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SILVER LADYBran Tremayne has a gift—he has “perceptions and talents beyond what most people possess.” And in his world, this sort of gift is not well...
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FOR NEVER & ALWAYSHannah Rosenstein spent her youth traveling the world, and the only place she felt at home was in the Adirondacks with her best friend, Levi...
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THE BOY FROM CLEARWATERTshua Khun-lim (or Tsai Kun-lin in Mandarin) was born in 1930 in Japan-occupied Taiwan and enjoyed a relatively peaceful childhood with his...
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DIDN'T SEE THAT COMINGNothing except maybe the atmosphere at the super-conservative Xingfa School, which her parents have made her transfer to from more the...
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A TWISTED SKEINBoth octogenarian Birdie Favazza, the Knitters’ leader, and Nell Endicott, aunt of yarn shop owner Izzy Perry and friend to lobster company...
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THE BOOK OF JAMESSome NBA players, such as Patrick Ewing, have been worn to the bone by fan racism; others, such as Michael Jordan, have tried to place...
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TO KILL A SHADOWThe sudden disappearance 50 years ago of the Sun Goddess, Raina, left the realm of Asidia awash in moonlight and misery. The annual Calling...
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WELCOME TO THE O.C.In the hands of a lesser author, this story’s arc could have been problematic. After all, The O.C. went from pop-culture sensation to ennui,...
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CONCESSIONS AND BETRAYALSHank Simmons is an engineer at Standard Oil, and though that doesn’t entitle him to free gas, it has kept him from getting drafted to fight in...
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CRAB BAITIn 1888, the city of London is abuzz over the sensational murders of Jack the Ripper in the East End, but over on the West End—in a neighborhood...
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THE PERUVIAN BOOK OF THE DEADOn a dark, rainy night in early November, John Brisdon Noxon, a middle-aged art curator, disappears. His wife, Imogen, finds his hidden...
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THE CANVASEmma Kelly, who runs an art recovery agency and is an adjunct professor of art history (with a special interest in the artistic portrayal of...
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THE QUEER GIRL IS GOING TO BE OKAYDawn Salcedo is spending her senior year completing her passion project, a documentary about queer love starring her best friends, Georgia and...
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THE LAST SHIPS FROM HAMBURGBetween 1881 and 1914, writes Ujifusa, author of Barons of the Sea , more than 10 million people entered the U.S. from Europe, “most of...
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OF SEA AND SMOKEPicking up the action from the opener, Of Fire and Ash (2021), characters meet, part, and meet again as the three storylines continue to...
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THE GIFT OF SENSITIVITYIn this self-help book, the author, a former business executive, describes her own experiences as a highly sensitive person (a recently defined...
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SAILING THE GRAVEYARD SEAOn Dec. 14, 1842, the U.S.S. Somers sailed into New York Harbor minus three of her crew, hanged for attempted mutiny. The ringleader was the...
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WHEN THE STARS CAME HOMEWhen Ojiig’s father gets a new job and the family must move to the city, Ojiig struggles to adapt. Without the customs—like fishing and...
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THE ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE GRAVEDIGGER'S GUILDDavid Mazon is the sort one would suspect lives in his mom’s basement. In his mid-30s, he finally bestirs himself to finish his doctoral...
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DEFIANTHaving progressed from eating rats to being a cytonic superwarrior, Spensa is bonded by ties of loyalty and lust to former Skyward Flight...
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THE OTHER HALFOn the night before an Instagram influencer is found dead, Rupert Beauchamp, heir to a baronetcy, holds a tawdry black-tie 30th birthday bash at...
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THE BONE WARSSharing a fascination with fossilized bones and eager to find new dinosaur species, O.C. Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope started out as close...
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UNDER OUR SKINAfter his stepfather’s death, Arena returned from his birthplace and home in Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa, to Portugal, the country...
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INHERITANCESonya MacTavish isn’t having the best year. After finding her fiance in bed with another woman, she wonders why she ignored so many obvious red...
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THE LITTLE BOOK OF ALIENSAstrophysicist Frank, author of Light of the Stars and The Constant Fire , has been obsessed with the idea of extraterrestrial life since...
