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Christmas in Bethel
by Richard Paul Evans
Leigh Beth Stilton never liked the holidays until she came across a book called Bethel. Leigh is unfamiliar with the author, J.D. Harper, but his words speak directly to her. She avidly reads every novel Harper has written. In a twist of fate, Leigh runs into J.D. in a coffee shop, and the two immediately click. But she's leery after a lifetime of pain, and when she discovers that J.D. hasn't been completely honest, her hopes are dashed. Can they find their way back to each other and can Leigh learn to trust her heart?
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The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream
by Jeannie Zusy
Every family has its faults, and when Maggie gets a call from the ER in Maryland where her older sister lives, the cracks start to appear. Ginny, her diabetic older sister with intellectual disabilities, has overdosed on strawberry Jell-O. Maggie brings her sister to live near her in upstate New York. It will take all of her dark humor and patience, already spread thin, to deal with Ginny's diapers, sugar addiction, porn habit, and refusal to cooperate. It's a story that will leave you laughing through your tears as you wonder who is actually taking care of whom.
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The Force of Such Beauty
by Barbara Bourland
Caroline, a former marathon runner and 14-year-old dropout, was the perfect candidate for a tiara: disciplined, accustomed to public attention, and utterly uneducated. When she meets Finn, the prince of a small European kingdom, her fate is sealed and she is locked into a life of smiling, waving and producing children until she begins to open her eyes to the world around her and becomes desperate to escape her gilded prison. Not your grandmother’s fairy tale, this a fable of love and marriage and is Bourland’s most ambitious and inventive book yet.
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We Ride Upon Sticks
by Quan Barry
In the town of Danvers, Massachusetts, home of the original 1692 witch trials, the women athletes of the 1989 Danvers Falcons hockey team will do anything to make it to the state finals, even if it means tapping into some devilishly dark powers. Against a background of irresistible 1980s iconography, Barry weaves together the individual and collective progress of this enchanted team as they storm their way through an unforgettable season.
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Ordinary Human Failings
by Megan Nolan
It’s 1990 London, and a rising star reporter stumbles across a sensational scoop: a dead child on a London estate, grieving parents beloved by the neighborhood, and finger of suspicion pointing at one reclusive family of Irish immigrants and “bad apples”: the Greens. When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about their past in this haunting, propulsive, psychologically keen story about class, prejudice, trauma, and family secrets.
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You Should Be So Lucky
by Cat Sebastian
It's 1960, and the baseball season isn't going well for shortstop Eddie O'Leary. His new teammates are giving him the silent treatment, his batting average is dismal, and the fans boo him regularly, on the field and off. Meanwhile, grieving arts writer Mark Bailey scarcely leaves his apartment anymore, but his editor has just assigned him to a series of articles about Eddie. Mark is not a sports reporter, and he has no desire to spend an entire season in close proximity with the baseball team. But as the two men get to know each other, their attraction becomes impossible to deny.
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My Father Always Finds Corpses
by Lee Hollis
Jarrod Jarvis hasn't disclosed much about his sleuthing past to his daughter, Liv. Liv's filmmaker boyfriend, Zel, has a new documentary idea to track down the surrogate who gave birth to Liv. Annoyed by Zel's pressure tactics, Liv goes to confront him. But there's no need to break things off because someone has bludgeoned Zel to death. Together, Liv and Jarrod comb for clues across the sun-drenched Coachella valley, but while there's nothing like murder to bring a family together, this father-daughter reunion may be short-lived as long as a killer is on the loose.
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Nothing to See Here
by Kevin Wilson
Lillian and Madison were unlikely, yet inseparable, friends at their boarding school. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they have barely spoken since. Years later, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin step-kids are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated. Thinking of the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose.
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Some Desperate Glory
by Emily Tesh
Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the powerful, reality-shaping weapon that gave the majoda their victory over humanity. Kyr is one of the best warriors of her generation, and when Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to Nursery to bear sons, she knows must take humanity's revenge into her own hands.
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Tokyo Ever After
by Emiko Jean
After learning that her unknown father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi Tanaka travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverent eighteen-year-old from northern California. Caught between worlds, she was never "American" enough, and in Japan, she must prove she's "Japanese" enough. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairy tale, happily ever after?
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Ours Was the Shining Future
by David Leonhardt
The stagnation of living standards for most Americans over the past few decades has been the defining trend of life in the United States. Wealth and educational attainment have slowed to a crawl, while life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and the Black-White wage gap is as large as it was when Harry Truman was president. Leonhardt tells the story of the past century of the American economy, starting with the invention of the term "American dream" and examining how the most prosperous economy in history unraveled after the postwar boom.
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Puerto Rico
by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
How did Puerto Rico end up in its current situation? A Spanish-speaking territory controlled by the United States and populated by the descendants of conquistadors, enslaved Africans, and indigenous inhabitants, this island (or rather archipelago) has a unique history. Meléndez-Badillo provides a thorough history, including many narratives of resistance. This is an engaging, sometimes personal, and consistently surprising history of colonialism, revolt, and the creation of a national identity, offering new perspectives not only on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean but on the United States and the Atlantic world more broadly.
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Snacking Cakesby Yossy ArefiFind sweet satisfaction with 50 easy, every-day cake recipes made with simple ingredients. Expert baker Arefi's collection of recipes is perfect for anyone who craves near-instant cake satisfaction. With little time and effort, these single-layered cakes are made using only one bowl and utilize ingredients likely sitting in your cupboard. These ever-pleasing, undemanding cakes will become part of your daily ritual.
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People Love Dead Jews
by Dara Horn
Dara Horn has often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture, and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly antisemitic attacks. Horn was troubled to realize what all these assignments had in common: she was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones. Horn reflects on far-flung subjects and challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so much fascination with Jewish deaths, and so little respect for Jewish lives unfolding in the present. A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living.
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In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some
by Josh Gad
Book of Mormon and Frozen actor Gad makes his adult debut with a funny, if occasionally brash, memoir-in -essays. In cheeky, conversational prose, Gad threads reflections on his acting career with reminiscences about his Florida childhood, his parents’ divorce, his complicated feelings about his Jewish heritage, and his transformative experiences with marriage and fatherhood. Through it all, Gad ’s toughness and insistence on seeing adversity as “a friend instead of an enemy” makes it easy to root for him.
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