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The Whispers of War

Julia Kelly · Gallery Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The start of World War II looms over three friends who struggle to remain loyal as one of them is threatened with internment by the British government, from the author of the "sweeping, stirring" (Kristin Harmel, internationally bestselling author of The Room on Rue Amélie) The Light...
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Creatures: A Novel

Crissy Van Meter · Algonquin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Wiry, rhythmic, and wrenchingly beautiful, Creatures plumbs the sea-struck heart of a family fractured by longing and grief." - Leni Zumas, bestselling author of Red Clocks On the eve of Evangeline's wedding, a dead whale is trapped in the harbor of Winter Island, the groom...
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Cleanness

Garth Greenwell · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In the highly anticipated follow-up to his beloved debut, What Belongs to You, Garth Greenwell deepens his exploration of foreignness, obligation, and desireSofia, Bulgaria, a landlocked city in southern Europe, stirs with hope and impending upheaval. Soviet buildings crumble, wind scatters...
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The Impossible First

Colin O'Brady · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Colin O'Brady's awe-inspiring memoir recounts his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident and his gripping 932-mile crossing of the landmass of Antarctica solo, unsupported, and human powered - the first to accomplish this extraordinary feat. Prior to December 2018, no individual...
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The Rabbit Hunter: A novel

Lars Kepler · Knopf
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

The latest internationally best-selling installment in the Joona Linna series sees him temporarily called back to the police force to solve a series of bizarre and increasingly horrifying murders.Detective Joona Linna is finishing out a sentence at Kumla prison for assaulting an officer...
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No Fixed Line

Dana Stabenow · Head of Zeus
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

It is New Year's Eve, nearly six weeks into an off-and-on blizzard that has locked Alaska down, effectively cutting it off from the outside world. But now there are reports of a plane down in the Quilak mountains. With the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board - responsible for investigating...
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The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century

Adam Davidson · Knopf
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The brilliant creator of NPR's Planet Money podcast and award-winning New Yorker staff writer explains our current economy: laying out its internal logic and revealing the transformative hope it offers for millions of people to thrive as they never have before.

Contrary...
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The Poison Garden: A Novel

Alex Marwood · Penguin Books
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

A new novel of insidious secrets and chilling revelations surrounding a mysterious cult--the latest gripping psychological thriller from Alex MarwoodWhen nearly one hundred members of The Ark, a sinister apocalypse cult are found dead by poison at their isolated community in North Wales,...
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The Vanished Birds: A Novel

Simon Jimenez · Del Rey
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever in this captivating debut of connection across space and time."This is when your life begins." Nia Imani is a woman out of place and outside of time. Decades of travel through the stars...
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The Hollows: A Novel

Jess Montgomery · Minotaur Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Jess Montgomery showcases her skills as a storyteller in the second in her Kinship mystery series. The Hollows is a powerful, big-hearted and exquisitely written follow-up to her acclaimed debut The Widows.Ohio, 1926: For many years, the underground railroad track in Moonvale Tunnel has been...
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