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Under
the Dome, Stephen King
Chester's Mill, Maine, is faced with a big dilemma when it is mysteriously
sealed off by an invisible and completely impenetrable force field. With
cars and airplanes exploding on contact, the force field has completely
isolated the townspeople from the outside world. Now, Iraq war vet Dale
Barbara and a group of the town's more sensible citizens must overcome the
tyrannical rule of Big Jim Rennie, a politician bent on controlling
everything.
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I,
Alex Cross, James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the
awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex
vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one
of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.
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The
Crisis, David Poyer
Assigned to improve an undisciplined patrol craft squadron in the Red Sea,
Naval Commander Dan Lenson and his Tactical Analysis Group find themselves
on a humanitarian mission in famine-stricken northern Africa, where a
young jihadist coordinates a violent insurgency.
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The
Fleet Street Murders, Charles Finch
Celebrating the 1866 holiday season at the side of his fiancée, amateur
sleuth Charles Lenox is drawn into the double-homicide case of two
reporters, an investigation that is complicated by a police ruling that
the killings are unrelated.
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The
Christmas Cookie Club: A Novel, Ann Pearlman
Assigned to improve an undisciplined patrol craft squadron in the Red Sea,
Naval Commander Dan Lenson and his Tactical Analysis Group find themselves
on a humanitarian mission in famine-stricken northern Africa, where a
young jihadist coordinates a violent insurgency.
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A
Friend of the Family: A Novel, Lauren Grodstein
After his best friend's daughter, Laura, sets her sights on his son, Alec,
Pete Dizinoff sees his plans for a perfect son not just unraveling but
being destroyed completely and sets out to derail the romance.
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Wishin'
and Hopin': A Christmas Story, Wally Lamb
Set in the fictional town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, the story of fifth
grader Felix Funicello in the months leading up to Christmas, 1964.
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The
Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
Growing up in 1930's Mexico, American Harrison Shepherd quickly learns
that his mother is more concerned with social aspirations than his
well-being. Due to a tumultuous stint at a Virginia military school and
his mother's knack for selecting men on the losing side of Mexico's
political battles, Harrison takes a withdrawn approach to adulthood. After
his mother's repute places him in danger, Harrison ventures back to
America, which is in the midst of World War II.
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Merry,
Merry Ghost, Carolyn Hart
When a wealthy woman in Adelaide, Oklahoma, is found dead, it's up to that
irrepressible spirit Bailey Ruth, on assignment from Wiggins and Heaven's
Department of Good Intentions, to protect a little boy, foil a murderer,
and save Christmas. There's only one teeny hitch: how can Bailey Ruth
figure out which family member was desperate enough to kill when everyone
has a motive?
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The
Widow's Revenge, James D. Doss
Rancher and sometime tribal investigator Charlie Moon gets the call when
the widow Montoya starts fussing about witches. When no one listens to her
concerns, she takes matters into her own hands, and winds up a corpse.
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Abandoned:
A Thriller, Cody McFadyen
Investigating the works of a serial killer for hire who kills wives and
effectively hides all evidence until the cases are closed, FBI Special
Agent Smoky Barrett and her team fight to crack his operation and discover
that he may be targeting Smoky.
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Rough
Country, John Sandford
While competing in a fishing tournament, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport
to investigate a murder at a nearby resort, where a woman has been shot.
The more he digs, the more he discovers the arrows of suspicion that point
in many directions--then he finds that this is not the first murder, that
there was a second, seemingly unrelated one, the year before.
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Windfall,
Penny Vincenzi
Sensible Cassia Fallon has been married to her doctor husband for seven
years when her godmother leaves her a huge fortune. For the first time in
her life, she is able to do exactly as she likes, and she starts to
question her marriage, her past, her present, and her future. But where
did her inheritance really come from and why? Too soon the windfall has
become a corrupting force, one that Cassia cannot resist.
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Dracula:
The Un-Dead,
Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt
One by one, the band of heroes that defeated Dracula a quarter-century ago
is being hunted down. Could it be that Dracula somehow survived their
attack and is seeking revenge? Or is there another force at work whose
relentless purpose is to destroy anything and anyone associated with
Dracula?
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Pursuit
of Honor,
Vince Flynn
Mitch Rapp comes up against a new and deadly enemy when he is unofficially
ordered to find three terrorists by any means necessary. They've attacked
Washington D.C. So far, however, his investigation has been painfully
complicated, and the last thing Rapp expected was to be in New York City
to decide the fate of a man that could be his cover.
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A
Fatal Feast: A Murder She Wrote Myster,
Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain
The newest novel in the "USA Today" bestselling series finds
Jessica Fletcher cooking up a heartwarming holiday dinner--and a fresh
serving of trouble as she and Inspector George Sutherland take a
post-turkey stroll in Cabot Cove, Maine, and stumble upon the body of a
man with a carving knife stuck in his chest.
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The
Monster in the Box: An Inspector Wexford Novel,
Ruth Rendell
Over the years there have been several unsolved, apparently motiveless
murders in the town of Kingsmarkham, and Wexford (as a young policeman)
quietly suspected that the increasingly prosperous Targo -- van driver,
property developer, kennel owner, and animal lover -- was behind them.
Now, half a lifetime later, Inspector Wexford spots Targo back in
Kingsmarkham after a long absence.
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Locked
In,
Marcia Muller
After being shot in the head, Sharon McCone suffers from locked-in
syndrome, which involves almost total paralysis but an alert conscious
mind. As Sharon lies in her hospital bed, furiously trying to break out of
her body's prison and discover her attacker's identity, all the members of
her agency fan out to find the reason why she was assaulted/
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The
Christmas Secret,
Donna VanLiere
When struggling young single mother Christine Eisley saves the life of an
elderly woman working in Wilson's department store, she sets into motion a
series of events that will test her strength, loyalty, and determination,
all the while setting her on the path to finding true love.
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The
Owl Killers: A Novel,
Karen Maitland
England, 1321. The tiny village of Ulewic teeters between survival and
destruction, faith and doubt, God and demons. Shadowing the villagers'
lives are men cloaked in masks and secrecy, ruling with violence,
intimidation, and terrifying fiery rites: the Owl Masters. When the
daughter of Ulewic's most powerful man is accepted into a beguinage,
battle lines are drawn.
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Ghetto
Superstar,
Nikki Turner
When Fabiola Mays hits the stage, all eyes are on her. Her talent and sex
appeal attracts the attention of the music industry's most influential
(and shadiest) mogul. Too fly to bow down to such sleaze, Fabiola earns
herself powerful enemies and an unlikely ally. When Casino, an older
gangster battling demons of his own in the music biz and on the streets,
crosses her path, they pool their hopes and their assets to fight for a
brighter future.
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A
Drunkard's Path,
Clare O'Donohue
In the sleepy town of Archers Rest, Nell Fitzgerald is finishing her first
quilt and preparing for her first date with the police chief, but she is
stood up when the body of a murdered young woman has been discovered near
the Hudson River. After a second body is found, Nell enlists the aid of
her quilting circle to patch together clues.
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Black
Friday: A Maggie O'Dell Novel,
Alex Kava
Maggie O'Dell leads an investigation into the bombing of the nation's
largest shopping center, uncovering paranoia, racism and a sinister secret
agenda that extends to the highest ranks of a white-collar lobby group. As
retailers count down to Christmas Eve, Maggie knows that infiltration is
the only option--even though the cost could be huge.
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Evidence:
An Alex Delaware Novel,
Jonathan Kellerman
Veteran homicide cop Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware expose
the shadowy side of glittering Los Angeles as they investigate the
gruesome death of a young couple-murdered in flagrante--the man identified
as a notorious womanizer and eco-friendly architect, the woman
unidentified.
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The
Professional,
Robert Parker
Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at a Boston law firm, and
over the years she's developed a friendship with wives of wealthy men.
These rich wives have all had an affair with a man named Gary
Eisenhower--and now he's blackmailing them. Shaw hires Spenser to make
Eisenhower "cease and desist," so to speak, but when women start
turning up dead, Spenser's assignment goes from blackmail to murder.
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Half
Broke Horses: A True Life Novel,
Jeannette Walls
A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at
six helped her father break horses, at fifteen left home to teach in a
frontier town, and later as a wife and mother runs a vast ranch in Arizona
where she survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and
the most heartbreaking personal tragedy--but despite a life of
hardscrabble drudgery still remains a woman of indomitable spirit.
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A
Touch of Dead: Sookie Stackhouse, The Complete Stories,
Charlaine Harris
A collection of every short story featuring Sookie Stackhouse, the
telepathic waitress heroine of the best-selling Southern Vampire novels.
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Dark
Tiger,
William G. Tapply
An unnamed man who has periodically appeared to check on Stoney after
being struck by lightning, this time shows up looking for help. Stoney
must go to the far corner of Maine, sign on as a guide at a high-end
fishing lodge, and look into a couple of suspicious deaths. A government
"operaitve" was found shot dead in a staged murder/suicide pact.
Now Stoney has to uncover what the dead agent was investigating and got
him killed.
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A
Deep Dark Secret,
Kimberla Lawson Roby
On the outside, twelve-year-old Jillian Maxwell is the perfect child.
She's helpful with chores around the house, gets straight As, has plans
for college, and stays out of trouble. She seems to have everything a girl
could want: a big, beautiful new home, an adoring little sister, a mother
who cares about her, and an attentive stepfather. But inside, Jillian
harbors a terrible secret.
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The
Perfect Christmas,
Debbie Macomber
Thirty-three-year-old Cassie wants a husband and kids, and she turns to
Simon Dodson, a professional matchmaker for help. Dodson assigns her three
tasks to complete, and despite a number of comical mishaps, Cassie
completes them all. Her Christmas match turns out to be a wonderful
surprise.
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Lakeshore
Christmas,
Susan Wiggs
Librarian Maureen Davenport lives for Christmas. Finally getting her
chance to direct Avalon's holiday pageant, she's determined to make it
truly spectacular. But it might just require one of those Christmas
miracles she's always read about if her co-director-- recovering former
child star Eddie Haven--has his way.
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Nonfiction
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Changing
My Mind: Occasional Essays, Zadie Smith
A volume of essays is comprised of top-selected pieces from the past
decade and considers a broad range of topics organized under such main
categories as "Reading," "Being," "Seeing,"
and "Feeling."
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Evening's
Empire: The Story of My Father's Murder, Zachary Lazar
Describes the gangland-style murder of the author's father amid the height
of 1970s counterculture, in an account that follows his efforts to
understand why his father would risk everything to participate in a
multimillion-dollar real estate scandal.
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The
Purpose of Christmas, Rick Warren
The best-selling author of The Purpose Driven Life offers a look at
the true meaning of Christmas and its meaning in all of our lives.
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Heart
of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and
Karl Rove, Max Cleland with Ben Raines
A memoir of recovery and triumph, detailing his remarkable journey from
small town Georgia to Vietnam to a U.S. Senate seat, his trajectory
serving as scaffolding for a withering critique of the Bush
administration's handling of September 11.
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The
Time of My Life, Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi
The thirty-year veteran of stage and screen describes his Texas
upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame with North and South,
his commercial breakthroughs in "Dirty Dancing" and
"Ghost," and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it
all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.
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The
Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, William
Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
This tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill
from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a
future, to his family.
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Have
a Little Faith: A True Story, Mitch Albom
When an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to
deliver his eulogy, Albom goes back to his nonfiction roots and becomes
involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who
preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its
roof.
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Ordinary
Injustice: How America Holds Court, Amy Bach
From an award-winning lawyer-reporter, this new explanation for America's
failing justice system squarely places the blame on the assembly-line
approach of the nation's courtrooms and argues for the development of a
new method of checks and balances.
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The
Possibility of Everything: A Memoir, Hope Edelman
Worried about how to handle an imaginary friend's apparent hold on their
daughter, Hope Edelman and her husband made the unlikely choice to take
the young child to Maya healers in Belize, hoping that a shaman might help
them banish this disruption--and, as they came to understand, all it
represented--from their lives.
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Conquering
Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World, Harold S.
Kushner
Drawing on the teachings of religious and secular literature and on the
true stories of people who have faced their fears, Kushner helps us to see
that fear can present us with extraordinary opportunities--to connect with
our emotions, rethink our values, and change our lives, and the world, for
the better.
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The
Case for God, Karen Armstrong
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details
the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a
sacred reality. While noting that the changing face of the world has
necessarily changed the importance of religion, she makes an argument for
drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks
to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
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Where
Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer tells the story of the life and death of Pat Tillman through
Tillman’s journals and letters, interviews with his wife and friends,
conversations with the soldiers who served alongside him, and extensive
research on the ground in Afghanistan.
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Official
Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin, Kathy
Griffin
Writing with her trademark wit, the feisty comic settles a few old scores,
celebrates the friends and mentors who helped her claw her way to the top,
and shares insider gossip about celebrity behavior--the good, the bad, and
the very ugly.
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The
Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King, James
Patterson & Martin Dugard
James Patterson and Martin Dugard dig through stacks of evidence--X-rays,
Carter's files dealing with the discovery of a long-lost crypt, forensic
clues, and stories told through the ages--to arrive at their own account
of King Tut's life and death.
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