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Hum If You Don't Know the Words

by Bianca Marais

Published: 2017-07-11

Hardcover: 432 pages

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Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy.Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with...

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Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History’s Most Iconic Extinct Creatures

by Ben Mezrich

Published: 2017-07-04

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Science fiction becomes reality in this Jurassic Park-like story of the genetic resurrection of an extinct species—the woolly mammoth—by the bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and The 37th Parallel.“With his knack for turning narrative nonfiction into stories worthy of...

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Made for Love: A Novel

by Alissa Nutting

Published: 2017-07-04

Hardcover: 320 pages

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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY GQ • PopSugar • NPR • Huffington Post • Electric Literature • The New YorkerCHOSEN AS A 2017 BEST SUMMER READ PICK BYPublishers Weekly • New York Magazine • Buzzfeed • Refinery29 • Vulture • Nylon From the exciting and provocative writer of ...

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The Stars in Our Eyes: The Famous, the Infamous, and Why We Care Way Too Much About Them

by Julie Klam

Published: 2017-07-18

Hardcover: 240 pages

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From bestselling author Julie Klam comes a lively and engaging exploration of celebrity: why celebrities fascinate us, what it means to be famous today, and why celebrities are so important. “When I was young I was convinced celebrities could save me,” Julie Klam admits in The Stars i...

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Gather the Daughters: A Novel

by Jennie Melamed

Published: 2017-07-25

Hardcover: 352 pages

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NEVER LET ME GO meets THE GIVER in this haunting debut about a cult on an isolated island, where nothing is as it seems. A Guardian Best Book of the Year A Booklist Best Book of the YearA New York Magazine best book of the monthA Real Simple best book of the monthPeople Magazine's Book of ...

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Patient H69: The Story of My Second Sight (Bloomsbury Sigma)

by Vanessa Potter

Published: 2017-07-25

Hardcover: 272 pages

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In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. She was hospitalized for two weeks. Over the next five months at home, she r...

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In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult

by Rebecca Stott

Published: 2017-07-04

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A father-daughter story that tells of the author’s experience growing up in a separatist fundamentalist Christian cult, from the author of the national bestseller GhostwalkRebecca Stott grew up in in Brighton, England, as a fourth-generation member of the Exclusive Brethren, a cult that ...

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Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

by R. J. Palacio

Published: 2015-08-18

Hardcover: 320 pages

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WONDER IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND JACOB TREMBLAY!Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. Auggie & Me gives readers a special look at A...

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The Hidden Light of Northern Fires: A Novel

by Daren Wang

Published: 2017-08-29

Hardcover: 320 pages

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"Splendid?a distinctive clear-eyed perspective on a fresh corner of the Civil War." ?Charles Frazier, New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain"A wise and timely book." ?Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of SerenaRooted in the history of the only secessionist town north ...

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Nevertheless: A Memoir

by Alec Baldwin

Published: 2017-04-04

Hardcover: 288 pages

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“A thorough and sophisticated effort to answer an interesting question: How did an indifferently raised, self-flagellating kid from a just-making-ends-meet, desultorily functioning Long Island family, in Massapequa, turn into Alec Baldwin, gifted actor, familiar public figure, impressive...