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When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
Steven D. Levitt · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It's the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty,... |
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Can I Go Now?: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent
Brian Kellow · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"To call Sue Mengers a 'character' is an understatement, unless the word is written in all-caps, followed by an exclamation point and modified by an expletive. And based on Brian Kellow's assessment in his thoroughly researched Can I Go Now? even that description may be playing... |
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The Best American Short Stories 2015
T.C. Boyle · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved Best American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, "The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move... |
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Rushing Waters: A Novel
Danielle Steel · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Danielle Steel fearlessly tackles a catastrophe and its aftermath with characters who are joined together by accident, then share their vulnerabilities, regrets, losses, and hopes.
Hurricane Ophelia is bearing down on New York City. And in a matter of hours, six people, along... |
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We All Looked Up
Tommy Wallach · Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pages: 370
Format: Hardcover
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Four high school seniors put their hopes, hearts, and humanity on the line as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth in this contemporary novel.
They always say that high school is the best time of your life.
Peter, the star basketball player at his school, is worried "they"... |
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A Work in Progress: A Memoir
Connor Franta · Atria/Keywords Press; annotated edition edition
Format: Print book
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In this intimate memoir of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation - so far. Here, Connor offers a look at his Midwestern upbringing as one of four children in the home and one of five in the classroom;... |
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Passenger
Alexandra Bracken · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 486
Format: Hardcover
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In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles, but years from home. And she's inherited a legacy she knows... |
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Ancillary Sword
Ann Leckie · Orbit
Format: Paperback
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The sequel to Ancillary Justice, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, British Science Fiction, Locus and Arthur C. Clarke Awards. |
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No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness
Michelle L Segar · AMACOM--American Management Association,
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"When it comes to exercise, most of us have gotten the message but still lack the motivation. That's why we need this remarkable book." --Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us"No Sweat provides a step-by-step program... |
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Train: The Definitive Visual History
DK Publishing · DK
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Featuring amazing images of trains, virtual tours of engines, and profiles of key innovators, designers, and engineers, Train: The Definitive Visual History traces the history of the railroad and the role of trains, from the first steam engines to today's high speed bullet trains.... |
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All the Single Ladies: A Novel
Dorothea Benton Frank · William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 357
Format: Print book
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The perennial New York Times bestselling author returns with an emotionally resonant novel that illuminates the power of friendship in women's lives, and is filled with her trademark wit, poignant and timely themes, sassy, flesh-and-blood characters, and the steamy Southern atmosphere... |
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The Winter Girl: A Novel
Matt Marinovich · Doubleday
Pages: 205
Format: Print book
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A scathing and exhilarating thriller that begins with a husband's obsession with the seemingly vacant house next door. It's wintertime in the Hamptons, where Scott and his wife, Elise, have come to be with her terminally ill father, Victor, to await the inevitable. As weeks... |
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Rogues
George R. R. Martin · Bantam; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors—including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! If youre a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from 1 New York... |
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The Hired Girl
Laura Amy Schlitz · Candlewick Press
Pages: 387
Format: Print book
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Winner of the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
A 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner
Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen... |
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The Dream Daughter
DIANE CHAMBERLAIN · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain delivers a thrilling, mind-bending novel about one mother's journey to save her child. When Carly Sears, a young woman widowed by the Vietnam war, receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated.... |
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