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Christopher Nicholson · Europa Editions, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Book

Recommended by Karen in Riverside

 

A November morning in the 1920s finds an elderly man in his eighties walking the grounds of his Dorchester home, pondering his past and future with deep despondence. That man is the revered novelist and poet Thomas...

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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories

Stephen King · Scribner
Pages: 495
Format: Book

Recommended by Colleen in Jarrettsville

A master storyteller at his best - the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came...

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Paris in Love: A Memoir

Eloisa James · Random House; First Edition edition
Format: Book

Recommended by Jennifer in Aberdeen

“Exhilarating and enchanting . . . brims with a casual wisdom about life.”—Chicago TribuneIn 2009, New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James took a leap that many people dream about: She sold her house, took a sabbatical...

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The Round House

Louise Erdrich · Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Book

Recommended by Patty in Edgewood

The Round House won the National Book Award for fiction.One of the most revered novelists of our time—a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life—Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer...

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You Can Trust Me: A Novel

Sophie McKenzie · St. Martin's Press
Format: Book

Recommended by Katie in Norrisville

From Sophie McKenzie, best-selling and award-winning author of Girl, Missing and Sister, MissingOn a quiet, sunny Sunday morning, Livy arrives at her best friend Julia's apartment for a lunch date only to find her dead....

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Last crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson · Crown Publishers
Pages: 430
Format: Book

Recommended by Kim in Havre de Grace

On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared...

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Chasing Perfect

Susan Mallery · HQN Books; First Edition edition
Format: Book

Recommended by Kristina in Edgewood

Welcome to Fool's Gold, California, a charming community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. There's lots to do and plenty of people to meet,...

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Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League

Jonathan Odell · Maiden Lane Press
Format: Book

Recommended by Bob in Bel Air

Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League is a brilliant reimagining and republication of Jonathan Odells debut novel, The View from Delphi. Set in pre-Civil Rights Mississippi, Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League is the story of two young...

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