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Year One

Nora Roberts - St. Martin's Press
Format: eBook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts - Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives ... It began...
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Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace

Jennifer Chiaverini - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the fascinating life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace - Lord Byron's daughter, the world's first computer programmer, and a woman whose exceptional contributions to science and technology have been too long...
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Death at Nuremberg

W. E. B. Griffin - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

Assigned to the Nuremberg war trials, special agent James Cronley, Jr., finds himself fighting several wars at once, in the dramatic new Clandestine Operations novel about the birth of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Cold War. When Jim Cronley hears he's just won the Legion of Merit,...
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The Wanted

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

It seemed like a simple case - before the bodies starting piling up. Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner, Joe Pike, take on the deadliest case of their lives in the new masterpiece of suspense from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.When single mother Devon Connor hires...
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The Demon Crown: A Sigma Force Novel

James Rollins - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

A construction project beneath the National Mall reveals a dark secret dating back to the Civil War, something buried by a cabal of scientists, led by Alexander Graham Bell, who helped found the Smithsonian Institution. It is a cache of bones, preserved in amber, protecting a wonder like...
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The Body in the Casket: A Faith Fairchild Mystery

Katherine Hall Page - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn't familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded...
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Insidious Intent

Val McDermid - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

"Powerful . . . McDermid's prose is pure pleasure to read . . . The plot is tight, the story is thrilling, the ending is as satisfying as they come . . . A master operating at the height of her considerable powers. Prepare to be swept away." -- Mystery Scene on Splinter...
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The How Not to Die Cookbook: 100 Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease

MICHAEL M D GREGER - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

From Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the physician behind the trusted and wildly popular website Nutritionfacts.org, and author of the New York Times bestselling book How Not to Die, comes a beautifully-designed, comprehensive cookbook complete with more than 120 recipes for delicious,...
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The Girl in the Tower: A Novel

Katherine Arden - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingale continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home - but soon finds herself called upon to help defend the city of Moscow when it comes under...
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Beau Death

PETER LOVESEY - Soho Crime
Format: Hardcover

In the seventeenth installment in Peter Lovesey's timeless British detective series, Peter Diamond digs deep into Bath history to ferret out the secrets of one of its most famous (and scandalous) icons: Richard "Beau" Nash, who might have been the victim of a centuries-old...
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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

Daniel Ellsberg - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, an eyewitness expos of the dangers of America's Top Secret, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that--chillingly--continues to this day.Here, for the first time, former high level defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg reveals his shocking...
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Nightblind: A Thriller

RAGNAR JONASSON - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

Chilling, and complex, Nightblind is an extraordinary thriller from undeniable new talent Ragnar Jonasson.Ari Thr Arason: a local policeman, whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland -- where no one locks...
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Bryant & May - Wild Chamber

Christopher Fowler - Bantam
Format: Hardcover

Detectives Arthur Bryant and John May are back on the case in this whip-smart and wildly twisting mystery, in which a killer in London's parks is proving to be a most elusive quarry. Helen Forester's day starts like any other: Around seven in the morning, she takes her West...
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The Whole30 Fast & Easy Cookbook: 150 Simply Delicious Everyday Recipes for Your Whole30

Melissa Hartwig Urban - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller featuring 150 all new, Whole30-compliant recipes - all fast and easy to prepare Millions of people have transformed their lives with Whole30, yet co-creator Melissa Hartwig wants to make it even easier to achieve Whole30 success - with delicious, compliant,...
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Firefly Cove (Miramar Bay)

T Davis Bunn - Kensington
Format: Hardcover

A Delilah Book Club SelectionFrom the internationally bestselling author of Miramar Bay comes a deeply emotional novel that explores the challenges of living, the joys of loving, and the bittersweet act of letting go . . . I have this, Lucius thought to himself. I have today. Since...
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Persepolis Rising

James S. A. Corey - Orbit
Format: Hardcover

The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series.AN OLD ENEMY RETURNSIn the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between...
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Mississippi Roll: A Wild Cards novel

GEORGE R R MARTIN - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for current fans and new readers alike, Mississippi Roll is an all-new, adventurous jaunt along one of America's greatest rivers, featuring many beloved characters from the Wild Cards universeEdited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin, Mississippi...
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Now That You Mention It

Kristan Higgins - HQN Books
Format: Hardcover

One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becoming a Boston medical specialist was a step forward. Being hit by a car and then overhearing her boyfriend hit on another doctor when she thought she was dying Two major steps back. Injured...
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No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters

Ursula K Le Guin - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts - always adroit, often acerbic - on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation. Ursula K. Le Guin has taken readers to imaginary worlds for decades. Now she's...
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The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World's Happiest People

Meik Wiking - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Join the happiness revolution! The author of the New York Times bestseller The Little Book of Hygge offers more inspiration and suggestions for achieving greater happiness, by practicing Lykke (LOO-ka) - pursuing and finding the good that exists in the world around us every day.While...
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The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir

Maude Julien - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, a memoir to be read in one breathless sitting that will leave you astonished by the courage and creative power of even the most neglected soul. Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into...
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Atkins: Eat Right, Not Less: Your Guidebook for Living a Low-Carb and Low-Sugar Lifestyle (5)

Colette Heimowitz - Atria Books
Format: Paperback

Enjoy the benefits of a lower-carb lifestyle on your own terms - including a better keto diet: This is Atkins® your way.For more than forty years, Atkins has used proven scientific research to help millions achieve weight-loss goals and improve their health by controlling carbohydrate...
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