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The Starless Sea: A Novel
Erin Morgenstern · Doubleday
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world - a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when... |
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson · Doubleday
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
Bill Bryson... |
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The Institute: A Novel
Stephen King · Scribner
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It - publishing just as the second part of It, the movie, lands in theaters.
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street... |
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DOG WHO LOST HIS BARK
EOIN COLFER · Candlewick
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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A warm, uplifting story about a boy, his dog, and the healing power of music marks a first-time collaboration between two former Irish Children's Laureates, Eoin Colfer and P.J. Lynch.
Patrick has been desperate for a dog of his own for as long as he can remember, and this summer,... |
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything -- everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy's not only a book woman, however,... |
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The Dutch House: A Novel
Ann Patchett · Harper
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. ... |
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