 0786806656
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May 13, 2002: Lake Effect, by Rich Cohen. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0375411321
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April 30, 2002: The Horned Man, by James Lasdun. W. W. Norton & Co., 2002. ISBN: 0393003361
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April 22, 2002: A Food Lover's Guide to Paris, 4th edition, by Patricia Wells. Workman Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN: 0761114793 (paperback)
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April 22, 2002: Spies: A Novel, by Michael Frayn. Henry Holt & Co., 2002. ISBN: 0805070583
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April 16, 2002: Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish, by Richard Flanagan. Grove Press, 2002. ISBN: 0802117112
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April 10, 2002: Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina, by David Hajdu. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2002. ISBN: 0374281998
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March 20, 2002: The Snow Geese: A Story of Home, by William Fiennes. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0375507299
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March 12, 2002: The Dressing Station: A Surgeon's Chronicle of War and Medicine, by Jonathan Kaplan. Publishers Group West, 2002. ISBN: 0802117074
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March 11, 2002: Miracle at St. Anna, by James McBride. Putnam Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN: 1573222127
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February 27, 2002: A Multitude of Sins, by Richard Ford. Knopf, 2002. ISBN: 0375412123
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February 25, 2002: Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters. Riverhead Books, 2002. ISBN: 1573221562
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February 18, 2002: The God Who Begat a Jackal: A Novel, by Nega Mezlekia. Picador USA, 2002. ISBN: 0312287011
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February 1, 2002: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, by Alexandra Fuller. Random House, 2002. ISBN: 0375507507
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January 28, 2002: The Good Men: A Novel of Heresy, by Charmaine Craig. Putnam Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN: 157322197X
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January 24, 2002: Fire, by Sebastian Junger. W. W. Norton & Co., 2001. ISBN: 0393010465
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December 17, 2001: Indian Country, by Gwendolyn Cates. Grove Press, 2001. ISBN: 0802116965
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December 10, 2001: Glory Goes and Gets Some, by Emily Carter. Coffee House Press, 2001. ISBN: 1566891019
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November 29, 2001: Loverboy, by Victoria Redel. Gray Wolf press, 2001. ISBN: 1555973221
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November 15, 2001: The Polish Officer (Random House, 1995. ISBN: 067941312X) and Kingdom of Shadows (Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375503374), by Alan Furst.
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November 13, 2001: This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland, by Gretel Ehrlich. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0679442006
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October 11, 2001: Buffalo for the Broken Heart, by Dan O'Brien. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375503250
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October 2, 2001: The Boys' House, by Jim Heynen. Minnesota Historical Society, 2001. ISBN: 0873514130
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September 19, 2001: While the Locust Slept, by Peter Razor. Minnesota Historical Society, 2001. ISBN 0873514017
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September 12, 2001: Ava's Man, by Rick Bragg. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375724443

September 10, 2001: The Question of Bruno, by Aleksandar Hemon. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 038549923X

August 15, 2001: About the Author: A Novel, by John Colapinto. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 0060194170
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July 26, 2001: Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science, by Colin Beavan. Hyperion, 2001. ISBN: 0786866071

July 17, 2001: Snow Mountain Passage, by James Houston. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375411038
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July 16, 2001: Life After Death: A Novel, by Carol Muske-Dukes. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375505156
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July 11, 2001: Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 0060188731
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July 10, 2001: A Theory of Relativity, by Jacquelyn Mitchard. Harpercollins, 2001. ISBN: 0066210232
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June 14, 2001: Fraud: Essays, by David Rakoff. Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishers, 2001. ISBN 038550084X
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June 11, 2001: P Is for Peril, by Sue Grafton. Thorndike Press, 2001. ISBN 0786229314
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June 7, 2001: Carry Me Across the Water, by Ethan Canin. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0679456791
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May 31, 2001: French Lessons: Adventures With Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew, by Peter Mayle. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375431195
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February 22 , 2001: True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey. Random House, 2001. ISBN: 0375410848
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February 12 , 2001: The Death of Vishnu, by Manil Suri. W. W. Norton & Co, 2001. ISBN: 0393050424
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February 1 , 2001: Provinces of Night, by William Gay. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2001. ISBN: 0385499272
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January 16, 2001: Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick Press, 2000. ISBN: 0763607762
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December 20, 2000: The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany, by Martin Goldsmith. John Wiley & Sons, 2000. ISBN: 0471350974
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December 7, 2000: The Map of Love, by Ahdaf Soueif. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0385720114 (paperback)
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December 6, 2000: The Third Option, by Vince Flynn. Pocket Books, 2000. ISBN: 0671047310
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December 6, 2000: Women, by Annie Leibovitz (with Susan Sontag). Random House, 1999. ISBN: 0375500200
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November 29, 2000: The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0375430857
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November 28, 2000: Don't Tell Anyone, by Frederick Busch. W. W. Norton & Co., 2000. ISBN: 0393049736
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November 22, 2000: Reading With Dad, by Richard Jorgensen. Waldman House Press, 2000. ISBN: 0931674417
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November 21, 2000: Galileo's Daughter: A Historic Memoir of Science, Faith and Love, by Dava Sobel. Walker & Co., 1999. ISBN: 0802713432
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November 20, 2000: Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America, by Stephen Bloom. Harcourt Inc., 2000. ISBN: 0151006520
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October 25, 2000: Singing My Him Song, by Malachy McCourt. by McCourt, Malachy. Harpercollins, 2000. ISBN: 0060195932
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October 24, 2000: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0679450041
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October 2, 2000: Peel My Love Like An Onion, by Ana Castillo. Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishers, 1999. ISBN: 0385496761
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September 28 , 2000: The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Ilse Witch, by Terry Brooks. Ballantine Books, 2001. ISBN 0345397665
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November 19, 1999: The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing, by Thomas McGuane. Random House, 1999. ISBN: 0679454853
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