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Our souls at night
Kent Haruf - Alfred A. Knopf Format: Book
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Ann's Pick: A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent... |
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 1: Dawn
Yoshiki Tanaka - Haikasoru Format: Book
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Brad's Pick: Reinhard von Lohengramm, a military prodigy and admiral of the Galactic Empire, has ambitions beyond protecting the borders or even defeating the Empire's enemies. He seeks to overthrow the old order and become a truly absolute - yet benevolent - dictator.... |
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The girl in the red coat
Kate Hamer - Melville House Format: Book
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Isabelle's Pick: Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel... |
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The Japanese Lover: A Novel
Isabel Allende - Atria Books Format: Book
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Isabelle's Pick: In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei... |
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In a dark, dark wood
Ruth Ware - Scout Press Format: Print book
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AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE An NPR Best Book of the Year, 2015 A ShelfAwareness Best Book of the Year, 2015 An Entertainment Weekly Summer Books... |
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Burning Down George Orwell's House
Andrew Ervin - Soho Press Format: Hardcover
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A darkly comic debut novel about advertising, truth, single malt, Scottish hospitality - or lack thereof - and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Ray Welter, who was until recently a highflying advertising executive in Chicago, has left the world of newspeak behind. He decamps... |
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The Summer Before the War: A Novel
Helen Simonson - Random House Audio Format: Audiobook
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community." - The Washington PostThe... |
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The American Mission
Matthew Palmer - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated Format: Book
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Liz's Pick: Global headlines come to life as intrigue and international politics collide in the Congo in this electrifying debut thriller from Matthew Palmer. After a devastating experience in Darfur strips Alex Baines, former rising... |
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Secrets of State
Matthew Palmer - G.P. Putnam's Sons Format: Book
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Liz's Pick: From a veteran insider with over twenty years' experience in the U.S. Foreign Service comes a taut, insightful thriller of global intrigue and behind-the-scenes international politics. Sam Trainor's career of overseas work coupled with a penchant... |
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The Black Widow
Daniel Silva - Harper Format: Hardcover
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#1 NYT Bestseller#1 USA Bestseller#1 WSJ BestsellerAn Amazon Editors' Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Best Fiction Book of the YearAn iBooks Book of the Month"The novel's grand finale is heart-stopping, unexpected and deeply unsettling." - Washington Post"Fascinating, suspenseful,... |
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The Professor and the Madman
Simon Winchester - Harper Format: Hardcover
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Mysterious (miste ries) , a. [f. L. mystrium Mysteryi + ous. Cf. F. mystrieux.] 1. Full of or fraught with mystery; wrapt in mystery; hidden from human knowledge or understanding; impossible or difficult to explain, solve, or discover;... |
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Garden Spells
Sarah Addison Allen - Bantam; 1 edition Format: Book
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Liz's Picks: In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small, quiet house in an even smaller town, is an apple tree that is rumored to bear a very special sort of fruit. In this luminous debut novel, Sarah Addison Allen tells the story of that enchanted... |
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Girl at War: A Novel
Sara Novic - Random House Format: Print book
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE, BOOKLIST , AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE * ALEX AWARD WINNER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST * LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONFor readers of The Tiger's Wife and All the Light... |
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The Wright Brothers
David G McCullough - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestseller Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright.On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown... |
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Last crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson - Crown Publishers Format: Book
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Connie's Pick: On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly... |
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At the Edge of the Orchard
Tracy Chevalier - Viking Format: Book
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Connie's Pick: James Goodenough, whose family had originally settled in Connecticut from England brings his family to Ohio to carve out a new life for them in the Black Swamp in 1838. Fifteen years later their youngest son, Robert, who has been running west to escape... |
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Lilac Girls: A Novel
Martha Hall Kelly - Ballantine Books Format: Book
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Connie's Pick: Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this powerful debut novel reveals an incredible story of love, redemption, and terrible secrets that were hidden for decades. On the eve of a fateful war, New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands... |
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith - Polygon Format: Paperback
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Betty's Pick: This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to "help people with problems... |
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Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery
Sally Andrew - Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Format: Book
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Maggie's Pick: A bright new talent makes her fiction debut with this first entry in a delicious crime set in rural South Africa - a flavorful blend of The #1 Ladies Detective Agency and Goldie Schulz series, full of humor, romance, and recipes and featuring a charming... |
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Wish You Well
David Baldacci - Warner Books Format: Paperback
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Coleen's Pick: David Baldacci has always delivered great stories, authentic characters, and thought-provoking ideas since he burst on the literary scene with Absolute Power. Now this versatile writer movingly evokes the charms of rural America as he makes us believe... |
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The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel
Nina George - Crown Publishing Group (NY) Format: Book
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Coleen's Pick: Monsieur Perdu can prescribe the perfect book for a broken heart. But can he fix his own? Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive... |
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Flight of Dreams: A Novel
Ariel Lawhon - Doubleday Books Format: Book
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Joanne's Pick: With everyone onboard harboring dark secrets and at least one person determined to make sure the airship doesn't make the return trip, Flight of Dreams gives an utterly suspenseful, heart-wrenching explanation for one of the most enduring mysteries... |
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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos: A Novel
Dominic Smith - Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar Format: Print book
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Written in prose so clear that we absorb its images as if by mind meld, The Last Painting is gorgeous storytelling: wry, playful, and utterly alive, with an almost tactile awareness of the emotional contours of the human heart. Vividly detailed, acutely sensitive to stratifications of gender... |
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I'm Traveling Alone
Samuel Bjork - Viking Format: Book
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Joanne's Pick: A special homicide unit in Oslo re-opens with veteran police investigator Holger Munch at the helm. Holger's first step is to persuade the brilliant but haunted investigator Mia Kruger, who has been living on an isolated island, overcome by memories... |
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Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow - Penguin Books Format: Paperback
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Joanne's Pick: In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander... |
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White Dresses: A Memoir of Love and Secrets, Mothers and Daughters
Mary Pflum Peterson - William Morrow Format: Book
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Julie's Pick: In this riveting, poignant memoir of three generations of women and the white dresses that adorned them - television producer Mary Pflum Peterson recounts a journey through loss and redemption, and her battle to rescue her mother, a former nun, from compulsive... |
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Go Set a Watchman: A Novel
Harper Lee - Harper Format: Book
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Julie's Pick: Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch -- "Scout"--Returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South,... |
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Rock with Wings
Anne Hillerman - Harper Format: Book
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Linda's PIck: Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, along with their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, investigate two perplexing cases in this exciting mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Spider Woman's Daughter. Doing... |
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The girl on the train
Paula Hawkins - Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Book of the Year, now a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt. Don't miss Paula Hawkins' new novel, Into the Water, coming May 2017. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other... |
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Hausfrau: A Novel
Jill Alexander Essbaum - Random House Format: Book
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Cheryl's Pick: Anna was a good wife, mostly. For readers of The Girl on the Train and The Woman Upstairs comes a striking debut novel of marriage, fidelity, sex, and morality, featuring a fascinating heroine who struggles to live a life with meaning.Anna Benz, an American... |
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Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir
Clint Hill - Gallery Books Format: Book
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Gail's Pick: Jackie Kennedy's personal Secret Service agent details his very close relationship with the First Lady during the four years leading up to and following President John F. Kennedy's tragic assassination. In those four years, Hill was by Mrs. Kennedy's... |
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The Art Forger: A Novel
B. A. Shapiro - Algonquin Books Format: Hardcover
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Almost twenty-five years after the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum -- still the largest unsolved art theft in history -- one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to the Boston studio of a young artist. Claire Roth has entered into a Faustian bargain with... |
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Find a Way
Diana Nyad - Knopf Format: Book
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Nancy's Pick: On September 2, 2013, at the age of sixty-four, Diana Nyad emerged onto the sands of Key West after swimming 111 miles, nation to nation, Cuba to Florida, in an epic feat of both endurance and human will, in fifty-three hours. Diana carried three... |
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The Light of Paris
Eleanor Brown - G.P. Putnam's Sons Format: Book
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Maggie's Pick: Madeleine is trapped - by her family's expectations, by her controlling husband, and by her own fears - in an unhappy marriage and a life she never wanted. From the outside, it looks like she has everything, but on the inside, she fears she has nothing... |
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