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The Bridge Ladies: A Memoir

Betsy Lerner - Harperwave
Format: Print book

A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life.After a lifetime defining herself in contrast...
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Scorched Earth: Restoring America after Obama

Michael Savage - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

"New York Times" bestselling author Michael Savage reveals why we have an infected political system, and what we can now do to nurse the country back to health. Michael Savages says that for the past eight years there has been a retrovirus in the White House, and that the last...
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Oil, Power, and War: A Dark History

Matthieu Auzanneau - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Hardcover

In this sweeping, unabashed history of oil, Matthieu Auzanneau takes a fresh, thought-provoking look at the way oil interests have commandeered politics and economies, changed cultures, disrupted power balances across the globe, and spawned wars. He upends commonly held assumptions about...
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I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia

Su Meck - Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Format: Paperback

The courageous memoir of a woman who was robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injury - and her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life: "[A tale] of triumph in the search for identity" (The New York Times Book Review) .In 1988, Su Meck was twenty-two...
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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

Patrik Svensson - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world's most elusive fish - the eel - and a reflection on the human conditionRemarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers...
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A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

TROY SENIK - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover

A long-overdue biography of Grover Cleveland - the honest, principled, and plain-spoken president whose country has largely overlooked him.Featuring a wealth of in-depth research and newly uncovered details, A Man of Iron explores the remarkable life and extraordinary career of Grover Cleveland...
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Njuta: Enjoy, Delight In: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment

Niki Brantmark - Harvest
Format: Hardcover

The author of the popular Lagom introduces another Scandinavian concept - njuta (pronounced "nyutah") , the Swedish art of consciously appreciating everyday experiences, that embodies the idea "to enjoy, to delight in, to savor a moment.""Fear less, hope more;...
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Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump

Rick Reilly - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

An uproarious indictment of Donald Trump's lying, cheating, and poor sportsmanship--by the bestselling author and acclaimed sportswriter. Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump is an on-the-ground and behind-the-scenes look at Trump's ethics deficit on and off the course. Reilly...
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The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning

Ben Raines - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed, the Clotilda became the last ship in history to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The ship was scuttled and burned on arrival to hide evidence of the crime, allowing the wealthy perpetrators to escape prosecution. Despite...
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Ink in the Blood (Ink in the Blood Duology)

Kim Smejkal - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

A lush, dark YA fantasy debut that weaves together tattoo magic, faith, and eccentric theater in a world where lies are currency and ink is a weapon, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Kendare Blake. Celia Sand and her best friend, Anya Burtoni, are inklings for the esteemed religion...
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