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Rabbit Angstrom: A Tetralogy (Everyman's Library, No. 214)

by John Updike

Published: 1995-10-17

Hardcover: 1519 pages

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When we first met him in Rabbit, Run (1960), the book that established John Updike as a major novelist, Harry (Rabbit) Angstrom is playing basketball with some boys in an alley in Pennsylvania during the tail end of the Eisenhower era, reliving for a moment his past as a star high school a...

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Shadowhouse Fall (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 2)

by Daniel José Older

Published: 2017-09-12

Hardcover: 368 pages

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The stunning sequel to the New York Times bestseller Shadowshaper is daring, dazzling, defiant."A magical revolution on the page." -- Leigh Bardugo"[Older] leaves us openmouthed and speechless, asking "What just happened to me?!" -- Jacqueline WoodsonSierra and her friends love their new l...

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The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care

by Angelo Volandes M.D. M.D.

Published: 2016-01-05

Paperback: 240 pages

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There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions, tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ...

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I Found My Tribe: A Memoir

by Ruth Fitzmaurice

Published: 2018-03-06

Hardcover: 224 pages

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A transformative, euphoric memoir about finding solace in the unexpected for readers of H is for Hawk, It’s Not Yet Dark, and When Breath Becomes Air.Ruth’s tribe are her lively children and her filmmaker and author husband Simon Fitzmaurice who has ALS and can only communicate with hi...

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* * * * * Brilliant,
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The Ruin: A Novel

by Dervla McTiernan

Published: 2018-07-03

Paperback: 400 pages

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It's been twenty years since Cormac Reilly discovered the body of Hilaria Blake in her crumbling Georgian home. But he's never forgotten the two children she left behind... When Aisling Conroy's boyfriend Jack is found in the freezing black waters of the river Corrib, the police tell he...

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A Girl Like That

by Tanaz Bhathena

Published: 2018-02-27

Hardcover: 384 pages

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A timeless exploration of high-stakes romance, self-discovery, and the lengths we go to love and be loved. “Fascinating and disturbing.” ?Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Small Great Things and Leaving TimeSixteen-year-old Zarin Wadia is many things: a bright and...

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JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier

by Steven Watts

Published: 2016-11-08

Hardcover: 432 pages

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From very early on in his career, John F. Kennedy’s allure was more akin to a movie star than a presidential candidate. Why were Americans so attracted to Kennedy in the late 1950s and early 1960s?his glamorous image, good looks, cool style, tough-minded rhetoric, and sex appeal? As Stev...

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Friends and Other Liars: A Novel

by Kaela Coble

Published: 2018-02-06

Paperback: 368 pages

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To all my old friends: So here you all are. Nice to see you can show up for a person once he's dead.When Ruby St. James returns to her hometown, it is to the grave of her old friend Danny, a member of a group that was, ten years ago, Ruby's whole world. The crew made a pact back then: stay...

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Finally

by Tim Branton

Published: 2017-05-29

Kindle Edition: 544 pages

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An unusual morality tale of crime, passion and retribution.Eric Pugh a probate clerk works for an established firm of solicitors.He is intelligent devious yet very appealing.He judges his success in life by the level of the frauds he perpetrates on his unsuspecting clients.He faces prosecution and resolves...

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* * * Boring,
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Stone Haven (Caribbean Writers Series)

by Evan Jones

Published: 1998-05-19

Paperback: 248 pages

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A classic in West Indian literature, Stone Haven covers the years up to and including Jamaican independence, as reflected by the life of a family. In 1920 Jamaica, Grace Newton, a young Quaker missionary, defies her family's color prejudice and marries a prospering local planter. Stone Hav...