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The women
by Kristin Hannah
In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words“Women can be heroes, too,” impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.
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Bride
by Ali Hazelwood
Misery Lark, daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest must abandonee her cloaked existence among humans and uphold a historic alliance with the Weres by marrying their Alpha, Lowe Moreland.
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The Atlas Maneuver
by Steve Berry
When he unwittingly becomes caught in a war between the world's oldest bank and the CIA, one that directly involves the Black Eagle Trust and a legendary treasure worth billions, retired Justice Department operative Cotton Malone, must stop cryptocurrency from being weaponized to attack the world's financial systems.
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Anna O : a novel
by Matthew Blake
A forensic psychologist and expert in sleep-related homicides is the last hope for solving a case where a woman with a rare psychosomatic disorder stabbed two people to death while she slept.
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Crosshairs
by James Patterson
NYC detective Michael Bennett teams up with a former Army Ranger and sniper whose long, unexplained absences from duty causes suspicions during the investigation of a serial killer, in the 16th novel of the series following Obsessed.
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Death of a spy
by M. C Beaton
Scottish Highland village Sergeant Hamish Macbeth introduces as his new assistant officer, James Bland, an American who is secretly investigating a Russian spy ring, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Death of a Traitor.
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Argylle
by Elly Conway
A CIA spymaster, Frances Coffey, must prevent a Russian magnate from restoring his nation to greatness and setting in motion a chain of events that will take the world to the edge of war and chaos.
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The warm hands of ghosts : a novel
by Katherine Arden
In 1918, field nurse Laura Iven returns to Belgium to uncover the truth about her brother Freddie's supposed death in combat, while Freddie, unable to return to the killing fields, takes refuge with a mysterious man who has the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.
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Fangirl down : a novel
by Tessa Bailey
Once golf's fastest rising star, Wells Whitaker's career craters before his eyes, despite the ongoing support of a beautiful redhead who always cheers him on from the sidelines, who he eventually invites to be his new caddy.
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The book of fire : a novel
by Christy Lefteri
After a wildfire consumes their home in present-day Greece, Irini makes a split-second decision that will haunt her forever, while her husband Tasso, unable to paint due to the burns on his hands, finds hope for the future in his young daughter.
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All the little bird-hearts
by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
"Sunday Forrester lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Dolly, in the house she grew up in. She does things more carefully than most people. On quiet days, she must eat only white foods. Her etiquette handbook guides her through confusing social situations, and to escape, she turns to her treasury of Sicilian folklore. The one thing very much out of her control is clever headstrong Dolly, now on the cusp of leaving home"
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Three-inch Teeth
by C. J. Box
When the outlaw he locked up years ago is released from prison, determined to exact revenge on the six people who sent him away, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, with a grizzly bear on a rampage, soon discovers he's one of those six people.
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The ghost orchid
by Jonathan Kellerman
Consulting on the baffling double murder of a playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire and his married lover, brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis are led to L.A.'s darkest side as they contend with one of the most shocking cases of their careers.
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Lone wolf
by Gregg Hurwitz
Orphan X helps a little girl find her missing dog and finds himself battered between feuding AI technocrat billionaires and a female assassin called the Wolf in the ninth novel of the series.
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A different kind of gone : a novel
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
A woman who joined a search party for a missing 19 year-old discovers her hiding in a cave, terrified that her abusive boyfriend will kill her if he sees her again and must make a decision about keeping her secret.
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Wandering stars
by Tommy Orange
Tracing the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 to the aftermath of Orvil Red Feather's shooting, Opal tries to hold her family together while Orvil becomes emotionally reliant on prescription medications, and his younger brother, suffering from PTSD, secretly enacts blood rituals to connect to his Cheyenne heritage.
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The summer book club
by Susan Mallery
In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore's summer book club—devoted entirely to romance novels—and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you've always wanted to be.
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I must be dreaming
by Roz Chast
Ancient Greeks, modern seers, Freud, Jung, neurologists, poets, artists, shamans-humanity has never ceased trying to decipher one of the strangest unexplained phenomena we all experience: dreaming. Now, in her new book, Roz Chast illustrates her own dream world, a place that is sometimes creepy but always hilarious, accompanied by an illustrated tour through "Dream-Theory Land" guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike.
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Number go up : inside crypto's wild rise and staggering fall
by Zeke Faux
In this highly entertaining account of how FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, along with other crypto scammers, utopians and overnight billionaires, convinced the world to send trillions of dollars of real money to buy useless virtual coins, an investigative reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek chronicles the rise and fall of this self-appointed crypto king. Illustrations.
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They called us exceptional : and other lies that raised us
by Prachi Gupta
Weaving a deeply vulnerable personal narrative with history, postcolonial theory and research on mental health, an award-winning journalist and former senior reporter at Jezebel articulates the dissonance, shame and isolation of being upheld as an American success story while privately navigating traumas invisible to the outside world.
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Dirtbag : essays
by Amber A'Lee Frost
The co-host of the Chapo Trap House podcast looks back at the successes and failures of millennial socialism from Occupy Wall Street to the Labour Party's unexpected victory in the UK.
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Thicker than water : a memoir
by Kerry Washington
In this profoundly moving and beautifully written memoir, the award-winning actor and activist provides an intimate view into both her public and private worlds as she chronicles her life's journey thus far, sharing how she discovered her truest self and, with it, a deeper sense of belonging. Illustrations.
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The Slip : the New York City street that changed American art forever
by Prudence Peiffer
In this multifaceted biographical portrait and riveting historical account, an art historian takes readers back to mid-20th-century NYC and to Coenties Slip, which was home to a circle of wildly talented and varied artists who created a unique community of creative expression and experimentation that changed the course of American art. Illustrations.
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The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary
by Sarah Ogilvie
For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over 70 years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak. Illustrations.
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Differ we must : how Lincoln succeeded in a divided America
by Steve Inskeep
The host of NPR's Morning Edition illuminates Abraham Lincoln's life through 16 encounters, some well-known, some obscure, expanding our understanding of a politician who held strong to his moral compass while navigating between corrosive political factions—and who succeeded in uniting a nation. Illustrations.
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Crossings : how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet
by Ben Goldfarb
An eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from an award-winning author. Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, but we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. In Crossings, Ben Goldfarb delves into the new science of road ecology to explore how roads have transformed our world. A sweeping, spirited and timely investigation into how humans have altered the natural world, Crossings also shows us how to create a better future for all living beings.
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