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Dig in deep (or dig out from under the snow)!
We've got digging up fossils in England, digging up bones in a mystery 2000 years old (& current at the same time), and digging up dirt on the purpose of marriage. Wow, what a week of releases!! Let the new year begin!
Speaking of New Year, how are your resolutions going? My secret keeping is going well so far. Though today I get to let one out... the secret is already out, but today I get to let all you Book Unleashers know about it!
It's the winner of BB's "The Book Pick" contest!
The Hierophant of 100th Street
By Cullen Dorn
Congratulations, Cullen! It was a contest that was down to the wire. We want to thank all of the contestants and all of you voters.
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News Report....
 
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Amazon.com has introduced Kindle DX with Global Wireless
Amazon.com has introduced Kindle DX with Global Wireless - a new version of the 9.7-inch wireless reading device now with the convenience of wireless content delivery in over 100 countries. In addition to the features that have made the 6-inch Kindle the bestselling product across all of Amazon, the new Kindle DX with Global Wireless has a large 9.7-inch electronic paper display, auto-rotate capability and storage for up to 3,500 books. Kindle DX with Global Wireless is available for pre-order starting today for $489 at www.amazon.com/kindledx and ships Jan. 19.
Find out more about the:
Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7" Display, U.S. Wireless) for $598
or the
Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display, U.S. Wireless) for $239
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Weekly Featured Book
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Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
By Elizabeth Gilbert
At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who’d been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous horrific divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the United States government, which—after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing—gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is.
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Newbies to Note!
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Remarkable Creatures
By Tracy Chevalier
(1/5/2010)
When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to vicious gossip, and the scientific world alight. In an arena dominated by men, however, Mary is barred from the academic community. Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, who also loves scouring the beaches. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty, mutual appreciation, and barely suppressed envy. Remarkable Creatures is a stunning novel of how one woman's gift transcends class and social prejudice to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century. Above all, is it a revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.
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The Crossing Places
By Elly Griffiths
(1/5/2010)
When a child’s bones are found on a desolate beach nearby, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson calls Ruth Galloway for help. Nelson thinks he has found the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing ten years ago. Since her disappearance he has been receiving bizarre letters about her, letters with references to ritual and sacrifice. The bones actually turn out to be two thousand years old, but Ruth is soon drawn into the Lucy Downey case and into the mind of the letter writer, who seems to have both archaeological knowledge and eerie psychic powers. Then another child goes missing and the hunt is on to find her.
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The Winner of BB's "The Book Pick" Contest winner is:
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The Hierophant of 100th Street
By Cullen Dorn
A semi-autobiographical account of a young man born and raised in the worst slums of New York who ventures out to discover the meaning of life, and finds romance, mysticism, and purpose behind its very mystery.
Seeking to extricate himself from 100th Street, Adam is drafted into the army and later travels to Egypt, where in a harsh world of theocrats and misogynists he falls in love with a young Arab woman. Out of his element, he attacks the social structure—and ends up running for his life. He returns back to the old neighborhood only to find it changed … destroyed by an invasion of drugs, betrayal, and murder.
By chance he encounters a mysterious man, Clifford Bias (a renowned twentieth-century clairvoyant), and is taken under the wing of the "magus." Discovering his own psychic abilities, Adam enters his mentor's secret society and a world of mysticism and love.
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"Oh if the whole world could read, what a world it would be!"
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