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New eBooks from Pindigital/Overdrive
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American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
by Monica Hesse
The Washington Post reporter and author of Girl in the Blue Coat documents the trial of a man who was charged with dozens of counts of arson in rural Virginia county, sharing insight into the perpetrator's struggles with addiction, his relationship with his accomplice girlfriend and the impact of the fires on their community.
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The Breakdown
by B. A. Paris
Unable to forget a murder she witnessed when she was where she was not supposed to be, Cass struggles with an increasingly compromised memory before she begins receiving silent, sinister phone calls.
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Collared
by David Rosenfelt
Astonished when an anonymously surrendered dog is linked to the kidnapping of a baby more than two years earlier, canine rescuer and lawyer Andy Carpenter reopens the case to search for the stolen child and determine if the right person was sent to jail.
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The Dress in the Window
by Sofia Grant
Enduring devastating wartime losses, sisters Jeanne and Peggy design and make stunning dresses to meet post-rationing demands and find themselves achieving unexpected prosperity before sibling rivalry and unexpected revelations challenge their partnership.
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Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism
by Naoki Higashida
A follow-up to The Reason I Jump shares the author's experiences as a young adult with severe autism, exploring in short, evocative chapters his observations on education, identity, family life, society and personal growth while sharing insights into the unique mental steps that are required for him to register his environments.
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I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool
by Lisa Scottoline
A lighthearted collection of stories by the award-winning mother-and-daughter team features warm and witty memoir tales for women, in an entry in the top-reviewed series that includes, I've Got Sand in All the Wrong Places.
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Jane Austen at Home
by Lucy Worsley
A profile of the life and times of Jane Austen by the best-selling author of Courtiers tours the classic author's childhood home, schools, holiday accommodations and grand and small family estates to reveal lesser-known aspects of Austen's character and inspirations.
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The Painted Queen
by Elizabeth Peters
When a stranger bursts into her elegant Cairo hotel suite and dies from injuries sustained during an interrupted assassination attempt on her life, Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, witness the discovery of one of the most precious Egyptian artifacts while navigating the murderous activities of master-of-disguise, Sethos.
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Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Creatures
by Ben Mezrich
The best-selling author of The Accidental Billionaires traces the pioneering work of a group of young scientists under the guidance of brilliant geneticist George Church, who sequenced the DNA of a frozen woolly mammoth harvested from the Arctic circle to resurrect the extinct species as part of a larger effort to slow the advances of global warming.
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New eBooks from eRead Illinois/Axis 360
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The Beguiled
by Thomas Cullinan
A wounded Union soldier taken in by the women at a girl's school in the South manages to seduce both a student and a teacher, and jealousy and revenge ensue.
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The Darkest Promise
by Gena Showalter
Forbidden to experience joy at the risk of having her memory wiped, Cameo, a woman possessed by the demon of Misery, sneaks into a fantastical kingdom in the hopes of finding redemption from a relentless leader, Lazarus, whose dark kisses threaten her with the consequences of happiness.
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Final Girls
by Riley Sager
Emerging a lone survivor of a serial killer's massacre a decade earlier, a former college student struggles to ignore traumatic memories and move on as one of a group of other survivors who look to her for answers when one of them is found dead in a suspicious suicide.
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House of Spies
by Daniel Silva
A latest entry in the best-selling series continues the adventures of Israeli assassin and art restorer-turned-spy Gabriel Allon.
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Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism
by Mark R. Levin
The conservative talk-radio host and president of the Landmark Legal foundation shares a new collection of critical insights and political recommendations in the vein of such best-selling books as Ameritopia and The Liberty Amendments.
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The Right Side
by Spencer Quinn
Disfigured from a war injury incurred during an operation she barely remembers, a woman veteran of the war in Afghanistan embarks on an obsessive search for her missing daughter before forging a deep bond with a stray dog and discovering new perils beyond the combat zone.
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Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction
by Diana Gabaldon
A collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe stars beloved character Jamie Fraser and includes two previously unpublished stories, including "Besieged," a tale about Lord John Grey; and "A Fugitive Green," centering on John's brother, Hal Grey.
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The Silent Corner
by Dean R. Koontz
A first entry in a two-part novel of suspense finds shattered widow Jane Hawk investigating the inexplicable truth behind her happy and successful husband's suicide and is rendered a fugitive when she discovers that powerful enemies are somehow forcing accomplished and popular people to end their lives.
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The Switch
by Joseph Finder
Picking up a politician's laptop by mistake, Michael Tanner discovers stolen files before finding himself targeted by an unscrupulous fixer at the same time the owners of the files hatch a deadly plot.
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Wired
by Julie Garwood
Needing to recruit a top-notch computer expert who can help him identify a mole, a hotshot FBI agent encounters difficulties coordinating with a beautiful computer hacker who is hiding secrets that she does not want revealed.
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