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A Single Spy

by William Christie

Published: 2017-04-25

Hardcover: 400 pages

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"[A] panoramic, smart, hugely enjoyable thriller"?The New York Times Book Review“A single spy?in the right place and at the right moment?may change the course of history.” Alexsi Ivanovich Smirnov, an orphan and a thief, has been living by his wits and surviving below the ever-watchful...

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French Rhapsody

by Antoine Laurain

Published: 2016-10-11

Paperback: 232 pages

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Praise for The Red Notebook:"An endearing love story written in beautifully poetic prose. It is an enthralling mystery about chasing the unknown, the nostalgia for what could have been, and most importantly, the persistence of curiosity."—San Francisco Book ReviewPraise for The President...

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The Portrait

by Antoine Laurain

Published: 2017-06-27

Paperback: 144 pages

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?An enthralling mystery about chasing the unknown, the nostalgia for what could have been, and most importantly, the persistence of curiosity.” ?San Francisco Book Review on The Red NotebookAvid antiques collector Pierre-François Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris aucti...

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Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found

by Frances Larson

Published: 2015-11-02

Paperback: 336 pages

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A “wide-ranging and thoughtful” (Wall Street Journal) exploration of the varied obsessions that the “civilized West” has had with decapitated heads and skulls. The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain, and boasts the most expressive ...

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Peacekeeping: A Novel

by Mischa Berlinski

Published: 2017-03-07

Paperback: 400 pages

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When Terry White, a former deputy sheriff and a failed politician, goes broke during the Great Recession, he takes a job training the Haitian police for the United Nations. He’s sent to the remote town of Jérémie, where there are more coffin makers than restaurants, more donkeys than c...

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Caretaker

by E. E. PERRY

Published: 2017-08-26

Paperback: 106 pages

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Whether you are planning to care for someone, or need care for yourself, this book is for you. I willingly discuss the hard part of Caretaking which reshapes and sometimes destroys your life. Things that could make you feel cheated of your time, and guilty because “you should be more grateful for the...

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A Christmas Memory: One Christmas, and The Thanksgiving Visitor (Modern Library)

by Truman Capote

Published: 1996-11-12

Hardcover: 128 pages

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A holiday classic from "one of the greatest writers and most fascinating society figures in American history" (Vanity Fair)!First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection from Truman Capote (In Cold Blood; Breakfast at Tiffany's) about his rural Alabama boy...

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Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years

by David Litt

Published: 2017-09-19

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEREsquire Best Book of 2017Remember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets? Former Obama speechwriter David Litt does. In his comic, coming-of-age memoir, he takes us back to the Obama years – and charts a path forward in the ag...

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The Best Kind of People: A Novel

by Zoe Whittall

Published: 2017-09-19

Hardcover: 448 pages

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A local schoolteacher is arrested, leaving his family to wrestle with the possibility of his guilt, in this exquisite novel about loyalty, truth, and happiness. The Woodburys cherish life in the affluent, bucolic suburb of Avalon Hills, Connecticut. George is a beloved science teacher at t...

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Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up

by Naya Rivera

Published: 2016-09-13

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Funny and deeply personal, Sorry Not Sorry recounts Glee star Naya Rivera's successes and missteps, urging young women to pursue their dreams and to refuse to let past mistakes define them.Navigating through youth and young adulthood isn't easy, and in Sorry Not Sorry, Naya Rivera shows us...