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The Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims - The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross

by Jack Olsen

Published: 2017-02-01

Paperback: 605 pages

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Little Artie Shawcross bullied classmates, insulted teachers, started fires, tortured animals, and roved the woods of New York's hardscrabble North Country with imaginary friends, talking in a high squawk. He also scored top grades, excelled in sports and shared his money and toys with the children who...

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The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town

by Mark Kurlansky

Published: 2009-05-05

Paperback: 320 pages

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"A marvelous, compelling tale"(Rocky Mountain News) from the New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod.Gloucester, Massachusetts, America's oldest fishing port, is defined by the culture of commercial fishing. But the threat of over-fishing, combined with climate change and polluti...

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The Wicked Sister

by Karen Dionne

Published: 2020-08-04

Hardcover: 304 pages

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She thought she'd buried her past. But what if it's been hunting her this whole time?From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Marsh King's Daughter comes a startling novel of psychological suspense as two generations of sisters try to unravel their tangled relationships between...

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The Helpline: A Novel

by Katherine Collette

Published: 2019-07-23

Hardcover: 304 pages

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An eccentric woman who is great with numbers—but not so great with people—realizes it’s up to her to pull a community together in this charming, big-hearted debut perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and The Rosie Project. Germaine Johnson doesn’t need friends. S...

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The Moonshiner's Daughter

by Donna Everhart

Published: 2019-12-31

Paperback: 368 pages

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Set in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, The Moonshiner’s Daughter evokes the singular life of sixteen-year-old Jessie Sasser, a young woman determined to escape her family’s past . . .   Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains ...

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Hail, Holy Queen

by Scott Hahn

Published: 2001-04-17

Hardcover: 208 pages

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A fresh and enlightening new perspective on Mary, Mother of God, and her central importance in the Christian faith, from the author of the highly successful The Lamb's Supper.In The Lamb's Supper, Catholic scholar and apologist Scott Hahn explored the relationship between the Book of Revel...

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Mercy Clifton: Pilgrim Girl (Crimson Cross)

by Peter Marshall, David Manuel, Sheldon Maxwell

Published: 2007-06-01

Paperback: 194 pages

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Sixteen-year-old Mercy Clifton experiences a difficult journey with her parents on the Mayflower, but her greatest challenge comes when she and her Indian friend Amie make an ominous discovery about young rebels in the colony and the Native Americans.

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Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart

by Mimi Swartz

Published: 2018-08-07

Hardcover: 336 pages

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It wasn’t supposed to be this hard. If America could send a man to the moon, shouldn’t the best surgeons in the world be able to build an artificial heart? In Ticker, Texas Monthly executive editor and two time National Magazine Award winner Mimi Swartz shows just how complex and di...

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The Battle for Christmas

by Stephen Nissenbaum

Published: 2010-12-01

Kindle Edition: 401 pages

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Anyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed the holiday. The Puritans had their reasons, since Christmas was once an occasion for drunkenness and riot, when poor "wassailers  extorted food and drink from the wel...

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The Broken Earth Trilogy: Box set edition

by N. K. Jemisin

Published: 2019-11-07

Paperback: 0 pages

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N. K. Jemisin's outstanding BROKEN EARTH trilogy has broken records and boundaries, making her the only novelist to have won three Hugo awards in three consecutive years. This beautifully presented box set collects all three books for the the first time. Set in a world of volcanoes and earthquakes, where...