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Halsey Street

by Naima Coster

Published: 2018-01-01

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction.A modern-day story of family, loss, and renewal, Halsey Street captures the deeply human need to belong—not only to a place but to one another.Penelope Grand has scrapped her failed career as an artist in Pittsburgh and moved back to Brooklyn to ...

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Fairytale: A Novel

by Danielle Steel

Published: 2017-10-10

Hardcover: 288 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A wonderful, beautifully told tale from America’s favorite novelist, Fairytale is a captivating example of the truths that will always withstand even the darkest storms, and a reminder that sometimes fairytales do come true, and good prevails over evil in ...

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Shelter in Place

by Nora Roberts

Published: 2018-05-29

Hardcover: 448 pages

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From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place?a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense. It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sungla...

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The Fisherman: A Novel

by Larry Huntsperger

Published: 2003-02

Paperback: 253 pages

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Few New Testament characters are as fascinating as Simon Barjona, the man called Peter-a reluctant disciple who changed the face of Christianity. For more than twenty-five years, author and pastor Larry Huntsperger has spent hundreds of hours studying New Testament documents in preparation...

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The Perfect Nanny: A Novel

by Leila Slimani

Published: 2018-01-09

Kindle Edition: 238 pages

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*One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review**National Bestseller*“A great novel . . . Incredibly engaging and disturbing . . . You read the entire novel knowing something terrible is coming. In that, Slimani has us in her thrall.” —Roxane Gay, New York ...

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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

by Colin Dickey

Published: 2017-10-03

Paperback: 336 pages

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One of NPR's Great Reads of 2016“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories… absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.”—The New York Times Book ReviewAn intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through som...

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The Emerald Circus

by Jane Yolen

Published: 2017-11-14

Paperback: 288 pages

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Where is Wendy? Leading a labor strike against the Lost Boys, of course.A Scottish academic unearths ancient evil in a fishing village. Edgar Allan Poe's young bride is beguiled by a most unusual bird. Dorothy, lifted from Kansas, returns as a gymnastic sophisticate. Emily Dickinson dwells...

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Tales from the Purdue Boilermakers Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Boilermaker Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team)

by Douglas Griffiths, Alan Karpick, Tom Schott

Published: 2015-08-04

Hardcover: 240 pages

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The history of Purdue athletics is sometimes funny, sometimes poignant and triumphant, and often pretty amazing?but always uniquely human. Along the way many characters have arisen in over twelve decades of competition and nearly two hundred of these great stories are chronicled in this bo...

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Laughing All the Way to the Mosque: The Misadventures of a Muslim Woman

by Zarqa Nawaz

Published: 2016-05-17

Paperback: 240 pages

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Being a practicing Muslim in the West is sometimes challenging, sometimes rewarding and sometimes downright absurd. How do you explain why Eid never falls on the same date each year; why it is that Halal butchers also sell teapots and alarm clocks; how do you make clear to the plumber that...

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Bitter and Sweet A Family's Journey with Cancer

by Darcy Thiel

Published: 2013-01-28

Paperback: 182 pages

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Bitter and Sweet, A Family's Journey with Cancer is a true story about Tim, Darcy, and their family who lived a typical American life until Tim was suddenly diagnosed with stage IV gallbladder cancer at the early age of 48. It was the most difficult, tender and miraculous five months of their lives....