The kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do: provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil - Afghanistan - while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with the reader. |  | | |
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He's Just Not That Into You: the No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys | Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo | You really like this guy, but he's giving mixed messages. So stop kidding yourself! This smart, funny and surprisingly upbeat book covers every excuse woman has ever made to avoid admitting to herself that a man just wasn’t that smitten with her. |  | | |
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The Sound of Harris | Cecil Johnson | School days - the best days of your life? Of course they are! - and it's probably the same for the kids, too! Enter the Wild Wood that is secondary education and see it from the side of so-called authority. Remember that teachers can be wags, too, and their sense of humour is their only hope of at least playing a draw...
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Jemima J: A Novel about Ugly Ducklings and Swans | Jane Green | With a fast-paced plot that never quits and a surprise ending no reader will see coming, Jemima J is the chronicle of one woman's quest to become the woman she's always wanted to be, learning along the way a host of lessons about attraction, addiction, the meaning of true love, and, ultimately, who she really is. |  | | |