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The Whole Town's Talking: A Novel

Fannie Flagg - Random House
Format: Print book

The bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is at her superb best in this fun-loving, moving novel about what it means to be truly alive. Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening at the cemetery. Still...
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Curious Minds: A Knight and Moon Novel

Janet & Sutton Phoef Evanovich - Bantam
Format: Print book

Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, teams up with Emmy-winning writer Phoef Sutton for a brand-new series of mysteries featuring Emerson Knight and Riley Moon, a dynamic duo with instant and undeniable chemistry. Emerson Knight is introverted,...
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Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Ed Tarkington - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.
Format: Print book

"Love can make people do terrible things." Welcome to Spencerville, Virginia, 1977. Eight-year-old Rocky worships his older brother, Paul. Sixteen and full of rebel cool, Paul spends his days cruising in his Chevy Nova blasting Neil Young, cigarette dangling from his lips, arm slung...
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It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

Dallas Hartwig - Victory Belt Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

IMAGINE YOURSELF HEALTHIER THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. IT STARTS WITH FOOD. It Starts With Food outlines a clear, balanced, sustainable plan to change the way you eat foreverand transform your life in profound and unexpected ways. Your success story begins with the Whole30, Dallas...
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A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles - Random House Large Print
Format: Paperback

More than half a million readers have fallen in love with the New York Times bestseller A Gentleman in Moscow"How delightful that in an era as crude as ours this finely composed novel stretches out with old-World elegance." - The Washington Post"'The...
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The Angels' Share: A Bourbon Kings Novel

J R Ward - Berkley Books
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward delivers the second novel in her Bourbon Kings series--a sweeping saga of a Southern dynasty struggling to maintain a facade of privilege and prosperity, while secrets and indiscretions threaten its very foundation... In Charlemont, Kentucky,...
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A Bridge Across the Ocean

Susan Meissner - Berkley
Format: Print book

Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women - past and present - in the latest novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life. February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange,...
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The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead - Doubleday
Format: Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation...
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Sound City

~ Sound City-Real To Reel - RCA
Format: DVD

SOUND CITY, the film, was conceived by Grohl after purchasing the legendary custom-built Neve 8028 recording console from Sound City Studios last year. The board, built in 1972, is considered by many to be the crown jewel of analog recording equipment, having recorded such artists as Neil...
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Right Behind You

Lisa Gardner - Random House Large Print
Format: Paperback

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Lisa Gardner's latest thriller following her runaway hit Find Her takes her wildly popular brand of suspense to new heights.Eight years ago, Sharlah May Nash's older brother beat their drunken father to death with a baseball bat in order to save...
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An Irish Country Love Story: A Novel (Irish Country Books Book 11)

Patrick Taylor - Forge Books
Format: Hardcover

An Irish Country Love Story is the eleventh heartwarming installment in New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author Patrick Taylors beloved Irish Country series.Its the winter of 1967 and snow is on the ground in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, but the chilly weather...
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A Piece of the World: A Novel

Christina Baker Kline - HarperLuxe
Format: Paperback

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash bestseller Orphan Train, a stunning and atmospheric novel of friendship, passion, and art, inspired by Andrew Wyeth's mysterious and iconic painting Christina's World. "Later he told me that he'd been afraid to show me the painting....
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The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War

JEFF SHAARA - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The master of military historical fiction turns his discerning eye to the Korean War in this riveting new novel, which tells the dramatic story of the Americans and the Chinese who squared off in one of the deadliest campaigns in the annals of combat:...
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Two from the Heart

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 bestselling author of Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and Sundays at Tiffany's, two heartwarming tales about the power of a good story to open our eyes to life's possibilities.Anne McWilliams has lost everything. After her marriage falls apart and a hurricane destroys her home...
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Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen: 150 Pizzas, Pastas, Pestos, Risottos, & Lots of Creamy Italian Classics

Chloe Coscarelli - Atria Books
Format: Paperback

Popular vegan chef and winner of the Food Network's Cupcake Wars Chloe Coscarelli digs into her Italian roots to create more than 150 recipes inspired by the most popular cuisine in the world.If you think a healthy vegan diet means giving up pasta in creamy sauce, cheesy pizza, and luscious...
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It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War

Lynsey Addario - The Penguin Press
Format: Print book

"A brutally real and unrelentingly raw memoir."--Kirkus (starred review) War photographer Lynsey Addario's memoir It's What I Do is the story of how the relentless pursuit of truth, in virtually every major theater of war in the twenty-first century, has shaped...
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Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis: The Vampire Chronicles

Anne Rice - Alfred A Knopf
Format: Print book

From Anne Rice, conjurer of the beloved best sellers Interview with the Vampire and Prince Lestat, an ambitious and exhilarating new novel of utopian vision and power, uniting the ancient worlds and the legends of the Vampire Chronicles. "In my dreams, I saw a city fall...
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Miles Ahead

Don Cheadle - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment


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The Revolving Door of Life

Alexander Mccall Smith - Anchor Books
Format: Print book

Excitement abounds when the revolving door of life brings fresh faces and hilarious new developments to the residents of 44 Scotland Street.Things are looking up for seven-year-old Bertie Pollock. The arrival of his spirited grandmother and the absence of his meddlesome mother - who is currently...
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Betrayed: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel (Rosato & Associates Book 13)

Lisa Scottoline - Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook

Blockbuster author Lisa Scottoline returns to the Rosato & Associates law firm with Betrayed, and maverick lawyer Judy Carrier takes the lead in a case that's more personal than ever. Judy has always championed the underdog, so when Iris, the housekeeper and best friend of Judy's...
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The Mother's Promise

Sally Hepworth - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Sally Hepworth novels are "sure to appeal to fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and Lisa Genova; book clubs will be lining up." -- Library Journal (starred review) All their lives, Alice Stanhope and her daughter, Zoe, have been a family of two, living quietly in Northern...
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A People's History of Chicago

KEVIN COVAL - Haymarket Books
Format: Paperback

Known variously as "'the Windy City,"' "'the City of Big Shoulders,"' or "'Chi-Raq,"' Chicago is one of the most widely celebrated, routinely demonized, and thoroughly contested cities in the world.Chicago is the city of Gwendolyn Brooks...
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The Hungry Girl Diet Cookbook: Healthy Recipes for Mix-n-Match Meals & Snacks

Lisa Lillien - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

In the New York Times bestseller The Hungry Girl Diet, Lillien served up the first-ever diet plan utilizing the beloved Hungry Girl philosophy and recipe concepts. Now she's back with a companion cookbook, which features 200 all-new recipes that work with the groundbreaking diet plan!...
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Life and Fate

Vasiliĭ Grossman - New York Review Books
Format: Print book

A book judged so dangerous in the Soviet Union that not only the manuscript but the ribbons on which it had been typed were confiscated by the state, Life and Fate is an epic tale of World War II and a profound reckoning with the dark forces that dominated the twentieth century. Interweaving...
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Dior and I

Raf Simons; Marion Cotillard; Anna Wintour; Sidney Toledano - Paramount
Format: DVD

A thrilling behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons's highly anticipated first Haute Couture collection as Christian Dior's new Artistic Director. Beautifully melding the everyday, pressure-filled components of fashion with an elegant reverence for the history of Dior,...
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Magic.

Steel Danielle - Random House Large Print
Format: Large print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIt starts on a summer evening, with the kind of magic found only in Paris. Once a year in the City of Light, a lavish dinner takes place outside a spectacular landmark - the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame . . . a new setting each time. Selected by secret...
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Moonglow: A Novel

Michael Chabon - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWall Street Journal's Best Novel of the YearA New York Times Notable Book of the Year * A Washington Post Best Book of the Year * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year * A Slate Best Book of the Year * A Christian Monitor...
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Hausfrau: A Novel

Jill Alexander Essbaum - Random House
Format: Audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "In Hausfrau, Anna Karenina goes Fifty Shades with a side of Madame Bovary." - Time "A debut novel about Anna, a bored housewife who, like her Tolstoyan namesake, throws herself into a psychosexual journey of self-discovery and tragedy."...
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These Three

Miriam Hopkins - Warner Archive Collection
Format: DVD

College friends Karen Wright (Merle Oberon) and Martha Dobie (Miriam Hopkins) run a thriving rural Massachusetts girls' school; Karen is in love with local doctor Joe Cardin (Joel McCrea) ; and they plan to marry soon; Then an incorrigible; vindictive student tells a shocking fib ... and the lives...
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The Secret Language of Stones: A Novel

M J Rose - Atria Books
Format: Print book

As World War I rages and the Romanov dynasty reaches its sudden, brutal end, a young jewelry maker discovers love, passion, and her own healing powers in this rich and romantic ghost story, the perfect follow-up to M.J. Rose's "brilliantly crafted" (Providence Journal)...
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Rich People Problems: A Novel

KEVIN KWAN - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERKevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan) and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven...
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First Star I See Tonight: A Novel

Susan Elizabeth Phillips - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

A no-nonsense sports hero and a feisty female detective go head-to-head in this funny, fresh, seductive novel from the award winning NYT bestselling author known for her unforgettable characters, heartfelt emotion, and laugh out loud humor. He's the former quarterback of the Chicago...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to RVing, 3e

Brent Peterson - ALPHA; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

An updated and revised guide for the more than 30 million Americans who are living the RV lifestyle and the millions of others who have considered it but have not yet taken the plunge, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to RVing, Second Edition, includes the following: Basic facts about...
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Life Story

Presented by David Attenborough - BBC Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

The makers of the Emmy Award(r) -winning series Life take you deeper than ever into the perilous and exhilarating drama we humans share with every other animal on the planet from the circumstances of our birth and the struggle to reach adulthood, secure a home and find a mate, to the unpredictable...
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The Shark Club

Ann Kidd Taylor - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"A delicious summer read." -Redbook A warm and wonderfully vivid novel about taking second chances - in life and in the sea One summer day on the beach in Florida, two extraordinary things happen to Maeve Donnelly. First, she is kissed by Daniel, the boy of her dreams. Then,...
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The Golden Egg

Donna Leon - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

In The Golden Egg, as the first leaves of autumn begin to fall, Vice Questore Patta asks Brunetti to look into a minor shop-keeping violation committed by the mayors future daughter-in-law. Brunetti has no interest in helping his boss amass political favors, but he has little choice but to comply....
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Rushing Waters: A Novel

Danielle Steel - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

Danielle Steel fearlessly tackles a catastrophe and its aftermath with characters who are joined together by accident, then share their vulnerabilities, regrets, losses, and hopes. Hurricane Ophelia is bearing down on New York City. And in a matter of hours, six people, along with their...
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In Defense of a Liberal Education

Fareed Zakaria - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the worlds most valuable educational tradition.The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal...
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Girl who wrote in silk : a novel

Kelli Estes - Sourcebooks, 2015.
Format: eBook

The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets...Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt's island estate when she finds an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. As she peels back layer upon layer of the secrets it holds, Inara's life becomes interwoven with that...
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The Eastern Shore

Ward S Just - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

From an American master comes another "beautifully languid, emotionally intense tale" (Entertainment Weekly) , this time of a newspaper editor's fateful decision to expose a small-town fugitive. Ned Ayres, the son of a judge in an Indiana town in midcentury America, has never...
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The Mistress: A Novel

Danielle Steel - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Incomparable storyteller Danielle Steel illuminates rarely glimpsed precincts of unimaginable wealth and power, where love and freedom are the most dangerous desires of all. Natasha Leonova's beauty saved her life. Discovered on a freezing Moscow street...
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Those Who Save Us

Jenna Blum - Harcourt
Format: Print book

For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph:...
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When Comes the Spring

Janette Oke - Bethany House Publishers; Repack edition
Format: Book

Elizabeth, the cultured young schoolteacher from the East, has braved the western frontier and spent a year teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. How she and Wynn are planning their wedding and their new life together at his outpost in the far north. While Wynn is accustomed to life in the north,...
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing: A Novel

Madeleine Thien - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize "A vivid, magisterial novel that reaches back to China's civil war and up to the present day" -- The Guardian"In a single year, my father left us twice. The first time, to end his marriage,...
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Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

Nathaniel Popper - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age. Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper's brilliant and engrossing history...
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Twelve Days

Alex Berenson
Format: electronic resource

John Wells has only twelve days to stop the United States from being tricked into invading Iran in the new cutting-edge novel of modern suspense from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. Twelve days.Wells, with his former CIA bosses Ellis Shafer and Vinnie Duto, has uncovered...
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This Was a Man

Jeffrey Archer - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies? In Whitehall, Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife Karin from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a spy or a pawn in a larger game?Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum...
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The secret of Pembrooke Park

Julie Klassen - Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group,
Format: Print book

"In Regency-era England, secrets come to light at the abandoned manor house Pembrooke Park. Will Abigail find the hidden treasure and love she seeks...or very real danger?"--
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Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

Nadia Bolz-Weber - Convergent Books
Format: Print book

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhat if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace todayAnd what if that's the pointIn Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what...
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The Forks Over Knives Plan: How to Transition to the Life-Saving, Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet

Marah Stets - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

The latest in the bestselling Forks Over Knives franchise - a 28-day guide to transitioning to a delicious whole-foods, plant-based diet.The trailblazing film Forks Over Knives helped spark a medical and nutritional revolution. Backed by scientific research, the film's doctors...
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The Book of Summer: A Novel

MICHELLE GABLE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestselling Author of A Paris ApartmentThe ocean, the wild roses on the dunes and the stunning Cliff House, perched atop a bluff in Sconset, Nantucket. Inside the faded pages of the Cliff House guest book live the spellbinding stories of its female inhabitants:...
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What Alice Forgot

Liane Moriarty - Berkley Books
Format: Paperback

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Husband's Secret... A "cheerfully engaging"* novel for anyone who's ever asked herself, "How did I get here?"Alice Love is twenty-nine, crazy about her husband, and pregnant with her first child....
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You're Never Weird on the Internet

Felicia Day - Touchstone Books
Format: Hardcover

The Instant New York Times Bestseller - Featuring a Foreword by Joss Whedon "Felicia Day is a lot of fun, and so is her book." - George R. R. Martin From online entertainment pioneer, actress, and "queen of the geeks" Felicia Day, You're Never Weird on the Internet...
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Night School: A Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child - Random House Large Print
Format: Paperback

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The incomparable hero of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back takes readers to school in his most explosive novel yet. After eleven straight global #1 bestsellers, discover the thrillers that The New York Times calls "utterly addictive."...
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A Dog's Way Home

W BRUCE CAMERON - Forge Books
Format: Hardcover

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!From W. Bruce Cameron, the author of the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel A Dog's PurposeLucas Ray is shocked when an adorable puppy jumps out of an abandoned building and into his arms. Though the apartment...
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