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All the Forgivenesses

by Elizabeth Hardinger

Published: 2019-08-27

Hardcover: 368 pages

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A Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books selectionSet in Appalachia and the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century, this exquisite debut novel paints an intimately rendered portrait of one resilient farm family’s challenges and hard-won triumphs—helmed by an unforgettable heroine.  ...

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The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right

by Thane Rosenbaum

Published: 2005-05-03

Paperback: 384 pages

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We are obsessed with watching television shows and feature films about lawyers, reading legal thrillers, and following real-life trials. Yet, at the same time, most of us don't trust lawyers and hold them and the legal system in very low esteem. In The Myth of Moral Justice, law professor ...

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The Last Letter from Juliet

by Melanie Hudson

Published: 2020-01-07

Paperback: 400 pages

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For fans of Soraya M. Lane, Heather Morris and Pam Jenoff.Me Before You meets The English Patient in this stunning romantic historical novel from award-winning author Melanie Hudson.This is a note to yourself, Juliet.You must keep the memories alive, because once upon a time you told a man...

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Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

by Imani Perry

Published: 2019-09-17

Hardcover: 184 pages

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Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world.Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as d...

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Wondrous Moment: Selected Poetry of Alexander Pushkin

by Alexander Pushkin

Published: 2008-10-20

Paperback: 88 pages

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Alexander Pushkin (June 6, 1799 - February 10, 1837), is widely considered to be Russia's greatest writer.  He is credited with enhancing the Russian lexicon and introducing a language that, while bridging Romanticism with Realism, would become a foundation for Russian modern literature. His poetry,...

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Next of Kin: A Novel

by John Boyne

Published: 2013-08-20

Kindle Edition: 369 pages

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John Boyne has been heralded as "one of the most imaginative and adventurous of the young Irish novelists working today" by the Irish Independent. He achieved bestseller status and won numerous awards worldwide for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Now in Next of Kin, he steps into the draw...

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Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei

by Junko Tabei

Published: 2017-12-07

Hardcover: 376 pages

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A collection of personal stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits.Honouring High Places is a compelling collection of highlights from Junko Tabei’s stirring life that she considered important, inspiring and ...

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Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson's First Ladies (Modern First Ladies)

by Kristie Miller

Published: 2010-10-15

Hardcover: 360 pages

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The wives of Woodrow Wilson were strikingly different from each other. Ellen Axson Wilson, quiet and intellectual, died after just a year and a half in the White House and is thought to have had little impact on history. Edith Bolling Wilson was flamboyant and confident but left a legacy o...

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The Fox Was Ever the Hunter: A Novel

by Herta Müller

Published: 2017-05-02

Paperback: 256 pages

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“VIVIDLY POETIC . . . MÜLLER HAS EXERCISED HER VOICE WITH A FURY THAT VIBRATES OFF THE PAGE.”?THE BOSTON GLOBERomania?the last months of the Ceausescu regime. Adina is a young schoolteacher. Paul is a musician. Clara works in a wire factory. Pavel is Clara’s lover. But one of them w...

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The Zero: A Novel

by Jess Walter

Published: 2006-08-29

Hardcover: 336 pages

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The Zero is a groundbreaking novel, a darkly comic snapshot of our times that is already being compared to the works of Franz Kafka and Joseph Heller.From its opening pages—when hero cop Brian Remy wakes up to find he's shot himself in the head—novelist Jess Walter takes us on a harrow...