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* * * Confusing,
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The Buried Book

by D. M. Pulley

Published: 2016-08-23

Paperback: 410 pages

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When Althea Leary abandons her nine-year-old son, Jasper, he’s left on his uncle’s farm with nothing but a change of clothes and a Bible.It’s 1952, and Jasper isn’t allowed to ask questions or make a fuss. He’s lucky to even have a home and must keep his mouth shut and his ears o...

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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America

by Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Published: 2013-04-23

Paperback: 400 pages

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From a highly respected thinker on race, gender, and American politics, a new consideration of black women and how distorted stereotypes affect their political beliefs

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The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf

by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Published: 2014-04-08

Hardcover: 384 pages

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A compelling debut novel asks what happens when children develop inexplicable abilities—and the government sees them as a threat. They’re known as Firestarters. Boomers. Skychangers. The government calls them Illegals — children with inexplicable abilities — and detains them in men...

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* * * * Beautiful,
Inspiring,
Optimistic

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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel

by Fredrik Backman

Published: 2015-06-16

Kindle Edition: 385 pages

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A charming, warmhearted novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove.Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, a...

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The Extra

by A. B. Yehoshua

Published: 2016-06-07

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From Israel’s highly acclaimed author, a novel about a musician who returns home and finds the rhythm of her life interrupted and forever changed??Noga, forty-two and a divorcee, is a harpist with an orchestra in the Netherlands. Upon the sudden death of her father, she is summoned home...

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Before

by Carmen Boullosa

Published: 2016-08-02

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One of BBC's 10 Books to Read in August"an altogether fresh take on the coming-of-age story...Boullosa manages to merge humor with panic seamlessly." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review"Carmen Boullosa is, in my opinion, a true master."—Alvaro MutisPart bildungsroman, part ghost story, ...

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Gesell Dome

by Guillermo Saccomanno

Published: 2016-08-09

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Winner of the 2013 Dashiell Hammett PrizeRecipient of a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Award"Through a skillful weaving of characters and plotlines, coming together like a completed puzzle, Saccomanno has crafted a monumental novel where individual stories unnerve us while building to the unexp...

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The Bedlam Detective: A Novel

by Stephen Gallagher

Published: 2013-02-05

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From a basement office in London’s notorious Bethlehem Hospital, former policeman and Pinkerton agent Sebastian Becker is sent to interview Sir Owain Lancaster at his country estate. They wealthy industrialist returned alone from a disastrous scientific adventure in the Amazon, claiming that wild...

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Dog Man Unleashed (Dog Man #2): From the Creator of Captain Underpants

by Dav Pilkey

Published: 2016-12-27

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Dog Man, the newest hero from the creator of Captain Underpants, is still learning a few tricks of the trade. Petey the cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Something fishy is going on! Can Dog Man unleash justice on this ruffian in time to save th...

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Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality

by Pauline W. Chen

Published: 2008-01-08

Paperback: 267 pages

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A brilliant transplant surgeon brings compassion and narrative drama to the fearful reality that every doctor must face: the inevitability of mortality.When Pauline Chen began medical school, she dreamed of saving lives. What she could not predict was how much death would be a part of her ...