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The End of Normal: A Wife's Anguish, A Widow's New Life

by Stephanie Madoff Mack

Published: 2012-06-26

Paperback: 288 pages

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A New York Times bestseller, the explosive and heartbreaking memoir from the widow of Mark Madoff and the daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff When the news of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme broke, no one was more shocked than the members of his own family. Before then, Madoff’s son, Mark,...

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The Woman and the Ape: A Novel

by Peter Høeg

Published: 2007-10-30

Paperback: 272 pages

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The Woman and the Ape is the story of a unique and unforgettable couple--Madelene and Erasmus. Madelene is the wife of Adam Burden, a distinguished behavioral scientist. Erasmus--the unlikely prince--is a 300-pound ape. Brought to the Burdens' London home after escaping from animal smuggle...

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Verity

by Colleen Hoover

Published: 2018-12-10

Paperback: 331 pages

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An Amazon top 100 bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injure...

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Fer-de-Lance (A Nero Wolfe Mystery Book 1)

by Rex Stout

Published: 2010-07-09

Kindle Edition: 304 pages

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As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man.  When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president.  A...

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The Last Laugh Is Free

by Gordon Noice

Published: 2017-08-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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A teenage boy on the streets of Chicago. Mixed up with the mafia. Surrounded by violence. Murder. At 19 he is sentenced to 5 years of hard labor with hardened criminals. It goes downhill from there. This is a true story- the tragic legacy of a dying father as told to his son. Who gets the ...

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Willful Creatures

by Aimee Bender

Published: 2006-08-08

Paperback: 224 pages

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"Contemporary fairy tales, cushioned by goofy humor and a deep tenderness for her characters, that aren't always as dark or as sinister as they initially appear." --The New York Times Book ReviewAimee Bender’s Willful Creatures conjures a fantastical world in which authentic love blooms....

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I Remember You: A Ghost Story

by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Published: 2014-03-25

Paperback: 370 pages

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I Remember You won the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award and also was nominated for The Glass Key Award.In this terrifying tale, three friends set to work renovating a rundown house in a remote, totally isolated location. But they soon realize they are not as alone as they thought. Something w...

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Method 15/33

by Shannon Kirk

Published: 2016-06-14

Paperback: 256 pages

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International Best-seller! School Library Journal, Best Adult Books for Teens List 2015 Gold Winner in the IBPA Benjamin Franklin awards Winner of 2015 National Indie Excellence Award For Suspense Finalist Best New Fiction, USA Best Book Award 2015 ForeWord Reviews’ Indiefab Book of the ...

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Briar Rose: A Novel of the Holocaust (Fairy Tales)

by Jane Yolen

Published: 2016-04-19

Paperback: 272 pages

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Briar Rose is a historically sensitive retelling of Sleeping Beauty set amid forests patrolled by the German army during World War II.In the heat of midsummer 1942, deep in a forest in the heart of Poland, Briar Rose arrives at a castle that has fallen into the hands of an evil army. Corru...

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Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington

by Patricia Miller

Published: 2018-11-13

Hardcover: 384 pages

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“I’ll take my share of the blame. I only ask that he take his.”In Bringing Down the Colonel, the journalist Patricia Miller tells the story of Madeline Pollard, an unlikely nineteenth-century women’s rights crusader. After an affair with a prominent politician left her “ruined,�...