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American Romantic

by Ward Just

Published: 2015-04-14

Paperback: 272 pages

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“Ward Just is both a writer’s writer and an astute tracker of human souls under duplicity and duress . . . American Romantic, his eighteenth, is one of his finest.”—Gail Godwin, New York Times Book Review   Harry Sanders is a young Foreign Service officer in 1960s Indochina when a...

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The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency

by James Tobin

Published: 2013-11-12

Hardcover: 384 pages

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With a searching new analysis of primary sources, NBCC award winner James Tobin reveals how FDR’s fight against polio transformed him from a callow aristocrat into the energetic, determined statesman who would rally the nation in the Great Depression and lead it through World War II.Here...

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In Praise of Hatred: A Novel

by Khaled Khalifa

Published: 2014-04-08

Hardcover: 320 pages

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In 1980s Syria, a young Muslim girl lives a secluded life behind the veil in the vast and perfumed house of her grandparents. Her three aunts-the pious Maryam, the liberal Safaa, and the free-spirited Marwa-raise her with the aid of their ever-devoted blind servant.Soon the high walls of t...

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Falling Out of Time (Vintage International)

by David Grossman

Published: 2014-12-02

Paperback: 208 pages

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In this compassionate and genre-defying drama the internationally acclaimed author of To the End of the Land weaves an incandescent tale of parental grief. A powerful distillation of the experience of understanding and acceptance, and of art’s triumph over death, Falling Out of Time is p...

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Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

by Ada Calhoun

Published: 2017-05-16

Hardcover: 192 pages

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Inspired by her viral New York Times “Modern Love” essay “The Wedding Toast I’ll Never Give”, Ada Calhoun’s memoir is a witty, poignant exploration of the beautiful complexity of marriage.We hear plenty about whether or not to get married, but much less about what it takes to s...

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When We Were Worthy

by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

Published: 2017-09-12

Paperback: 276 pages

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A win brought them together, but loss may tear them apart.When the sound of sirens cuts through a cool fall night, the small town of Worthy, Georgia, hurtles from triumph to tragedy. Just hours before, they’d watched the Wildcats score a winning touchdown. Now, they’re faced with the d...

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A Properly Unhaunted Place

by William Alexander

Published: 2017-08-22

Hardcover: 192 pages

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From National Book Award–winning author William Alexander comes a wryly humorous story about two kids who try to save their town by bringing back its ghosts.Rosa Ramona Díaz has just moved to the small, un-haunted town of Ingot—the only ghost-free town in the world. She doesn’t want...

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The Autobiography of Santa Claus

by Jeff Guinn

Published: 2003-10-27

Hardcover: 304 pages

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It all started when Jeff Guinn was assigned to write a piece full of little-known facts about Christmas for his paper, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A few months later, he received a call from a gentleman who told him that he showed the story to an important friend who didn’t think muc...

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Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis

by Kathryn Sermak

Published: 2017-09-12

Hardcover: 288 pages

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For ten years Kathryn Sermak was at Bette Davis's side--first as an employee, and then as her closest friend--and in Miss D and Me she tells the story of the great star's harrowing but inspiring final years, a story fans have been waiting decades to hear. Miss D and Me is a story of two po...

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The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing

by Alfie Kohn

Published: 2007-08-14

Paperback: 256 pages

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So why do we continue to administer this modern cod liver oil-or even demand a larger dose? Kohn's incisive analysis reveals how a set of misconceptions about learning and a misguided focus on competitiveness has left our kids with less free time, and our families with more conflict. Point...