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Annihilation: A Novel

Jeff VanderMeer · Farrar Straus & Giroux
Format: Book

Area X has claimed the lives of members of eleven expeditions. The twelfth expedition consisting of four women hopes to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being...
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The Newcomers: Learning a New Language and Making a New Home in a Place Called America

HELEN THORPE · Scribner
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning, "meticulously observant" (The New Yorker) writer comes a powerful and moving account of how refugee teenagers at a Denver public high school learn English and become Americans.

The Newcomers follows the lives of twenty-two immigrant...
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Autonomous

ANNALEE NEWITZ · Tor Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet." -- Neal Stephenson

"Something genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POV -- and all in the service...

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Can't Let Go

Gena Showalter · HQN
Pages: 412
Format: Mass Market Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter is back with a sizzling Original Heartbreakers tale about an icy war vet and the only woman capable of melting him ...

With trust issues a mile long, Ryanne Wade has sworn off men. Then Jude Laurent walks into her bar, and all bets...
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Sheet Pan Suppers Meatless: 100 Surprising Vegetarian Meals Straight from the Oven

Raquel Pelzel · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

The magic of Sheet Pan Suppers is back, bringing its inspired one-pan approach to vegetarians, flexitarians, vegans, those following a gluten-free diet, and everyone who's interested in adding delicious, meatless meals to their repertoire.

Not only is cooking on a sheet pan incredibly...
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Fodor's Maine, Vermont & New Hampshire: with the Best Fall Foliage Drives & Scenic Road Trips

Fodor'S. · Fodor's Travel
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for more than 80 years.

Northern New England is a classic American destination: iconic landscapes such as the rocky Maine coast, Vermont's Green Mountains, and New Hampshire's Lake...
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Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster
Format: Book

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality...
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Not a Creature Was Purring

Krista Davis · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Santa Claws is coming to town and checking his list for a murderer - as the New York Times bestselling Paws & Claws Mysteries continue ...

Inn owner Holly Miller finds it ruff staying cheerful over the holidays when the dead body of a beloved businessman turns up in the pet-friendly...
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Raising Your Spirited Child, Third Edition: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka · William Morrow, 2015.
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

Including real life stories, this newly revised third edition of the award-winning bestseller - voted one of the top twenty parenting books - provides parents with the most up-to-date research, effective discipline tips, and practical strategies for raising spirited children.Do you ever...
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Encaustic Art: The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art with Wax

Lissa Rankin · Watson-Guptill; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

With a history that stretches back to the hauntingly beautiful mummy portraits of Greco-Roman Egypt, encaustic art is now enjoying a renewal of popularity among artists and art lovers alike. Today, museums are staging exhibitions of encaustic art, workshops in the technique are thriving,...
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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir

Sherman Alexie · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover


The Instant New York Times Bestseller

One of the most anticipated books of 2017--Entertainment Weekly and Bustle

A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning...
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Me Before You

Jojo Moyes · Penguin Books
Pages: 8
Format: Paperback

Look out for Jojo's new book, Still Me, the next book featuring Louisa Clark from Me Before You and After You, coming soon!


They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly...
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The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden

Rick Darke · Timber Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife. But they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, and maybe even a vegetable patch. Sure, it's a tall order, but The Living Landscape shows how to do it. By combining the insights of two outstanding...
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The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition: How to recognize it and how to respond

Patricia Evans · Adams Media; Third Edition edition
Format: Paperback

In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread than ever, and how you can deal with it. Youll get more of the answers you need to recognize abuse when it happens, respond to abusers safely and appropriately, and most...
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The Butterfly and the Violin

Kristy Cambron · Thomas Nelson Inc
Pages: 329
Format: Paperback

"Fresh. Fascinating. Unforgettable. The Butterfly and the Violin is a masterpiece of a debut." --Laura Frantz, author of Love's Reckoning". . . impossible to put down." --RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 Stars, TOP PICK!A Mysterious painting breathes hope and beauty into the darkest...
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