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A moving, transcendent memoir of loss and a stunning exploration of marriage in the wake of unimaginable grief.…
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Through dramatic reconstruction of incidents experienced by former members of the Church of Scientology, examines the controversy surrounding Scientology and what goes on behind the scenes of the church.…
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Upheaval : Turning Points For Nations In Crisis
Diamond shows how seven countries have survived defining upheavals in the recent past, and he identifies patterns in the way that these distinct nations recovered from calamity.…
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The Shanghai Free Taxi : Journeys With The Hustlers And Rebels Of The New China
Conversations shared with the NPR correspondent in exchange for free taxi service offer an insightful look at contemporary Chinese society and the economic and political challenges facing the nation.…
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Appeasement : Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, And The Road To War
"A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II"--…
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The Bogleheads' Guide To Investing
Reveals how the investment philosophy of John Bogle, the founder and retired chairman of Vanguard, can help any investor build wealth using his low-cost, tax-efficient philosophy.…
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Jump-starting America : How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth And The American Dream
The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again. - publisher's website.…
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Bitten : The Secret History Of Lyme Disease And Biological Weapons
"A deep dive into the history of chronic lyme disease that will make you question everything you knew about the disease and how to treat it"--…
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The Joy Of Tiny House Living : Everything You Need To Know Before Taking The Plunge
"Explains why and how to live in a tiny house and provides practical tips on designing, building, buying, and equipping your own tiny house"--…
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Raising An Organized Child : 5 Steps To Boost Independence, Ease Frustration, Promote Confidence
Guidance that can boost your child's organization and lower your frustration. It includes specific activities for your child's age and developmental level to improve executive function.…
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Turning The Flywheel : A Monograph To Accompany Good To Great
Describes what it takes to build an enduring great organization, focusing on the application of the "flywheel effect".…
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Powers Of A Girl : 65 Marvel Women Who Punched The Sky & Changed The Universe
Character guide to the women of the Marvel Universe, explaining their early lives and how they became superheroes.…
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One-stitch Baby Knits : 22 Easy Patterns For Adorable Garments And Accessories Using Garter Stitch
"Contains information on simple knitting techniques, as well as basic materials needed. Also includes 22 one-stitch knitting patterns to make for infants"--…
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New York Beauty Quilts Electrified
"Explores creative designs incorporating the New York Beauty block pattern. Includes 12 skill-building projects using easy foundation paper-piecing techniques"--…
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Lessons From Lucy : The Simple Joys Of An Old, Happy Dog
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling author Dave Barry shares how he learned to age gracefully, taking cues from his beloved and highly intelligent dog, Lucy.…
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Assad Or We Burn The Country : How One Family's Lust For Power Destroyed Syria
A Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter and former prisoner of the pro Assad militia presents a revisionist account of the Syrian Civil War that incorporates previously unpublished details about the origins and persistence of its human atrocities.…
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Traces the role of three Hawaiian cowboys who became champions at the 1908 Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, detailing how their careers influenced post-annexation Hawaiian identity, island ranching, and the rodeo culture of Cheyenne.…
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The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
Earthling Arthur Dent, Ford Perfect, and Zaphod Beeblebrox, the ex-president of the galaxy, are all aboard a space ship on a search for answers about life, the universe, and the perfect place to eat in space.…
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Formation : A Woman's Memoir Of Stepping Out Of Line
The author describes her time as a soldier in the United States Army where she was raped by a fellow soldier and had to cope with PTSD, isolation, and commanders who did not believe her story.…
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A Dog Named Beautiful : A Marine, A Dog, And A Long Road Trip Home
"Rob Kugler's A Dog Named Beautiful is an uplifting and unforgettable story of a US Marine, his extraordinary dog, and the road trip of a lifetime."--Provided by publisher.…
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In a country villa outside the city, ten young noble men and women who have escaped the plague decide to tell each other stories.…
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Having hidden the truth about a past colleague's violation, former Special Forces agent Nate Romanowski is targeted by a determined killer who threatens Joe Pickett's life as part of a violent plot.…
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An ambitious genetic experiment takes the wrong turn when twins -- who look nothing alike -- are born and then separated. Years later the unlikely siblings meet.…
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Hired as a housekeeper to work on the early 1900s Montana homestead of widower Oliver Milliron, the irreverent Rose and her brother, Morris, endeavor to educate the widower's sons while witnessing local efforts on a massive irrigation project.…
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Identifies the moon as our only natural satellite, describes its movement and phases, and discusses how we have observed and explored it over the years.…
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A simple description of how seasons are caused by the positions of the Earth and the Sun also discusses the delights of each of the seasons.…
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Moonshot : The Flight Of Apollo 11
Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.…
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Look Up With Me : Neil DeGrasse Tyson : A Life Among The Stars
"A biography of famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and awe-inspiring facts about our universe"--…
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His past marked by his father's embarrassing taunts and untimely death, Fat Charlie meets the brother he never knew and is introduced to new and exciting ways to spend his time.…
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Widower Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, where, finding that his father is being blackmailed, he reopens a notorious murder case that involves powerfully dangerous town forces, the FBI, and his own past.…
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The Unbelievable Oliver And The Four Jokers
"Eight-year-old aspiring magician Oliver and his rabbit sidekick Benny must solve a mysterious robbery to save their act"--…
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Zenobia July, an excellent coder and hacker, investigates a mystery while wrestling with the challenges of a new school, a new family, and presenting her true gender for the first time.…
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After his mother's death, Kaede develops some behavior problems and is sent to Japan to spend time with his estranged father and an older half brother.…
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Aru Shah And The Song Of Death
Accused of stealing the god of love's bow and arrow, Aru has ten days to find the real thief or risk being kicked out of the Otherworld.…
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Charlie Bumpers Vs. The End Of The Year
Charlie springs into action when he learns that one of his best friends, Hector, who will move back to Chile at the end of fourth grade, is being bullied.…
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To Elodee, eleven, things seem a little too perfect in Eventown when she moves there with her parents and identical twin, Naomi, especially since forgetting the past is so highly valued.…
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When Daniel's last present at Christmas is a new cat named Priscilla, Mega Bat and Birdgirl work together to get rid of this furry menace.…
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Delsie loves tracking the weather, living with her grandmother, and the support of friends and neighbors, but misses having a "regular family," especially after her best friend outgrows her.…
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To find Darquesse before she can destroy the world, Skulduggery Pleasant gathers together a team of soldiers, monster hunters, and criminals.…
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Seeker Of The Crown : A Prisoner Of Ice And Snow Novel
When Princess Anastasia goes missing the queen asks Valor to find and bring her home, and unless she succeeds, Valor and her new friends will be sent back to Tyur'ma prison.…
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While gathering crafting ingredients in the Nether, Brett and his friends end up in another time period to help a stranger get home.…
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A snotty situation ensues when Melvin Sneedley, an academically-gifted student, turns into the Bionic Booger Boy and must be stopped by George, Harold, and Captain Underpants.…
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Anna, Banana, And The Sleepover Secret
"Anna and Sadie are excited to sleepover at Isabel's for the first time, but when a game of Truth or Dare goes wrong, they're left with a horrible secret"--…
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Thea Stilton And The Mystery In Paris.
While staying at Colette's home in Paris, the Thea Sisters plan to attend a runway show at the Eiffel Tower until the designs for the show are stolen.…
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When Tinker Bell takes Gabby's great-grandfather's model ship, sets sail for Shadow Island, and disappears, it is up to Gabby and the other Never Girls to search for their missing fairy friend.…
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Flying To The Moon : An Astronaut's Story
Astronaut Michael Collins adds a revised chapter to the extraordinary story of his training and participation in the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 flights.…
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After stumbling upon a mysterious rag doll on his doorstep, Tommy Phan finds himself hunted in his own home, as the doll begins to grow into a monster that is determined to kill him.…
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Blood At Sundown : The Violent Days Of Lou Prophet, Bounty Hunter
Lou Prophet and Louisa Bonaventure tear a bloody swath across Dakota Territory in search of the Gritch Hatchley gang.…
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"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans, the dramatic conclusion in the riveting Broken Road trilogy--a powerful redemption story about finding happiness on a pilgrimage across iconic Route 66"--…
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When Teddy Fay receives a freelance assignment from a gentleman he can't refuse, he jets off to Paris. But his straightforward mission becomes far bigger, and stranger, than he could imagine.…
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Leaving wealth and loved ones behind, Larry Darrell journeys to the mountains of India in search of spiritual wisdom.…
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Cut off from the life of ranching he has come to love by his grandfather's death, John Grady Cole flees to Mexico, where he and his two companions embark on a rugged and cruelly idyllic adventure.…
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"In this gripping and emotional domestic suspense debut for fans of The Perfect Mother, a newly pregnant woman inadvertently befriends her egg donor--only to find herself a key suspect when the woman vanishes without a trace"--…
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A New Hampshire girl effects miraculous cures, becoming the center of a controversy involving doctors, priests and the media. The divorced father who blames the mother sues for custody and the result is a trial, pitting believers against skeptics.…
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A wanna-be writer with an eidetic memory decides to claim authorship of a book that only he remembers, but soon finds that there are consequences for his theft.…
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After a suspicious death at a country mansion, a brave nurse joins the household to see behind closed doors.…
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Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.…
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Will Lee had looked forward to a peaceful summer of sun, sailing, and shipbuilding on the coast of Ireland, but instead he's trapped in a lethal game of terror and revenge on the bloody Irish seas.…
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Vega Jane and her enemy, the sorcerer Necro, are on a collision course that will determine the future of their world --…
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"Seventeen-year-old Fireblood Ruby and her beloved Frostblood King Arcus must stop a vengeful god from unleashing a horde of evil shadow creatures from their prison"--…
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"Before he becomes Superman, Clark Kent must save his hometown of Smallville"--…
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Unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her late mother's estranged relatives at scenic North Lake, a teen finds herself torn between her mother's working-class relatives and her father's wealthier associates.…
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Just as Eden's relationships with her best friend and family are falling apart, she discovers a means of communicating with Will, whom she had a crush on until his death two weeks before their graduation.…
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Alex Rider, Secret Weapon : Seven Untold Adventures From The Life Of A Teenaged Spy
"A short story collection that expands the universe of teen spy Alex Rider from author Anthony Horowitz"--…
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When Stevie Bell is finally able to return to Ellingham Academy after identifying the culprit in the murder of a classmate, she begins to wonder if the case was really resolved and attempts to uncover the truth about the school's founder.…
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Eighteen for the three hundred twenty-seventh time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.…
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Five white teenage cousins who are struggling with the failures and racial ignorance of their dysfunctional parents and their wealthy grandparents, reunite for Easter.…
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The ghost of a girl who recently died in an accident makes contact with her grieving father to help solve a mystery in a remote Australian town, where a girl who speaks entirely in riddles is the only witness to a fatal fire.…
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Falsely accused of murdering her stepsister, seventeen-year-old Dee fights to survive paid assassins on Alcatraz 2.0, the most popular prison on social media.…
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In a dual narrative, Elaine struggles to protect herself and brother Stephen in 1918 New York City, and Molly, her daughter, does the same for her brother, Angus, in 1955 San Jose, California.…
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"Dani must question everything she's worked for as she learns about the corruption of the Median government."--…
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There's Something About Sweetie
Told in two voices, disappointed-in-love Ashish Patel and self-proclaimed fat athlete Sweetie Nair begin to find their true selves while dating under contract.…
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When Reza moves to New York City, he begins dating Judy even though he is secretly gay and then struggles with his feelings when he grows close to Judy's best friend Art, who is openly gay.…
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Marlowe hopes that meeting the family of her heart donor will help her move on from being "The Dying Girl," but family, neighborhood, and other complications hold her back.…
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Everfound : Book 3 Of The Skinjacker Trilogy
In the limbo that's Everlost, Mary, Nick, Allie, and others face the decisions that will determine whether that place and the Earth itself will continue to exist, as well as where their own futures lie.…
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Eighteen-year-old twins Adina, a viola prodigy, and Tovah, a future surgeon, find their relationship tested when they learn that one of them will develop Huntington's, the degenerative disease ravaging their mother.…
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Cicada is overworked, under appreciated, and generally discriminated against--but after seventeen years he gets to return to the forest, and laugh at the humans.…
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Twin brothers Cory and Ty Bic, seventeen, search for an escape from criminals in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.…
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