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The Terranauts: A Novel
T C Boyle · Ecco Press
Pages: 528
Format: Print book |
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A deep-dive into human behavior in an epic story of science, society, sex, and survival, from one of the greatest American novelists today, T. C. Boyle, the acclaimed, bestselling, author of the PEN/ Faulkner Award-winning World's End and The Harder They Come.It is 1994, and in the desert... |
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Not Dead Yet
Phil Collins · Crown Archetype
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
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Phil Collins pulls no punches - about himself, his life, or the ecstasy and heartbreak that's inspired his music. In his much-awaited memoir, Not Dead Yet, he tells the story of his epic career, with an auspicious debut at age 11 in a crowd shot from the Beatles' legendary film A Hard Day's... |
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High Heat
Richard Castle · Kingswell
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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An ISIS-style beheading of a journalist, carried out by a New York City group pledging fealty to that rogue state, becomes more than just another case for NYPD Captain Nikki Heat when the killers announce their next target: her husband, magazine writer Jameson Rook. Meanwhile, Heat is haunted... |
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You Will Not Have My Hate
Antoine Leiris · Penguin Books
Pages: 144
Format: Book |
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
"On Friday night you stole the life of an exceptional person, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hate."
On November 13, 2015, Antoine Leiris's wife, Helene Muyal-Leiris,... |
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A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
Pat Conroy · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life by Pat Conroy is a new nonfiction collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles spanning Conroy's long literary career, supplemented by touching pieces from the beloved author's many friends. A Lowcountry Heart collects... |
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Fields where they lay.
Timothy Hallinan · Soho
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
It's the week before Christmas and Hollywood's fast-talking fixer for the felonious - Junior Bender - is up to his ears in mall Santas, Russian mobsters, desperate holiday shoppers, and, 'tis the season: murder.
It's Christmas in Tinsel Town. Well, it's the week... |
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The Boat Rocker: A Novel
Ha Jin · Pantheon Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
From the universally admired, award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash: an urgent, timely novel that follows an aspiring author, an outrageous book idea, and a lone journalist's dogged quest for truth in the Internet age.
New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate... |
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Alfred Hitchcock
Peter Ackroyd · Doubleday
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Alfred Hitchock, the master of suspense.
Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom,... |
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A Lowcountry Christmas
Mary Alice Monroe · Gallery Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
A wounded warrior and his younger brother discover the true meaning of Christmas in this timeless story of family bonds. A poignant continuation of the Lowcountry Summer series.
As far as ten-year-old Miller McClellan is concerned, it's the worst Christmas ever. His father's shrimp... |
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Word detective : searching for the meaning of it all at the oxford english dictionary
John Simpson · Basic Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
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What do you call the part of a dog s back it can t scratch? Can you drink a glass of balderdash? And if, serendipitously, you find yourself in Serendip, then where exactly are you? The answers to all of these questions can be found in the "Oxford English Dictionary, " the definitive... |
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy
Jean Kennedy Smith · Harpercollins
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof. Prompted... |
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The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
Peter Cozzens · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 576
Format: Print book |
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Bringing together a pageant of fascinating characters including Custer, Sherman, Grant, and a host of other military and political figures, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, and Red Cloud, The Earth is Weeping - lauded by BOOKLIST as "a... |
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Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms
Tim Tebow · Waterbrook Pr
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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First, he was a beloved college football champion, Heisman trophy winner, media sensation, and best-selling author drafted in the first round of the 2010 Draft. Then he had a miracle playoff run with the Denver Broncos before being traded to the New York Jets. After one season he was cut by New York.... |
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