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10 best books of January 2014, according to Amazon's editors

Here are the titles the editors at Amazon like best among the January 2014 releases.

5. 'The Wind Is Not a River,' by Brian Payton

  • By Molly Driscoll Staff Writer

Payton, author of "The Ice Passage," tells the story of reporter John Easley, who is mourning the recent death of his brother in World War II-era Europe and goes to investigate the invasion by the Japanese of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. When John disappears, his wife Helen goes in search of him. "It's kind of a sweeping love story," Nelson says. "It's part mystery, a love story.... we've read books like this before, but it's set in this less-known place."

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