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The First Time I Saw Him by Laura DaveLaura Dave continues Hannah Hall's pulse-pounding journey in the riveting and deeply moving sequel to The Last Thing He Told Me. Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern California. But when Owen shows up at Hannah's new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again. As the thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety, and finds there just might be a way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance.
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The Storm by Rachel HawkinsNew York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins is back with a thrilling new gothic suspense novel about a Gulf Coast beach motel that has survived a century of hurricanes, and has also been the site of multiple mysterious deaths.
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A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm KemptIn a gripping and hauntingly atmospheric novel set against the unforgiving landscape of the Arctic Circle, a disgraced police investigator discovers that his path to redemption is paved with ice - and blood.
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Skylark by Paula McLainThe New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife weaves a mesmerizing tale of Paris above and below, where a woman's quest for artistic freedom in 1664 intertwines with a doctor's dangerous mission during the German occupation in the 1940s, revealing a story of courage and resistance that transcends time.
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As her life is spiraling out of control, Debbie Mullen, author of the advice column Dear Debbie, decides it's time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most. |
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Pendergast: The Beginning by Douglas PrestonFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Preston and Child comes the Agent Pendergast origin story, a golden opportunity for longtime fans and new readers to learn about Agent Pendergast's strange and shocking first case.
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More Than Enough by Anna QuindlenHigh school English teacher Polly Goodman can talk about everything and anything with the women in her book club, which is why they've become her closest friends. When they give Polly an ancestry test kit as a joke, the results match her with a stranger. Despite it seeming clear that this match is a mistake, Polly cannot help combing through her own family history for answers. Then, when it seems that the book club circle of four will become three, Polly learns how friendships can change your life in the most profound ways.
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The Astral Libraryby Kate QuinnFrom New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.
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Vigil by George SaundersAn electric novel from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next. With the wisdom, playfulness, and explosive imagination we've come to expect, George Saunders takes on the gravest issues of our time--the menace of corporate greed, the toll of capitalism, the environmental perils of progress--and, in the process, spins a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the thorny question of absolution.
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The Devil's Daughter by Danielle SteelTwo diametrically different sisters, one calculating and egotistical, the other honorable, kind, and compassionate, clash in this compelling novel from bestselling author Danielle Steel. This gripping story of a sisterly bond strained to the breaking point by narcissism and temptation is an unforgettable tale of good and evil.
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The Sea Child by Linda WilgusEarly 1800s: Destitute and forced to leave her home in London, Isabel, a young widow of the Napoleonic Wars, returns to the village on the rugged Cornish coast where she was found as a small child, dripping wet and alone. Hoping to learn more about her enigmatic origins, she's shocked to find herself at the center of a local legend claiming that she is the daughter of a sea spirit. From the coves of Cornwall to the wild coast of Brittany, Isabel fights to understand her kinship with the ocean while seeking answers about her past.
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Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America by Howard BryantA path-breaking work of biography of two American giants, Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson, whose lives would forever be altered by the Cold War, and would explosively intersect before its most notorious weapon, the House Un-American Activities Committee, In a time of great division, with America in the midst of a new era of retrenchment and Black athletes again chilled into silence advocating for civil rights, the story of these two titans reverberates today within and beyond Black America.
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Duet: An Artful History of Music by Eleanor ChanClassically trained musician and art historian, Eleanor Chan, takes us deep into the visual and material manifestations of music, transforming our understanding of the story of art and music. Plunging the reader into the body of a performer and the eyes of an art historian, this wonderful book explores the history of music through a series of objects, both everyday and unusual, revealing how music has always been something that we visualize.
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Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia by Sam DalrympleA bold and sweeping history of modern South Asia, told through the five partitions that reshaped it. Based on deep archival research, previously untranslated sources, and hundreds of interviews in English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Konyak, Arabic, and Burmese, Shattered Lands is an utterly gripping history that offers a new understanding of modern South Asia, one that brings to light the continuing legacy of empire.
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The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas by Carrie GibsonFor more than four centuries, enslaved people across the Americas, from the United States and the Caribbean to Brazil, fought any way they could to gain their freedom. For the first time, their dramatic stories are gathered in one sweeping narrative that offers a message of inspiration in our own time.
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Tom Paine's War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time by Jack KellyTwo hundred and fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence marked the birth of the United States. But two essays of that era appealed even more directly to Americans' feelings: Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and The American Crisis. A tribute to the Revolution's 250th anniversary, Tom Paine's War is a riveting exploration of our nation's birth. This is a story of the power of words, and the power of belief, and how both speak as well to America's current crisis.
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The Feather Wars is an entertaining and expansive work of American history, an incredible story about how disparate characters came together to save hundreds of species of birds. Heroes, martyrs, villains, and conflicted do-gooders, the early bird conservation movement had them all. Together they transformed how Americans thought and cared about birds, forever altering the American landscape. |
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American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology by Jon MeachamThe bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment. American Struggle teaches us anew that to know what has come before, to watch as long-running disputes rise and fall, is to be armed against despair.
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Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic by Kenneth R. RosenA gripping blend of travelogue and frontline reporting that reveals how climate change, military ambition, and economic opportunity are transforming the Arctic into the epicenter of a new cold war, where a struggle for dominance between the planet's great powers heralds the next global conflict.
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Junglekeeper: What It Takes to Change the World by Paul RosolieExplorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie shares his incredible life in the Amazon rainforest, and what we can learn from the people fighting to protect it. This book is about the profound power of saying yes: yes to one's calling, yes to sticking with your dream when it comes at a high cost, and yes to taking a stand to save what might otherwise be gone in a generation. It's a story of calling, connectedness, and hope.
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On Morrison by Namwali SerpellThis is Toni Morrison as you've never encountered her before, a journey through her oeuvre; her fiction and criticism, as well as her lesser-known dramatic works and poetry, with contextual guidance, archival discoveries, and original close readings. At once accessible and uncompromisingly rigorous, On Morrison is a primer not only on how to read one of the most significant American authors of all time, but also on how to read great works of literature in general.
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