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Tangerine: A Novel

Christine Mangan · Ecco
Pages: 320
Format: Book

The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After the accident at Bennington, the two friends - once inseparable roommates - haven't spoken in over a year. But there Lucy was, trying to make things right and return...

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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

Anthony Ray Hinton · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.

In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only...

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I Was Anastasia: A Novel

Ariel Lawhon · Doubleday
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Ariel Lawhon, a rising star in historical suspense, unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna Anderson's 50-year battle to be recognized as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian Grand Duchess, a beloved daughter and revered icon, or is she an imposter, the thief of another woman's...
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This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today

CHRISSY METZ · Dey Street Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A prescriptive and inspirational book of life lessons from the Emmy Award-nominee and breakout star of television's #1 hit show, NBC's This Is Us.

Debuting in fall 2016, This Is Us quickly became America's most watched - and most talked about - network television show. Within weeks...

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One House Over

MARY MONROE · Dafina
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns to the 1930s era of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room with a dazzling portrait of two very different couples whose friendship and fast times are no match for shattering betrayal . . .

A solid marriage,...
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Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff: A Novel

SEAN PENN · Atria Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

"An almost literally up-to-the-minute fever dream of a novel." - Bill Maher

From legendary actor and activist Sean Penn comes a scorching, darkly funny novella about Bob Honey - a modern American man, entrepreneur, and part-time assassin. He's just a guy trying to make...
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Unsuccessful Thug

MIKE EPPS · Harper
Pages: 256
Format: Book

Before starring in Def Comedy Jam and Showtime at the Apollo--before the sold-out comedy shows, Uncle Buck, and becoming his hero Richard Pryor in a biopic--there was Indianapolis. And not the good part. Mike Epps is one of America's...

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What You Don't Know About Charlie Outlaw

Leah Stewart · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The celebrated author (whom The Boston Globe compared to Anne Tyler) of The Myth of You and Me explores an untraditional love story through the lens of a character actor who must finally become the hero of her own story.

After a series of missteps in the face of his newfound...
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Where There's Hope: Healing, Moving Forward, and Never Giving Up

ELIZABETH A SMART · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Elizabeth Smart follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller, My Story -- about being held
in captivity as a teenager, and how she managed to survive -- with a powerful and inspiring
book about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim...

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The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural

Lee Strobel · Zondervan
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Lee Strobel trains his investigative sights on the hot-button issue of whether it's credible to believe God intervenes supernaturally in people's lives today.This provocative book starts with an unlikely interview in which America's foremost...
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