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Kew Gardens

by Virginia Woolf

Published: 2016-02-15

Hardcover: 40 pages

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“White butterflies danced one above another, making with their white shifting flakes the outline of a shattered marble column above the tallest flowers; the glass roofs of the palm house shone as if a whole market full of shiny green umbrellas had opened in the sun; and in the drone of t...

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The Secret Ingredient of Wishes: A Novel

by Susan Bishop Crispell

Published: 2016-09-06

Hardcover: 304 pages

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26-year-old Rachel Monroe has spent her whole life trying to keep a very unusual secret: she can make wishes come true. And sometimes the consequences are disastrous. So when Rachel accidentally grants an outlandish wish for the first time in years, she decides it’s time to leave her hom...

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Today Will Be Different

by Maria Semple

Published: 2016-10-04

Hardcover: 272 pages

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* Instant New York Times Bestseller *Named a Notable Book of 2016 by the Washington Post, one of Amazon's Top 100 Books of the Year, one of New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books, one of The Guardian's Best Books of 2016, one of NPR's Best Books of 2016, a Must-Read Book of 2016 by...

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Cruel Beautiful World: A Novel

by Caroline Leavitt

Published: 2016-10-04

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Caroline Leavitt is at her mesmerizing best in this haunting, nuanced portrait of love, sisters, and the impossible legacy of family.It’s 1969, and sixteen-year-old Lucy is about to run away to live off the grid in rural Pennsylvania, a rash act that will have vicious repercussions for b...

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A House Without Windows: A Novel

by Nadia Hashimi

Published: 2016-08-16

Hardcover: 432 pages

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A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture—from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is Low.For two decades, Zeba ...

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Peacock & Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny

by A. S. Byatt

Published: 2016-08-02

Hardcover: 192 pages

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From the winner of the Booker Prize: A ravishing book that opens a window into the lives, designs, and passions of Mariano Fortuny and William Morris, two remarkable artists who themselves are passions of the writer A. S. Byatt. Born a generation apart in the mid-1800s, Fortuny and Morris...

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The Red Bandanna: A life, A Choice, A Legacy

by Tom Rinaldi

Published: 2016-09-06

Hardcover: 224 pages

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A New York Times bestsellerWhat would you do in the last hour of your life?   The story of Welles Crowther, whose actions on 9/11 offer a lasting lesson on character, calling and courage    One Sunday morning before church, when Welles Crowther was a young boy, his father gave him...

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A Room with a View

by E. M Forster

Published: 2016-06-03

Paperback: 200 pages

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A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. Merchant-Ivory produced an award-winning...

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Root, Petal, Thorn

by Ella Joy Olsen

Published: 2016-08-30

Paperback: 320 pages

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"Provocative in the way it explodes and expands the category of historical fiction." --Salt Lake TribuneIn this beautifully written and powerful debut novel, Ella Joy Olsen traces the stories of five fascinating women who inhabit the same  historic home over the course of a century—brai...

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Walking the Llano: A Texas Memoir of Place

by Shelley Armitage

Published: 2016-02-15

Hardcover: 216 pages

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When American explorers crossed the Texas Panhandle, they dubbed it part of the "Great American Desert." A "sea of grass," the llano appeared empty, flat, and barely habitable. Contemporary developments--cell phone towers, oil rigs, and wind turbines--have only added to this stereotype. ...