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The Good Lord Bird

by James McBride

Published: 2014-08-05

Paperback: 480 pages

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Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction Soon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Jaden Smith A Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year “A magnificent new novel by the best-selling author James McBride.” –cover review ...

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The Things You Kiss Goodbye

by Leslie Connor

Published: 2014-06-24

Hardcover: 368 pages

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Fans of Sarah Dessen will love this heartbreaking story about family, loss, and the joys and disappointments of first love.Bettina Vasilis can hardly believe it when star basketball player Brady Cullen convinces her strict father to let them date. That summer, Bettina falls in love with Br...

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Ripper LP

by Isabel Allende

Published: 2014-01-28

Paperback: 672 pages

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Isabel Allende—the New York Times bestselling author whose books, including Maya’s Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea, and Zorro, have sold more than 57 million copies around the world—demonstrates her remarkable literary versatility with Ripper, an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery invo...

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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

by Sheri Fink

Published: 2016-01-26

Paperback: 592 pages

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Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink’s landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina – and her suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice.In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink...

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Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel

by Peter Robinson

Published: 2014-02-25

Paperback: 384 pages

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New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson brings back Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and his colleague DI Annie Cabbot in a case riddled with corruptionA decorated policeman is murdered on the tranquil grounds of the St. Peter's Police Treatment Centre, shot through the heart ...

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The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories

by Simon Rich

Published: 2014-01-14

Paperback: 240 pages

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"One of the funniest books you'll read this year."--Publishers Weekly Love can be messy, painful, and even tragic. When seen through the eyes of Simon Rich it can also be hilarious. In thirty short, sharp, ingenious stories, Rich conjures up some unforgettable romances: An unused prophyla...

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Dollybird

by Anne Lazurko

Published: 2013-07-30

Kindle Edition: 232 pages

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Housekeeper or whore? A dollybird is either or both in thevocabulary of the prairie west in 1906, leaving the communi-ty to draw its own conclusions about who and what Moira isand isn’t. Determined to find redemption in the midst of their deri-sion and to find joy despite uncertainty, Moira faces impossiblechoices...

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The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra

by Helen Rappaport

Published: 2014-06-03

Hardcover: 512 pages

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A New York Times Bestseller for 12 weeks! "Helen Rappaport paints a compelling portrait of the doomed grand duchesses." —People magazine"The public spoke of the sisters in a gentile, superficial manner, but Rappaport captures sections of letters and diary entries to showcase the sisters�...

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The Bookman's Tale: A Novel of Obsession

by Charlie Lovett

Published: 2014-05-27

Paperback: 368 pages

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A mysterious portrait ignites an antiquarian bookseller’s search through time and the works of Shakespeare for his lost love. Charlie Lovett’s new book, The Lost Book of the Grail, is now available. Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books, The Bookman’s T...

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Necessary Lies

by Diane Chamberlain

Published: 2014-10-07

Paperback: 372 pages

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It is 1960 in North Carolina and the lives of Ivy Hart and Jane Forrester couldn't be more different. Fifteen-year-old Ivy lives with her family as tenants on a small tobacco farm, but when her parents die, Ivy is left to care for her grandmother, older sister, and nephew. As she struggles...