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Waves of Mercy

Lynn Austin · Bethany House
Pages: 378
Format: Print book

Austin Returns with a Multi-Generational Historical NovelGeesje de Jonge crossed the ocean at age seventeen with her parents and a small group of immigrants from the Netherlands to settle in the Michigan wilderness. Fifty years later, in 1897, she's asked to write a memoir of her early...
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Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics

Jason Porath · Dey Street Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog. Well-behaved women seldom make...
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Tom Clancy Duty and Honor

Grant Blackwood · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 425
Format: Print book

Even though he's on forced leave from the clandestine intelligence group known as The Campus, Jack Ryan, Jr., still finds himself caught in the crosshairs after an attempt on his life is thwarted when he turns the tables on his would-be dispatcher. Convinced that the attack is linked to his recent...
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Dinner Made Easy with Six Sisters' Stuff: Time-Saving Recipes for Busy Moms

Six Sisters' Stuff · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

When it comes to busy moms trying to create family meals, Six Sisters' Stuff blog is the go-to location for seven million readers every month. Their latest cookbook is a compendium of quick, easy, and delicious family dinner entrees, with all the organization, all the taste-testing with...
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Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III

Robert Greenfield · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Augustus Owsley Stanley III, better known by his nickname, Bear, was one of the most iconic figures in the cultural revolution that changed both America and the world during the 1960s.Owsley's high octane rocket fuel enabled Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters to put on the Acid Tests. It also...
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Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, and Feminism

Camille Paglia · Pantheon
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From the fiery intellectual provocateur: a brilliant essay collection that both celebrates and challenges modern feminism - from motherhood to Madonna, football to Friedan, stilettos to Steinem. When Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her best-selling Sexual Personae, she established...
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On Living

Kerry Egan · Riverhead Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

A hospice chaplain passes on wisdom on giving meaning to life, from those taking leave of it. As a hospice chaplain, Kerry Egan didn't offer sermons or prayers, unless they were requested; in fact, she found, the dying rarely want to talk about God, at least not overtly. Instead, she discovered...
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Revenge in a Cold River: A William Monk Novel

Anne Perry · Ballantine Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Master of mystery and historical intrigue Anne Perry once again transports readers to the banks of the Thames in Victorian London for her thrilling new William Monk novel. In Revenge in a Cold River, Monk faces his darkest hour ever as he spars with a quarry hell-bent on vengeance. When...
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Oprah Book Club September 2016

Unknown. · Flatiron Books
Pages: 263
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times BestsellerThe Newest Oprah's Bookclub 2016 SelectionThe highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured...
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Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?

Thomas Frank · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 305
Format: Print book

From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only...
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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Mary Roach · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 285
Format: Print book

A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind...
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Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd: A Flavia de Luce Novel

Alan Bradley · Delacorte Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Hailed as "a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes" by The Boston Globe, Flavia de Luce returns in a much anticipated new Christmas mystery from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley. In spite of being ejected from Miss Bodycote's Female Academy...
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All the missing girls : a novel

Megan Miranda · Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

Ten years after leaving Cooley Ridge, Nicolette Farrell returns to care for her ailing father. A decade ago, she, her brother Daniel, her boyfriend Tyler, and Corinne's boyfriend Jackson were suspects when Corinne--Nic's best friend-- disappeared without a trace. Within days of Nic's...
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Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms

Tim Tebow · WaterBrook
Pages: 213
Format: Hardcover

Who are you when life is steady? Who are you when storms come? Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times. In this powerful book,...
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The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero

Timothy Egan · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

From the National Book Award-winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of one of the most fascinating and colorful Irishman in nineteenth-century America. The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man....
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