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THE BEREAVEDUpon the death of her husband, Martha sees no choice but to flee with her children from upstate Newburgh, New York, to New York City. She’s...
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SECRETS OF THE VAMPIRECautiously skirting the creature’s sexual overtones, most of this conversational book provides a history of vampire lore narrated by a...
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HOW DOES OUR FOOD GROW?Widdowson’s lively scenes of smiling, racially diverse people cultivating or shopping for brightly colored foodstuffs create a positive mood for...
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LONG SHOTAmbitious college graduate Iris DuPree stays with Caleb Bradley, her basketball-player boyfriend, because of an unexpected pregnancy, though she...
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STRANDED!“Iceland,” the author writes, “is a small and beautiful island in the middle of nowhere” with plenty of volcanoes—including one dubbed Surtsey,...
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SEA OF GOLDRevising the text of his 2010 Fish and, to a lesser extent, the cast, if not the storyline's general drift, Mone plunks 12-year-old Maurice...
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EVERY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT“Every night at midnight I turn into a wolf,” the young, brown-skinned narrator reveals. The affliction is mostly welcome. With nimble paws and...
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INDIANA BONES AND THE INVISIBLE CITYThough the villainous Sir Henry Lupton, self-styled “the Serpent,” and his oily associate, Philip Castle, seem always a step ahead, the plucky...
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WAYS TO PLAYRiley likes to play in ways that “Bossy Older Cousin Emma” says are all wrong. Emma and her little sister, Violet, make a lot of noise when they...
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PAUL BUNYANIn the winter of 1914, a steam locomotive chugs along through Minnesota until an accident halts the journey. The passengers—diverse in skin...
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I HEAR YOU'RE RICHIn her latest collection, Williams delivers another serving of the teaspoon-sized stories with which she’s made her career. Some are as brief as...
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SKY OF SEVEN COLORSBut Meg never imagined that she might lose her whole world. When a terrible accident leaves Andrew clinging to life by a thread, Meg is...
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PROPHETChaotic, irreverent Sunil Rao, an ex–MI6 agent plucked from jail for the assignment, and cool, analytical, ultraorderly Adam Rubenstein, an...
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LATE BLOOMERGiberson, a writer, occupational therapist, and photographer, offers a story of reinvention. It begins when the author was 44, married to a man,...
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HONEY DROP DEADCharleston, South Carolina, tea shop owner Theodosia Browning; her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley; and chef Haley Parker are catering an...
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FLIRTING WITH DANGERThough hardly a household name, Marguerite Harrison (1879-1967) was at the center of consequential 20th-century global events. In her latest,...
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CANARY GIRLSIn 1915, April Tipton, a 19-year-old housemaid, follows her best friend, Marjorie, to London to work in one of the “Danger Buildings” at a...
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UNNECESSARY DRAMAHarper, whose grandparents own the house Brooke has moved into, has set three rules: “no pets; no romance between housemates; and no unnecessary...
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NIGHTLIFE LESSONSIn his nonfiction debut, the author blends his recollections of experiencing the New York nightlife scene of the 1990s with the event marketing...
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BRAIN ON!“The core of well-being is nurturing a strong, healthy, resilient mindset,” the author writes at the outset of her nonfiction debut. “I believe...
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HIGHER GROUNDWhen the author agreed to become the new chancellor of UC Davis in 2009, she was ready to implement a dramatic series of changes in response to...
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TELL-TALE TEXAS“They say the victors write the history,” the author observes, “but here in Texas…We also ‘white’ the history, forgetting the diversity that...
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GLORIA BEE'S BIG PICTURE DAYThere are many words to describe Gloria B. Wilson: enthusiastic, adventurous, dedicated, and most of all, artistic. She loves to paint scenes...
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ALL SYSTEMS WHOAAbby’s Mami and Papi are renowned scientists on the Oasis, and now that it’s Career Day, Abby feels the pressure to live up to their example. “I...
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REBEL BICYCLE CLUBFirst, though, Nessa and Demelza—with Demelza’s goose, Captain Honkers, and the ancient severed head of Penfurzy knight Sir Calenick, met in the...
