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by Rosanne Limoncelli 1938, London. A gala to raise money for the Women's Volunteer Service and help Britain prepare for war is a brilliant success, but the next morning Baronet Sir Henry Heathcote is found dead in the library. Detective Chief Inspectors Lilian Wyles and Richard Davidson from Scotland Yard are quickly summoned and discover a cluster of potential suspects among the guests, including an upset fiancée, a politically ambitious son, a reserved but protective brother, an irate son in law, a rebellious teenage daughter, and the home secretary. DCI Wyles quietly enlists the four queens of British crime fiction; Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, to solve the mystery and identify the killer. |
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by Neely Tubati Alexander When Margo Kitsch, an OG cast member of the hit reality show Authentic Moms of Malibu, is arrested after the death of her cast member husband, Sydney Parks knows being selected for the jury is the most interesting thing that ever happened to her. However, it doesn't take long for Sydney to realize that being part of a sequestered jury in a high-profile case is not at all what legal dramas had led her to expect – especially when she learns that her childhood best friend, Damon, is also a jury member. As the trial wears on, Sydney realizes there's a lot more to the case than she first thought. And there's also a lot more to Damon. How is she supposed to ensure Margot gets a fair trial if her unfinished business with Damon causes the mistrial of the century? |
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Raised by her literary icon father, Alison Wells always felt loved. But when she takes a DNA test on a whim and discovers she has a sister she never knew about, it's clear there are things her father didn't tell her. Determined to meet Juniper- her half sister- and unravel the truth of what happened all those years ago, Ali finds herself taking a job as Juniper's intern. She'll eventually figure out a way to tell Juniper the truth. But she never could have imagined what would happen next. Under the wide-open spaces of the Wyoming summer sun, Ali and June will untangle the secrets and lies their lives were built on to discover who they really are and what family really means. But even more than that, they'll build a real relationship with one another and finally become sisters. |
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by Sarah Maria Griffin During a grocery run to her local shopping center, Shell Pine sees a ‘help needed’ sign in a flower shop window. She’s just left her fiancé, lost her job, and moved into her parents’ house, so she goes inside and takes a chance. Shell realizes right away that flowers are just the good thing she's been looking for, as is Neve, the beautiful florist who wrote the sign asking for help. The thing is, Neve needs help more than Shell can imagine. An orchid growing in the heart of the mall is watching them closely. His name is Baby, and the beautiful florist belongs to him. He’s young, he’s hungry, and he’ll do just about anything to make sure he can keep growing big and strong. Nothing he eats – nobody he eats – can satisfy him, except the thing he most desires: Neve. |
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Anji works as a castle servant, cleaning laundry for the king she hates. So when an opportunity presents itself, she seizes it. Then she runs for her life. In her wake, the kingdom is thrown into disarray and a bounty bigger than anyone could imagine lands on her head. On her heels are the fabled mercenaries of the Menagerie, whose masks are magical relics rumored to give them superhuman powers. It's the Hawk who finds Anji first: a surly, aging swordswoman with her own reasons for keeping Anji alive and out of the hands of her fellow bounty hunters. With the rest of the Menagerie on their trail, so begins an alliance as tenuous as it is temporary and a race against death that will decide Anji's fate, and may change the course of a kingdom. |
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by Raffi Grinberg A practical guide to adult life’s mysteries that were never taught in school but should have been. From entrepreneur Raffi Grinberg, who lived and learned the hard way throughout his twenties, here is a crash course in everything you need to know to be a grown up. Based on his wildly popular “Adulting 101” course at Boston College, Grinberg firmly steers you through the basics of being a grown up using interactive chapters, bite-size nuggets of wisdom, humor, and stories from his twenties, including nearly going broke, having bad credit, disappointing his parents, and much more. |
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by Christopher Summerfield An insider look at the Large Language Models (LLMs) that are revolutionizing our relationship to technology, exploring their surprising history, what they can and should do for us today, and where they will go in the future. In this accessible, up-to-date, and authoritative examination of the world's most radical technology, neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield explores what it really takes to build a brain from scratch. Armed with an understanding of AI's mysterious inner workings, we can begin to grapple with the existential question of our age: have we written ourselves out of history or is a technological utopia ahead? |
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Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Kublai Khan had defeated the last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty in 1279, the Mongols controlled the most powerful navy in the world. How did a nomad come to conquer China and master the sea? Based on years of research and a lifetime of immersion in Mongol culture, Emperor of the Seas brings this little-known story vibrantly to life. A master storyteller with an unparalleled grasp of Mongol sources, Jack Weatherford shows how Chinese naval hegemony changed the world forever, revolutionizing commerce and transforming tastes as far away as England and France. |
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Forget everything you thought you knew about Italian food. In Italy, cooks throw away their garlic, don't stir their polenta, and never labor over pans of risotto. But they do make enormous meatballs that are tender and light, and they occasionally break all the rules when making pasta. The editors at Milk Street have spent years scouring Italy from Lombardy to Calabria and from Sardinia to Sicily in search of fresh takes on classic recipes as well as little-known regional favorites that never crossed the Atlantic. |
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by Karie Fugett A searing memoir about one young couple learning to live and love through war and all that comes after. Karie Fugett is living out of her car when her boyfriend Cleve suggests they get married. Just months after they elope, Cleve’s Marine unit is deployed to Iraq. Then, Karie gets the news that Cleve’s Humvee has been hit by an IED, and he’s suffered severe injuries. It’s a miracle that her husband has survived. Karie tries to navigate the labyrinthine system of veterans affairs, hospital bureaucracy, and doctors who do little more than shrug about Cleve’s dependency on painkillers. It is clear to Karie that Cleve is using opiates to dull a pain that is more than physical. She catches his first overdose, but what if she can’t save him a second time? Will she still be able to save herself? |
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