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The Invisible Library

Genevieve Cogman · ROC
Pages: 341
Format: Print book

Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction... Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization...
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Summer Secrets: A Novel

Jane Green · St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

"Gripping and powerful."-Emily Giffin"The quintessential beach novel, complete with juicy drama and characters you fall madly in love with. You will devour it!" -Elin Hilderbrand "Warm, witty, sharp and insightful. Jane Green writes with such honesty and zing."...
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Truly Madly Guilty

Liane Moriarty · Flatiron Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Entertainment Weekly's "Best Beach Bet" A USA Today Hot Books for Summer SelectionA Miami Herald Summer Reads PickThe new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot, about how sometimes we don't...
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Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Gabriel Wyner · Crown Publishing Group
Pages: 326
Format: Print book

The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who've despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn't learn them in school -- who does? -- rather,...
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Yes, My Accent Is Real: And Some Other Things I Haven't Told You

Kunal Nayyar · Atria Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of Mindy Kaling's bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous, autobiographical essays from Kunal Nayyar, best known as Raj on CBS's #1 hit comedy The Big Bang Theory.Of all the charming misfits on television, there's no doubt Raj from...
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Why Isn't My Brain Working?: A Revolutionary Understanding of Brain Decline and Effective Strategies to Recover Your Brain's Health

Dr. Datis Kharrazian · Elephant Press

Losing your memory? Can't focus or concentrate? Do you have brain fog or tire easily? Have you lost your zest for life or motivation? Do people tell you this is all a normal part of aging? If so, your brain may be growing old too fast, or degenerating. Modern diets, a stressful lifestyle,...
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Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris

Alex Kershaw · Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The best-selling author of The Liberator brings to life the incredible true story of an American doctor in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during World War IIThe leafy Avenue Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring...
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Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland

Amanda Berry · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times BestsellerA bestselling book that is inspiring the nation: "We have written here about terrible things that we never wanted to think about again . . . Now we want the world to know: we survived, we are free, we love life."Two women kidnapped by infamous Cleveland...
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Bar Tartine: Techniques & Recipes

Cortney Burns · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Here's a cookbook destined to be talked-about this season, rich in techniques and recipes epitomizing the way we cook and eat now. Bar Tartine - co-founded by Tartine Bakery's Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt - is obsessed over by locals and visitors, critics and chefs. It is a restaurant...
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The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel

Nina George · Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Monsieur Perdu can prescribe the perfect book for a broken heart. But can he fix his own? Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book...
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