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Helen

by Anita Mishook

Published: 2017-01-24

Paperback: 328 pages

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When Helen left New York on a train bound for California in 1936, she was looking for a change of scene, planning to stay with her sister in Glendale and babysit her niece and nephew. But when she arrived, she found herself steeped in a world of bookies, mobsters, and a Nazi underworld that she must...

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Manhattan Beach

by Jennifer Egan

Published: 2017

Paperback: 0 pages

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LONGLISTED for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad. “Immensely satisfying…an old-fashioned page-turner, tweaked by this witty and sophisticated writer…Egan is masterly at displa...

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Portrait of Myself

by Margaret Bourke-White

Published: 1985-04-01

Paperback: 383 pages

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The story of a renowned woman photographer, her travels, and her triumph over a crippling disease

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Isadora: A Novel

by Amelia Gray

Published: 2017-05-23

Hardcover: 400 pages

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A 2017 NPR Great ReadUsing the scaffolding of Isadora Duncan’s life and the stuff of her spirit, Amelia Gray’s breakout novel delivers an incredibly imaginative portrait of the artist, resulting in “a stunning meditation on art and grief by one of America’s most exciting young auth...

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Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

Published: 1995-01-01

Hardcover: 416 pages

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This is the first in a trilogy in which a new universe has been created. A world where daemons swoop and scuttle along the streets of Oxford and London, where the mysterious Dust swirls invisibly through the air, and where one child knows secrets the adults would kill for.

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Fast Falls the Night: A Bell Elkins Novel (Bell Elkins Novels)

by Julia Keller

Published: 2017-08-22

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Based on a real-life event, Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller’s latest Bell Elkins novel Fast Falls the Night takes place in a single 24-hour period, unfurling against the backdrop of a shattering personal revelation that will change Bell’s life forever.The first drug overdose comes j...

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A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life

by Ayelet Waldman

Published: 2018-01-09

Paperback: 256 pages

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“Relentlessly honest and surprisingly funny.” – The Washington Post“Genuinely brave and human.” —The New York Times “Wildly brilliant.” —ElleThe true story of how a renowned writer’s struggle with mood storms led her to try a remedy as drastic as it is forbidden: microd...

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The Discovery of India

by Jawaharlal Nehru

Published: 2004-11-01

Paperback: 668 pages

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Affectionately called Chacha/Uncle Nehru, he was loved by the masses. He also wrote very well, and was, with Mahatma Gandhi and others, one of the architects of Indian Freedom. He was also the first Prime Minister of India.

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We That Are Young

by Preti Taneja

Published: 2017-08-10

Paperback: 503 pages

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A Fool and Her Honey (Urban Books)

by Kimberly T. Matthews

Published: 2013-03-26

Paperback: 288 pages

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Three women who all play the fool for love . . . in one way or another.Candis has never been good at picking a suitable mate, enduring heartbreak after heartbreak. Coming to the conclusion that divine intervention would be best, she solicits God's help through a quick prayer, promising fa...