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Adriana Lisboa - Celebrated Brazilian novelist and winner of Saramago Prize; SYMPHONY IN WHITE (University of Texas Tech) Eric Gamalinda - Filipino writer of literary fiction; shortlisted for 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize; EMPIRE OF MEMORY (Anvil) David Hollander - Writing professor at Sarah Lawrence and noted author of literary fiction: L.I.E (Villard/Ballantine) Teresa Doval - Cuban emigré, author of literary fiction, A GIRL LIKE CHE GUEVARA (Soho Press) Marcos Aguinis - Argentina's top living writer: AY CARMELA (Random House Mondadori); THE SAGA OF A MARRANO (Planeta) Jose Dalisay, Jr. - Acclaimed Filipino novelist, Man Asian Literary Prize shortlist; Palanca Prize: IN FLIGHT (Schaffner) Adi Da Samraj - Philosophy and Fiction: EASY DEATH (Dawn Horse); REALITY IS ALL THE GOD THERE IS (Inner Traditions) Kim Chinquee - Pushcart Prize-winning author of literary and flash fiction: OH BABY (Ravenna); PRETTY (White Pine) John Keene - Whiting Award winner; poetry and literary fiction: SEISMOSIS (1913 Press); ANNOTATIONS (New Directions) Robert Lax (Estate) – Celebrated Poet: LOVE HAD A COMPASS (Grove), CIRCUS DAYS AND NIGHTS (Overlook) CULINARY, TRAVEL, PHOTOGRAPHY
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Jeff Cox - FERMENTATION NATION: Great Taste and Good Health with Probiotic Foods (Avery / Penguin)
E.G. Vallianatos - POISON SPRING: A Secret History of the EPA (Bloomsbury Press) Gordon Weiss - THE CAGE: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers (Bellevue Literary Press) Carlos Drummond de Andrade - Poetry Anthology (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Drauzio Varella - CARANDIRU STATION (Simon & Schuster UK) Lygia Fagundes Telles - THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPH (Dalkey Archive) Paulo Emilio Salles Gomes - P'S THREE WOMEN (Dalkey Archive) Kurt Hollander - SEVERAL WAYS TO DIE IN MEXICO CITY (Feral House) Susan Goodman - REPUBLIC OF WORDS: The Atlantic Monthly and its Writers (UPNE) Jose Dalisay - IN FLIGHT: Two Novels of the Philippines (Schaffner Press) Jeni Britton Bauer - JENI'S SPLENDID ICE CREAMS AT HOME (Artisan/Workman) Gordon Weiss - THE CAGE: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers (Bodley Head/Random House UK) Kim Chinquee - PRETTY (White Pine Press) Avrom Bendavid-Val - THE HEAVENS ARE EMPTY: Discovering the Lost Town of Trochenbrod (Pegasus Books) Ángel Esteban & Stéphanie Panichelli - FIDEL & GABO: A Portrait of the Legendary Friendship (Pegasus Books) Jim Marrs - SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE (Disinformation Company) Jim Marrs – ABOVE TOP SECRET (Disinformation Company) Jim Marrs – THE TERROR CONSPIRACY (Disinformation Company) Alvaro Vargas Llosa – LIBERTY FOR LATIN AMERICA (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) |
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Jeni Britton Bauer - JENI'S SPLENDID ICE CREAMS AT HOME (German: Neue Umschau Verlag via Meller Agency)
Jose Dalisay - SOLEDAD'S SISTER (French: Mercure de France / Gallimard via Agence Michelle LaPautre) Jose Dalisay - KILLING TIME IN A WARM PLACE (Spanish: Libros del Asteroide) Avrom Bendavid-Val - THE HEAVENS ARE EMPTY (Polish: Swit Ksiazki via Graal Agency) Jim Marrs - THE SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE (Czech: Pléjada via Andrew Nurnberg Prague) Jim Marrs - THE SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE (Portugal: Luxcitania via Silvia Bastos Agency) Marcos Aguinis - THE SAGA OF A MARRANO (Japanese: Sakuhinsha via The English Agency) Ángel Esteban & Ana Gallego - FROM GABO TO MARIO (US Spanish: Vintage Español) Gordon Weiss - THE CAGE (Australia & New Zealand: Picador/Pan Macmillan) Joshua Gidding - FAILURE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Film Option: Montabela Productions) Ángel Esteban and Stéphanie Panichelli - FIDEL & GABO (Korean: Yemun via Amo Agency) Jim Marrs - SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE (Portugal: Luxcitania via Silvia Bastos Agency) Jim Marrs - SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE and two other books (Albanian: Bota Shqiptare) Jim Marrs - SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE (Bulgarian: Ciela via ELST Literary Agency) Marcos Aguinis - THE ENLIGHTENED ONES (Japanese: Sakuhinsha via The English Agency) Jim Marrs - SISTERHOOD OF THE ROSE (Polish: QBook via Graal Agency) Marcos Aguinis - AY CARMELA (Serbian: Laguna) Marcos Aguinis - AY CARMELA (Bulgarian: Tony Press via ELST Literary Agency) Marcos Aguinis - THE SAGA OF A MARRANO (Japanese: Sakuhinsha via The English Agency) Marcos Aguinis - THE ENLIGHTENED ONES (Film/TV option: Offside Productions for Fox Television Studios) |
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