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The Wife: A Novel

Alafair Burke · Harper
Pages: 352
Format: Book

From New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke, a stunning domestic thriller in the vein of Behind Closed Doors and The Woman in Cabin 10 - in which a woman must make the impossible choice between defending her husband and saving herself.

When Angela met Jason Powell while...

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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

John Leland · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest old

In 2015, the award-winning New York Times journalist John Leland set out to meet some of the city's oldest inhabitants for a series on America's...

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Need to Know: A Novel

KAREN CLEVELAND · Ballantine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Book

In pursuit of a Russian sleeper cell on American soil, a CIA analyst uncovers a dangerous secret that will test her loyalty to the agency - and to her family.

What do you do when everything you trust might be a lie?

Vivian Miller is a dedicated...

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Walking the Bones

Randall Silvis · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

When long-buried secrets come back to the surface...

The bones of seven young girls, picked clean and carefully preserved, discovered years ago... that's all Sergeant Ryan DeMarco knows about the unsolved crime he has unwittingly been roped into investigating during what is supposed...

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Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life

DAYMOND JOHN · Currency
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Broke and "Shark" on ABC's hit show Shark Tank explores how grit, persistence, and good old-fashioned hard work are the backbone of every successful business and individual,...
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Anatomy of a scandal : a novel

Sarah Vaughan · Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Pages: 400
Format: Book

An astonishingly incisive and suspenseful novel about a scandal amongst Britain's privileged elite and the women caught up in its wake.

Sophie's husband James is a loving father, a handsome man, a charismatic and successful public figure. And yet he stands accused...

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Eternal Life: A Novel

DARA HORN · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning, critically acclaimed author returns with an ingenious novel about what it would mean to live forever.

Rachel has an unusual problem: she can't die. Her recent troubles -- widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged son -- are only the latest. She's...

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Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence

Karen Crouse · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country - and whose citizens provide a model for achieving excellence while leading a well-rounded life.

Norwich, a charming Vermont town of roughly three...
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Brass: A Novel

Xhenet Aliu · Random House
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A fierce debut novel about mothers and daughters, haves and have-nots, and the stark realities behind the American Dream

A waitress at the Betsy Ross Diner, Elsie hopes her nickel-and-dime tips will add up to a new life. Then she meets Bashkim, who is at once both worldly...
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

Michael Leinbach · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on reentry before a nation's eyes on February 1, 2003. And it would be Mike Leinbach who would be a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service,...
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The Sky Is Yours: A Novel

CHANDLER KLANG SMITH · Hogarth
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

A sprawling, genre-defying epic set in a dystopian metropolis plagued by dragons, this debut about what it's like to be young in a very old world is pure storytelling pleasure

In the burned-out, futuristic city of Empire Island, three young people navigate a crumbling...
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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

VIRGINIA EUBANKS · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Book

The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps and cash benefits in three years -- because a new computer system interprets any mistake as "failure to cooperate." In Los Angeles, an algorithm calculates the comparative vulnerability of tens...

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