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This Was a Man

Jeffrey Archer · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies? In Whitehall, Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife Karin from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a spy or a pawn in a larger game?Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum opus,...
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Orphans of the carnival : a novel

Carol Birch · Doubleday
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

From the Booker short-listed author of Jamrach's Menagerie comes the extraordinary, moving, and unsettling tale of a woman, branded a freak from birth, who becomes an international sensation but longs for genuine human connection London had the best freaks, always had. The Egyptian Hall,...
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Night School: A Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child · Delacorte Press
Pages: 384
Format: Book

It's 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the afternoon they send him back to school. That night he's off the grid. Out of sight, out of mind.

Two other men are in the classroom - an FBI agent and a CIA analyst. Each...

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Bronx Requiem: A Novel

John Clarkson · Minotaur Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

The death of Paco "Packy" Johnson shouldn't have surprised anyone.

Paco Johnson spent a lifetime in the system -- starting in juvie at age 10, then prison for most of his adult life. But he managed to make some real friends in prison, friends who helped him get parole,...

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The Shadow of What Was Lost

James Islington · Orbit
Pages: 704
Format: Book

It has been twenty years since the god-like Augurs were overthrown and killed. Now, those who once served them - the Gifted - are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vastly limiting their own powers. As a young Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences...

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The Chemist

Stephenie Meyer · Little
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency...
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Judas

Amos Oz · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the International Literature Prize, the new novel by Amos Oz is his first full-length work since the best-selling A Tale of Love and Darkness.

Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant...
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StarCraft: Evolution

Timothy Zahn · Del Rey
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

An action-packed and thrilling new novel based on the critically acclaimed StarCraft series from Blizzard Entertainment

The war between the terrans, the protoss, and the zerg has been over for years - but the fight for peace is still being waged.
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Race the Night

Kirsten Hubbard · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

"Without you, there'd be no hope for the world. Because you are the whole world."

That's what Teacher says, and twelve-year-old Eider knows she's right. The world ended long ago, and the desert ranch is the only thing left. Still, Eider's thoughts keep wandering...
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Heartless

Marissa Meyer · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

Long before she was the terror of Wonderland -- the infamous Queen of Hearts -- she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.

Long before she was the terror of Wonderland, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Catherine may be one of the most...

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The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter

David Sax · PublicAffairs
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

By now, we all know the mythology of the digital revolution: it improved efficiency, eliminated waste, and fostered a boom in innovation. But as business reporter David Sax shows in this clear-sighted, entertaining book, not all innovations are written in source code. In fact, businesses...
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