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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery · Atria Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD New York Times Bestseller "Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk did for raptors." (New Statesman, UK) Starred BOOKLIST and Library Journal Editors' Spring Pick One of the Best...
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The quartet : orchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789

Joseph J Ellis · Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Pages: 290
Format: Print book

From Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Joseph J. Ellis, the unexpected story of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. We all know the famous opening phrase of Lincoln's...
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The End

Charlie Higson · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

Shadowman, realizing that Saint George's army is headed toward the center of London, has raced ahead to warn the kids of the impending disaster. He knows that he has to make them understand--somehow--that they are going to have to work together. This means that Nicola and her kids at the Houses...
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel A Van der Kolk · Viking
Pages: 443
Format: Print book

A pioneering researcher and one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for healing Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with...
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Rushing Waters: A Novel

Danielle Steel · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Danielle Steel fearlessly tackles a catastrophe and its aftermath with characters who are joined together by accident, then share their vulnerabilities, regrets, losses, and hopes. Hurricane Ophelia is bearing down on New York City. And in a matter of hours, six people, along with their...
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China Rich Girlfriend: A Novel

Kevin Kwan · Doubleday
Pages: 4378
Format: Hardcover

Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers...
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We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

Georgia Hunter · Penguin Books
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive - and to reunite - We Were the Lucky Ones is a sweeping novel spanning six years and five continents and a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds "Love...
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Flight Patterns

Karen White · New American Library
Pages: 401
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling author of The Sound of Glass and coauthor of The Forgotten Room tells the story of a woman coming home to the family she left behind - and to the woman she always wanted to be...Georgia Chambers has spent her life sifting through other people's pasts while...
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Mornings on Main

Jodi Thomas · HQN
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

From the beloved and bestselling author of the Ransom Canyon and Harmony, Texas series comes a powerful, heartwarming story about generations of family and the ironclad bonds they forgeJillian James has never had a place she could call home. So when she lands in the sleepy Texas town of Laurel...
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Make Up: Your Life Guide to Beauty, Style, and Success--Online and Off

Michelle Phan · Harmony
Pages: 230
Format: Hardcover

Michelle Phan has believed in makeup since the first time she was allowed to try eyeliner. When she looked in the mirror and saw a transformed version of herself looking back, she fell in love with the sense of confidence that makeup could give her. Ever since she posted her first makeup...
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Rust: The Longest War

Jonathan Waldman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize ** A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year It has been called "the great destroyer" and "the evil." The Pentagon refers to it as "the pervasive menace." It destroys cars, fells bridges, sinks ships, sparks house...
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The North Corridor

Chevelle
Format: Audio CD

American hard rockers return with 2016 album once again produced by Joe Barresi [Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, Coheed & Cambria]
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Batman vs. Robin

Stuart Allan · Warner Home Video
Format: DVD

From Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, this much-anticipated DC universe original animated movie mixes elements from DC Comics lore with exciting new plots. Fans will remember the Court of Owls story line from the Batman comic series.
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Emma's Chance

Greer Grammer · Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

While volunteering at a horse rescue, Emma forms an unlikely bond with an abused horse that won't let anyone else ride him. Gaining new skills and confidence, Emma hatches a plan to redeem herself and ultimately save the ranch she's grown to love.
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Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen: A Novel

Alison Weir · Ballantine Books
Pages: 602
Format: Print book

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir takes on what no fiction writer has done before: creating a dramatic six-book series in which each novel covers one of King Henry VIII's wives. In this captivating opening volume, Weir brings to life the tumultuous tale of Katherine...
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