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The Gnostic Gospels

by Elaine Pagels

Published: 1989-09-19

Paperback: 182 pages

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A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.

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The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom

by Helen Thorpe

Published: 2017-11-14

Hardcover: 416 pages

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“A delicate and heartbreaking mystery story...Thorpe’s book is a reminder that in an era of nativism, some Americans are still breaking down walls and nurturing newcomers, the seeds of the great American experiment.” —The New York Times Book Review“The teens we meet have endured...

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The Moon and the Other

by John Kessel

Published: 2017-12-05

Paperback: 608 pages

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A Washington Post Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Selection of 2017“Charming, sexy.” —The Washington PostJohn Kessel, one of the most visionary writers in the field, has created a rich matriarchal utopia, set in the near future on the moon, a society that is flawed by love and sex...

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White Houses: A Novel

by Amy Bloom

Published: 2018-02-13

Hardcover: 240 pages

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For readers of The Paris Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue comes a “sensuous, captivating account of a forbidden affair between two women” (People)—Eleanor Roosevelt and “first friend” Lorena Hickok.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Financial Times • San Francisc...

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Everything Here Is Beautiful

by Mira T. Lee

Published: 2018-01-16

Hardcover: 368 pages

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?A tender but unflinching portrayal of the bond between two sisters.” —Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere“There's not a false note to be found, and everywhere there are nuggets to savor. Why did it have to end?” —O Magazine“A bold debut. ....

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Anatomy of a Miracle: A Novel*

by Jonathan Miles

Published: 2019-01-08

Paperback: 384 pages

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“Funny, bighearted...Miles specializes in giving fully rounded humanity to characters who might elsewhere be treated as stock figures...pitch-perfect.”— New York Times Book Review"Miles is a writer so virtuosic that readers will feel themselves becoming better, more observant people ...

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Morgue: A Life in Death

by Dr. Vincent Di Maio, Ron Franscell

Published: 2017-05-09

Paperback: 304 pages

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"[AN] ENGROSSING LOOK BEHIND THE HEADLINES OF NOTORIOUS HOMICIDES."?PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)In this clear-eyed, gritty, and enthralling narrative, Dr. Vincent Di Maio and veteran crime writer Ron Franscell guide us behind the morgue doors to tell a fascinating life story through ...

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#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women

Published: 2017-09-12

Paperback: 112 pages

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Whether looking back to a troubled past or welcoming a hopeful future, the powerful voices of Indigenous women across North America resound in this book. In the same style as the best-selling Dreaming in Indian, #NotYourPrincess presents an eclectic collection of poems, essays, interviews, and art that...

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Tangerine: A Novel

by Christine Mangan

Published: 2018-03-27

Hardcover: 320 pages

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“As if Donna Tartt, Gillian Flynn, and Patricia Highsmith had collaborated on a screenplay to be filmed by Hitchcock—suspenseful and atmospheric.” —Joyce Carol Oates, author of The Book of American MartyrsThe last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with ...

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The Flicker of Old Dreams: A Novel

by Susan Henderson

Published: 2018-03-13

Paperback: 320 pages

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With the quiet precision of Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres and the technical clarity of Mary Roach’s Stiff, this is a novel about a young woman who comes most alive while working in her father’s mortuary in a small, forgotten Western town."The dead come to me vulnerable, sharing the...