As I was cleaning out my bookshelves, I found these two sitting next to each other and I thought it funny that two similarly-themed books were in such proximity, since my books are thrown on shelves haphazardly with no rhyme or reason.  I had been meaning to pass these along for quite some time, so I decided it was time for another giveaway.

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Land of Marvels

by Barry Unsworth

Amazon.com Product Description: A thriller set in 1914 as the Western nations are making a grab for political power and oil in the Middle East, by a writer with an “almost magical capacity for literary time travel” (The New York Times Book Review).

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