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Widespread violence in Iraq is forcing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to flee Fallujah. The people who remain are caught in the crossfire between U.S. troops and insurgents. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Two bombs explode in different parts of Baghdad, killing three people and adding to a recent rash of violence. Nearly 30 people died Friday after a series of explosions in the Iraqi capital.

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf won Saturday's presidential election, but the Supreme Court still has to determine whether he was even eligible to run.

In softcover nonfiction, Cheryl Strayed recounts her solo trek on the Pacific Crest Trail, Blaine Harden unlocks the secrets of a North Korean prison camp, and Leymah Gbowee reflects on becoming a Liberian peace activist. In fiction, Rachel Joyce's tale of an unexpected journey arrives in paperback.

In softcover nonfiction, David Randall examines the science of sleep, and Susannah Cahalan falls prey to a mysterious disease. In fiction, Claire Vaye Watkins explores the American West, and Ivan Doig looks at a single dad whose world is upended.

In fiction, Stephen L. Carter's reimagining of Lincoln's presidency and Joshua Henkin's tale of a family's fragmented mourning arrive in paperback. In softcover nonfiction, Bill Clegg recounts his attempt to stay clean, and Tim Kreider lifts the curtain on the human condition.

In softcover fiction, Laurent Binet plots an escape from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and Hanna Pylvainen explores the fundamentalist religion of her youth. In nonfiction, Seth Rosenfeld explains the FBI's involvement with the 1964 University of California, Berkeley, student protest movement.

Fiction and nonfiction softcover releases from Marisa Silver, Christa Parravani, Rebecca Miller and Sandra Day O'Connor.

This week's softcover releases include George Packer's The Unwinding, Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's Americanah and Mohsin Hamid's How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia.

There are more than 23 million veterans living in the U.S., many of whom survived wars from World War II to Vietnam. But those coming home from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are different from decades ago -- they are younger, and many of them are women.