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Avenue of mysteries

John Irving · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 460
Format: Hardcover

John Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory.In Avenue of Mysteries, Juan Diego - a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born and grew up in Mexico - has a thirteen-year-old sister. Her name is Lupe,...
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Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year

Demi Lovato · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 416
Format: Book

Demi Lovato wakes up each morning and affirms her commitment to herself--to her health, her happiness, her being. Those commitments are the bedrock of her recovery and her work helping other young people dealing with the issues she lives with every single day. Demi is a platinum-selling...
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The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Light on Calories, Big on Flavor

Gina Homolka · Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERGet the recipes everyone is talking about in the debut cookbook from the wildly popular blog Skinnytaste Gina Homolka is America's most trusted home cook when it comes to easy, flavorful recipes that are miraculously low-calorie and made from all-natural, easy-to-find...
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Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook

Maangchi · Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A complete course on Korean cuisine for the home cook by the YouTube star and the world's foremost authority on Korean cooking Her millions of fans compare her to Julia Child. An Internet sensation, Maangchi has won the admiration of home cooks and chefs alike with her trademark combination...
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The Perfect Mistress

ReShonda Tate Billingsley · Gallery Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The daughter of an adulterous father deals with the long-rippling effects of his actions in her own love life in this emotionally powerful novel by award-winning and national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley.Lauren Robinson knows exactly what it takes to be the perfect mistress....
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Make Up: Your Life Guide to Beauty, Style, and Success--Online and Off

Michelle Phan · Harmony
Pages: 230
Format: Hardcover

Michelle Phan has believed in makeup since the first time she was allowed to try eyeliner. When she looked in the mirror and saw a transformed version of herself looking back, she fell in love with the sense of confidence that makeup could give her. Ever since she posted her first makeup...
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

John Gottman Ph.D. · Harmony
Pages: 295
Format: Paperback

With more than a million copies sold worldwide, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work has revolutionized the way we understand, repair, and strengthen marriages. John Gottman's unprecedented study of couples over a period of years has allowed him to observe the habits that can make...
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The One

Kiera Cass · HarperTeen
Pages: 323
Format: Hardcover

The captivating third book in Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection seriesAmerica Singer searches for her happily ever after in this swoon-worthy YA dystopian romance, perfect for readers who loved Veronica Roth's Divergent, Lauren Oliver's Delirium, or Renée Ahdieh's...
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The Right Time: A Novel

Danielle Steel · Random House Large Print
Pages: 417
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Filled with heartbreak and betrayal, triumph and fulfillment, The Right Time is an intimate, richly rewarding novel about pursuing one's passion and succeeding beyond one's wildest dreams. Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow takes solace...
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The Bone Clocks: A Novel

David Mitchell · Random House
Pages: 624
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestseller by the author of Cloud Atlas | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize | Named One of the Top Ten Fiction Books of the Year by Time, Entertainment Weekly, and O: The Oprah Magazine | A New York Times Notable Book | An American Library Association Notable Book | Winner...
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Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition

Steven Foster · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Third Edition edition
Format: Book

Peterson The best-selling field guides of all time Medicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescription drugs. Steven Foster and James A. Duke have used recent advances in the study of medicinal plants and their combined experience...
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Hampton Sides · Random House Inc
Pages: 454
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded AgeIn the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress...
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The Baking Bible

Rose Levy Beranbaum · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The latest and most comprehensive baking book yet from best-selling author and "diva of desserts" Rose Levy Beranbaum and winner of the 2015 IACP Cookbook Award for Baking
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The Mulberry Bush

Charles McCarry · Mysterious Press
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

Author of The Tears of Autumn and The Shanghai Factor, Charles McCarry is widely regarded as one of the finest modern espionage novelists. His latest masterpiece, The Mulberry Bush, burns with the fury of the wronged, as personal vendetta and political idealism collide.In a rose garden...
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The Darkling Child: The Defenders of Shannara

Terry Brooks · Ballantine Group
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks comes a thrilling stand-alone novel in his legendary Shannara series - the perfect place for new readers to begin.After taking up his enchanted sword against the dark sorcerer Arcannen, Paxon Leah has become the sworn protector of the Druid...
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