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4 3 2 1: A Novel

Paul Auster · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 880
Format: Print book

Paul Auster's greatest, most heartbreaking and satisfying novel -- a sweeping and surprising story of birthright and possibility, of love and of life itself: a masterpiece.Nearly two weeks early, on March 3, 1947, in the maternity ward of Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, Archibald...
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I Don't Belong to You: Quiet the Noise and Find Your Voice

Keke Palmer · North Star Way
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

A sometimes serious, often hilarious, and always inspiring guide that encourages young women to live a life full of ownership, confidence, and freedom from singer and popular Scream Queens and Grease Live! actress Keke Palmer, delightfully illustrated in four color with Keke's favorite...
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The Prisoner

Alex Berenson · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 420
Format: Print book

To unmask a CIA mole, John Wells must resume his old undercover identity as an al Qaeda jihadi - and hope he can survive it - in this cutting-edge novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. It is the most dangerous mission of John Wells's career.Evidence is mounting that someone...
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Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

Sybrina Fulton · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 331
Format: Print book

Trayvon Martin's parents take readers beyond the news cycle with an account only they could give: the intimate story of a tragically foreshortened life and the rise of a movement. On a February evening in 2012, in a small town in central Florida, seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was walking...
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My Husband's Wife: A Novel

Jane Corry · Pamela Dorman Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

An eye for an eye. A wife for a wife. The addictive psychological thriller that's already an international sensation. When young lawyer Lily marries Ed, she's determined to make a fresh start. To leave the secrets of the past behind. But then she takes on her first murder case and meets...
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Right Behind You

Lisa Gardner · Dutton
Pages: 389
Format: Print book

Lisa Gardner's next thriller following her runaway New York Times bestseller Find Her takes her wildly popular brand of suspense to new heights. Is he a hero? Eight years ago, Sharlah May Nash's older brother beat their drunken father to death with a baseball bat in order to save both...
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The Blood of Emmett Till

Timothy B Tyson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

The event that launched the civil rights movement - the 1955 lynching of young Emmett Till - now reexamined by an award-winning author with access to never-before-heard accounts from those involved as well as recently recovered court transcripts from the trial.In 1955, a fourteen-year-old...
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On Second Thought

Kristan Higgins · Harlequin Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Following in the footsteps of her critically acclaimed novel If You Only Knew, multi-bestselling author Kristan Higgins returns with a pitch-perfect look at the affection - and the acrimony - that binds sisters together Ainsley O'Leary is so ready to get married - she's even found the engagement...
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Behind Her Eyes: A Novel

Sarah Pinborough · Flatiron Books
Pages: 306
Format: Print book

Why is everyone talking about the ending of Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes?Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she's thrilled she finally connected with someone.When...
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How to Murder Your Life: A Memoir

Cat Marnell · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

From Cat Marnell, "New York's enfant terrible" (The Telegraph) , a candid and darkly humorous memoir of prescription drug addiction and self-sabotage, set in the glamorous world of fashion magazines and downtown nightclubs.At twenty-six, Cat Marnell was an associate beauty editor...
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The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World

Brad Stone · Little
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author of "The Everything Store" Brad Stone takes us deep inside the new Silicon Valley. In 2007, the crash had Wall Street and Silicon Valley reeling. The original renegades like Steve Jobs were now the establishment, and tech had become a way of life...
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