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The Boston Girl: A Novel

Anita Diamant · Scribner, 2014.
Pages: 322
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century.Addie Baum is The Boston Girl,...
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The Godfather Notebook

Francis Ford Coppola · Regan Arts
Pages: 784
Format: Hardcover

THE PUBLISHING SENSATION OF THE YEAR FOR EVERY FILM FAN The never-before-published edition of Francis Ford Coppola's notes and annotations on The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo reveals the story behind one of the world's most iconic films. The most important unpublished work on one of the greatest...
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One more last chance : a novel

Cathleen Armstrong · Revell
Format: eBook

Some things never change . . . and some things change you forever.Sarah Cooley has come home to Last Chance, New Mexico, for one reason--because it doesn't change. After a relationship gone bad with a man who wanted to change everything about her, Sarah is more than ready for the town whose...
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara · HarperLuxe
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback

Introduction by Gillian FlynnAfterword by Patton Oswalt"I'll Be Gone in the Dark will undoubtedly be stocked in the True Crime section, which is fine, but in so many ways it's a brilliant genre-buster. It's propulsive, can't-stop-now reading, which makes it all too easy...
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The Other Alcott: A Novel

Elise Hooper · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

A People Magazine and POPSUGAR pick! "[May's] adventures illuminate the world of intrepid female artists in the late 1800s [ ... ] The Other Alcott comes alive in its development of the relationship between Louisa and May." --The New York TimesElise Hooper's debut novel conjures...
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All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More In Less Space

Mel Bartholomew · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Square Foot Gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden, whether you're growing an urban garden, or have an entire backyard. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books teaching how to become a successful...
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The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

Myquillyn Smith · Zondervan
Pages: 199
Format: Hardcover

Perfection is overrated.Popular blogger and self-taught decorator Myquillyn Smith (The Nester) is all about embracing reality -- especially when it comes to decorating a home bursting with boys, pets, and all the unpredictable messes of life.In The Nesting Place, Myquillyn shares the secrets...
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The Walking Dead Volume 20: All Out War Part 1 TP

Robert Kirkman · Image Comics; First Edition edition
Format: Comics

- The biggest storyline in Walking Dead history starts here! It's Rick versus Negan with a little help from everyone else! - Collects issues #115-120. - The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility....
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We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

Georgia Hunter · Penguin Books
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERInspired 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 tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds. A hopeful and inspiring read that's...
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Flesh and Blood: A Scarpetta Novel

Patricia Daniels Cornwell · HarperCollins
Pages: 369
Format: Print book

It's Dr. Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and she's about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids' game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny...
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Fools and Mortals

BERNARD CORNWELL · Harper
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell makes a dramatic departure with this enthralling, action-packed standalone novel that tells the story of the first production of A Midsummer Night's Dream - as related by William Shakespeare's estranged younger brother.Lord, what fools...
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Donna Bell's Bake Shop: Recipes and Stories of Family, Friends, and Food

Pauley Perrette · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The heartwarming story of how NCIS star Pauley Perrette and her two best friends created a Southern-style bake shop in Manhattan - a celebration of love and friendship with gorgeous photographs and delicious recipes.Nestled in the heart of midtown New York is a little shop with a big story....
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Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

"How simplicity trumps complexity in nature, business, and life. We struggle to manage complexity every day. We follow intricate diets to lose weight, juggle multiple remotes to operate our home entertainment systems, face proliferating data at the office, and hack through thickets...
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Moonglow: A Novel

Michael Chabon · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWall Street Journal's Best Novel of the YearA New York Times Notable Book of the Year * A Washington Post Best Book of the Year * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year * A Slate Best Book of the Year * A Christian Monitor...
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Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News?

Philip Yancey · Thomas Nelson Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"Why does the church stir up such negative feelings?" Philip Yancey has been asking this all his life as a journalist. His perennial question is more relevant now than ever: in a twenty-year span starting in the mid-nineties, research shows that favorable opinions of Christianity...
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