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Anima rising : a novel
by Christopher Moore

From New York Times bestselling author comes a humorously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter and an undead woman's electrifying journey of self-discovery.
Awake in the floating city : a novel
by Susanna Kwan

In a flooded city, grieving artist Bo is drawn back to life by a prickly elderly neighbor, Mia, whose stories and memories inspire her to find purpose in documenting their disappearing world and reclaiming her art before it's lost forever.
Class clown : the memoirs of a professional wiseass : how I went 77 years without growing up
by Dave Barry

A noted American humorist tells his life story.
Death at a Highland wedding
by Kelley Armstrong

Living as a Victorian-era housemaid after slipping 150 years into the past, modern-day detective Mallory Atkinson joins Dr. Duncan Gray at a Highland wedding-turned-murder in the fourth novel of the series following Disturbing the Dead.
The emperor of gladness : a novel
by Ocean Vuong

In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory, and resilience on the margins of society.
Going home in the dark
by Dean R. Koontz

Three childhood friends reunite in their hometown after a fourth falls into a coma and uncover a dark, forgotten past that threatens to consume them all in the new novel by the New York Times best-selling author of Odd Thomas.
Heart, be at peace
by Donal Ryan

In a small Irish town scarred by economic collapse, fragile recovery gives way to rising tensions when a new, insidious threat emerges, stirring old resentments and drawing young people into a dangerous underworld threatening the community's hard-won peace.
Life and art : essays
by Richard Russo

"Sharp, tender, extraordinarily intimate reflections on work, culture, love and family from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Nobody's Fool".
The Love Haters
by Katherine Center

Video producer Katie Vaughn heads to Key West to profile Coast Guard rescue swimmer Tom“Hutch” Hutcheson, but between his family drama, her escalating lies, and their growing attraction, she must confront her fears and find courage in paradise.
No one was supposed to die at this wedding : a novel
by Catherine Mack

When a bestselling mystery author attends her best friend's star-studded wedding on stormy Catalina Island, a chilling death ruins the celebration in the second novel of the series following Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies. 
The raider : the untold story of a renegade Marine and the birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II
by Stephen R. Platt

"The extraordinary life of forgotten World War II hero Evans Carlson, commander of America's first special forces, secret confidant of FDR, and one of the most controversial officers in the history of the Marine Corps, who dedicated his life to bridging the cultural divide between the United States and China."
To the success of our hopeless cause : the many lives of the Soviet dissident movement
by Benjamin Nathans

A gripping history of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR—and still provides a model of opposition in Putin's Russia. 
Is a river alive?
by Robert Macfarlane

The best-selling author of Underland explores the concept of rivers as living entities, weaving together travel writing, natural history and reporting from Ecuador, India and Canada to illuminate the interconnectedness of humans and rivers.
Nightshade
by Michael Connelly
 
Michael Connelly introduces a new cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island.
Phantom fleet : the hunt for Nazi submarine U-505 and World War II's most daring heist
by Alexander Rose

"Shortly before noon on June 4, 1944, the sonar operator on a destroyer prowling off the coast of West Africa heard a sharp, metallic ping. The sound could mean only one thing: the German U-boat that their hunter-killer group had long been tracking, U-505, was lurking somewhere in the darkness beneath them. The ensuing fight between exhausted hunter and venomous prey would make history when American sailors boarded an enemy warship at sea for the first time since the War of 1812."
Taking Midway : naval warfare, secret codes, and the battle that turned the tide of World War II
by Martin Dugard

Chronicles the events leading to the pivotal Battle of Midway, highlighting Lt. Commander Joseph Rochefort's efforts to decode Japanese plans despite skepticism from U.S. Navy leadership, and detailing the high-stakes strategies and dramatic confrontations that turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific.
What will people think? : a novel
by Sara Hamdan

Mia's Almas' secret comedy career, forbidden office crush and a long-guarded family secret take center stage, threatening her newfound confidence and her one shot at fame.
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