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Don't I Know You?

Marni Jackson · Flatiron Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

What if some of the artists we feel as if we know -- Meryl Streep, Neil Young, Bill Murray -- turned up in the course of our daily lives? This is what happens to Rose McEwan, an ordinary woman who keeps having strange encounters with famous people. In this engrossing, original novel-in-stories,...
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The Wisdom of Perversity

Rafael Yglesias · Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

I should have told. Julies right I would have saved dozens of others. Jeff, Julie, Sam, the academy kids, the Huck Finn boys, everyone else was ignorant or greedy or scared or confused or overwhelmed by bullies, but I was strong enough—I couldve pushed him away. I did push him away. I saved...
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The Hermit

Thomas Rydahl · Oneworld Publications
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

"Stunningly conceived and expertly executed." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"If Danish debut author Rydahl is launching a series, he's come up with a winner... A languid stroll with a sage detective through vivid locales that leaves a lasting impression." - Kirkus...
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Geis: A Matter of Life and Death

Alexis Deacon · Nobrow Pr
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

As the great chief matriarch lay dying, she gave one final decree: Upon her death there would be a contest. Having no heir of her own blood she called on the Gods. Let fate decide the one truly worthy to rule in her place. The rich, the strong, the wise, the powerful; many put forward their...
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Cosmic Hotel: A Novel

Russ Franklin · Soft Skull Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Sandeep Sanghavi, the mixed-race son of an Indian businesswoman and a famous American astronomer lives a nomadic albeit mundane life traveling the country with his mother's hotel consulting firm. His life becomes more interesting when various lost objects suddenly begin to reappear....
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Hawk

Steven Brust · Tor Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Years ago, Vlad Taltos came to make his way as a human amidst the impossibly tall, fantastically long-lived natives of the Dragaeran Empire. He joined the Jhereg, the Dragaeran House (of which there are seventeen) that handles the Empire's vices: gambling, rackets, organized crime....
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Brain Storm

Elaine Viets · Thomas & Mercer
Format: Print book

The ultrawealthy families of Chouteau Forest may look down on a woman like death investigator Angela Richman, but they also rely on her. When a horrific car crash kills a Forest teenager, Angela is among the first on the scene. Her investigation is hardly underway, however, when she suffers...
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Devotion

Ros Barber · Oneworld Publications
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

"Barber's sensational premise delivers an unexpectedly piercing exploration of loss and different kinds of faith." - Kirkus ReviewsThe new novel from the award-winning author of THE MARLOWE PAPERS,winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize, and long-listed for the Women's Prize...
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Only for You

Beth Kery · Berkley Trade; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Some passions are too hot to disguiseFormer Army intelligence officer Seth Hightower may work with the Hollywood elite as a makeup artist, but hes learned not to trust the rich and famous with anything more than a good time. Only one woman ever tempted him to break his rules about dating...
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