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How Propaganda Works

by Jason Stanley

Published: 2016-12-06

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Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that propaganda and manipulation aren't problems for us--not in the way...

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Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age

by Katherine Ozment

Published: 2017-06-13

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Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2016"Spirituality & Health Magazine Best Book of 2016Nautilus Gold Award Winner 2016: Religion and Spirituality of Other TraditionsMeet “the Nones”—In this thought-provoking exploration of secular America, celebrated journalist Katherine Ozment take...

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Heart of the Matter: A Novel

by Emily Giffin

Published: 2014-06-03

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"Giffin excels at creating complex characters and stories that ask us to explore what we really want from our lives."--Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTessa Russo is the mother of two young children and the wife of a renowned pediatric surgeon. Despite her own mother's warnings, Tessa has rec...

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Love and Economics:It Takes a Family to Raise a Village, Collegiate Edition

by Jennifer Roback Morse

Published: 2008-04-28

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Love and Economics: It Takes a Family to Raise a Village, Newly released in paperback. (Originally entitled, Love and Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family Doesn t Work.) The economy, which appears to a series of impersonal exchanges of material objects among strangers, is actually based upon love....

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Power

by Naomi Alderman

Published: 2017

Paperback: 352 pages

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"The Power is our era's The Handmaid's Tale." --Ron Charles, Washington Post"Novels based on premises like the one at the core of The Power can quickly become little more than thought experiments, but Alderman dodges this trap deftly -- her writing is beautiful, and her intelligence seems ...

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Worth The Risk

by Richard Gustafson

Published: 2015-02-13

Paperback: 302 pages

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It can be deadly to get between a father and his baby. Nick Wallace is in Rostov, Russia to adopt his baby daughter, not stir up trouble. All Nick has to do is quietly wait out the ten-day grace period, liberate his daughter from the orphanage, and rejoin his family in Oregon. But Nick is not the...

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While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club)

by Sue Miller

Published: 2000-05-12

Paperback: 304 pages

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“Riveting . . . While I Was Gone [celebrates] what is impulsive in human nature.”–The New York Times“Miller weaves her themes of secrecy, betrayal, and forgiveness into a narrative that shines.”–TimeJo Becker has every reason to be content. She has three dynamic daughters, a lo...

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The Idea of You: A Novel

by Robinne Lee

Published: 2017-06-13

Paperback: 384 pages

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When thirty-nine-year old Solène Marchand takes her daughter to meet her favorite boy band, the last thing she expects is to make a connection with one of the members of the world-famous August Moon. But Hayes Campbell is clever, confident, and posh, and the attraction is immediate. That ...

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King Daniel

by Susan Wolf Johnson

Published: 2016-07-15

Paperback: 344 pages

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This dynamic tale revolves around a Tampa blue-blood family, the Westcotts, whose lives are intricately woven into the traditions and mythical lore of the town's evocative holiday, Gasparilla. The story begins on a summer's evening in 1972. While the band plays amid the sizzling heat at the Tampa Yacht...

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Gaining Visibility

by Pamela Hearon

Published: 2016-09-27

Paperback: 320 pages

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“Cross How Stella Got Her Groove Back with Under the Tuscan Sun, and you've got Gaining Visibility, a novel that is at times beautiful, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting.” –Wendy WebbJulia Berkwith’s daughter has moved to Alaska, her beloved mother-in-law is in a nur...