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Mercer Girls

by Libbie Hawker

Published: 2016-05-10

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It’s 1864 in downtrodden Lowell, Massachusetts. The Civil War has taken its toll on the town—leaving the economy in ruin and its women in dire straits. That is, until Asa Mercer arrives on a peculiar, but providential, errand: he seeks high-minded women who can exert an elevating influ...

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The Female of the Species

by Mindy McGinnis

Published: 2016-09-20

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Edgar Award–winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a dark and riveting contemporary YA novel that blends the unflinching honesty of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak with the relentless pacing and alternating perspectives of Gone Girl. A stunning, unforgettable page-turner.Alex Craft knows...

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City of Darkness, City of Light

by Marge Piercy

Published: 1997-08-12

Paperback: 496 pages

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"FAST-PACED . . . PIERCY BREATHES LIFE INTO THE ACTUAL HISTORICAL FIGURES WHO SHAPED THE REVOLUTION."--San Francisco Examiner & ChronicleIn her most splendid, thought-provoking novel yet, Marge Piercy brings to vibrant life three women who play prominent roles in the tumultuous, bloody Fre...

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Forever . . . (Richard Jackson Book)

by Judy Blume

Published: 2014-04-29

Paperback: 240 pages

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Is there a difference between first love and true love? Judy Blume’s groundbreaking novel about teen sexuality has a fresh new look.The bed is brass, covered with a patchwork quilt, and “nice and firm,” Michael says, “in case you’re interested.”Katherine is interested.Katheri...

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The Emancipator's Wife

by Barbara Hambly

Published: 2005-12-27

Paperback: 624 pages

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As a girl growing up in Kentucky, she lived a sheltered, privileged life filled with picnics and plantation balls. Vivacious, impulsive, and intoxicated by politics, she is a Todd of Lexington, an aristocratic family whose ancestors defeated the British. But no one knows her secret fears ...

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Nice Dragons Finish Last (Heartstrikers) (Volume 1)

by Rachel Aaron

Published: 2014-07-11

Paperback: 286 pages

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As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don’t cause trouble, and stay out of the way of bigger dragons. But this meek behavior doesn't fly in a family of ambitious magical predators, and his mother, Bethesda the Heartstriker, has finally reached...

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Stealing Heaven: The Love Story of Heloise and Abelard

by Marion Meade

Published: 2014-09-02

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In twelfth century France, two of Europe’s greatest minds met and fell in love. It was a love forbidden by the world around them and eventually they were torn apart from each other. But the spark of it remained smoldering inside the lovers until their death and beyond.Heloise and her tut...

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The Age of Reinvention: A Novel

by Karine Tuil

Published: 2016-09-06

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An international bestseller and finalist for the Prix Goncourt, France’s most prestigious literary award, The Age of Reinvention is a "suspenseful...Gatsby-esque odyssey...laced with provocative observations of prejudice, politics, and sexism" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Top Manh...

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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams

Published: 2016-09-20

Hardcover: 384 pages

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An instant New York Times bestsellerTwo spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question.  Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardshi...

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Good Morning, Midnight: A Novel

by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Published: 2016-08-09

Hardcover: 272 pages

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For readers of Station Eleven and The Snow Child, Lily Brooks-Dalton’s haunting debut is the unforgettable story of two outsiders—a lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to Earth—as they grapple with love, regret, and survival in a world transformed.NAMED O...