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The Color of Lightning: A Novel (P.S.)

by Paulette Jiles

Published: 2010-06-15

Paperback: 382 pages

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In 1863, as the War Between the States creeps inevitably toward its bloody conclusion, former Kentucky slave Britt Johnson ventures west into unknown territory with his wife, Mary, and their three children, searching for a life and a future. But their dreams are abruptly shattered by a br...

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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

by M.T. Anderson, Eugene Yelchin

Published: 2018-09-25

Hardcover: 544 pages

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Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anarchic, outlandish, and deeply political saga of warring elf and goblin kingdoms.Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into gob...

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The Trial of Bat Shea

by Jack Casey

Published: 2012-03-02

Paperback: 580 pages

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THE TRIAL OF BAT SHEA, a novel by Jack Casey, tells of the struggles of the Irish in gritty, industrial Troy, N.Y. (130,000 words, 55 illustrations). The year is 1894. Boss Edward Murphy, United States Senator and New York State Democratic Chairman, runs this upstate mill city from a brewery. Thugs and...

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The Woman in the White Kimono: A Novel

by Ana Johns

Published: 2019-05-28

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them.Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community, but Nao...

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The Abolitionist's Daughter

by Diane C. McPhail

Published: 2019-04-30

Hardcover: 336 pages

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In her sweeping debut, Diane C. McPhail offers a powerful, profoundly emotional novel that explores a little-known aspect of Civil War history—Southern Abolitionists—and the timeless struggle to do right even amidst bitter conflict.   On a Mississippi morning in 1859, Emily Matthews b...

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I'll Love Ye Forever: A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Long Term Care

by Sally K. Browne

Published: 2018-07-30

Paperback: 448 pages

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Caring for an aging loved one requires navigating a labyrinth of policies, procedures, prejudices, and dangerous assumptions. Every twist and turn of events assaults the mind and heart with confusion, fear, anger, frustration, and a fatigue which threatens to exhaust one's very soul. She t...

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Lean vs. Agile vs. Design Thinking: What You Really Need to Know to Build High-Performing Digital Product Teams

by Jeff Gothelf

Published: 2017-10-06

Paperback: 44 pages

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As companies evolve to adopt, integrate, and leverage software as the defining element of their success in the 21st century, a rash of processes and methodologies are vying for their product teams' attention. In the worst of cases, each discipline on these teams -- product management, design, and software...

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Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less

by Tiffany Dufu

Published: 2018-08-28

Paperback: 304 pages

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A bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's leadership movement who shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go.Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child, Tiffany Dufu...

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We Can't Talk about That at Work!: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics

by Mary-Frances Winters

Published: 2017-04-23

Paperback: 184 pages

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We Need to Talk! Conversations about taboo topics happen at work every day. And if they aren’t handled effectively, they can become polarizing and divisive, impacting productivity, engagement, retention, teamwork, and even employees’ sense of safety in the workplace. In this concise ...

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A Prayer for Travelers: A Novel

by Ruchika Tomar

Published: 2019-07-09

Hardcover: 352 pages

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"Sometimes characters come along that demand a new kind of novel. The young women at the center of Ruchika Tomar's A Prayer for Travelers - elusive Penny and wounded Cale - are two spirits hitchhiking through geographies of dislocation and desire. The human collisions in Tomar's novel are ...