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Never Have I Ever: A Novel

by Joshilyn Jackson

Published: 2019-07-30

Hardcover: 352 pages

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“Wonderful—suspense and surprises, real characters, and a scary, ominous backbeat.  This feels like the book Jackson was born to write.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling authorNamed a Best Book by USA Today • People • Wall Street Journal • Time • Entertainment Week...

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Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

by Lara Prior-Palmer

Published: 2019-05-07

Hardcover: 288 pages

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"Think the next Educated or Wild. Palmer’s memoir of beating the odds to become a horse champion is an inspiring saga of perseverance?and a classic underdog tale." ?Entertainment Weekly, 1 of the 15 Most Anticipated Books of the Year Named a Best Book of the Season by O, The Oprah Magaz...

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Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station the Helped Bring Peace to the Congo; A Memoir

by Jennifer Bakody

Published: 2017-06-13

Paperback: 304 pages

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One of Africa's largest radio stations operating in one of the continent's most politically unstable countries sets the stage for a touching and thought-provoking story that illustrates how peace is a process, and how the spectrum between war and peace is more nuanced than people think.In ...

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The Understory: A Novel

by Pamela Erens

Published: 2014-04-15

Paperback: 200 pages

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Set in New York City and in a Buddhist monastery in rural Vermont, The Understory is both a mystery and a psychological study and reveals that repression and self-expression can be equally destructive. The Understory?the debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Virgins ?is t...

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The Lost Night: A Novel

by Andrea Bartz

Published: 2019-02-26

Hardcover: 320 pages

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“Tightly paced and skillfully plotted, The Lost Night is a remarkable debut.”—Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive What really happened the night Edie died? Years later, her best friend Lindsay will learn how unprepared she is for the truth. �...

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The Dead Mountaineer's Inn: One More Last Rite for the Detective Genre (Neversink)

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Published: 2015-03-17

Paperback: 256 pages

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A hilarious spoof on the classic country-house murder mystery, from the Russian masters of sci-fi—never before translated   When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at the remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He’s there to ski,...

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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J Dubner

Published: 2011-05-24

Paperback: 320 pages

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Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics—the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. B...

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Around the World in Eighty Days (Illustrated First Edition): 100th Anniversary Collection

by Jules Verne

Published: 2019-01-16

Paperback: 252 pages

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A beautiful unabridged edition with 55 illustrations from the 1873 English first edition. Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. Don't be fooled by other versions that have no illustrations or contain very small print. R...

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Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER

by Julie Holland

Published: 2010-10-26

Paperback: 320 pages

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“A gem of a memoir . . . Holland takes us for a ride through the psych ER that is at once wild and poignant, a ride that leaves deep tracks in even the healthiest of minds.”—Katrina Firlik, M.D., author of Another Day in the Frontal LobeJulie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. ...

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Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

by Shomari Wills

Published: 2018-01-30

Hardcover: 320 pages

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One of Ebony Magazine's True Read picks of 2018“By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, Author of the New Yo...