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The Volunteer: A Novel

Salvatore Scibona · Penguin Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

A long-awaited new novel from a National Book Award Finalist, the epic story of a restless young man who is captured during the Vietnam War and pressed into service for a clandestine branch of the United States government A small boy speaking an unknown language is abandoned by his father...
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Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread

Chuck Palahniuk · Doubleday,
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

Stories you'll never forget - just try - from literature's favorite transgressive author Representing work that spans several years, Make Something Up is a compilation of 21 stories and one novella (some previously published, some not) that will disturb and delight. In "Expedition,"...
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition

Jacob Grimm · Princeton University Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Childrens and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with...
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Pirate

Clive Cussler · Putnam
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

The outstanding new Sam and Remi Fargo adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. An 800-year-old treasure . . . an ancient cypher wheel . . . a brutal murder . . . and a man who will stop at nothing to claim what he considers rightfully his. Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting...
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This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!

Jonathan Evison · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

"Jonathan Evison is a ridiculously gifted storyteller: racing, breathless, and vibrant with his prose, hungry for personal truths, and clearly in love with the world around us all. That compassion and those writerly charms are deeply felt in This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!, an irresistible,...
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The Dream Daughter

DIANE CHAMBERLAIN · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

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. It is 1970,...
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Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories

Stephanie Perkins · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Maybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom.Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling young adult writers and edited by the international...
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The Bane Chronicles

Cassandra Clare · Margaret K. McElderry Books; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices can get to know warlock Magnus Bane like never before in this paperback collection of New York Times bestselling tales, each with comic-style art.This collection of eleven short stories illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus...
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World War II: The Definitive Visual History

DK · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover

World War II: The Definitive Visual History is a comprehensive, authoritative, yet accessible guide to the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of World War II. Perhaps the most complex, frightening, and destructive event in global history, the Second World War saw the heights...
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Bay of Sighs: Book Two of the Guardians Trilogy

Nora Roberts · Berkley Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe new Guardians Trilogy novel from the bestselling author of Stars of Fortune. To celebrate the rise of their new queen, three goddesses of the moon created three stars, one of fire, one of ice, one of water. But then they fell from the sky, putting the fate...
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The Boston Girl: A Novel

Anita Diamant · Scribner, 2014.
Pages: 322
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century.Addie Baum is The Boston Girl,...
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Naked Greed

Stuart Woods · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The outstanding new thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington isn't one to turn away in the face of danger, so when he witnesses a tricky situation underway, he jumps in to lend a hand. He never expected, though, that this favor would lead...
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Wildest Dreams

Robyn Carr · Mira Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

www.robyncarr.comWith Thunder Point, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr has created a town where hard work and determination are all it takes to make dreams come true Blake Smiley searched the country for just the right place to call home. The professional triathlete has traveled...
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Living Well, Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life

Ruth Soukup · Thomas Nelson Publishing
Format: Book

In Search of the Good LifeHave you ever that your life--and budget--is spiraling out of control? Do you sometimes wish you could pull yourself together but wonder exactly how to manage all the scattered pieces of a chaotic life? Is it possible to find balance???In a word, yes.??Ruth Soukup...
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Elements of Style: Designing a Home & a Life

Erin Gates · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From the rising-star designer and author of the hit blog, Elements of Style, a full-color, fully illustrated book packed with honest advice, inspiration, ideas, and lessons learned about designing a home that reflects your personality and style.Elements of Style is a uniquely personal and practical...
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