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Green: A Novel

by Sam Graham-Felsen

Published: 2018-01-02

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A coming-of-age novel about race, privilege, and the struggle to rise in America, written by a former Obama campaign staffer and propelled by an exuberant, unforgettable narrator.  “A riot of language that’s part hip-hop, part nerd boy, and part pure imagination.”—The Boston Glob...

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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

by Daniel H. Pink

Published: 2018-01-09

Hardcover: 272 pages

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Instant New York Times Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal Business BestsellerInstant Washington Post Bestseller"Brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice." --The Wall Street JournalDaniel H. Pink, the #1 bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human, unlocks the scien...

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The Widows of Malabar Hill (A Mystery of 1920s Bombay)

by Sujata Massey

Published: 2018-01-09

Hardcover: 400 pages

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1920s India: Perveen Mistry, Bombay's only female lawyer, is investigating a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in full purdah when the case takes a turn toward the murderous. The author of the Agatha and Macavity Award–winning Rei Shimura novels brings us an atmosph...

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The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam

by Max Boot

Published: 2018-01-09

Hardcover: 768 pages

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In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War. In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908– 1987), the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene’s The Quiet Am...

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Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Published: 2017-11-20

Paperback: 384 pages

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Finalist, National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist, National Book Award in NonfictionA New York Times Book Review “The Year in Reading” SelectionAll wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning no...

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Here Is Real Magic: A Magician's Search for Wonder in the Modern World

by Nate Staniforth

Published: 2018-01-16

Hardcover: 256 pages

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An extraordinary memoir about finding wonder in everyday life, from magician Nate Staniforth.Nate Staniforth has spent most of his life and all of his professional career trying to understand wonder--what it is, where to find it, and how to share it with others. He became a magician becaus...

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The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories

by Denis Johnson

Published: 2018-01-16

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Twenty-five years after Jesus’ Son, a haunting new collection of short stories on mortality and transcendence, from National Book Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Denis JohnsonNATIONAL BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Dwight Garner, The Ne...

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Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon

by Paul Rosolie

Published: 2015-03-17

Paperback: 320 pages

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For fans of The Lost City of Z, Walking the Amazon, and Turn Right at Machu Picchu comes naturalist and explorer Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon—a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this en...

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Wagons West : Independence

by Dana Fuller Ross

Published: 2009-09-01

Mass Market Paperback: 422 pages

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When the Panic of 1837 creates hard times, a dauntless band of pioneering men and women journey from Long Island to Missouri with the hopes of eventually finding a better future in the rich Oregon Territory.

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Birdcage Walk

by Helen Dunmore

Published: 2017-08-01

Hardcover: 416 pages

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It is 1792 and Europe is seized by political turmoil and violence. Lizzie Fawkes has grown up in Radical circles where each step of the French Revolution is followed with eager idealism. But she has recently married John Diner Tredevant, a property developer who is heavily invested in Bris...