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Brent Books and Cards

309 W. Washington St.

312-364-0126

1. The Devil in the White City

By Erik Larson (Random House, $7.48 paper)

A true story of the 1893 World’s Fair and a serial killer at its fringes.

2. No Country for Old Men

By Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $12.48)

A novel set along the bloody frontier between Texas and Mexico.

3. The Kite Runner

By Khaled Hosseini (Penguin, $7 paper)

A debut novel about friendship set in Afghanistan.

4. The Lost Painting

By Jonathan Harr (Random House, $12.48 paper)

A mystery about the search for a missing Caravaggio painting.

5. Healthy Aging

By Andrew Weil (Knopf, $13.98)

Ideas for staying healthy later in life.