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The Astor Orphan: A Memoir

by Alexandra Aldrich

Published: 2014-04-08

Paperback: 272 pages

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The Astor Orphan is an unflinching debut memoir by a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, Alexandra Aldrich.She brilliantly tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; her 1980s childhood of bohemian neglect in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family’s Hudson Valley Mansion; an...

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The Photo Traveler (The Photo Traveler Series)

by Arthur J Gonzalez

Published: 2013-02-28

Paperback: 418 pages

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Seventeen-year-old Gavin Hillstone is resigned to being miserable for the rest of his life. Left alone in the world after his parents died in a fire when he was four, he was placed in foster care, which for him meant ending up in an abusive home with an alcoholic adoptive father. Gavin’s only escape...

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Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom

by Thomas E. Ricks

Published: 2017-05-23

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A New York Times bestseller!A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike.Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in ...

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Shadow Girl (An Afton Tangler Thriller)

by Gerry Schmitt

Published: 2017-08-01

Hardcover: 320 pages

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The brutal murder of a business tycoon leaves Afton Tangler and the Twin Cities reeling, but that’s just the beginning of a gruesome crime spree...   Leland Odin made his fortune launching a home shopping network, but his millions can’t save his life. On the list for a transplant, the...

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Shining Sea

by Anne Korkeakivi

Published: 2017-08-08

Paperback: 304 pages

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An arresting and absorbing novel that spans decades, drawing us into the turbulent lives of a family in Southern California after the sudden death of the fatherBeginning in 1962 with a shocking loss, SHINING SEA quickly pulls us into the lives of forty-three -year-old Michael Gannon's wido...

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Slightly South of Simple: A Novel (The Peachtree Bluff Series)

by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Published: 2017-04-25

Paperback: 400 pages

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER *Glitter Guide’s “Must Reads for April” *PopSugar’s “Ultimate Summer Reading” *Bustle’s Books to Read and Discuss With Your Mom and Grandma *New York Live’s “Ashley’s A-List” Pick“One of the hottest new Southern writers.” —ParadeFrom the ne...

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Extraordinary People (The Enzo Files #1)

by Peter May

Published: 2016-05-10

Paperback: 400 pages

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Half-Scottish, half-Italian Enzo MacLeod used to be one of the top forensics experts in Scotland, and now he lives in Toulouse, working as a university professor. Divorced in Scotland and widowed in France, he has an estranged Scottish daughter and a French daughter he has raised by himsel...

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True to You (A Bradford Sisters Romance)

by Becky Wade

Published: 2017-05-02

Paperback: 384 pages

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Exciting Start of a Brand-New Series by a Contemporary Romance Fan Favorite After a devastating heartbreak three years ago, genealogist and historical village owner Nora Bradford has decided that burying her nose in her work and her books is far safer than romance in the here and now.Unlik...

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Christmas at Carnton: A Novella

by Tamera Alexander

Published: 2017-10-03

Paperback: 256 pages

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A Christmas story to launch a new three-book series . . . The Carnton NovelsTOP 10 ECPA Bestseller   Amid war and the fading dream of the Confederacy, a wounded soldier and a destitute widow discover the true meaning of Christmas - and of sacrificial love.  Recently widowed, Aletta Pres...

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The Urantia Book: Revealing the Mysteries of God, the Universe, World History, Jesus, and Ourselves

Published: 2008-06-01

Paperback: 2097 pages

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You have just discovered the literary masterpiece that answers your questions about God, life in the inhabited universe, the history and future of this world, and the life of Jesus.  The Urantia Book harmonizes history, science, and religion into a philosophy of living that brings new mea...