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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

Amor Towles - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"The book is like a salve. I think the world feels disordered right now. The count's refinement and genteel nature are exactly what we're longing for." - Ann Patchett"How delightful that in an era as crude as ours this finely composed novel stretches out with old-World...
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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

J.K. Rowling - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

What did Harry Potter know about magic? He was stuck living with the decidedly un-magical Dursleys, who hated him. He slept in a closet and ate their leftovers. But an owl messenger changes all that, with an invitation to attend the Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches, where it turns...
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A Court of Mist and Fury

Sarah J Maas - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

The # 1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas' spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court--but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't...
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Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague

Geraldine Brooks - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover

Young Anna Frith, a vicar's maid, is faced with the loss of her family, the disintegration of her local community, and a passionate, illicit love as she and her village confront the horrors of the plague, in a historical novel based on real-life events in seventeenth-century England. A first...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God CD

Zora Neale Hurston - HarperCollins
Format: Audio CD

"A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don't know how to live properly." - Zadie SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth...
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Some Girls Bite

Chloe Neill - Ace
Format: eBook

First in a brand new series about a Chicago graduate student's introduction into a society of vampires.Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn't exactly glamorous, but it was Merit's. She was doing fine until a rogue vampire attacked her. But he only got a sip before he was scared away...
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The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin...
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4:50 From Paddington: A Miss Marple Mystery

Agatha Christie

Elspeth McGillicuddy was not a woman usually given to hallucinations. But when she witnesses what appears to be a woman being strangled on a train and no-one else sees it, no-one reports it and no corpse is found she turns to her old friend Jane Marple to help solve the puzzle. Ma
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