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Winter Stroll

Elin Hilderbrand · Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Pages: 263
Format: Print book


"Happy Holidays 2015! It has been a rough year for the Quinns, but I would like to start by saying thank you for all of the well wishes and positive missives sent our way."

Another Christmas on Nantucket finds Winter Street Inn owner Kelley Quinn reflecting...
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2015

James Patterson · Mariner Books
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have...
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Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis: The Vampire Chronicles

Anne Rice · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

From Anne Rice, conjurer of the beloved best sellers Interview with the Vampire and Prince Lestat, an ambitious and exhilarating new novel of utopian vision and power, uniting the ancient worlds and the legends of the Vampire Chronicles.

"In my dreams, I saw a city...
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The Age of Light: A Novel

WHITNEY SCHARER · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"Sweeping from the glamour of 1930's Paris through the battlefields of World War II and into the war's long shadow, The Age of Light is a startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman's self-transformation from muse into artist."--Celeste Ng, New...
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Pirate

Clive Cussler · Putnam
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

The outstanding new Sam and Remi Fargo adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

An 800-year-old treasure . . . an ancient cypher wheel . . . a brutal murder . . . and a man who will stop at nothing to claim what he considers rightfully his. Husband-and-wife...
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Shadow Spell

Nora Roberts · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 339
Format: Paperback

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a trilogy about the land we're drawn to, the family we learn to cherish, and the people we long to love ... Book Two of The Cousins O'Dwyer TrilogyShadow SpellWith the legends and lore of Ireland running through his blood,...
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Seveneves

Neal Stephenson · William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 867
Format: Print book

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic - a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.

What would happen if the world were ending?

A catastrophic...

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The Waking Fire: The Draconis Memoria

Anthony Ryan · Ace
Pages: 582
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Raven's Shadow Trilogy was a perfect read for "fans of broadscale epic fantasy along the lines of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire novels."* Now, Anthony Ryan begins a new saga, The Draconis...
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Gray Mountain: A Novel

John Grisham · Random House Inc
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

John Grisham has a new hero . . . and she's full of surprises

The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track - until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the "lucky"...
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Four: A Divergent Collection

Veronica Roth · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 285
Format: Hardcover

Fans of the Divergent trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view.

This...

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The Oysterville Sewing Circle: Library Edition

Susan Wiggs · Blackstone Pub
Format: Audiobook

The #1 New York Times bestselling author brings us her most ambitious and provocative work yet?a searing and timely novel that explores the most volatile issue of our time?domestic violence. At the break of dawn, Caroline Shelby rolls into Oysterville, Washington, a tiny hamlet at the edge...
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H Is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald · Grove Press
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

One of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year

ON MORE THAN 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR LISTS: including TIME (#1 Nonfiction Book) , NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine (10 Favorite Books) , Vogue (Top 10) , Vanity Fair, Washington Post,...
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Brush Back

Sara Paretsky · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 459
Format: Hardcover

Chicago's V. I. Warshawski confronts crooked politicians and buried family secrets in the gritty new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Sara Paretsky.

No one would accuse V. I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but there are a few she'd be happy to avoid. High...
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Leave Your Mark: Land Your Dream Job. Kill It in Your Career. Rock Social Media.

Aliza Licht · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

LEAVE YOUR MARK isn't an advice book -- it's a mentorship in 288 pages. Aliza Licht-global fashion communications executive, AKA fashion's favorite 'PR girl' and former Twitter phenomenon-is here to tell her story, complete with The Devil Wears Prada-like moments and insider...
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Silent Night: A Novel

Danielle Steel · Random House Large Print
Pages: 460
Format: Paperback

A shocking accident. A little girl struggling to survive. And the childless aunt who transforms her own world to help her . . . Danielle Steel's latest novel is a deeply moving story of resilience and hope.

Paige Watts is the ultimate stage mother. The daughter of Hollywood royalty,...
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