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I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

Martin Ganda · Little
Pages: 392
Format: Print book

"The true story of an all-American girl and a boy from"" Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. " It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive...
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Into the Fury

Kat Martin · Zebra Books, 2016.
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

"I love her books!" -Linda Lael Miller"Martin is superb." --RT Book ReviewsA bodyguard, a bounty hunter, a P.I.--the men of Brodie Operations Security Service, Inc. are down for the job. . .Sinners, whores, and sluts beware--your time is at hand: a faceless menace...
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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

Ian W. Toll · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 656
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestseller The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire, island by island.This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War -- the period between mid-1942...
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Crimson Shore

Douglas Preston · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A secret chamber.A mysterious shipwreck.A murder in the desolate salt marshes.A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated.Pendergast, together with his ward Constance Greene,...
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John Dies at the End

David Wong · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 466
Format: Book

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURESTOP.You should not have touched this book with your bare hands.NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you.My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours.You may not want to know about the things...
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The Painter's Daughter

Julie Klassen · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

Julie Klassen Is the Gold Standard for Inspirational Regency FictionSophie Dupont, daughter of a portrait painter, assists her father in his studio, keeping her own artwork out of sight. She often walks the cliffside path along the north Devon coast, popular with artists and poets. It's...
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel A Van der Kolk · Viking
Pages: 443
Format: Print book

A pioneering researcher and one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for healing Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with...
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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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The Edge of Lost

Kristina Mcmorris
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris comes an ambitious and heartrending story of immigrants, deception, and second chances.On a cold night in October 1937, searchlights cut through the darkness around Alcatraz. A prison guard's only daughter--one o
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert · Henry Holt and Co
Pages: 319
Format: Hardcover

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALISTA major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful...
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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

Ben Macintyre · Random House Inc
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century's greatest spy story.Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height...
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If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran

Carla Power · Holt McDougal
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

"Carla Power's intimate portrait of the Quran captures the extraordinary, living debate over the Muslim holy book's very essence. A spirited, compelling read."-Azadeh Moaveni, author of Lipstick JihadIf the Oceans Were Ink is Carla Power's eye-opening story of how she and her longtime...
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What I Know For Sure

Oprah Winfrey · Flatiron Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

As a creative force, student of the human heart and soul, and champion of living the life you want, Oprah Winfrey stands alone. Over the years, she has made history with a legendary talk show - the highest-rated program of its kind, launched her own television network, become the nation's...
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The One That Got Away: A Novel

Bethany Chase · Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

Perfect for fans of Emily Giffin and Jennifer Weiner, this bright, funny debut from a fresh voice in fiction offers a delicious take on love, family, and what it means to build a home of one's own. Sarina Mahler thinks she has her life all nailed down: a growing architecture practice...
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Apprentice in Death

J D Robb · Berkley Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Lieutenant Eve Dallas returns in a fast-paced new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb. Nature versus nurture... The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. Within seconds, three people were dead at Central Park's ice-skating rink. The victims: a talented...
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