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The Shadow King: A Novel

by Maaza Mengiste

Published: 2019-09-24

Hardcover: 448 pages

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A gripping novel set during Mussolini’s 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King takes us back to the first real conflict of World War II, casting light on the women soldiers who were left out of the historical record.With the threat of Mussolini’s army looming, recently orphaned Hir...

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Pet

by Akwaeke Emezi

Published: 2019-09-10

Hardcover: 208 pages

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The highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her b...

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Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie Burk

Published: 2009-05-04

Paperback: 288 pages

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A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll taken on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, or numb or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individual...

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Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge: A Novel

by Paul Krueger

Published: 2016-06-07

Paperback: 288 pages

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In this sharp and funny urban fantasy novel, booze is magic, demons are real, and millennial Bailey Chen joins a band of monster-fighting Chicago bartenders instead of finding a “real” post-college job.   Bailey Chen is fresh out of college with all the usual new-adult demons: no cash...

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The Last Widow: A Novel (Will Trent)

by Karin Slaughter

Published: 2019-08-20

Hardcover: 464 pages

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New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in this superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets, and shocking surprises you won’t see comingA mysterious kidnappingOn a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers fo...

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Heroes

by Stephen Fry

Published: 2018-11-01

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Mortals and Monsters. Quests and Adventures . . . *** Pre-order HEROES by Stephen Fry now ***__________There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes.Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming...

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Within The Walls (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Giorgio Bassani

Published: 2016-04-26

Paperback: 416 pages

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A new translation of Giorgio Bassani's award winning collection of novellas, which inspired his masterpiece The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. A young working class woman abandoned by her bourgeois lover; the tensions of intermarriage between established classes and communities; a holocaust survivor seemingly...

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No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America

by Darnell L Moore

Published: 2019-02-19

Paperback: 272 pages

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From a leading journalist and activist comes a brave, beautifully wrought memoir.When Darnell Moore was fourteen, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school, harassed him because they thought he was gay, and poured a j...

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A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

by Gretel Ehrlich

Published: 1995-06-01

Paperback: 208 pages

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A powerful chronicle of a wounded woman’s exploration of nature and selfAfter nature writer Gretel Ehrlich was struck by lightning near her Wyoming ranch and almost died, she embarked on a painstaking and visionary journey back to the land of the living. With the help of an extraordinary...

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The Dutch House: A Novel

by Ann Patchett

Published: 2019-09-24

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. â??'Do...