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Addiction Spectrum, The: A Compassionate, Holistic Approach to Recovery

Paul Thomas, MD - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

"If anyone you know is struggling with addiction - or if you think you might have a problem - you want to read this book." - GARTH STEIN, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain"a proven, comprehensive program that compassionately guides the reader to a place...
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Einstein's War: How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I

Matthew Stanley - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The birth of a world-changing idea in the middle of a bloodbath Einstein's War is a riveting exploration of both the beauty of scientific creativity and enduring horrors of human nature. These two great forces battle in a story that culminates with a victory now a century old,...
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American Experience: Sealab

n - PBS Distribution
Format: DVD

In 1969 off the California coast, a US Navy crane carefully lowered a massive tubular structure into the waters. It was designed for an elite group of divers to spend days or even months at a stretch living and working on the ocean floor. Sealab tells the little-known story of the daring...
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Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom

Katherine Eban - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale - The Jungle for pharmaceuticalsMany have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health...
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Movement For The Mind: Dance That Awakens Healing, Inspiration and Wisdom

Francoise E. Netter
Format: Paperback

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The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business

David T. Courtwright - Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover

From a leading expert on addiction, a provocative, singularly authoritative history of how sophisticated global businesses have targeted the human brain's reward centers, driving us to addictions ranging from oxycodone to Big Macs to Assassin's Creed to Snapchat -- with alarming...
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Teens and Eating Disorders

Don Nardo - Referencepoint Pr Inc
Format: Hardcover

Examines the nature of eating disorders, including what causes them, what it is like to live with one, and how they can be treated.
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The Scar: A Personal History of Depression and Recovery

Mary Cregan - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A fearless, candid memoir interweaving the author's descent into depression with a medical and cultural history of this illness.At the age of twenty-seven, married, living in New York, and working in book design, Mary Cregan gives birth to her first child, a daughter she names Anna. But it's...
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Depression

H. W. Poole - Mason Crest
Format: Library Binding

Explains what depression is, how it is typically diagnosed, and how it is treated.
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Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic

Matt McCarthy - Avery
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling author shares this exhilarating story of cutting-edge science and the race against the clock to find new treatments in the fight against the antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs.Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front...
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Ellen Rodger - Crabtree Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

An estimated 40,000 children are born with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the United States each year. The impacts on school and family, and social life are immense. FASDs are a group of disorders and conditions that occur in people whose mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy. This...
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American Moonshot Young Readers Edition

Douglas Brinkley - Harperaudio
Format: Audiobook

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, New York Times bestselling author and historian Douglas Brinkley delivers a young readers' edition of a story rooted in heroism, bravery, and patriotism: America's race to the moon. July 20, 1969. It's a day that has earned...
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Apollo 11 (2019) [DVD]

Todd Douglas Miller - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

From director Todd Douglas Miller (Dinosaur 13) comes a cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, Apollo 11 takes us straight to the heart of NASAs most celebrated mission...
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The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution

Susan Hockfield - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

From the former president of MIT, the story of the next technology revolution, and how it will change our lives.A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies: radios, telephones, televisions, aircraft, radar, nuclear...
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Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste

Nolan Gasser - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love.Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful...
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Don't Stop Believin

Olivia Newton-John - Center Point Pub
Format: Large Print

For more than five decades, Olivia Newton-John has been one of our most successful and adored entertainers. A four-time Grammy Award winner, she is one of the worlds bestselling recording artists of all time, with more than 100 million albums sold. Her starring roles in the iconic movies...
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Rick Steves Prague & The Czech Republic

Rick Steves - Rick Steves
Format: Paperback

Take in the beauty and history of the "Golden City of a Hundred Spires." With Rick Steves on your side, the Czech Republic can be yours! Inside Rick Steves Prague & the Czech Republic you'll find:Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Prague and the Czech...
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Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Belgium & Luxembourg is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore Unesco-listed belfries in Bruges and Tournai,...
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Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself

Jill Biden - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

An intimate look at the traditions, resilience, and love that built the Biden family, and the delicate balancing act of the woman at its center.Growing up, Jill Biden wanted two things: a marriage like her parents' and a career. But her journey to fulfill those wishes would take unexpected...
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Anthony Bourdain Remembered

CNN - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

A moving and insightful collection of quotes, memories, and images celebrating the life of Anthony Bourdain When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, the outpouring of love from his fans around the world was momentous. The tributes spoke to his legacy: That the world is much smaller than...
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Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century

George Packer - Vintage
Format: Paperback

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography**Winner of the Los Angeles Times Prize for Biography**Winner of the 2019 Hitchens Prize*"Portrays Holbrooke in all of his endearing and exasperating self-willed glory...Both a sweeping diplomatic history and a Shakespearean tragicomedy......
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Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas

Stephen Budiansky - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the U.S. Supreme Court's most influential justice.Oliver Wendell Holmes twice escaped death as a young Union officer in the Civil War when musket balls missed his heart and spinal cord by a fraction of an inch at the Battles of Ball's Bluff and Antietam. He lived...
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Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up

Naya Rivera - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

Funny and deeply personal, Sorry Not Sorry recounts Glee star Naya Rivera's successes and missteps, urging young women to pursue their dreams and to refuse to let past mistakes define them.Navigating through youth and young adulthood isn't easy, and in Sorry Not Sorry,...
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Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

Adam Savage - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

MythBusters' Adam Savage - Discovery Channel star and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech - shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully turning your idea into reality. Adam Savage is a maker. From Chewbacca's...
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The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years

John Paul Stevens - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A masterful and personal account of life on the Supreme Court that offers a unique understanding of American history from one of the most prominent jurists of our time When Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court in 2010, he left a legacy of service unequaled in the history...
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The Worlds Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, Americas First Black Sports Hero

Michael Kranish - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

In this "sharp-eyed account of a nearly forgotten African-American sports legend" (Publishers Weekly) - the remarkable Major Taylor who became the worlds fastest bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era - "Kranish has done historians and fans a service by reminding us that...
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Cradle will Rock

Tim Robbins - KL Studio Classics
Format: DVD

Powerful and sweeping, the critically acclaimed Cradle Will Rock takes a kaleidoscopic look at the extraordinary events of 1930s America. From high society to life on the streets, writer and director Tim Robbins (Dead Man Walking) brings Depression-era New York City to vivid life. A time...
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Dancer in the Dark

Bjork - Warner Archive Collection
Format: DVD

Director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves) delivers a provocative mix of drama and musical theater in this acclaimed movie that won 2000 Cannes Film Festival Best Picture and Best Actress honors (for lead actress Bjork) . Rural factory worker Selma (Bjork) is a single mother...
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Dangerous beauty

Jeannine Dominy; Marshall Herskovitz; Edward Zwick; Arnon Milchan; Sarah Caplan; All authors

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Sloth at the Zoom

HELAINE BECKER - Owlkids
Format: Hardcover

One day, a sloth accidentally gets delivered to the Zoom! She was supposed to be dropped off at the Zzzzzoo, a much more laid-back, slow-paced place. She had been looking forward to long, languorous naps while the sun gently warmed her belly. But at the Zoom, the zebras...
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The Little Island

Margaret Wise Brown - Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Children's book icon Margaret Wise Brown - writer of the cherished classic Goodnight Moon - and Caldecott Medal-winner Leonard Weisgard bring young readers an enduring picture book about the magic of nature. Winner of the 1947 Caldecott Medal, this beautifully moving story centers...
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What Should Danny Do? School Day

Adir Levy - Elon Books
Format: Hardcover

8 stories in 1! In this follow up to the #1 Amazon Best Seller, What Should Danny Do?, your children will get to decide how Danny's day at school will end! Children love being able to make all the choices and control the outcome of the book, while parents and teachers love the lessons...
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Swimmy

Leo Lionni - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The gorgeous, Caldecott Honor-winning tale of a very clever fish by beloved picture book creator Leo Lionni.Deep in the sea lives a happy school of fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding . . . until Swimmy...
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How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

Margaret McNamara - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Library Binding

Here is an adorable picture book for curious kids, which explores skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment. "How many seeds are in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert,...
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The East End: A Novel

Jason Allen - Park Row
Format: Hardcover

A tragic accident threatens to unravel two families in this gripping novel of suspense and culture clash set in the Hamptons.Corey Halpern, a local high schooler with a troubled home life, is desperate to leave the Hamptons and start anew somewhere else. His last summer before college,...
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Sunset Beach: A Novel

Mary Kay Andrews - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Pull up a lounge chair and have a cocktail at Sunset Beach - it comes with a twist.Drue Campbell's life is adrift. Out of a job and down on her luck, life doesn't seem to be getting any better when her estranged father, Brice Campbell, a flamboyant personal injury attorney, shows...
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The Red-Stained Wings: The Lotus Kingdoms, Book Two

Elizabeth Bear - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear returns to the epic fantasy world of the Lotus Kingdoms with The Red-Stained Wings, the sequel to The Stone in the Skull, taking the Gage into desert lands under a deadly sky to answer the riddle of the Stone in the Skull.io9 - New Sci-Fi and Fantasy...
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The Only Woman in the Room

Marie Benedict - Thorndike Press Large Print

She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both?Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while...
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Where We Come From: A novel

Oscar Casares - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Brownsville and Amigoland--a stunning and timely new novel about a Mexican American family in Brownsville, Texas, who reluctantly becomes involved in smuggling immigrants into the United StatesFrom a distance, the towns along the U.S.-Mexican border...
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Resistance Women: A Novel

Jennifer Chiaverini - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, an enthralling historical saga that recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life one courageous, passionate American - Mildred Fish Harnack - and her circle of women friends who waged a clandestine...
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House of Danger

R. A. Montgomery - Chooseco
Format: Paperback

House of Danger by R. A. Montgomery takes YOU on a thrilling adventure investigating criminal activity and a dark history in your town! 9-12 year old readers will take on an investigation into the spooky happenings at the site of a terrible Civil War prison, encountering money-hungry crooks,...
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Ghost Island

Shannon Gilligan - Chooseco
Format: Paperback

Ghost Island by Shannon Gilligan takes YOU on a family vacation in the Caribbean islands that is full of spooks, adventure, and fun. Your 6-8 year old reader will meet a pirate ghost, sail across the sea, recover a haunted skull from a museum, and enter a cave that transports YOU back in time!...
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Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the Song of Death-A Pandava Novel Book 2 (Pandava Series)

Roshani Chokshi - Rick Riordan Presents
Format: Paperback

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling author Roshani Chokshi and her sequel to Aru Shah and the End of Time. Aru is only just getting the hang of this whole Pandava thing when the Otherworld goes into full panic mode. The god of loves bow and arrow have gone missing, and the thief...
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Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town

Adam Christopher - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

Chief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show Stranger Things. Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas...
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Keep You Close: A Novel

Karen Cleveland - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

A woman must confront her sense of right and wrong when the one person she loves most is accused of an unimaginable crime. From the New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know. . . . A strange sensation runs through me, a feeling that I don't know this person in front...
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The Summoning

Heather Graham - MIRA
Format: Hardcover

A CALL FROM BEYOND ... When Kristi Stewart inherits a property in the old part of Savannah, she knows it comes with stories of hauntings. But she doesn't believe in ghosts, even while she runs seances for the guests of McLane House Bed-and-Breakfast. Until the inexplicable midnight appearance...
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The Patient One

Shelley Shepard Gray - Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Large Print

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Stone Cold Heart

Laura Griffin - Center Point Pub
Format: Large Print

When local rock climbers stumble upon abandoned human bones in a remote Texas gorge, Sara Lockhart is the first to get the call. She has a reputation as one of the nations top forensic anthropologists, and police detective Nolan Hess knows she is just the expert he needs to help unravel...
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The Bride Test

Helen Hoang - Berkley
Format: Paperback

From the critically acclaimed author of The Kiss Quotient comes a romantic novel about love that crosses international borders and all boundaries of the heart...Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down...
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Alex Rider Secret Weapon

Anthony Horowitz - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

International bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's short story collection expands the universe of teen spy Alex Rider with more thrilling action, espionage, and pulse-pounding heroics. Inspired by Horowitz's millions of fans worldwide, Secret Weapon expands the world of Alex Rider...
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Reaper: Threat Zero: A Sniper Novel

Nicholas Irving - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The next book in the explosive new thriller series by former special operations sniper and New York Times bestselling author of The Reaper. A convoy of cars carrying several family members of the President's cabinet to Camp David for "Family Day" is ambushed, killing...
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Captain Awesome Gets Crushed

Stan Kirby - Little Simon
Format: Hardcover

Captain Awesome and Nacho Cheese Man must battle the evil forces of pink and love in this Valentine's Day adventure.It's February in Sunnyview, and Valentine's Day is fast approaching. When Captain Awesome and Nacho Cheese Man start to receive valentines in their cubbies, they know they...
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Robert B. Parker's Buckskin

ROBERT KNOTT - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

Lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch must prevent all-out war between rival factions in the latest adventure in the New York Times-bestselling series.When gold is discovered in the foothills just outside of Appaloosa, it sets off a fight between two shrewd local business operations...
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The Night Window: A Jane Hawk Novel

Dean Koontz - Bantam
Format: Hardcover

Jane Hawk's one-woman war comes to an explosive climax as the rogue FBI agent gambles everything against a terrifying conspiracy, for vengeance, for justice, and for humanity's freedom - from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Corner. "Jane Hawk is arguably...
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The Song of the Jade Lily: A Novel

Kirsty Manning - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

"Kristy Manning weaves together little-known threads of World War II history, family secrets, the past and the present into a page-turning, beautiful novel." - Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzA gripping historical novel that tells...
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Marrying My Cowboy

Diana Palmer - Center Point Pub
Format: Large Print

The Ranchers Wedding - When a rugged Colorado rancher whos in the red meets up with a screenwriter-turned-waitress dogged by scandal, they put their talents and their hearts together. But will front page news put a damper on the sparks flying between them
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The judge

Steven Paul Martini; George Guidall; Recorded Books LLC.; Playaway Digital Audio.; Findaway World LLC. - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

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Ruff Vs. Fluff

Spencer Quinn - Scholastic Audio
Format: Audiobook

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The Farm: A Novel

Joanne Ramos - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Life is a lucrative business, as long as you play by the rules. "[Joanne] Ramos's debut novel couldn't be more relevant or timely." - O: The Oprah Magazine (25 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2019) Nestled...
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The Survivalist

Dr. Arthur T. Bradley - createSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

Solemn Duty is the eleventh book in the Survivalist series. Fleeing an army of the infected, Deputy Marshal Mason Raines is forced to enter an area overrun with lawlessness. When his ex-lover is kidnapped, he must negotiate her release with a brutal warlord set on expanding his empire....
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The Stiehl Assassin

Terry Brooks - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

After The Black Elfstone and The Skaar Invasion comes the next chapter in the Fall of Shannara, a saga more than four decades in the making. The Skaar have arrived in the Four Lands, determined to stop at nothing less than all-out conquest. They badly need a new home,...
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Exhalation: Stories

Ted Chiang - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story "The Story of Your Life" was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated movie Arrival) , the long-awaited new collection...
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The Night Before

Wendy Walker - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The night before...and the nightmare after."Ferociously smart." -- AJ Finn "Riveting." -- Riley Sager "Addictive." -- Liv Constantine "Wonderfully tense." -- Aimee Molloy"Irresistible." -- Mary Kubica"Impossible to put down."...
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Lent

Jo Walton - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

From Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning Jo Walton comes Lent, a magical re-imagining of the man who remade fifteenth-century Florence -- in all its astonishing strangenessYoung Girolamo's life is a series of miracles.It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day,...
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Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait: A Novel

Alison Weir - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII's fourth wife, as a grieving king chooses a bride sight unseen in the fourth novel in the epic and intrigue-filled Six Tudor Queens series.Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry...
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Some Choose Darkness

Charlie Donlea - Kensington
Format: Hardcover

A modern master of suspense, critically acclaimed author Charlie Donlea returns with a taut, gripping novel about the deadly secrets hiding in plain sight . . . The truth is easy to miss, even when it's right in front of us. As a forensic reconstructionist, Rory Moore sheds light...
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Murder, She Wrote: Murder in Red

Jessica Fletcher - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

In the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series, Jessica loses a loved one to unnatural causes and sets her sights on the mysterious local hospital before more people wind up dead on arrival...Jessica Fletcher's favorite gin rummy partner, Mimi Van Dorn, checks into the brand-new...
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Redemption Point: A Crimson Lake Novel

Candice Fox - Center Point Pub
Format: Large Print

When former police detective Ted Conkaffey was wrongly accused of abducting Claire Bingley, he hoped the Queensland rainforest town of Crimson Lake would be a good place to disappear. But nowhere is safe from Claires devastated father. Dale Bingley has a brutal revenge plan all worked out and if Ted doesnt...
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The Scholar: A Novel

Dervla McTiernan - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

From the author of The Ruin comes a compulsive new crime thriller set in the fiercely competitive, cutthroat world of research and academia, where the brightest minds will stop at nothing to succeed.When Dr. Emma Sweeney stumbles across the victim of a hit-and-run outside Galway...
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Breaking the Dance

Clare O'Donohue - Midnight Ink
Format: Paperback

Tango and torment await married college professors on an unwanted junket to Argentina Husband and wife college professors Hollis and Finn Larsson think their days as accidental spies are behind them. But, just weeks into a new school year, a mysterious envelope arrives containing two passports....
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Missing, Presumed: A Novel

SUSAN STEINER - Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A page-turning mystery that brings to life a complex and strong-willed detective assigned to a high-risk missing persons caseNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * NAMED ONE OF THE 10 BEST MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR BY THE...
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Such a Perfect Wife: A Novel

Kate White - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Kate White returns with a gripping story about a true-crime reporter uncovering the secrets that lie beneath the surface of a placid small town, perfect for readers of Jessica Knoll, Alafair Burke, and Liv Constantine. Blonde. Beautiful. A loving mother....
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Manuelito

Elisa Amado - Annick Press
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Manuelito is a gentle boy who lives with his family in a tiny village in the Guatemalan countryside. But life is far from idyllic: PACs -- armed civil patrol -- are a constant presence in the streets, and terrifying memories of the country's war linger in the villagers'...
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The Sticky Rice Caper

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this exciting graphic novel based on the Netflix series starring Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez, Carmen Sandiego's globe-trotting capers introduce kids to the geography, culture, and history that is baked into every adventure! Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Headed to the island...
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Loading Penguin Hugs: Heartwarming Comics from Chibird

Jacqueline Chen - Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Includes two bonus pages of cute exclusive stickers!Where do you turn to when you need a pick-me-up on a bad day? Loading Penguin Hugs is here to add a big boost of positivity to your life. The book is loaded with Jacqueline Chen's motivational Chibird comics and illustrations....
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Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir

Ellen Forney - Avery
Format: Paperback

Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between "crazy" and "creative" in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers. Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder....
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Raid of No Return

NATHAN HALE - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Nathan Hale tackles a topic fans have been asking about for years: World War II. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, officially bringing the United States into World War II. A new generation of pilots were recruited to fly bombing missions for the United States, and from...
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Land of the Lustrous 4

Haruko Ichikawa - Kodansha Comics
Format: Paperback

THE ROAD TO BRAVERY Spring has sprung, and the all the other gems are awake to see Phosphophyllites transformation. They are impressed with Phoss new arms, and our hero can hardly stand the newfound popularity, especially when it attracts the scariest gem of all...Bort now wishes to be Phoss...
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Greta [DVD]

Isabelle Huppert - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

Frances (Chloe Grace Moretz) , a sweet, naïve young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, doesnt think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is Greta (Isabelle Huppert) , an eccentric French piano teacher with a love...
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Grown Ups

Adam Sandler - Columbia Pictures
Format: DVD

Adam Sandler and his frequent costars (Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, and Rob Schneider) grope blindly for maturity in the genial comedy Grown Ups. Five childhood pals are drawn back together after the death of their former basketball coach; over the course of a Fourth...
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Happy Death Day 2U [DVD]

Jessica Rothe - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

Its déjà vu all over again for Tree Gelbman, the snarky sorority sister who solved her own murder by repeatedly reliving her death. When the masked campus killer mysteriously returns to terrorize new targets, Tree cycles through another time loop of clever chills and suspense in Happy...
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Isnt It Romantic (DVD)

Todd Strauss-Schulson - WarnerBrothers
Format: DVD

Isnt It Romantic (DVD) New York City architect Natalie (Rebel Wilson) works hard to get noticed at her job, but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the citys next skyscraper. And if things werent bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to love,...
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The Last Kingdom: Season Three

David Dawson - ‎Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

The Battles of The Last Kingdom Season Three
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Burn for Burn

Jenny Han - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Payback is paradise in this start to a trilogy from New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before (soon to be a major motion picture!) , Jenny Han, and New York Times bestselling author of The List, Siobhan Vivian.Postcard-perfect...
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A Place to Call Home: Season 6

Marta Dusseldorp - Acorn Media
Format: DVD

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The Rosie Result

Graeme Simsion - Text Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are about to face their most important challenge.Their eleven-year-old son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he's socially awkward and not fitting in. Don's spent a lifetime trying to fit in -- so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs?The Hudson Project...
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The Fall

Tracy Townsend - Pyr
Format: Paperback

An apothecary clerk and her ex-mercenary allies travel across the world to discover a computing engine that leads to secrets she wasn't meant to know--secrets that could destroy humanity.Eight months ago, Rowena Downshire was a half-starved black market courier darting through the shadows...
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Three Laws Lethal

David Walton - Pyr
Format: Paperback

A science fiction thriller in which fleets of self-driving cars make life-and-death choicesIn a near-future New York City, where self-driving cars roam the city streets, rival entrepreneurs Brandon and Tyler compete to produce the smartest AIs, training them in a virtual game world to anticipate...
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The Darwin Affair: A Novel

Tim Mason - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

Get ready for one of the most inventive and entertaining novels of 2019 - an edge-of-your-seat Victorian-era thriller, where the controversial publication of On the Origin of Species sets off a string of unspeakable crimes."Keep clear of his blade!" he cried. "Once...
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Those People

Louise Candlish - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a new novel of twisty domestic suspense asks, "Could you hate your neighbor enough to plot to kill him" Lowland Way is the suburban dream. The houses are beautiful, the neighbors get along, and the kids play together...
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Tom Clancy Enemy Contact

Mike Maden - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

The final wish of a dying friend leads Jack Ryan, Jr. to the jungles of South America where an unexpected confrontation will have shocking international repercussions in this latest entry in the New York Times bestselling series.Jack Ryan, Jr. has faced death before, but sitting...
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The History of Living Forever: A Novel

Jake Wolff - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A chemistry student falls for his teacher and uncovers a centuries-old quest for the Elixir of LifeConrad Aybinder is a boy with a secret; sixteen and ready for anything. A chemistry genius, he has spent the summer on an independent-study project with his favorite teacher, Sammy Tampari....
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The Paper Wasp

Lauren Acampora - Grove Press
Format: Hardcover

An electrifying debut novel from the acclaimed author of The Wonder Garden, The Paper Wasp is a riveting knife-edge story of two women's dark friendship of twisted ambition set against the backdrop of contemporary HollywoodIn small-town Michigan, Abby Graven leads a solitary life. Once...
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The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth: A Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Leonard Goldberg - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

In the third book of this critically-acclaimed series, Sherlock Holmes' daughter faces a new unsolvable mystery with spies and a threat to the crown. Joanna and the Watsons receive an unexpected visitor to 221b Baker Street during a nocturnal storm. A rain-drenched Dr. Alexander Verner...
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Deja de sentirte como una mierda: Consejos prcticos para evitar boicotear tu vida / How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t

Andrea Owen - Grijalbo
Format: Paperback

Toma las riendas de tu vida, deja de vivir para complacer a otros, para ser la mejor y para llegar a todo y s feliz! La vida a veces es jodida, pero que hay que aprender a vivirla lo mejor posible y eso es sin boicotear la felicidad con actitudes que suelen tener un origen de proteccin...
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Ser mamá: Cómo encontrar el balance...¡sin perder la cabeza! / Being a Mom: How to Find Balance# Without Losing Your Mind!

Jeannette Torres - ‎Aguilar
Format: Paperback

¿Qué mamá no ha deseado que los días tengan 27 horas y las semanas 9 días?Entre ser mamá, esposa, hija, profesional y, sí, también persona, las horas no dan.La psicóloga y columnista Jeannette Torres, experta en relaciones de familia...
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Historia de una flor (Spanish Edition)

Claudia Casanova - EDICIONES B
Format: Hardcover

Claudia Casanova despliega en su nueva novela la hermosa sencillez de una historia narrada con exquisita sensibilidad. Elegante y sutil, emocionará a los lectores con la fuerza y delicadeza de obras como Seda o La joven de la perla.La auténtica belleza reside siempre en los detalles....
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El ultimo baile / I've Got My Eyes on You

Mary Higgins Clark - Plaza & Jans
Format: Paperback

Una fiesta. Un asesinato.Sin testigos. El cadver de Kerry Dowling, de dieciocho aos, aparece en el fondo de la piscina. Ninguno de los invitados a la fiesta que dio, aprovechando la ausencia de sus padres, ha visto absolutamente nada.Sin embargo, la ausencia de testigos no significa que falten...
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300 / 300: Rise of an Empire (DBFE) (BD)

Various - WarnerBrothers
Format: Blu-ray

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Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Collection [DVD]

Robert Cummings - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

Universally recognized as the Master of Suspense, the legendary Alfred Hitchcock directed some of cinemas most thrilling and unforgettable classics. Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Collection features 15 iconic films from the acclaimed directors illustrious career including Psycho, The Birds,...
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea

Mafi, Tahereh
Format: electronic resource

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Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson
Format: electronic resource

"Jackson's characters and their heart-wrenching story linger long after the final page, urging readers to advocate for those who are disenfranchised and forgotten by society and the system." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")From the critically acclaimed...
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The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century

Neal Bascomb - Scholastic Inc.
Format: eBook

***Three starred reviews!***Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I. Illustrated throughout with incredible photographs and published on the 100th...
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Trials of the earth : the true story of a pioneer woman

Mary Mann Hamilton - Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook

The Powerful, Only Known First-Person Account of One Woman's Struggles and Triumphs Taming the Mississippi Delta Near the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) was encouraged to record her experiences as a female pioneer. The result is the only known firsthand account...
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The Paragon Hotel

Lyndsay Faye
Format: electronic resource

A gun moll with a knack for disappearing flees from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland's Paragon Hotel.The year is 1921, and "Nobody" Alice James has just arrived in Oregon with a bullet wound, a lifetime's experience battling the New York Mafia, and fifty thousand dollars in illicit cash....
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Man Up: How to Cut the Bullshit and Kick Ass in Business

Bedros Keuilian - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover

"But I can't . . ." "There's no way . . ." "It's impossible . . ." Enough. Get off your ass make your "someday" goals a priority - today. After years of coaching and consulting hundreds of startup rookies as well as seasoned entrepreneurs, executives,...
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