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The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom

Nancy Goldstone · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The riveting true story of mother-and-daughter queens Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois, whose wildly divergent personalities and turbulent relationship changed the shape of their tempestuous and dangerous century.Set in magnificent Renaissance France, this is the story...
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The Leavers: A Novel

Lisa Ko · Algonquin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko's novel beautifully written, ambitious, and moving, and all of that is true, but it's more than that now: if you want to understand a forgotten and essential part of the world we live in, The Leavers is required reading." - Ann Patchett,  author...
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

S. C. Gwynne · Scribner; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.S. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer...
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My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity

Kate Bornstein · Routledge
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback

"This updated edition of Bornstein's formative My Gender Workbook (1997) provides an invigorating introduction to contemporary theory around gender, sexuality, and power. The original is a classic of modern transgender theory and literature and, alongside Bornstein's other...
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Strong Curves: A Woman's Guide to Building a Better Butt and Body

Bret Contreras · Victory Belt Publishing; Original edition
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

This is not your run-of-the-mill fitness book. Developed by world-renowned gluteal expert Bret Contreras, Strong Curves offers an extensive fitness and nutrition guide for women seeking to improve their physique, function, strength, and mobility. Contreras spent the last eighteen years...
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Dracula

Bram Stoker · Dover Publications
Pages: 326
Format: Paperback

During a business visit to Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania, a young English solicitor finds himself at the center of a series of horrifying incidents. Jonathan Harker is attacked by three phantom women, observes the Count's transformation from human to bat form, and discovers puncture...
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Selp-Helf

Miranda Sings · Gallery Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In this decidedly unhelpful, candid, hilarious "how-to" guide, YouTube personality Miranda Sings offers life lessons and tutorials with her signature sassy attitude.Over six million social media fans can't be wrong: Miranda Sings is one of the funniest faces on YouTube. As a bumbling,...
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Agents of the Apocalypse: A Riveting Look at the Key Players of the End Times

David Jeremiah · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Who Will Usher in Earth's Final Days?Are we living in the end times? Is it possible that the players depicted in the book of Revelation could be out in force today? And if they are, would you know how to recognize them?In Agents of the Apocalypse, noted prophecy expert Dr. David Jeremiah...
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Kill Shot: An American Assassin Thriller

Vince Flynn · Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pages: 401
Format: eBook

#1 internationally bestselling author Vince Flynn delivers the young, hungry, and lethal Mitch Rapp at the onset of his career as a CIA superagent.In the year since the CIA trained and then unleashed him, Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way through a list of men, bullet by bullet....
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Wicked Charms

Janet Evanovich · Bantam
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLizzy and Diesel are back in an all-new wicked adventure from Janet Evanovich and Emmy Award-winning co-author Phoef Sutton. Before he was murdered and mummified nearly a century ago, notorious bootlegger Collier "Peg Leg" Dazzle discovered and re-hid...
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How Google Works

Eric Schmidt · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"Jack Welch's Straight from the Gut was once the essential primer for managers, but today's leaders need a new playbook. In HOW GOOGLE WORKS, Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg distill their decades of working in the high-tech industry into a practical and fun-to-read guide...
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things

Patrick Rothfuss · Daw Books
Pages: 159
Format: Hardcover

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place.Her name is Auri, and she is full...
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Build Your Running Body: A Total-Body Fitness Plan for All Distance Runners, from Milers to UltramarathonersRun Farther, Faster, and Injury-Free

Pete Magill · The Experiment
Format: Paperback

"The best running book ever." - Bob Anderson, founder of Runner's WorldWhether you're a miler or an ultramarathoner, if you want a fit, fast, and injury-resistant running body, there's a better way to train than relentlessly pursuing mileage. This easy-to-use workout...
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The View from the Cheap Seats: A Collection of Introductions, Essays, and Assorted Writings

Neil Gaiman · William Morrow
Pages: 544
Format: Print book

An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics - from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories - observed in #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman's probing, amusing, and distinctive style.An inquisitive observer, thoughtful commentator, and assiduous...
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The 17 Day Diet Breakthrough Edition

Dr. Mike Moreno · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 355
Format: Hardcover

In this new edition of the #1 bestseller The 17 Day Diet, Dr. Mike Moreno includes new chapters on supplements and exercise and more than 30 new recipes to help you achieve results fast and effectively.The # 1 bestselling diet is now supercharged! Since Dr. Mike Moreno first published The 17 Day Diet...
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