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American Wife, Curtis
Sittenfeld
As First Lady, Alice Blackwell
has stood by her husband even while disagreeing with many of his
positions. As he gets ready for the most important day of his presidential
life, Alice reflects upon the life and decisions that brought her to his
side.
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Badlands: A Novel
of Suspense, Richard Montanari
Philly
detectives investigate a cold case with disturbing evidence after an
anonymous caller on a tip hotline confesses to the months old murder.
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The Bell at Sealey
Head, Patricia A. McKillip
In a small seaside
town sits a marvelous mansion, Aislinn House, with a magical secret.
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Bones: An Alex
Delaware Novel, Jonathan Kellerman
As bodies begin to
turn up in L.A.'s Bird Marsh, Alex Delaware is called in to help. Could it
be a crazy mad serial killer or something more sinister?
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The Book of Lies, Brad
Meltzer
Is it possible there's
a connection between the death of the Bible's Cain and a 1932 murder tied
to the creator of Superman? A race for the world's first murder weapon
could explain that connection.
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A Cure for Night, Justin
Peacock
Public defender Joel
Deveraux is asked to second chair a case involving a black pot dealer and
white college student making for a high profile racially-tinged case.
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Death Swatch: A
Scrapbooking Mystery, Laura
Childs
It's Mardi Gras and
fun is in the air. But things change fast when a dead body turns up at the
party of Carmela Bertrand's friend, Jekyl Hardy.
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Doggie Day Care
Murder, Laurien Berenson
While
checking out the Pine Ridge Canine Care Center for a friend, Melanie
Travis stumbles upon a dead body. And it's not a doggie!
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The Eleventh Man, Ivan Doig
Ten
years after a dream season, eleven members of a nationally recognized
college football team are sent to the battlefields of WWII. Except for Ben
Reinking. He's forced to follow and report on his teammates by a
propaganda machine looking for heroes.
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Fine Just the Way
It Is: Wyoming Stories 3, Annie Proulx
A
collection of stories about life in the West from award-winning author
Proulx.
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The Gate House, Nelson
DeMille
John
Sutter is back in Long Island living on his ex-wife Susan's family's
estate. As Susan and John's romance begins to rekindle, they fear the son
of her murdered lover is out to exact revenge. Sequel to The Gold Coast.
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A Good Woman, Danielle
Steel
After
the death of her father and brother on the Titanic, Annabelle Worthington
is drawn into a loveless marriage.
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The Heretic's
Daughter, Kathleen Kent
Sarah
Carrier's mother Martha is accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
and her family is soon placed on trial.
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Home, Marilynne Robinson
Glory Boughton father
is dying and she has returned to Gilead to care for him. Soon after, her
brother Jack, the prodigal son, returns home to make peace with a painful
past.
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I See You
Everywhere, Julia Glass
Julia Glass' new novel
focuses on the alluring lives and sisterhood of Louisa and Clem.
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The Keepsake, Tess
Gerritsen
When Dr. Maura Isles
determines a mummy assumed to be ancient is actually a recent murder
victim and then more victims turn up, she and Detective Jane Rizzoli set
out to solve the mystery before anyone else ends up dead.
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The Million Dollar
Deception, RM Johnson
Nate Kenny is
determined to destroy the man that stole his wife and get her back. Sequel
to The Million Dollar Divorce.
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Moscow Rules, Daniel
Silva
A terrorist plot
interrupts Gabriel Allon's honeymoon, and soon he's off to Mexico to stop
an arms dealer from selling weapons to Al Queda.
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A Most Wanted Man, John
le Carre
A young Russian shows
up in Hamburg claiming to be a Muslim medical student. While his lawyer
Annabel works to keep him from being deported, she must also be aware of
English and American spies who are very interested in her new client.
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Ms. Hempel
Chronicles, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
Stories about new middle school English teacher Beatrice Hempel and her students.
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The Prophet
Murders: A Hop-iki-Yaya Thriller , Mehmet Murat Somer
Someone is killing
transvestites in Instanbul, and the cops are unable to solve the murder
alone.
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Red Knife: A Cork O'Connor Mystery, William Kent Krueger
Cork O'Connor is called in to discover the truth about
a series of murders
and keep a small town from spiraling into violence.
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Ritual, Mo
Hayder
After the discovery of
two amputated hands, Det. Insp. Jack Caffery is determined to find out who
they belong to and fast. This thriller leads him into a world of drug
lords and body parts rituals.
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Rough Weather, Robert
Parket
Spenser
"accompanies" Heidi Bradshaw to her daughter's wedding, but
things take an unexpected turn when Spenser's old nemesis, The Gray Man,
shows up.
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Sea of Poppies, Amitav
Ghosh
Follows the voyage of
the Ibis, a ship with a motley crew that sets out across the Indian Ocean
to fight the Opium Wars.
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Silks, Dick
Francis and Felix Francis
Barrister Geoffrey
Mason takes on the case of a jockey accused of murder and is soon
threatened by anonymous thugs to lose the case, or else!
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Testimony, Anita
Shreve
A videotape leads to a
devastating sex scandal at a small New England boarding school.
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The Toss of a Lemon, Padma Viswanathan
Sivakami is married at
age ten, and by eighteen she is a widow with two children. This story
follows her life in a traditionally Brahmin household in a small Indian
village.
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The Wettest County
in the World, Matt Bondurant
Author Sherwood
Anderson (author of Winesburg, Ohio) travels to Western Virginia to
write about the gritty reality of the moonshine business. Based on actual
events and the author's real life relatives.
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Angel of Grozny:
Orphans of a Forgotten War, Asne Seierstad
International
journalist Seierstad presents portraits from the war-torn region of
Chechnya.
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The Black List, Timothy
Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell
Twenty-five
prominent African Americans offer insight into life as a black man or
woman in America.
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Change We Can Believe
In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise
Outlines
Barack Obama's vision for America.
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Dating Makes You Want to Die: But You Have to Do It Anyway, Daniel
Holloway and Dorothy Robinson
Learn
how to walk your way through the world of dating.
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Dream in Color: How the Sanchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress,
Congresswomen Loretta and Linda Sánchez
Tells
the story of these two Congresswomen and their family's determination to
achieve the American Dream.
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The Dumbest
Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future
(Or Don't Trust Anyone Under 30), Mark Bauerlein
A
look at the intellectual life of the under-30 set and the effect
technology has had on their lack of development.
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Einstein's Mistakes:
The Human Failings of Genius, Hans Ohanian
An
examination of the mistakes made by Einstein and how his discoveries are
linked to the scientist's who came before him.
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The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World,
John Demos
Explores the history of witch-hunting and the hysteria that often leads
communities to act out in anger and fear.
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Epilogue, Anne Roiphe
Anne Roiphe's husband of forty years passed away just as she was
approaching seventy. This memoir tells the story of her loss and
loneliness and her efforts at finding new love.
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The Firstborn Advantage:
Making Your Birth Order Work For You, Dr. Kevin Leman
Psychologist Leman explores the classic traits of first-born and how
birth order influences development of personality.
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Friend or Frenemy? A
Guide to the Friends You Need and the Ones You Don't, Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler
Advice on how to keep your friends and dump your frenemies.
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Get a Life That
Doesn't Suck: 10 Surefire Ways to Live Life and Love the Ride, Michelle Deangelis
The
title says it all really.
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Give Me Liberty: A
Handbook for American Revolutionaries, Naomi Wolf
A guide for ordinary citizens interested in engaging the democratic
system to make true change.
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Hitler's Private
Library: The Books that Shaped His Life, Timothy W. Ryback
Take
a look at the books that made an impact on the life and thinking of Adolf
Hitler.
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The Making of a
Quarterback: The Incredible Rise of Eli Manning and the New York Giants, Ralph
Vacchiano
Uses
Eli Manning to explore the role of quarterback in the National Football
League.
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Michelle: A
Biography, Liza Mundy
A look at the life of Michelle Obama.
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The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own,
Nina Garcia
Advice on how to ensure your wardrobe includes with the fashion's
timeless pieces.
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Resistance: A
Frenchwoman's Journal of the War, Agnes Humbert, Barbara Mellor
(Translator)
A diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in WWII
translated into English.
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Skinny Bitch Bun in
the Oven: A Gutsy Guide to Becoming One Hot (and Healthy) Mother, Rory
Freedman and Kim Barnouin
This
time the authors focus on a vegetarian diet and nutrition during
pregnancy.
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Trouble With Boys,
Peg Tyre
Journalist Peg Tyre examines the educational system to identify the
ways it has failed male students.
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Unintended
Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies, Peter
W. Galbraith
Peter
Galbraith contends that while the Iraq war was meant to secure the United
States, it has instead armed our enemies with several new strengths.
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The United States
Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation, Jonathan Hennessey, Aaron McConnell (Illustrator)
The
Constitution presented in a graphic novel format.
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Why Faith Matters, David
J. Wolpe
Rabbi Wolpe provides a thoughtful response to atheist's questions about
faith and religion.
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Wordy Shipmates,
Sarah Vowell
A walk through American seventeenth-century history with a focus on the
role of the Puritans.
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