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Sarah Henstra - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets I'll Give You the Sun in an exhilarating and emotional novel about the growing relationship between two teens boys, told through the letters they write to one another. Jonathan Hopkirk and Adam "Kurl"...
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Family of Origin: A Novel

CJ Hauser - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

"Reminiscent of the family explorations of Rick Moody, Jennifer Egan, and Lauren Groff...Full of brilliantly realized characters, Hauser's latest is profound, often incredibly funny, and captures the times like few other contemporary novels."--BOOKLIST (starred)...
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All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir

Erin Lee Carr - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

An acclaimed documentary filmmaker comes to terms with her larger-than-life father, the late New York Times journalist David Carr, in this fierce memoir of addiction and sobriety, work and family. Dad: What will set you apart is not talent but will and a certain kind of humility....
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Alpha and Omega

Harry Turtledove - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

"The standard-bearer for alternate history" (USA Today) now turns his potent imagination to the End of Days in this gripping novel about a discovery in the Middle East that turns the world upside down.What...
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We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation

Matthew Riemer - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

Have pride in history. A rich and sweeping photographic history of the Queer Liberation Movement, from the creators and curators of the massively popular Instagram account @lgbthistory, released in time for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.Through the lenses of protest,...
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Blue Moon: A Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

In the next highly anticipated installment of Lee Child's acclaimed suspense series, Jack Reacher comes to the aid of an elderly couple . . . and confronts his most dangerous opponents yet. "Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of." - Ken Follett"This...
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Red Metal

Mark Greaney - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series comes a startlingly realistic novel of World War III.A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three Rare...
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American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt

Stephanie Marie Thornton - Berkley
Format: Paperback

"Presidential darling, America's sweetheart, national rebel: Teddy Roosevelt's swashbuckling daughter Alice springs to life in this raucous anthem to a remarkable woman." - Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice NetworkA sweeping novel from renowned...
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Who Was Stephen Hawking?

Jim E. Gigliotti - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback

Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?"Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written...
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Getting Things Done for Teens

David Allen
Format: electronic resource

An adaptation of the business classic Getting Things Done for teenage readersThe most interconnected generation in history is navigating unimaginable amounts of social pressure, both in personal and online interactions. Very little time, focus, or education is being spent teaching...
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Girls Like Us

Cristina Alger - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

From the celebrated and bestselling author of The Banker's Wife, worlds collide when an FBI agent investigates a string of grisly murders on Long Island that raises the impossible question: What happens when the primary suspect is your father?FBI Agent Nell Flynn hasn't been home...
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Polite Society

Mahesh Rao - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

A modern retelling of Jane Austen's Emma with a touch of Crazy Rich Asians set in Delhi, in which the daughter of a wealthy Indian family aspires to match-make for her friends and family, only to find herself caught up in an unforeseen scandal--and an unexpected match of her own.Beautiful,...
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Hair Love

Matthew A. Cherry - Kokila
Format: Hardcover

It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters, from former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison.Zuri's hair has a mind of its own....
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Death and Other Happy Endings: A Novel

Melanie Cantor - Pamela Dorman Books
Format: Hardcover

There's nothing like being told that in three months you'll be dead to make you think about what you really want in lifeJennifer Cole has just been told that she has a terminal blood disorder and has just three months to live--ninety days to say goodbye to friends and family, and to put her affairs...
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The Robots Are Coming!: The Future of Jobs in the Age of Automation

Andres Oppenheimer - Vintage
Format: Paperback

Staying true to his trademark journalistic approach, Andrés Oppenheimer takes his readers on yet another journey, this time across the globe, in a thought-provoking search to understand what the future holds for todays jobs in the foreseeable age of automation.The Robots Are Coming! centers...
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Gods of Jade and Shadow

Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.. "A spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology . . . Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical fairy tale about identity, freedom,...
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Someone to Honor

Mary Balogh - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

First appearances deceive in the newest charming and heartwarming Regency romance in the Westcott series from beloved New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh.Abigail Westcott's dreams for her future were lost when her father died and she discovered her parents were not legally...
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The Orphan's Song

Lauren Kate - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

The historical adult debut novel by # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate, The Orphan's Song is a sweeping love story about family and music--and the secrets each hold--that follows the intertwined fates of two Venetian orphans.Venice, 1736. Violetta has a secret:...
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Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life

Amber Scorah - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"The fascinating and moving story of a woman finding her true place in the world, away from the strict requirements of her family and her religion. Amber Scorah navigates her escape with courage, clarity, and humor. She is a strikingly beautiful writer with the unique perspective and fresh...
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Yarn Substitution Made Easy: Matching the Right Yarn to Any Knitting Pattern

Carol J. Sulcoski - Union Square & Co.
Format: Paperback

An in-depth guide to choosing the right yarn for your project - including 10 patterns that explore how different yarns affect the outcome of your final product. When beginning a project, every knitter confronts the question: "What yarn should I use?" The answer can be complicated....
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This Book Is Not Yet Rated

Peter Bognanni - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

In this enormously funny, smart, and moving contemporary YA novel, fighting for the thing you love doesn't always turn out like in the movies."Hilarious, big-hearted, poignant...An unadulterated triumph." --Jeff Zentner, author of The Serpent KingMovies have always helped...
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A Silken Thread

Kim Vogel Sawyer - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

For listeners who love a heartwarming romance and a rich historical setting comes a tale of a young woman with a heavy burden, the International Cotton Exposition, and the pursuit of true love. Eighteen-year-old Laurel Millard, youngest of seven children, is expected to stay home and "take...
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Basher Basics: Space Exploration

Simon Basher - Kingfisher
Format: Paperback

From the best-selling and compelling Basher, comes a book that shines its light into out-of-this-world beings who make the universe tick. . Learn about the amazing research that is revolutionizing space exploration, from the pioneering space crafts and equipment known as Space Aces that...
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Tomorrow's Bread

Anna Jean Mayhew - Kensington
Format: Paperback

From the author of the acclaimed The Dry Grass of August comes a richly researched yet lyrical Southern-set novel that explores the conflicts of gentrification - a moving story of loss, love, and resilience. In 1961 Charlotte, North Carolina, the predominantly black neighborhood...
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Kawaii Craft Life: Super-Cute Projects for Home, Work, and Play

Sosae Caetano - Running Press Adult
Format: Paperback

Kawaii Craft Life is a first-of-its-kind needlecraft book featuring 35 super-cute projects to decorate the home or give as gifts. Few can resist the charm of kawaii -- the Japanese word for "cute" or "lovable" -- which has grown from a national trend to a worldwide phenomenon....
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Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

Francis Chan - David C Cook
Format: Paperback

Revised & Updated Edition! God is love. Crazy, relentless, all-powerful love. Have you ever wondered if were missing it?Its crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe - the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor - loves us with a radical, unconditional,...
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Normandy '44: D-Day and the Retaking of Europe

James Holland - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the West -- the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. The story is a familiar one -- and yet, approaching the 75th...
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George Marshall: Defender of the Republic

David L. Roll - Dutton Caliber
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall - America's most distinguished soldier-statesman since George Washington - whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century. Winston Churchill called him World...
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Magic for Liars

Sarah Gailey - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

Sharp, mainstream fantasy meets compelling thrills of investigative noir in Magic for Liars, a fantasy debut by rising star Sarah Gailey. Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it.Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life - or at least, she's perfectly...
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Wherever She Goes

Kelley Armstrong - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a brand new psychological thriller about the lengths one woman will go to in order to save a child. "Few crimes are reported as quickly as a snatched kid." That's what the officer tells single mother Aubrey Finch...
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The Shallows

Matt Goldman - Forge Books
Format: Hardcover

In the words of Lee Child on Gone to Dust, "I want more of Nils Shapiro." New York Times Best Selling author and Emmy Award-winning writer Matt Goldman obliges by bringing the Minneapolis private detective back for another thrilling, stand-alone adventure in The...
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Moon! Earth's Best Friend

Stacy McAnulty - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

From writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator Stevie Lewis, Moon! Earth's Best Friend is a light-hearted nonfiction picture book about the formation and history of the moon -- told from the perspective of the moon itself...
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I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan World

Jeanne Safer - All Points Books
Format: Hardcover

Do you thrust unsolicited partisan articles upon your spouse? Are you convinced that you can change your coworker's mind, if you could only argue forcefully enough? Have you gone from befriending to "defriending" the people once closest to you? Don't give up hope; Dr. Jeanne Safer...
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A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel

M. T. Edvardsson - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover

"...A compulsively readable tour de force." -- The Wall Street JournalNew York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson's A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a "page-turner" that forces the reader to confront "the compromises...
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The Whisper Man

Alex North - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**"WORKS BEAUTIFULLY... If you like being terrified, The Whisper Man has your name on it." -- The New York Times, Editor's Pick"SUPERB" -- Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review"BRILLIANT... will satisfy...
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Whisper Network: A Novel

Chandler Baker - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

"Exciting and sprinkled with razor-sharp insights about what it is to be a woman today, Whisper Network is a witty and timely story that will make you cheer for sisterhood." -- Liv Constantine, USA Today bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish"If...
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Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition

Patricia Churchland - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

How do we determine right from wrong? Conscience illuminates the answer through science and philosophy.In her brilliant work Touching a Nerve, Patricia S. Churchland, the distinguished founder of neurophilosophy, drew from scientific research on the brain to understand its philosophical...
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Beirut Hellfire Society: A Novel

Rawi Hage - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Audiobook

A searing and visionary novel set in war-torn 1970s Beirut, from an author praised for his "fierce poetic originality" (Boston Globe) and "uncompromising vision" (Colm Tóibín) .On a ravaged street overlooking a cemetery in Beiruts Christian enclave, we meet an eccentric...
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Spark

Sarah Beth Durst - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

When a shy girl and her dragon-like companion discover their country's idyllic weather comes at a steep - and secret - cost, they recruit fellow students to defy authority and attempt to spread the truth.Storm beasts and their guardians create perfect weather every day, and Mina longs for a storm...
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Scyther, Heart of a Champion

SHEILA SWEENY - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

When Tracey catches Scyther, the brave Bug-type Pokmon's warrior pride is wounded. It can't regain its honor without a fight. It needs another battle. So Scyther battles . . . Charizard! Which hot-headed Pokmon will triumph It's the ultimate face-off for the Pokmon and their Trainers!This...
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The Very Impatient Caterpillar

Ross Burach - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

This clever send-up of every child's biggest challenge --being patient!--is a STEM-friendly, laugh-out-loud comedy about metamorphosis.HEY! What are you guys doing?We're going to metamorphosize.Meta-WHAT-now?Transform into butterflies.Right. Right. I knew that...WAIT?! You're...
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The Devouring Gray

Christine Lynn Herman - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

"Fans of The Raven Boys and Stranger Things rejoice: This is your new obsession."-Claire Legrand, New York Times best-selling author of FurybornAfter the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York....
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Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead

Bill Griffith - Abrams ComicArts
Format: Hardcover

Nobody's Fool follows the story of Schlitzie's long career - from Coney Island and the Ringling Bros. Circus to small-town carnivals and big-city sideshows - which is one of legend. Today, Schlitzie is most well-known for his appearance in the cult classic Freaks. The making...
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Children of the Whales, Vol. 9

Abi Umeda - VIZ Media LLC
Format: Paperback

In this postapocalyptic fantasy, a sea of sand swallows everything but the past.In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past. The Mud Whale...
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The Tree of Love

Barbara Cartland - Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Large Print

Devastated by the treachery of the woman he loves, the Marquis of Kenworth leaves London and the Prince Regent's intimate circle of pleasure loving friends, to join the Duke of Wellington's army as plain Captain Ivan Worth. Facing hardship and the grim reality of battle he is convinced...
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Leonardo da Vinci: The 100 Milestones

Martin Kemp - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

To commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death, world-renowned da Vinci expert Martin Kemp explores 100 of the master's milestones in art, science, engineering, architecture, anatomy, and more. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the small Tuscan town of Vinci in April 1452....
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Hidden History of Napa Valley

Alexandria Brown - The History Press
Format: Paperback

Napa Valley is known for its wine and winemakers, but just beneath the fertile soil lies another, more complex version of its history. Uncover the story of Napa's first Chinatown--once home to nearly five hundred immigrants--that dwindled to fewer than seventeen residents before the last...
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The Blue Salt Road

Joanne M Harris - Gollancz
Format: Hardcover

An earthly nourris sits and singsAnd aye she sings, "Ba lilly wean,Little ken I my bairn's father,Far less the land that he staps in. (Child Ballad, no. 113) So begins a stunning tale of love, loss and revenge, against a powerful...
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Young Castro: The Making of a Revolutionary

Jonathan M. Hansen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

An intimate, revisionist portrait of the early years of Fidel Castro, showing how an unlikely young Cuban led his country in revolution and transfixed the world.This book will change how you think about Fidel Castro. Until now, biographers have treated Castro's life like prosecutors, scouring...
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Unfreedom of the Press

Mark R. Levin - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

Six-time New York Times best-selling author, FOX News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin "trounces the news media" (The Washington Times) in this timely and groundbreaking book demonstrating how the great tradition of American free press has degenerated into a standardless profession...
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If I Was the Sunshine

Julie Fogliano - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A breathtaking picture book about the relationships we share from New York Times bestselling storytellers Julie Fogliano and Loren Long in the tradition of The Runaway Bunny and Guess How Much I Love You.if i was the sunshine and you were the day i'd call you hello!...
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PJ Masks Save the Library!

Daphne Pendergrass - Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

Head into the night to save the library with Catboy, Owlette, and Gekko in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read based on PJ Masks, the hit preschool series airing on Disney Junior!The villain Romeo has a new machine. It erases stories from books so he can put his picture inside. Can Owlette...
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The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green

Erica Boyce - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Paperback

Sometimes wonder is found not beyond the stars, but a few feet from your own front door...Daniel Green makes crop circles. As a member of a secret organization, he travels across the country creating strange works of art that leave communities mystified. He's always been alone; in fact,...
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A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder

Dianne Freeman - Kensington
Format: Hardcover

How far will some go to safeguard a secret? In the latest novel in Dianne Freeman's witty and delightful historical mystery series, the adventurous Countess Harleigh finds out . . . Though American by birth, Frances Wynn, the now-widowed Countess of Harleigh, has adapted...
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One Giant Leap: The Untold Story of How We Flew to the Moon

Charles Fishman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Wal-Mart Effect, Charles Fishman reveals the untold true story of the men and women charged with taking the United States to the Moon.President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress...
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Elvis in Vegas: How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show

Richard Zoglin - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.The conventional wisdom is that Las Vegas is what destroyed Elvis Presley, launching him on a downward spiral of drugs, boredom, erratic stage behavior, and eventually his fatal...
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Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform American Energy

Russell Gold - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The author of The Boom, "the best all-around book yet on fracking" (San Francisco Chronicle) , turns his attention to renewable energy pioneer Michael Skelly, whose innovations, struggle, and persistence represent the groundbreaking changes underway in American...
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The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light

Jean Edward Smith - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the dramatic story of the liberation of Paris during World War II - a triumph that was achieved through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, all racing to save the city from destruction.Following their...
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Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry: A Novel

Mary Higgins Clark - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

An electrifying new thriller from "Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark!When investigative journalist Gina Kane receives an email from a "CRyan" describing her "terrible experience" while working at REL, a high-profile television news network, including the comment...
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The Night Olivia Fell

Christina McDonald - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback

In the vein of Big Little Lies and Reconstructing Amelia comes an emotionally charged domestic suspense novel about a mother unraveling the truth behind how her daughter became brain dead. And pregnant.A search for the truth. A lifetime of lies. In the small hours of the morning,...
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Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth

Gordon L. Dillow - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Combining history, pop science, and in-depth reporting, a fascinating account of asteroids that hit Earth long ago, and those streaming toward us now, as well as how we are preparing against asteroid-caused catastrophe.One of these days, warns Gordon Dillow, the Earth will be hit by a comet...
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Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money

Ken Honda - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

Ken Honda - Japan's #1 bestselling personal development guru - teaches you how to achieve peace of mind when it comes to money with this instant national bestseller. Too often, money is a source of fear, stress, and anger, often breaking apart relationships and even ruining lives. We like...
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The Perfect Plan: A Novel

Bryan Reardon - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Bryan Reardon comes a tense, twisting story about two brothers locked together in a dangerous game - and an unforgettable tale of a family's dark secrets.Liam Brennan teeters on the edge. Early one morning, he snaps, kidnapping a young woman...
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Inside the Five-Sided Box: Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon

Ash Carter - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The twenty-fifth Secretary of Defense takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, its vital mission, and what it takes to lead it. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the single largest institution in America: the Department of Defense. The D.O.D. employs...
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Lady Smoke

Laura Sebastian - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

The sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that was "made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir" (Bustle) , Lady Smoke is an epic new fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.The Kaiser...
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Unforgotten, Season 3

Andy Wilson - ‎PBS (Direct)
Format: DVD

When human remains are found by a highway near London, Cassie and Sunny are called in. Dogged work leads the team to a 16-year-old girl who went missing on the eve of the millennium. A close-knit group of old school friends hold the key to what happened. Is one of them capable of murder?...

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Skyward Volume 1: My Low-G Life

JOE HENDERSON - Image Comics
Format: Paperback

One day, gravity on Earth suddenly became a fraction of what it is now. Twenty years later, humanity has adapted to its new low-gravity reality. And to Willa Fowler, a woman born just after G-day, it's...well, it's pretty awesome, actually. You can fly through the air! I mean, sure, you can also...
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Brave Face: A Memoir

Shaun David Hutchinson - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

Critically acclaimed author of We Are the Ants - described as having "hints of Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five" (School Library Journal) - opens...
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The Lost Coast

Amy Rose Capetta - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

The spellbinding tale of six queer witches forging their own paths, shrouded in the mist, magic, and secrets of the ancient California redwoods.Danny didn't know what she was looking for when she and her mother spread out a map of the United States and Danny put her finger down on Tempest,...
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Sadie and the Silver Shoes

Jane Godwin - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

When shoes are the only thing you get to pick out yourself, what happens when you lose one of them? A tale of self-expression and friendship, told with humor and charm.With three older brothers to pass along hand-me-downs, Sadie doesn't have much say in choosing her clothes. Her outfits...
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DatelineLiberated Paris: The Hotel Scribe and the Invasion of the Press

Ronald Weber - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Vividly capturing the heady times in the waning months of World War II, Ronald Weber follows the exploits of Allied reporters as they flooded into liberated Paris after four dark years of Nazi occupation. He traces the remarkable adventures of the men and women who lived, worked, and played...
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Helping the Good Do Better: How a White Hat Lobbyist Advocates for Social Change

Thomas Sheridan - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

How to effect positive social change by the top progressive white hat lobbyist in Washington.HELPING THE GOOD DO BETTER pulls back the curtain on the corridors of power in Washington to reveal how social change really happens. This book offers lessons from the trenches on how some of this...
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Cari Mora: A Novel

Thomas Harris - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of Hannibal Lecter and The Silence of the Lambs comes a story of evil, greed, and the consequences of dark obsession.Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack...
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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

William H. McRaven - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having...
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Old Bones

Douglas Preston - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian...
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Fake Like Me

Barbara Bourland - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

At once a twisted psychological portrait of a woman crumbling under unimaginable pressure and a razor-sharp satire of the contemporary art scene, FAKE LIKE ME is a dark, glamorous, and addictive story of good intentions gone awry, from the critically acclaimed author of I'll Eat When...
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The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

Amy Webb - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we--the...
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Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist

Sarah Hays Coomer - Seal Press
Format: Paperback

A manual for activism that begins with our most powerful asset--our bodiesEven as a wave of renewed feminism swells, too many women continue to starve, stuff, overwork, or neglect our bodies in pursuit of paper-thin ideals. "Fitness" has been co-opted by the beauty industry. We associate...
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The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future

Roger D.Launius - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

Comprehensive illustrated guide to the history of U.S. and international space exploration, both manned and unmannedThroughout history, humans have been fascinated by space. From the Babylonian astronomers of 700 BCE who charted the paths of planets, to the ancient Inca and Aztec builders...
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Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer

Carmen Bambach - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format: Hardcover

A comprehensive and breathtakingly illustrated presentation of the genius of Michelangelo by the world's leading expert on the artist The Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was especially celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces both drawing...
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The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey

Margaret Leslie Davis - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it.For rare-book collectors, an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible--of which there are fewer than 50 in existence--represents the ultimate...
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The Shipkiller: A Novel

Juliet Barker - Pegasus Books
Format: Paperback

In celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of this renowned maritime thriller, a new edition for the next generation of readers. It was the largest moving object on the face of the earth,but for Carolyn and Peter Hardin it was a towering wall of steel bursting out of a squall at full...
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Season One

- Paramount
Format: DVD

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Escape Room

Deborah Ann Woll
Format: Blu-ray

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The Diary of a Bookseller

SHAUN BYTHELL - Melville House
Format: Hardcover

A WRY AND HILARIOUS ACCOUNT OF LIFE AT A BOOKSHOP IN A REMOTE SCOTTISH VILLAGE"Among the most irascible and amusing bookseller memoirs I've read." --Dwight Garner, New York Times "Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny..." - Daily Mail The Diary of a Bookseller...
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Good Housekeeping Super Salads: 70 Fresh and Simple Recipes

Good Housekeeping - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

With these 70 recipes, the editors at Good Housekeeping help you transform your salad from simple to super. Salads are a great way to showcase seasonal fresh produce - but do you find yourself having the same lettuce-dressing combination again and again? Shake it up, with this...
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The Solar System: Out of This World with Science Activities for Kids

Delano Lopez - Nomad Press
Format: Hardcover

Look up! What do you see? The sun, moon, stars, other planets? You're checking out the solar system! The Solar System: Out of This World with Science Activities for Kids invites middle school kids on a journey of a lifetime to explore the comets, meteors, asteroids, sun, planets, and moons...
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Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life

Louise Aronson - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but little respected stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages...
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Science Comics: Dinosaurs: Fossils and Feathers

MK Reed - First Second
Format: Hardcover

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth...
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Swim, Bike, Run, Eat: The Complete Guide to Fueling Your Triathlon

Tom Holland - Fair Winds Press
Format: eBook

Its race day and you have your quick-closure running shoes, sleek suits, bikes, goggles, and watches, but if you havent been training with the proper nutrition, youll be left in the dust in the third mile. Enter Swim, Bike, Run--Eat to guide you from day one of training to the finish line...
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Coconut Oil for Health and Beauty: Uses, Benefits, and Recipes for Weight Loss, Allergies, and Healthy Skin and Hair

Simone McGrath - Skyhorse
Format: Paperback

Coconut oil is an amazing substance that has many health benefits - it helps with weight loss, allergies, skin and health issues, and much more. It is recommended in many health programs and diets, especially the Paleo and raw food diets, and many people are discovering that it is better...
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A Song for the Stars

Ilima Todd - Shadow Mountain
Format: Paperback

Inspired by a true story Hawaiian Islands, 1779 As the second daughter of a royal chief, Maile will be permitted to marry for love. Her fianc is the best navigator in Hawaii, and he taught her everything he knows how to feel the ocean, observe the winds, read the stars, and how to love....
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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 Parade

Dave Eggers - Center Point Pub
Format: Large Print

An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state. Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway.
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Lumberjanes Original Graphic Novel: The Infernal Compass

LILAH STURGES - BOOM! Box
Format: Paperback

The first original graphic novel set in the award winning and critically acclaimed Lumberjanes world!When the Janes start to become separated during an orienteering outing thanks to a mysterious compass, Molly becomes more and more insecure about the effect of her relationship with...
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Coronado Confidential: It Can't Happen Here

Joe Ditler - Joseph Ditler/Schooner or Later Promotions
Format: Hardcover

From obscure little Muscoy in Southern California's Inland Empire to the seemingly sleepy island of Coronado, an unlikely milieu of retired admirals and aging hippies, fringed with palm trees angled and shaped by the wind, Joe Ditler stirs the cobwebs of those who shared his fondness and folly...
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Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II

Robert Matzen - GoodKnight Books
Format: Hardcover

Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered...
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Hot Comb

Ebony Flowers - Drawn and Quarterly
Format: Paperback

An auspicious debut examining the culture of hair from the Rona Jaffe Foundation Award-winning cartoonistHot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming-of-age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond...
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Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Go fishing in Yosemite Valley; canoeing and kayaking in Mammoth Lakes, or horseback riding...
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The Price of Time

Tim Tigner - Independently published
Format: Paperback

Would your character change ...if you had all the money in the world?And all the time?Would you become a better person?Or worse?Imagine Agatha Christie meets Michael Crichton in a fast-paced, philosophical mystery thriller.There's a secret in Silicon Valley. A discovery. An invention....
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My Boy, 1

Hitomi Takano - Vertical Comics
Format: Paperback

An award-winner and top-seller in Japan, this provocative new manga handles its controversial subject with insight and sensitivity.Satoko Tawada, a 30-year-old office worker at a sporting goods company, encounters Mashuu Hayami, a 12-year-old boy, playing soccer in a park at night. She was treated...
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The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity

Catherine A. Sanderson - BenBella Books
Format: Paperback

It's the reason why spending time on Facebook makes us feel sad and lonely. Why expensive name-brand medicines provide better pain relief than the generic stuff, even if they share the same ingredients. And why a hospital room with a good view speeds up recovery from surgery. The truth...
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Mirai [Blu-ray]

John Cho - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: Blu-ray

From acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children) comes a daring original story of love passed down through generations, the anime movie:Mirai. When four-year-old Kun meets his new baby sister, his world is turned upside down. Named Mirai (meaning "future") , the baby quickly...
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Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel

Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck - MARVEL
Format: DVD

Marvel Studios' CAPTAIN MARVEL takes you on a spectacular adventure from the 199s, tracing the path of Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) as she becomes one of the most powerful heroes in the universe. When a galactic war reaches Earth, she meets young agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) at the center...
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Mostly Dead Things

Kristen Arnett - Tin House Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller"This book is my song of the summer." -- Parul Sehgal, The New York Times A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 at Esquire, The Week, BuzzFeed, NYLON, Bustle, HuffPost, The Boston Globe, and more.One morning, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy...
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Running is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier

Scott Douglas - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook

There's no other book like this. Longtime running writer Scott Douglas marshals expert advice (including his own, cultivated from more than 100,000 miles of personal experience) , and a growing body of scientific research to show how running can make us happier.How? Everyone knows that...
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The Stationery Shop

Marjan Kamali - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Together Tea - a debut novel hailed as "compassionate, funny, and wise" by Jill Davis, bestselling author of Girls' Poker Night - comes a powerful love story exploring loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate. Roya is a dreamy,...
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Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon

Tucker Malarkey - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

"A powerful and inspiring story. Guido Rahr's mission to save the wild Pacific salmon leads him into adventures that make for a breathtakingly exciting read." - Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia In the tradition of Mountains Beyond Mountains and The Orchid...
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The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

Alex Kershaw - Random House Large Print
Format: Large Print

The New York Times bestselling author of The Liberator and Avenue of Spies returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account of D-Day combat. Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wave follows the remarkable men who carried...
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High Noon

Gary Cooper - Olive Films
Format: DVD

Clocks tick as a retired marshal quits town with his bride; then goes back for a showdown. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Best actor Oscar for Cooper.
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Fear the walking dead. The complete third season

Dave Erickson - AMC
Format: DVD video

As it returns for Season 3, families will be brought together in the vibrant and violent ecotone of the U.S.-Mexico border. International lines done away with following the worlds end, the characters must attempt to rebuild not only society, but family as well.
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Hotel Mumbai

Armie Hammer - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

A true story of humanity and heroism, Hotel Mumbai vividly recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi (Anupam Kher) and a waiter (Academy Award nominee Dev Patel, Slumdog...
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Diez novelas de Csar Aira / Ten Novels by Cesar Aira

César Aira - Literatura Random House
Format: Paperback

Este volumen reune diez de las mejores novelas del gran autor argentino, Csar Aira, con seleccin y prefacio de Juan Pablo Villalobos.Hace tiempo descubrimos que la gran novela de Csar Aira se estaba escribiendo con la acumulacin de sus decenas de novelitas, que alcanzaron la centena...
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