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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Jon Meacham · Random House; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Bloomberg BusinessweekIn this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American...
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The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan · Disney Hyperion Books
Pages: 586
Format: Print book

In The Son of Neptune, Percy, Hazel, and Frank met in Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Halfblood, and traveled to the land beyond the gods to complete a dangerous quest. The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series will unite them with Jason, Piper, and Leo. But they number...
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Aurora

Kim Stanley Robinson · Orbit
Pages: 466
Format: Print book

A major new novel from one of science fiction's most powerful voices, AURORA tells the incredible story of our first voyage beyond the solar system. Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, it is the work of a writer at the height of his powers. Our voyage from Earth began generations...
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For Boys Only: The Biggest, Baddest Book Ever

Marc Aronson · Feiwel & Friends; First Edition edition
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Hey, Boys!Want to have some fun? Maybe learn how to land an airplane in an emergency? Or fight off an alligator? Escape from being tied up? How about taking a ride on one of America’s scariest roller coasters? Learn how to make fake blood or turn a real bone into...
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Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio

Jessica Abel · Broadway Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Go behind the scenes of seven of today's most popular narrative radio shows and podcasts, including This American Life and RadioLab, in graphic narrative. Every week, millions of devoted fans tune in to or download This American Life, The Moth, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment,...
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A Visit from the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan · Anchor; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. With music pulsing on every...
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg · Ballantine Books
Pages: 403
Format: Paperback

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of...
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All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir

Shulem Deen · Graywolf Press
Format: Book

A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life, and one man's struggles with faith, family, and communityShulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the US, he knows little about the outside...
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The Moon and More

Sarah Dessen · Viking Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. He and Emaline have been together all through high school in Colby, the beach town where they both grew up. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.Enter Theo, a super-ambitious...
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A Thousand Nights

E K Johnston · Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pages: 325
Format: Print book

"A story threaded with shimmering vibrance and beauty, A Thousand Nights will weave its spell over readers' hearts and leave them captivated long after the final tale has been told." -Alexandra Bracken, New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds series
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Black-Eyed Susans: A Novel of Suspense

Julia Heaberlin · Ballantine Books
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Laura Lippman and Gillian Flynn comes an electrifying novel of stunning psychological suspense.I am the star of screaming headlines and campfire ghost stories. I am one of the four Black-Eyed Susans. The lucky one. As a sixteen-year-old, Tessa Cartwright was found in a Texas...
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The Summer Before the War: A Novel

Helen Simonson · Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community." - The Washington PostThe bestselling...
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The Comic Book Story of Beer: The World's Favorite Beverage from 7000 BC to Today's Craft Brewing Revolution

Jonathan Hennessey · Ten Speed Pr
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback

A New York Times Best SellerA full-color, lushly illustrated graphic novel that recounts the many-layered past and present of beer through dynamic pairings of pictures and meticulously researched insight into the history of the world's favorite brew. The History of Beer Comes to Life!...
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A Son's Vow: The Charmed Amish Life, Book One

Shelley Shepard Gray · Avon Inspire
Pages: 15
Format: Print book

Shelley Shepard Gray's first book in her Charmed Amish Life series is set in the quaint Amish village of Charm, Ohio, and tells the stories of the Kinsinger siblings who are each struggling to find both forgiveness and love in the face of tragedy.Three months ago, everything changed for Darla...
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