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BECOMING BIONIC AND OTHER WAYS SCIENCE IS MAKING US SUPERDigging deep into pop culture, Camlot strews her breathless if scantily detailed reports on prosthetic body parts, strength-enhancing...
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KANTIKAThe novel is divided into three sections set in different places: There’s early-20th-century Constantinople, where prosperous Jews, Christians,...
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SYMPHONY OF SECRETSWhen Bern Hendricks, a musicology professor at the University of Virginia, is contacted by the Delaney Foundation, he’s shocked—the...
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SIZZLE REELLuna Roth didn't think her life would change much when she decided to come out as bisexual, but she didn't expect to be such a disaster at it,...
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POWER PLAYERSThe Oval Office can be a lonely place, and all presidents have sought to escape the pressure through sports, whether participating or watching....
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CLEOPATRA'S DAUGHTERIn this deep work of historical excavation, Draycott, an archaeologist and professor of ancient history at the University of Glasgow, re-creates...
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THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFESince the first exoplanets were discovered in 1992, numerous books have explored the subject. Accounts of the origin of life are also an...
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CITY OF DREAMSIt's 1988. Recently widowed drug dealer Danny Ryan wants to “get the hell out of Rhode Island,” where the victorious rival Moretti crime family...
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THE WISHING POOLThese tales of fright are both intellectually keen and psychologically bloodcurdling, no surprise from an award-winning writer whose command of...
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CODE CRISISIn 2024, Vince DeLuca is a skilled obstetric surgeon in Santa Barbara, California, but he’s a depressed, alcoholic, and solitary person in his...
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SLAM DUNK JOB SEARCH“Before you start to compete for your ideal job, you should know where you stand relative to the marketplace,” writes Parker in this extended...
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ONE REASON TO LIVERose writes that when she and her husband were living in California, she had been sexually assaulted three times in 18 months—each time by a...
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FIRE AND WOLVESIn the magical land of Etria, 10-year-old Sabine Wolfensberger possesses the rare but powerful gift of shape-shifting. Though she comes from a...
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LIVING RIVEROften called “the lifeblood of the American West,” the Colorado River system, spread across seven states in the United States and two in Mexico,...
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MY PROUDEST MOMENTOne unnamed child sees a ballet, and another watches a football game, and each is inspired to pursue that activity. Each follows their new...
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THE WILDESWhen their mom, respected conservation biologist Dr. Jane Wilde, goes missing during a research trip in Brazil, sister and brother Asia, 13, and...
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JUSTICEThe story in this work is quite simple, but it’s posed in a setting that will be unfamiliar to many readers: a conflict that flamed to life when...
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THE PRICE OF TRUTHDrawing on abundant archival sources, unpublished memoirs, military documents, and hundreds of editorials and articles, Fine presents a...
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IF YOU WAKE A SKUNKThe rollicking rhymes and second-person address keep the pages turning and the threat level high in this amusing, educational look at what you...
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TRAVEL GUIDE FOR MONSTERS PART DEUXBeginning with a ski vacay in British Columbia, with the Vancouver skyline featured prominently in the background, a cast of silly monsters...
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A PIGEON IN PARISSporting a purple bow around her neck, Mama pigeon flies in from parts unknown, and before we even see eggs, three babies appear: Chérie, Bisou,...
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THE NIGHT IS LIKE PAJAMASA young, curly-haired child, with skin the color of the page, accompanied by a blue bird perched on their head, describes the dark...
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LET'S DRAW PEOPLEA short, upbeat preface encourages aspiring artists to find a style that works for them, spend plenty of time practicing, and embrace a “no...
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GOOD TOWNIn June of 1937, Josef Haupt, a father of eight children and a farmer on the outskirts of Guttstadt in East Prussia, travels to town with eldest...
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COCO'S COURAGECoco has just started her first day of kindergarten, but it doesn’t take long for her to get into trouble. She finds a bag of candy left behind...
