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The Catcher in the Rye: A Reader's Guide to the J.D. Salinger Novel

by Robert Crayola

Published: 2014-05-03

Paperback: 50 pages

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Few novels have affected readers (especially young people) like J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. With this new guide, you will have an even greater understanding of the book. Included in this guide: a biography of author J.D. Salinger, a look at the book's context, its literary elem...

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The Dead Will Tell: A Kate Burkholder Novel

by Linda Castillo

Published: 2015-03-31

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

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A Boston Globe Best Book of 2014Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time?and now death is stalking them, seemingly from the grave. On a late-night s...

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Only the Lucky: A Kate Burkholder Short Story (Kindle Single)

by Linda Castillo

Published: 2017-05-23

Kindle Edition: 56 pages

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Bucolic Painters Mill is plunged into darkness in this new short mystery, from the New York Times bestselling author of Among the Wicked, featuring Chief of Police Kate Burkholder.It’s Friday the 13th in Painters Mill and rumors of an Amish “rager”—a huge outdoor party rife with un...

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Gone Missing: A Kate Burkholder Novel

by Linda Castillo

Published: 2013-03-12

Paperback: 297 pages

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Linda Castillo's bestselling series has been called "gripping" [People] and "impossible to put down" [Bookpage] and the "teeth chattering suspense" [USA Today] continues with GONE MISSING?a deeply chilling novel about a rite of passage gone horribly wrong.Rumspringa is the time when Amish ...

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Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman

by Anne Helen Petersen

Published: 2017-06-20

Hardcover: 288 pages

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**One of NPR’s Best Books of 2017** “Petersen's gloriously bumptious, brash ode to nonconforming women suits the needs of this dark moment. Her careful examination of how we eviscerate the women who confound or threaten is crucial reading if we are ever to be better.”—Rebecca Tra...

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* * * Poorly Written,
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Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York

by Francis Spufford

Published: 2017-06-27

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Fiction Book of 2017 * A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year * A Seattle Times Favorite Book of 2017 * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Kirkus Reviews Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Library Journal Top Historical Fiction Book of the Year...

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The Astor Orphan: A Memoir

by Alexandra Aldrich

Published: 2014-04-08

Paperback: 272 pages

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The Astor Orphan is an unflinching debut memoir by a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, Alexandra Aldrich.She brilliantly tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; her 1980s childhood of bohemian neglect in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family’s Hudson Valley Mansion; an...

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The Photo Traveler (The Photo Traveler Series)

by Arthur J Gonzalez

Published: 2013-02-28

Paperback: 418 pages

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Seventeen-year-old Gavin Hillstone is resigned to being miserable for the rest of his life. Left alone in the world after his parents died in a fire when he was four, he was placed in foster care, which for him meant ending up in an abusive home with an alcoholic adoptive father. Gavin’s only escape...

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Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom

by Thomas E. Ricks

Published: 2017-05-23

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A New York Times bestseller!A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike.Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in ...

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Shadow Girl (An Afton Tangler Thriller)

by Gerry Schmitt

Published: 2017-08-01

Hardcover: 320 pages

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The brutal murder of a business tycoon leaves Afton Tangler and the Twin Cities reeling, but that’s just the beginning of a gruesome crime spree...   Leland Odin made his fortune launching a home shopping network, but his millions can’t save his life. On the list for a transplant, the...