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Frankenstein in Baghdad: A Novel

by Ahmed Saadawi

Published: 2018-01-23

Paperback: 288 pages

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*Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize*“Brave and ingenious.” —The New York Times“Gripping, darkly humorous . . . profound.” —Phil Klay, bestselling author and National Book Award winner for Redeployment“Extraordinary . . . A devastating but essential read.” �...

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A Proper Pursuit

by Lynn Austin

Published: 2007-09-01

Kindle Edition: 432 pages

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From a three-time Christy award winner, a young woman goes to Chicago to find her mother, but newly exposed to a bigger world, discovers herself.

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Lady Byron and Her Daughters

by Julia Markus

Published: 2015-10-13

Hardcover: 384 pages

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A startling reevaluation of Lady Byron’s marriage and the untold story of her complex life as single mother and progressive force.The center of public attention after her tumultuous marriage to Lord Byron, Annabella Milbanke transformed herself from a neglected wife into a figure of incr...

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Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England

by Paul Thomas Murphy

Published: 2017-06-13

Paperback: 288 pages

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A vivid investigation into the unsolved murder case that shocked Victorian England, by the author of the New York Times Notable Book Shooting Victoria.On April 26th, 1871, a police constable walking one of London’s remotest beats stumbled upon a brutalized young woman kneeling in the mud...

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London 1849: A Victorian Murder Story

by Michael Alpert

Published: 2003-12-06

Hardcover: 248 pages

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London 1849: the city is filthy, plagued, criminal and filling up with refugees from the Irish Famine and the revolutionary wars on the continent...but it is on the brink of reform as stations are built, rioters pardoned and the Great Exhibition planned. The heaving city is the backdrop fo...

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Devils Within

by S.F. Henson

Published: 2017-10-31

Hardcover: 404 pages

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Killing isn't supposed to be easy. But it is. It's the after that's hard to deal with.Nate was eight the first time he stabbed someone; he was eleven when he earned his red laces--a prize for spilling blood for "the cause." And he was fourteen when he murdered his father (and the leader of...

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Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self

by Manoush Zomorodi

Published: 2017-09-05

Hardcover: 208 pages

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"Bored and Brilliant shows the fascinating side of boredom. Manoush Zomorodi investigates cutting-edge research as well as compelling (and often funny) real-life examples to demonstrate that boredom is actually a crucial tool for making our lives happier, more productive, and more creative...

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The Trout: A Novel

by Peter Cunningham

Published: 2017-07-04

Hardcover: 296 pages

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At the heart of every life there lies a secret.Alex Smyth, of Irish birth but living for many years with his wife in rural Canada, receives a trout fly in the mail, with no message and no return address. It stirs a fear that he is being stalked after the publication of his most recent book...

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The Naturalist (The Naturalist Series)

by Andrew Mayne

Published: 2017-10-01

Paperback: 379 pages

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An Amazon Charts bestseller. Professor Theo Cray is trained to see patterns where others see chaos. So when mutilated bodies found deep in the Montana woods leave the cops searching blindly for clues, Theo sees something they missed. Something unnatural. Something only he can stop.As a com...

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Self-Portrait with Boy: A Novel

by Rachel Lyon

Published: 2018-02-06

Hardcover: 384 pages

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A compulsively readable and electrifying debut about an ambitious young female artist who accidentally photographs a boy falling to his death—an image that could jumpstart her career, but would also devastate her most intimate friendship.Lu Rile is a relentlessly focused young photograph...