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New Relax & Read Books

April 5, 2006

If you've had enough March Madness and are ready to sit down with a good book, here are some fresh titles new to the Relax & Read shelf:

Fiction

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Zorro by Isabel Allende furnishes us with the back story of why this cunning hero decided to dress in black and save the peasants.

Cell by Stephen King reveals how a comic book artist unravels the mystery of a nasty phenomenon called The Pulse that is attacking through cell phones.

Arthur & George by Julian Barnes spins a wondrous tale about a young Arthur Conan Doyle and his friend George.

Non-Fiction

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Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four by John Feinstein tracks the 2005 NCAA basketball tournament behind the scenes with the players, coaches, officials, scouts, reporters, ticket scalpers and everyone else that is drawn to the event.

Marley & Me by John Grogan is the biography of a puppy Labrador who grows into a 97 pound bad-boy dog and his effects on the family who loves him.

The Broke Diaries by Angela Nissel was first posted on the web as a few entries of her diary as a broke college student. It's a chronicle of no money and ramen noodles.

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