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Cafe Society: The wrong place for the Right people (Music in American Life)

by Barney Josephson, Terry Trilling-Josephson

Published: 2016-01-25

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Set against the drama of the Great Depression, the conflict of American race relations, and the inquisitions of the House Un-American Activities Committee, Cafe Society tells the personal history of Barney Josephson, proprietor of the legendary interracial New York City night clubs Cafe ...

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Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales

by Yoko Ogawa

Published: 2013-01-29

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"It's not just Murakami but also the shadow of Borges that hovers over this mesmerizing book… [and] one may detect a slight bow to the American macabre of E.A. Poe. Ogawa stands on the shoulders of giants, as another saying goes. But this collection may linger in your mind ? it does in m...

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The Shepherd Who Didn't Run: Fr. Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma

by Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda

Published: 2015-12-02

Paperback: 255 pages

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"The shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger." - Fr. Stanley Francis RotherFr. Stanley Rother was true to his word. He did not run. And was martyred at the age of 46.Fr. Stanley arrived in Guatemala in 1968, and immediately identified with his parishioners' simple, farming lifestyl...

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A Silhouette Unopened: The Golden Keys

by Jan Britt

Published: 2016-09-16

Paperback: 138 pages

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On a beautiful summer morning, a 10-year old girl sets out on a routine adventure, high in the mountains she calls home. Little did she know that today's adventure would be unlike any other. Today, she will encounter something special, something divine. Or maybe someone? And, just who was Mr. Hunter,...

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Black Rock White City

by A.S. Patric

Published: 2016-07-28

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Black Rock White City is a novel about the damages of war, the limits of choice, and the hope of love. During a hot Melbourne summer Jovan's cleaning work at a bayside hospital is disrupted by acts of graffiti and violence becoming increasingly malevolent. For Jovan the mysterious words that must be...

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* * * Beautiful,
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing: A Novel

by Madeleine Thien

Published: 2016-10-11

Hardcover: 480 pages

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Winner of the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize "A vivid, magisterial novel that reaches back to China's civil war and up to the present day" ?The Guardian“In a single year, my father left us twice. The first time, to end his marriage, and the second, wh...

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A Charlie Brown Christmas (Peanuts)

by Charles M. Schulz

Published: 2015-09-22

Paperback: 32 pages

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Celebrate Christmas with Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang in this gorgeous retelling of the beloved Christmas special!2015 marks the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas TV Special!Christmas is almost here, which means ice-skating, Christmas carols, and sparkly ligh...

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For Elise

by Sarah M. Eden

Published: 2014-09-02

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In the sprawling gardens of their neighboring estates, childhood friends Miles and Elise spent countless pleasant days together in the spirited adventures of youth. They were inseparable until Elise vanished without a trace. Miles searched, but Elise could not or would not be found . . . A...

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Girls on Fire: A Novel

by Robin Wasserman

Published: 2016-05-17

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"Like lightning in a bottle, Robin Wasserman’s Girls on Fire captures girlhood friendship in all its shattering intensity. A captivating, terrifying novel, and one you won’t forget.” —Megan AbbottOn Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near...

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Ballroom: A Novel

by Alice Simpson

Published: 2014-09-23

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Told in interconnecting stories, Ballroom is a beautifully crafted debut novel—reminiscent of the works of Elizabeth Strout and Jennifer Haigh—about a group of strangers united by a desire to escape their complicated lives, if only for a few hours each week, in a faded New York City da...