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<title><![CDATA[The Impact of War]]></title>

<description><![CDATA[The Indie Next List, drawn from bookseller-recommended favorite handsells, epitomizes the heart and soul of passionate bookselling. Independent booksellers are and have always been discoverers of the next big thing, the next great read, the next bestseller, and the next undiscovered gem.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Skeletons at the Feast]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307394965</link>
<description><![CDATA["Set in the closing months of World War II, Skeletons at the Feast is a tale of romance, of a desperate last roll of the dice, of a quest for revenge, and a battle for survival. Gripping, illuminating, and, doubtlessly, controversial, the novel considers the question of collective guilt for the Holocaust and vividly illustrates the human costs of war." -- Rich Rennicks, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Skeletons at the Feast]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Chris A. Bohjalian]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Three Rivers Press (CA)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307394965]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Set in the closing months of World War II, Skeletons at the Feast is a tale of romance, of a desperate last roll of the dice, of a quest for revenge, and a battle for survival. Gripping, illuminating, and, doubtlessly, controversial, the novel considers the question of collective guilt for the Holocaust and vividly illustrates the human costs of war.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Rich Rennicks, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Cellist of Sarajevo]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594483653</link>
<description><![CDATA["Inspired by the Sarajevo musician who, risking sniper fire, played his cello for 22 afternoons in honor of the 22 killed while standing in a breadline, this slim but powerful novel explores aspects of war not often addressed. Scenes of sorrow and danger, sacrifice and compromise make this a novel I will never forget." -- Leslie Reiner, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Cellist of Sarajevo]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Steven Galloway; Julie Klam]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Riverhead Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781594483653]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Inspired by the Sarajevo musician who, risking sniper fire, played his cello for 22 afternoons in honor of the 22 killed while standing in a breadline, this slim but powerful novel explores aspects of war not often addressed. Scenes of sorrow and danger, sacrifice and compromise make this a novel I will never forget.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[Leslie Reiner, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781436237987]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Reader]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307454898</link>
<description><![CDATA["This uncommonly affecting page-turner, set in postwar Germany, evokes equal depths of thought and feeling. Written in spare, keenly observed prose, it is a story of love, and of personal and historical responsibility, and the novel's wrenching moral questions still have me in their grip." -- John Willson, Eagle Harbor Book Company, Bainbridge Island, WA]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Reader]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Bernhard Schlink]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Vintage Books USA]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307454898]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This uncommonly affecting page-turner, set in postwar Germany, evokes equal depths of thought and feeling. Written in spare, keenly observed prose, it is a story of love, and of personal and historical responsibility, and the novel's wrenching moral questions still have me in their grip.]]></dc:description>
<dc:contributor><![CDATA[John Willson, Eagle Harbor Book Company, Bainbridge Island, WA]]></dc:contributor>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780375726972]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2008-11-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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