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Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod

CASEY SHERMAN - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover

Before Charles Manson, there was Tony Costa -- the serial killer of Cape Cod1969: The hippie scene is vibrant in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Long-haired teenagers roam the streets, strumming guitars and preaching about peace and love... and Tony Costa is at the center of it all. To a certain...
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Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library

Amanda Oliver - ‎Chicago Review Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

"One part love letter, one part eulogy, Overdue tells the story of America's public library system . . . Amanda Oliver proves herself a vibrant new literary voice . . . This is a book for all book lovers."  - Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth...
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George Michael: A Life

James Gavin - ‎Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of George Michael, offering an expansive look at the troubled life of the legendary singer, songwriter, and pop superstar       George Michael was an extravagantly gifted, openhearted soul singer whose work was both pained and smolderingly erotic. He was a songwriter...
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Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me

Ada Calhoun - ‎Grove Press
Format: Hardcover

A staggering memoir from New York Times-bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relationship with her father and their shared obsession with a great poetWhen Ada Calhoun stumbled upon old cassette tapes of interviews her father, celebrated art critic Peter Schjeldahl, had conducted...
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The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier

April White - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own termsFor a woman traveling without her husband in the late nineteenth century, there was only...
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Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

Bo Seo - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

"The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter - and everyone around you wiser." - Adam Grant Two-time world champion debater and former coach of the Harvard debate team, Bo Seo tells the inspiring story of his life in competitive debating and reveals the timeless...
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I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays

Tom Segura - ‎Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From Tom Segura, the massively successful stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-topping podcasts "2 Bears 1 Cave" and "Your Mom's House," hilarious real-life stories of parenting, celebrity encounters, youthful mistakes, misanthropy, and so much more. Tom Segura...
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If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing

Kathleen Buhle - Crown
Format: Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Kathleen Buhle shares her story of resilience and self-discovery after her marriage to Hunter Biden unraveled in the wake of substance abuse and infidelity in this intimate, astonishing memoir."Kathleen Buhle's brave and honest story transcends politics,...
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Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away

ANN HAGEDORN - ‎Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback

Nominated for an Edgar Award​ This "historical page-turner of the highest order" (The Wall Street Journal) tells the chilling story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb project in World War II, perfect for fans of The Americans.George Koval was born in Iowa. In 1932,...
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THIS IS NOT A PITY MEMOIR

ABI MORGAN - HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Format: Hardcover

A moving memoir from the award-winning screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan about what happens when the person you love most no longer recognizes youOne afternoon, Abi Morgan returned home to find her longtime partner and father to their two kids collapsed on the bathroom floor. Jacob,...
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