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Goodfellas

CARL WEBER · Urban Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Headlined by New York Times bestseller Carl Weber, three authors bring readers tales of power, greed, and ambition set in some of the country's roughest neighborhoods. "Sibling Rivalry" by Carl Weber: They say the parent's sins always fall into the children's laps....
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Organize Every Room: The Real Simple Method for a Well-Ordered Home

The Editors of Real Simple · Oxmoor House
Pages: 272
Format: Flexibound

Rein in the chaos and regain control of your space. Whether you live in a small space or a large one, Real Simple has the best why-didn't-I-think-of-that advice for creating - and keeping - an easy, stylish, organized home. This practical and inspiring handbook covers everything from how to pare...
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A Tale of Two Murders

HEATHER REDMOND · Kensington
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

On the eve of the Victorian era, London has a new sleuth . . . In the winter of 1835, young Charles Dickens is a journalist on the rise at the Evening Chronicle. Invited to dinner at the estate of the newspaper's co-editor, Charles is smitten with his boss's daughter, vivacious nineteen-year-old...
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Brother

DAVID CHARIANDY · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

In luminous, incisive prose, a startling new literary talent explores masculinity, race, and sexuality against a backdrop of simmering violence during the summer of 1991.WINNER OF THE ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEMichael and Francis are coming...
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Fruit of the Drunken Tree: A Novel

Ingrid Rojas Contreras · Doubleday
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story."--Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango StreetFor...
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Bloody Sunday

BEN COES · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover

"Ben Coes' Bloody Sunday is a propulsive read with enough plot hooks, twists, and action to fill five thrillers. Fans of Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, and Tom Clancy will tear through Bloody Sunday and close the book counting the days till Dewey's next adventure." -- Mark Greaney,...
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The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies

Dawn Raffel · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary tale of how a mysterious immigrant "doctor" became the revolutionary innovator of saving premature babies--by placing them in incubators in World's Fair side shows and on Coney Island and Atlantic City. What kind of doctor puts his patients on display?As Dawn...
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My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through

GUY BRANUM · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of New York Times bestsellers Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby, a collection of side-splitting and illuminating essays by the popular stand-up comedian, alum of Chelsea Lately and The Mindy Project, and host of truTV's Talk Show...
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Poppy Harmon Investigates

LEE HOLLIS · Kensington
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Lee Hollis begins a delightful new series in which Poppy Harmon and her friends find that life after retirement can be much busier - and deadlier - than any of them ever anticipated . . . When Poppy goes from complacent retiree to penniless widow in a matter of weeks, the idea of spending...
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Better Late Than Never

Kimberla Lawson Roby · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

THE STUNNING CONCLUSION TO THE BESTSELLING CURTIS BLACK SERIES The past never stays where it belongs...Curtis Black is no stranger to scandal. Throughout the decades, he has done much in the public eye, both good and evil. But what most people don't realize is that Curtis has been hiding...
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