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Blind Goddess: Hanne Wilhelmsen Book One (A Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel 1)

by Anne Holt

Published: 2012-06-05

Kindle Edition: 354 pages

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The first book in Edgar-nominated Anne Holt’s international bestselling mystery series featuring detective Hanne Wilhelmsen, last seen in 1222.A small-time drug dealer is found battered to death on the outskirts of the Norwegian capital, Oslo. A young Dutchman, walking aimlessly in centr...

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The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic

by Emma

Published: 2018-10-23

Paperback: 216 pages

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A new voice in comics is incisive, funny, and fiercely feminist."The mental load. It's incessant, gnawing, exhausting, and disproportionately falls to women. You know the scene--you're making dinner, calling the plumber/doctor/mechanic, checking homework and answering work emails--at the s...

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Day by Day Armageddon

by J. L. Bourne

Published: 2009-09-23

Kindle Edition: 224 pages

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Once on the fringes of horror, the “zombie apocalypse,” has become one of the most buzzworthy genres in popular culture. Now, in Day by Day Armageddon, J.L. Bourne delivers an intelligent, gripping thriller that will leave both new and die-hard zombie fans breathless--perfect for fans ...

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No Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story of Three POWs' Escape to Adventure

by Felice Benuzzi

Published: 2017-10-10

Hardcover: 320 pages

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In the shadow of Mount Kenya, surrounded by the forests and creatures of the savannah, life drags interminably for the inmates of POW Camp 354, captured in Africa during World War II. Confined to an endless cycle of boredom and frustration, one prisoner realizes he can bear it no longer.Wh...

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In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed

by Carl Honore

Published: 2005-09-06

Paperback: 321 pages

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We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans on average spend seventy-t...

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The Little Prince: A Journal: We write of eternal things

by Running Press

Published: 2018-10-09

Diary: 176 pages

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This thought-provoking journal invites you to pen your thoughts, memories, and to-dos with inspiration from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince.In addition to lined pages, the deluxe hardcover book features some of the most memorable quotes and full-color artwork from The Little ...

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Darius the Great Is Not Okay

by Adib Khorram

Published: 2018-08-28

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA.“Heartfelt, tender, and so utterly real. I’d live in this book forever if I could.” —Becky Albertalli, award-...

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Fighting for Life (New York Review Books Classics)

by S. Josephine Baker

Published: 2013-09-24

Paperback: 304 pages

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New York’s Lower East Side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on earth in the 1890s. Health inspectors called the neighborhood “the suicide ward.” Diarrhea epidemics raged each summer, killing thousands of children. Sweatshop babies with smallpox and typhus dozed i...

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Kill the Messenger (Hoag, Tami)

by Tami Hoag

Published: 2004-07-06

Kindle Edition: 528 pages

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With this new thriller, The New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers her own message to suspense fans everywhere: Don't turn off the lights, and keep reading if you dare. From the gritty streets of Los Angeles to its most protected enclaves of prestige and power to the ruthless...

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The Brothers Boswell

by Philip Baruth

Published: 2009-05-01

Hardcover: 336 pages

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The Brothers Boswell is such an impressive book, both for its ability to inhabit its source material and for how well it shines on its own merits.  Many novels claim to be literary thrillers, but rarely are they quite this literary and quite this thrilling.  Philip Baruth has writte...