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The Wolf and the Watchman: A Novel

by Niklas Natt och Dag

Published: 2019-03-05

Hardcover: 384 pages

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“It’s early to be pegging the year’s best books, but The Wolf and the Watchman, Niklas Natt och Dag’s stunning debut, is sure to be one of them.” —The Washington Post“What's better than an ornate period piece with style to spare? One that includes a murder mystery. Oh, and b...

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CASTI CONNUBII On Christian Marriage

by Pope Pius XI

Published: 2016-05-10

Paperback: 128 pages

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Excerpt: How great is the dignity of chaste wedlock, Venerable Brethren, may be judged best from this that Christ Our Lord, Son of the Eternal Father, having assumed the nature of fallen man, not only, with His loving desire of compassing the redemption of our race, ordained it in an especial manner...

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This Tender Land: A Novel

by William Kent Krueger

Published: 2019-09-03

Hardcover: 464 pages

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —Parade A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the bestselling aut...

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The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel

by Hiromi Kawakami

Published: 2017-06-06

Paperback: 224 pages

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From the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this funny, heartwarming story about love, life, and human relationships that features a delightfully offbeat cast of characters.Objects for sale at the Nakano Thrift Shop appear as commonplace as the staff and customers that handle them...

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Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring

by Richard Gergel

Published: 2019-01-22

Hardcover: 336 pages

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How the blinding of Sergeant Isaac Woodard changed the course of America’s civil rights historyOn February 12, 1946, Sergeant Isaac Woodard, a returning, decorated African American veteran, was removed from a Greyhound bus in Batesburg, South Carolina, after he challenged the bus driver�...

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Certain Liberties

by Sidney S. Stark

Published: 2019-05-20

Paperback: 398 pages

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CERTAIN LIBERTIES is an historical novel about a gifted young musician who defies 19th-century models of womanhood by trying to succeed in a man's world. It was said that she had 'male courage, feminine fortitude and the soul of an artist.' Challenging cultural bias against playing the 'ma...

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* * * * Beautiful,
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo: A Novel

by Christy Lefteri

Published: 2019-08-27

Hardcover: 336 pages

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This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable. “Courageous and provocative, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a beautifully crafted novel of international significa...

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The Gifted School: A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger

Published: 2019-07-02

Hardcover: 464 pages

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"Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class."--J. Courtney Sullivan in The New York Times "The summer read that predicted the college-admissions scandal...

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The Way of All Fish: A Novel

by Martha Grimes

Published: 2014-01-07

Kindle Edition: 353 pages

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An “absurdly amusing” (The New York Times Book Review) sequel to Martha Grimes’s bestselling novel, Foul Matter, this wicked satire of the publishing industry is “comic, caustic, and relentlessly readable” (Booklist).Writer Cindy Sella is having trouble with her new novel. Aside ...

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Sorry Not Sorry: The perfect laugh out loud romantic comedy

by Sophie Ranald

Published: 2019-02-08

Paperback: 364 pages

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A fabulously feel-good novel that will make you make you laugh till you cry and leave you living life to the full, margarita in hand! Is this all there is? I scraped the last dregs of Caramel Chew Chew ice cream out of the bottom of the tub with my finger and licked it. It left a sticky sm...