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Dragon Teeth

MICHAEL CRICHTON · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel - a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting.The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate...
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My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir

Jessica B Harris · Scribner
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls a lost era - the vibrant New York City of her youth, where her social circle included Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and other members of the Black intelligentsia.In the Technicolor glow of the early seventies,...
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Shadow Man: A Novel

Alan Drew · Random House
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

What Dennis Lehane does for Boston, Alan Drew does for Southern California in this gritty thriller about an idyllic community rocked by a serial killer - and a dark secret.Detective Ben Wade has returned to his California hometown of Rancho Santa Elena for a quieter life. Suddenly the town,...
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Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances

LELAND MELVIN · AMISTAD
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

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Isadora: A Novel

Amelia Gray · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Using the scaffolding of Isadora Duncan's life and the stuff of her spirit, Amelia Gray delivers an incredibly imaginative portrait of the artistIn 1913, the restless world sat on the brink of unimaginable suffering. But for one woman, the darkness of a new era had already made itself at home....
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Standard Deviation: A novel

Katherine Heiny · Knopf
Pages: 319
Format: Hardcover

A divinely funny novel from the celebrated author of Single, Carefree, Mellow about the challenges of a good marriage, the delight and heartache of raising children, and the irresistible temptation to wonder about the path not taken. When Graham Cavanaugh divorced his first wife it was to marry...
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Rich People Problems: A Novel

KEVIN KWAN · Doubleday
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia's greatest fortunes...
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The Heirs: A Novel

SUSAN RIEGER · CROWN
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The new novel from the critically-acclaimed author of The Divorce Papers, about a wealthy, pedigreed Manhattan family that comes undone after the death of their patriarch.
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Chemistry

Weike Wang · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 224
Format: Book

Named a "Most Anticipated Novel of 2017" by Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, and Bustle.

A luminous coming-of-age novel about a young female scientist who must recalibrate her life when her academic career goes off track;...

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Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom

Thomas E Ricks · Penguin Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, whose farsighted vision and inspired action preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike

Both George Orwell...
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Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination

ADAM LASHINSKY · Portfolio
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Fortune writer and bestselling author of Inside Apple's exposé of Uber, the multi-billion dollar Silicon Valley upstart that has disrupted the transportation industry around the world.

Uber is one of the most fascinating and controversial businesses in the world,...
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My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues

PAMELA PAUL · HENRY HOLT
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Imagine keeping a record of every book you ever read. What would those titles say about you? With humor and warmth, the editor of The New York Times Book Review shares the stories that have shaped her lifeFor twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books...
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In a Perfect World

TRISH DOLLER · Simon Pulse
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From critically acclaimed author Trish Doller comes a gorgeous, hopeful, and heartbreaking novel, set in Cairo, Egypt, about the barriers we tear down for the people and places we love most.

Caroline Kelly is excited to be spending her summer vacation working at the local amusement...
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The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

ALEXANDRIA MARZANO-LESNEVICH · FLATIRON Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

"This book is a marvel. The Fact of a Body is equal parts gripping and haunting and will leave you questioning whether any one story can hold the full truth."
-- Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestselling Everything I Never Told You


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