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Claremont

by Wiebke Von Carolsfeld

Published: 2019-09-07

Paperback: 262 pages

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Fiction. How to survive the unthinkable? This is the question nine-year-old Tom has to face after witnessing his parent's murder-suicide. After the horrific event, Tom refuses to speak. At first, he moves in with his childless Aunt Sonya, but she is ill-equipped to deal with the traumatized boy. Before...

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The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

by William Strauss, Neil Howe

Published: 1997-12-29

Paperback: 400 pages

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"A startling vision of what the cycles of history predict for the future." —USA Weekend This astonishing book will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With startling originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the f...

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Searching for Nora: After the Doll's House

by Wendy Swallow

Published: 2019-08-26

Paperback: 416 pages

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At the end of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House, Nora Helmer walks away from her family and comfortable life. It is 1879, late on a winter's night in Norway. She's alone, with little money and few legal rights. Guided by instinct and sustained by will, Nora sets off on a journey that impo...

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I Am Not a Spy: An American Jew Goes Deep in the Arab World & Israeli Army

by Michael Bassin

Published: 2017-10-17

Paperback: 334 pages

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The true story of an idealistic young American Jew committed to promoting peace and reconciliation in the Middle East.Few American college students who study abroad receive constant accusations of being a spy. But that's what happens to Michael Bassin, enrolled for a semester exchange at t...

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Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family

by Bob Chapman, Raj Sisodia

Published: 2015-10-06

Hardcover: 272 pages

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“Bob Chapman, CEO of the $1.7 billion manufacturing company Barry-Wehmiller, is on a mission to change the way businesses treat their employees.” – Inc. MagazineStarting in 1997, Bob Chapman and Barry-Wehmiller have pioneered a dramatically different approach to leadership that creat...

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The Resisters: A novel

by Gish Jen

Published: 2020-02-04

Hardcover: 320 pages

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"The Resisters is palpably loving, smart, funny, and desperately unsettling. The novel should be required reading for the country both as a cautionary tale and because it is a stone-cold masterpiece. This is Gish Jen's moment. She has pitched a perfect game." --Ann PatchettThe time: not so...

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The Last Days of Jack Sparks

by Jason Arnopp

Published: 2017-04-04

Paperback: 432 pages

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"Ingenious and funny . . . Magnificent." -- Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for VendettaJack Sparks died while writing this book.It was no secret that journalist Jack Sparks had been researching the occult for his new book. No stranger to controversy, he'd already triggered a furious...

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The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray (1))

by Christine Lynn Herman

Published: 2019-04-02

Hardcover: 368 pages

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"Fans of The Raven Boys and Stranger Things rejoice: This is your new obsession." --Claire Legrand, New York Times best-selling author of FurybornAfter the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but s...

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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy)

by Tamsyn Muir

Published: 2019-09-10

Hardcover: 448 pages

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A USA Today Best-Selling Novel, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, and Bustle!WINNER of the 2020 Crawford AwardFinalist for the 2020 Nebula Award“Unlike anything I’ve ever read. ” ?V.E. Schwab�...

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A Child in the Principal's Office: Laughing and Learning in the Schoolhouse

by Richard Lodish

Published: 1995-10-23

Paperback: 156 pages

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Quoting cases from his teaching experience, the author of this innovative guide demonstrates how humour can be used effectively in teaching. Richard Lodish believes that schools can become more successful if they incorporate more laughter into serious learning, arguing that this will improve children?s...