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The Fortunes

by Peter Ho Davies

Published: 2016-09-06

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Chiefs

by Stuart Woods

Published: 2005-07-05

Mass Market Paperback: 576 pages

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Stuart Woods' Edgar(r) Award-winning novel spans fifty years of racial tension, politics, and murder in the small Southern town of Delano, Georgia, where a depraved killer claims his innocent victims even as three very different generations of policemen seek to stop him.For the people of D...

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But Enough About Me: A Memoir

by Burt Reynolds, Jon Winokur

Published: 2015-11-17

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Scandalous, sentimental, frank, and sincere—the ultimate inside account of a television and film icon.Burt Reynolds has been a Hollywood leading man for six decades, known for his legendary performances, sex-symbol status, and storied Hollywood romances. In his long career of stardom, du...

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Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)

by Justin Martin

Published: 2012-10-30

Paperback: 496 pages

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Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York's Central Park to Boston's Emerald Necklace to Stanford University's campus, Olmsted was also an influential...

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Substitute: Going to School With a Thousand Kids

by Nicholson Baker

Published: 2016-09-06

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“May be the most revealing depiction of the American contemporary classroom that we have to date." —Garret Keizer, The New York Times Book Review   Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, in pursuit of the realities of American public education, signed up as a substitute teacher in a Mai...

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The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters

by Laura Thompson

Published: 2016-09-06

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“Riveting. The Six captures all the wayward magnetism and levity that have enchanted countless writers without neglecting the tragic darkness of many of the sisters’ life choices and the savage sociopolitical currents that fueled them.” – Tina Brown, The New York Times Book Review ...

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Flight to Ohio: From Slavery to Passing to Freedom

by Mary Anderson Parks Parks

Published: 2016-07-15

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FLIGHT TO OHIO:FROM SLAVERY TO PASSING TO FREEDOM“Flight to Ohio” begins in 1836, as 21-year-old Tom and his mother Nellie escape slavery on a Virginia plantation. They soon discover that Tom, the bastard son of the white master, passes as white when he is not seen with his mother. Tom...

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The Devils of Cardona

by Matthew Carr

Published: 2016-06-14

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In this gripping historical thriller set in sixteenth-century Spain, a Catholic priest is murdered by a mysterious Muslim avenger as the Inquisition continues to force Moriscos to live and worship as Christians. In March 1584, the priest of Belamar de la Sierra, a small town in Aragon near...

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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

by Ruth Franklin

Published: 2016-09-27

Hardcover: 624 pages

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A New York Times Notable Book of 2016 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Pick of 2016 An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016 A Time Magazine Top Nonfiction of 2016 A Seattle Times Best Book of 2016 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016 An NPR 2016's Great Read A Boston Globe Best Book of...

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The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood

by Belle Boggs

Published: 2016-09-06

Paperback: 224 pages

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A brilliant exploration of the natural, medical, psychological, and political facets of fertilityWhen Belle Boggs's "The Art of Waiting" was published in Orion in 2012, it went viral, leading to republication in Harper's Magazine, an interview on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show, and a spot at th...