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| I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie SueJolene deals with a soul-crushing job by venting about coworkers in white text at the end of her emails to them. After she's caught, HR makes her take a sensitivity class and restricts her communications...but she's also accidentally given access to coworkers' emails and DMs, with surprising results. If you'd like more smart, witty looks at workplaces, try Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman, The Cleaner by Brandi Wells, or Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris. |
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| The Gathering by C.J. TudorIn rural Deadheart, Alaska, detective Barbara Atkins investigates the death of a teenager who was found with all the blood drained from his body. Could members of the Colony, an ostracized community of (mostly harmless) vampyres, be at fault? For fans of: Red Moon by Benjamin Percy. |
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The hidden palace
by Dinah Jefferies
In 1944 war-ravaged France, Florence Baudin receives a desperate request from her estranged mother to find her vanished sister, who went missing years before, and is drawn into a world of betrayals, secrets, lies, and silence
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Long Island : a novel
by Colm Tâoibâin
In 1976 Lindenhurst, Long Island, Ellis Lacey, an Irishwoman in her 40s with no one to rely on in this still-new country, discovers her husband got a woman pregnant and the woman's husband refuses to raise it, forcing Ellis to decide what she will do and not do in this unexpected situation.
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| The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of... by Hampton SidesHistorian Hampton Sides' compelling, you-are-there latest offers an atmospheric account of controversial British cartographer James Cook's final Pacific voyage, which began in 1776 and ended three years later when he was killed by a group of Native Hawaiians whom he had exploited. Try this next: The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth by Adam Goodheart. |
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All you need is love : the Beatles in their own words
by Peter Brown
This groundbreaking oral history of the Beatles is based on interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and others in 1980-81 in preparation for the international bestseller The Love You Make. 200,000 first printing.
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Unraveling : what I learned about life while shearing sheep, dyeing wool, and making the world's ugliest sweater
by Peggy Orenstein
Sharing her year-long journey as a daughter, wife, mother, writer and maker, the New York Times best-selling author, a lifelong knitter, shows how she, to keep herself engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life, set out to make a sweater from scratch. 75,000 first printing.
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| The Secret Library by Kekla MagoonWhile grieving for her much-loved Grandpa, adventure-loving 11-year-old Dally discovers a magical library that can transport her to the lives of her ancestors. From the excitement of sailing with pirates to the bittersweetness of family history, this time-travel story is filled with thought-provoking twists. |
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| Summer Is Here by Renée Watson; illustrated by Bea JacksonA young girl guides readers through her perfect summer day, including swimming, double dutch, blowing bubbles, and a communal cookout. This picture book debut from author Renée Watson overflows with delicious sensory details in the lyrical text and the sunshine-bright illustrations. |
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