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Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave

ZORA NEALE HURSTON - Amistad
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller"A profound impact on Hurston's literary legacy." - New York Times"One of the greatest writers of our time." - Toni Morrison"Zora Neale Hurston's genius has once again produced a Maestrapiece." - Alice WalkerA major literary event:...
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The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations

John McCain - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A candid new political memoir from Senator John McCain - his most personal book in years - covering everything from 2008 up to the present.In a time when Washington, DC and the country is more polarized than it has been for decades, John McCain is the rare public figure who has earned the respect...
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Calypso

David Sedaris - Little, Brown and Company
Format: eBook

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina...
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Robin

Dave Itzkoff - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, the definitive biography of Robin Williams - a compelling portrait of one of America's most beloved and misunderstood entertainers.From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy...
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter

MARGARETA MAGNUSSON - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called dostdning, do meaning "death" and stdning meaning "cleaning."...
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Meghan: A Hollywood Princess

World Trade Press. - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From Andrew Morton, the New York Times bestselling author of Diana: Her True Story, comes a revealing, juicy, and inspiring biography of Meghan Markle, the American actress who won Prince Harry's heart.
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better...
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Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

Condoleezza Rice - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom.From the end of the Cold War and the collapse...
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J D Vance - Harper
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NAMED BY THE TIMES AS ONE OF "6 BOOKS TO HELP UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S WIN" AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD "You will not read a more important book about America this year." - The Economist "A riveting book."...
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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy

SHERYL SANDBERG - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times Best SellerFrom Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable...
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The Genius of Birds

Jennifer Ackerman - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance of birds....
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Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

Marie Kondo - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

The follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, from the star of the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. Japanese decluttering guru Marie Kondo has revolutionized homes - and lives - across the world. Now, Kondo...
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The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir

Ariel Levy - Random House
Format: Print book

A gorgeous, darkly humorous memoir for readers of Cheryl Strayed about a woman overcoming dramatic loss and finding reinvention When thirty-eight-year-old New Yorker writer Ariel Levy left for a reporting trip to Mongolia in 2012, she was pregnant, married, financially secure, and successful...
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The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For

DAVID MCCULLOUGH - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States - winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others - that reminds us of fundamental American...
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A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918

Joseph Loconte - Thomas Nelson
Format: Book

Recommended by Steve, Youth Services The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis The First World War laid waste to a continent and permanently altered the political and religious landscape of the West....
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Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone

Juli Berwald - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

A former ocean scientist goes in pursuit of the slippery story of jellyfish, rediscovering her passion for marine science and the sea's imperiled ecosystems. Jellyfish are an enigma. They have no centralized brain, but they see and feel and react to their environment in complex ways. They...
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Robin

Dave Itzkoff - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, the definitive biography of Robin Williams - a compelling portrait of one of America's most beloved and misunderstood entertainers.From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy...
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Last crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson - Crown Publishers
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the LusitaniaOn 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,...
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Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers

Simon Winchester - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: Print book

The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.A colorful and provocative exploration of the modern Pacific Ocean--what it has been,...
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