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Here are some of the books we discussed in our last meeting:
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The First Lady and the rebel : a novel
by Susan Higginbotham
Sisters Mary Todd Lincoln and Emily Todd Helm find themselves on opposite sides of history when the American Civil War divides the country and forces them to fight those they most love to defend their beliefs. Original.
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Leadership in turbulent times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of No Ordinary Time draws on five decades of scholarship to offer an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth and exercise of leadership as demonstrated by Presidents Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR and Johnson
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A minute to midnight
by David Baldacci
A high-action sequel to Long Road to Mercy continues the story of FBI agent Atlee Pine in the remote wilds surrounding the Grand Canyon in Shattered Rock, Arizona. 500,000 first printing.
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Me for you
by Lolly Winston
"A widower pianist finds his efforts to move on after the murder of his beloved wife complicated by police suspicion, an ex's reappearance and an adult child with marital problems. By the best-selling author of ""Good Grief"". 75,000 first printing."
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The Christmas list
by Richard Paul Evans
The best-selling author of The Christmas Box and Grace returns with a new heartwarming novel for the holiday season, a story of hope, love, and faith.
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The way I heard it
by Mike Rowe
An Emmy Award winner presents a collection of transcripts from his favorite episodes from his popular short-form podcast The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations and insights. 450,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
by J. D. Vance
Shares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past. 25,000 first printing.
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Above us only sky
by Michele Young-Stone
Embarking on a quest to find her place in this world, 15-year-old Prudence Eleanor Vilkas, who was born with a pair of wings molded to her back that were surgically removed, discovers a miraculous lineage of women—separated by oceans, generations and war—who were all connected by the gift of wings. By the author of The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors.
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Dewey : the small-town library cat who touched the world
by Vicki Myron
Traces the author's discovery of a half-frozen kitten in the drop-box of her small-community Iowa library and the feline's development into an affable library mascot whose intuitive nature prompted hundreds of abiding friendships, in a tale told against a backdrop of the town's struggles with the 1980s farm crisis.
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The nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
Reunited when the elder's husband is sent to fight in World War II, French sisters Vianne and Isabelle find their bond as well as their respective beliefs tested by a world that changes in horrific ways. Discussion guide available online. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Firefly Lane.
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