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A Guided Tour of Hell: A Graphic Memoir

Samuel Bercholz · Shambhala
Pages: 147
Format: Print book

Take a trip through the realms of hell with a man whose temporary visitor's pass gave him a horrifying - and enlightening - preview of its torments. This true account of Sam Bercholz's near-death experience has more in common with Dante's Inferno than it does with any of the popular...
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Lovers and Newcomers: A Novel

Rosie Thomas · Overlook Press
Pages: 439
Format: Print book

By the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl, the mesmerizing novel of old friends reunited...and torn apart once againRosie Thomas, beloved by readers for her brilliantly realized characters and twisting, page-turning plots, turns her "sharp nib" (Washington Post Book World)...
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Long Black Veil: A Novel

Jennifer Finney Boylan · Crown
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Donna Tartt and Megan Abbott, a novel about a woman whose family and identity are threatened by the secrets of her past, from the New York Times bestselling author of She's Not ThereOn a warm August night in 1980, six college students sneak into the dilapidated ruins of Philadelphia's...
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The Little Book of Life Hacks: How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier, and More Beautiful

Yumi Sakugawa · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 199
Format: Hardcover

Author, illustrator and comic book artist Yumi Sakugawa shares a wide range of useful and unexpected tips for looking and feeling better, streamlining and improving your home life, and creating fun and artsy DIY projects that can brighten your living space. Inspired by her popular "Secret...
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Do You Want to Start a Scandal

Tessa Dare · Avon Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

On the night of the Parkhurst ball, someone had a scandalous tryst in the library. Was it Lord Canby, with the maid, on the divan? Or Miss Fairchild, with a rake, against the wall? Perhaps the butler did it.All Charlotte Highwood knows is this: it wasn't her. But rumors to the contrary...
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Follow Me Down

Sherri Smith · Forge
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Follow Me Down is a rare find -- a gutsy, visceral, and beautifully crafted psychological thriller from a talented new author.Mia Haas has built her life far from the North Dakota town where she grew up, but when she receives word that her twin brother is missing, she is forced to return...
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A Lady's Code of Misconduct

Meredith Duran · Pocket Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

The next steamy historical romance in "USA TODAY "bestselling and RITA award-winning author Meredith Duran s wonderfully indulgent ("Publishers Weekly") Rules for the Reckless series. SHE CAN T BE TAMED Bookish, spinsterish, awkward the world has endless names for women...
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A Twist in Time: A Novel

Julie Mcelwain · Pegasus Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

When Kendra Donovan's plan to return to the 21st century fails, leaving her stranded in 1815, the Duke of Aldridge believes he knows the reason -- she must save his nephew, who has been accused of brutally murdering his ex-mistress. Former FBI agent Kendra Donovan's attempts to return to the twenty-first...
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As close to us as breathing

Elizabeth Poliner · Lee Boudreaux Books
Pages: 358
Format: Print book

A multigenerational family saga about the long-lasting reverberations of one tragic summer by "a wonderful talent [who] should be read widely" (Edward P. Jones) .In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline, affectionately named "Bagel Beach," has long...
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Desert Boys: Fiction

Chris McCormick · Picador
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

"Hilarious, devious, original, and unforgettable." - Karen RussellA VIVID AND ASSURED WORK OF FICTION FROM A MAJOR NEW VOICE FOLLOWING THE LIFE OF A YOUNG MAN GROWING UP, LEAVING HOME, AND COMING BACK AGAIN, MARKED BY THE STARK BEAUTY OF CALIFORNIA'S MOJAVE DESERT AND THE VARIOUS...
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Mad for the Plaid

Karen Hawkins · Pocket Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

"What more could New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins's fans desire" than the "sharp repartee, clever plotting, memorable characterization, and sizzling sexual tension" (RT Book Reviews) of her sparkling Oxenburg Princes fairy tale romance series?Nikolai...
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Meantime: A Novel

Katharine Noel · Grove
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Katharine Noel - the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of Halfway House - returns with a wise and moving second novel about the bond between two sisters whose stable lives are suddenly uprooted.Claire has never had a typical family. When she was nine, her father fell in love with...
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Black & Blue

James Patterson · BookShots
Pages: 12
Format: Print book

Is Harriet Blue as great a detective as Lindsay Boxer? Harriet Blue, the most single-minded detective since Lindsay Boxer, won't rest until she stops a savage killer targeting female university students. But there's something strange about the newest victim--clues to an even more...
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Redemption Lost

Marc Avery · Urban Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

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After the Bugles and Llano River

Elmer Kelton · Forge
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

After the BuglesJoshua Buckalew has left behind the deserted battlefields that claimed his brother Thomas. The war with Mexico has cost him much, but it has also given him a strong bond to the land and to the Mexican families who stood with him against the tyrannies of Santa Anna. Josh...
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