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The Slaughterman's Daughter by Yaniv IczkovitsFable-inspired stories within stories, told from the nuanced perspectives of interrelated characters, follow the experiences of a Jewish woman in late-19th-century Russia, who uses her secret talents as a ritual slaughterer to retrieve a faithless brother-in-law. Iczkovits spins a family drama into a far-reaching comedy of errors that will pit the czar's army against the Russian secret police and threaten the very foundations of the Russian Empire. This is a rollicking and unforgettable work of fiction.
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The Waiting
by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
The author was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: She had been separated from her sister during the Korean War. Her mother's story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war. The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. Gwija was separated from her husband and son as they fled to the south. Then seventy years passed. Gwija is now an elderly woman, and Jina can’t stop thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother.
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The Games Gods Play
by Abigail Owen
I have never been favored by the gods. I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won't notice me. Until the night I tangle with a different god. Hades. For the first time ever, the ruthless, mercurial King of the Underworld has entered the deadly contest the gods hold to determine a new ruler to sit on the throne of Olympus. But instead of fighting their own battles, the gods name mortals to compete in their stead. So whydid Hades choose me as his champion? And why does my heart trip every time he says I'm his?
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North Woods
by Daniel Mason
When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters. A pair of spinster twins, a crime reporter, a lovelorn painter, a sinister conman, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle: As each inhabitant confronts the wonder and mystery around them, they begin to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.
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The Husbands
by Holly Gramazio
When Lauren returns home to her flat, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There’s only one problem—she’s not married. She’s never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they’ve been together for years. As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can’t remember meeting, Michael abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges, and a new, slightly altered life re-forms around her.
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Tilda is Visible
by Jane Tara
When Tilda Finch is diagnosed with invisibility, she's not overly surprised -- she's felt invisible for years. She has a good life and a successful business selling inspirational quotes on merchandise. But she's never really recovered from her divorce. Or, if she's honest, her childhood. Tilda's past has taken a toll and she's lost sight of herself. Now, with the possibility of completely disappearing, she must face the trauma of her past and rewrite the way she perceives the world, and herself.
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We Solve Murders
by Richard Osman
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy's business now. She's currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D'Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job... Then a dead body, a bag of money, and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a lethal enemy?
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Unseen Academicals
by Terry Pratchett
Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in this affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans. The always out-of-touch wizards at Ankh-Morpork’s Unseen University stand to lose a very big bequest unless they enter a team in a violent but popular street sport competition where they cannot use magic. As the wizards struggle to learn the game, aided by the university’s hired help, Ankh-Morpork’s ruler schemes to use the competition for his own purposes. At its heart, this is an intelligent, cheeky love letter to football, its fans and the unifying power of sports.
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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
by T. Kingfisher
Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. But Mona's life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona's city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of Mona's worries...
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The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
by C.M. Waggoner
A librarian with a knack for solving murders soon realizes there is something supernatural afoot in her little town. When someone Sherry Pinkwhistle was close to ends up dead, and her cat is possessed by what seems to be an ancient demon, Sherry realizes she is going to need an exorcist more than a detective. With the help of her town's new priest and an assortment of friends who dub themselves the "Demon Hunting Society," Sherry needs to solve the murder and get rid of the demon.
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The Memory Police
by Yoko Ogawa
On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, things are disappearing. First, animals and flowers. Then objects--ribbons, bells, photographs. Then, body parts. Most of the island's inhabitants fail to notice these changes, while those few who can recall the lost objects live in fear of the mysterious "memory police," who are committed to ensuring that the disappeared remain forgotten. When a young novelist realizes that more than her career is in danger, she hides her editor beneath her floorboards, and together, they cling to literature as the last way of preserving the past.
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The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington DC all-female boardinghouse called Briarwood during the McCarthy era. Mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, drawing her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship, but when a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the women must expose the true enemy in their midst.
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The Nature of our Cities
by Nadina Galle
A stirring exploration of how scientists from around the world are harnessing local ecology and innovative technology to protect the planet's cities from the effects of climate change. Traveling the globe, Galle examines how urban nature, long an afterthought for many, actually points the way toward a livable future for cities. Optimistic in spirit yet pragmatic in approach, Galle writes persuasively that the future of urban life depends on balancing the natural world with the technology that can help sustain it.
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The Power Broker
by Robert A. Caro
Architect and city planner, Robert Moses, is pictured as idealist reformer and political manipulator as his rise to power and eventual domination of New York State politics is documented.
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The Girl That Floats: Memories of an Iowa Pioneer Girl
by Mary Ann Maulsby Mills
Mary Ann Maulsby was just a young girl in 1836 when her family moved from Indiana to what would become the Iowa Territory. Years later, she recalled in vivid detail the memories of the journey and the life they made in the wilderness of southeastern Iowa in the 1830s and 1840s.
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