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THE SOCIALITE'S GUIDE TO DEATH AND DATINGIt's 1958. Having already sent his young and very pregnant second wife, Elena, home separately, Judge Cliff Baker makes it only as far as the...
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THIS HOUSE OF GRIEFIn 2005, Robert Farquharson went to trial for causing the deaths of his three young children when he drove off a road in rural Australia,...
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BIG BETSOften, the world’s problems seem too large and complicated to even describe, let alone overcome. Shah recognizes this sense of being...
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HOW WORK WORKSIn her latest book, King, a successful consultant on organizational culture and the author of The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are...
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THE HONOLULU SITUATIONJefir Zaqq lives a simple life in Taboor City, Zazaristan, a (fictional) Islamic nation in Central Asia that’s experienced dizzying shifts in...
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DRAGON GARAGEZach Vandermeer’s imagination can get the young man into trouble: The graphic novel opens with a riveting chase scene filled with guns, fast...
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PIGEONHOLEDA pigeon named Walter, the narrator of this sweetly jocular tale, sits on a wire watching LA traffic slowly wind its way through the city,...
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THE BROKE HEARTSA year has passed since Danny Villanueva and JD Sanchez’s best friend, Juan, was shot and killed by police. Danny is struggling in his first...
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I'VE BEEN THINKINGDennett (b. 1942) opens on the day he felt chest pain from the dissection of his aortic artery. Following a nine-hour surgery, he is now “the...
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THE RISING ORDERAn abandoned, alienated, hate-filled delinquent has a chance encounter with Flynn, a pretty waitress, who becomes the first person to ever show...
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THE MEXICAN DREIDELDanielito loves Janucá (Hanukkah), and tonight, he and his Bobe will light the first candles. Danielito doesn’t know any of the kids in his...
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MURDERS OF A FEATHERAs Valentine’s Day approaches, Dr. Kate Turner is a little bummed that the only Cupid in her life is a Doberman with a bladder infection. But...
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SHADOWHEARTArrested by Jessup County Deputy Marius Hayes in a Tennessee motel parking lot, drifter Efrem Judah Goode insists he had nothing to do with the...
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THE SCANDALOUS CONFESSIONS OF LYDIA BENNET, WITCH“It is a truth universally acknowledged that the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter must be a witch.” Enter Lydia Bennet, the youngest of...
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TOKENSO’Dwyer, an Irish lecturer in digital cultures, examines a question that yields complex answers: What is money, and how does it differ from...
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THE OCEANS AND THE STARSCapt. Stephen Rensselaer is overqualified to lead Patrol Coastal Ship 15, the Athena , but that is his assignment. While a hot war blazes in...
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A HAUNTING IN HIALEAH GARDENSHugo Contreras is a babaláwo, sent by his boss, Lourdes, to banish spirits and cleanse homes around Miami. He’s never actually believed in any...
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HOCKEY GIRL LOVES DRAMA BOYVancouver Island, British Columbia, teen Alix is struggling with Lindsay, the mean captain of her hockey team who verbally torments her in front...
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THE APPLE IN THE DARKPlot seems secondary to the latest Lispector title to appear in English. Nevertheless, the novel she apparently called her “best one” begins...
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EVEBohannon, who holds a doctorate in the study of the evolution of narrative and cognition, makes an engaging book debut with a sweeping history...
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COLLISION OF POWERMaking an engrossing debut, Baron recounts in candid detail his more than eight-year tenure as executive editor of the Washington Post , which...
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MRS PARGETER'S PATIOThe trouble with Melita Pargeter’s patio is that there’s a skeleton buried beneath it. It’s not the first time a body has been found on the...
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HOW TO BUILD A BOATMath-obsessed teenager Jamie O’Neill is raised by a single father after his mother died during childbirth. Literal-minded and sensitive, he...
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RAJIV'S STARRY FEELINGSRajiv experiences a variety of feelings, from confidence and happiness to impatience, anger, and frustration. One evening, he’s angry but...
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DEATH TANGOWhen Dr. George Q. Ferguson, the brilliant scientist founder of a prestigious New York City academy, dies in a chemical explosion, several of...
