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Catherine Anderson · Berkley
Pages: 448
Format: Mass Market Paperback

The New York Times bestselling author returns to Mystic Creek, Oregon, with a story about finding an unforgettable love just around the corner. . . .

When a favorite customer on his delivery route needs a favor, Tanner Richards agrees to help without a second thought. The last...
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Behold the Dreamers

Imbolo Mbue · Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pages: 397
Format: Paperback

A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream - the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy

New York Times Bestseller...
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Countdown City: The Last Policeman Book II

Ben Winters · Quirk Books; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

The weird beautiful unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery seriesmdashJohn Green author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper TownsWinner of the Philip K Dick AwardThe Last Policemanreceived the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original--along with...
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Ample Hills Creamery: Secrets and Stories from Brooklyn's Favorite Ice Cream Shop

Brian Smith · Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2014.
Pages: 222
Format: Print book

Ample Hills Creamery is an ice-cream destination that attracts thousands of customers each day from near and far to Prospect Heights and Gowanus, Brooklyn. Lines wind around the block, spurred on by the chance to try one of their unforget­table flavors, and these and countless others will...
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Make Yourself Unforgettable: How to Become the Person Everyone Remembers and No One Can Resist

Dale Carnegie Training · Touchstone; Original edition
Format: Print book

From one of the most trusted and bestselling brands in business training Make Yourself Unforgettable reveals how to develop and embody unforgettable qualities so you can become the effective and desirable colleague and friend possibleLearn how to develop and embody the ten essential elements...
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The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice

Patricia Bell-Scott · Vintage Books
Pages: 454
Format: Print book

A finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and longlisted for the National Book Award, The Firebrand and the First Lady is the riveting history, two decades in the making, of how a brilliant writer-turned-activist and the first lady of the United States forged...
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The Costume Making Guide: Creating Armor and Props for Cosplay

Svetlana Quindt · Impact
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Bring your cosplay dreams to life with your own two hands! The Best Cosplay Tutorial Guide Ever! Get ready to impress ordinary mortals with your superhuman costume-making skills. You can do it no matter what your experience level with this, the first full step-by-step technique book on cosplay--with...
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Lila: A Novel

Marilynne Robinson · Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pages: 261
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
National Book Award Finalist

A new American classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead and Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town...

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Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

"Majestic...Isaacson takes on another complex, giant figure and transforms him into someone we can recognize...Enthralling, masterful, and passionate." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A monumental tribute to a titanic figure." - Publishers Weekly...
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Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction

DIANA GABALDON · Delacorte Press
Pages: 526
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A magnificent collection of Outlander short fiction - including two never-before-published novellas - featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, from Diana Gabaldon

Among the seven spellbinding pieces there is "The...
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How to Live: What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community

Judith Valente · Hampton Roads Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

The Rule of St. Benedict arose from an era when a great civilization was threatened by violence, economic forces that favored the wealthy, political leaders that lacked the trust of the public, and rampant xenophobia. Similar to the anxieties and frustrations of the 6th century, we are living...
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The Language of Flowers

Vanessa Diffenbaugh · Large Print Press; Lrg edition
Format: Large Print

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it's been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent...
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Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook

Weight Watchers · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

One pot and you're done—delicious recipes using everyday kitchen equipment With every day so busy, wouldn't you just love to throw everything in one pot and have dinner ready? With Weight Watchers® One Pot Cookbook, you'll find 300 super-tasty and healthy one-dish...
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Before I Die

Candy Chang · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

After losing someone she loved, artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans with chalkboard paint and stenciled the sentence, "Before I die I want to _____." Within a day of the wall's completion, it was covered in colorful...
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The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

Diane Wiessinger · Ballantine Books; 8 Rev Upd edition

It's no secret that breastfeeding is the normal, healthy way to nourish and nurture your baby. Dedicated to supporting nursing and expectant mothers, the internationally respected La Leche League has set the standard for educating and empowering mothers in this natural art for generations....
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