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From the 'weirdly prophetic' Don DeLillo (NYT Book Review)

Book Cover Image. Title: Point Omega, Author: by Don DeLillo

Point Omegaby Don DeLillo (Hardcover)

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Approaching Nonbeing

In a novel as spare and powerful as anything he has written yet, Don DeLillo, the magician behind White Noise, now gives us a novel about the U.S. war machine in Iraq. The action centers around three characters: Finley, a documentary filmmaker; Elster, a scholar and government consultant whom Finley is interviewing; and Elster's daughter.

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Native Americans - Fiction

A Tale of Two Diaries

Shadow Tagby Louise Erdrich (Hardcover)

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Book Cover Image. Title: Shadow Tag, Author: by Louise Erdrich

Acclaimed novelist Louise Erdrich's latest has been described as a "brilliant cautionary tale of the shocking havoc willfully destructive, self-centered spouses wreak not only upon themselves but also upon their children." (Library Journal)

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B&N Discover Awards

The Finalists Are Announced

More of This World or Maybe Anotherby Barb Johnson (Paperback)

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Book Cover Image. Title: More of This World or Maybe Another, Author: by Barb Johnson

Check out the finalists for this year's Discover Awards, our annual recognition of the best new and upcoming writers and books, including Barb Johnson's acclaimed short story collection. The winners will be announced on March 3rd.

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Fiction Debuts

Reimagining the Odyssey

The Lost Books of the Odysseyby Zachary Mason (Hardcover)

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Book Cover Image. Title: The Lost Books of the Odyssey, Author: by Zachary Mason

A daring literary page-turner, Mason's dazzling debut is a skillful reimagining of Odysseus's long journey home after the fall of Troy. The book begins with the story as we know it -- and then creates alternative episodes that open up Homer's classic to fascinating new interpretations.

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New Thrillers

A 'Wrong-Man' Whodunit

Ordinary Thunderstormsby William Boyd (Hardcover)

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Book Cover Image. Title: Ordinary Thunderstorms, Author: by William Boyd

Whitbread winner William Boyd is back with his ninth novel -- a thriller with echoes of Hitchcock. Climatologist Adam Kindred, in London for a job interview, makes conversation with a stranger over lunch. Before long, he finds his own life in peril, in a fast-paced book about the corruption at the heart of big business.