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The Godfather's Daughter: An Unlikely Story of Love, Healing, and Redemption

by Rita Gigante, Natasha Stoynoff

Published: 2012-09-18

Hardcover: 265 pages

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On the surface, Rita Gigante’s family looked like all the other Italian Catholics in her suburban New Jersey neighborhood. But behind closed doors, they had a secret—her father was notorious crime boss Vincent “the Chin” Gigante, head of all five New York crime families. In The God...

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Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein

Published: 2013-05-07

Paperback: 368 pages

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Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As...

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Changeless (The Parasol Protectorate)

by Gail Carriger

Published: 2010-04-01

Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages

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In the delightfully wicked follow-up to Soulless, Alexia Tarabotti is entangled once more in Victorian London's supernatural mysteries. Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who s...

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Tears of the Broken

by A M Hudson

Published: 2011-11-28

Paperback: 440 pages

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Blood and death aside, love is all that should matter... Tragedy brought her to a new place. Fate put her in the arms of a vampire. The truth could destroy her. Hailed as the most inspiring read since Twilight. Take a journey of tears and heartache as Ara finds that love is a reason to live. Will...

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The Divinity of Dogs: True Stories of Miracles Inspired by Man's Best Friend

by Jennifer Skiff

Published: 2012-10-23

Hardcover: 336 pages

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“My dogs have been the reason I have woken up every single day of my life with a smile on my face. I am among the ranks of millions of people who appreciate the souls of dogs and know they are a gift of pure love and an example of all that is good.” —Jennifer Skiff The Divinity of Do...

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A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life from an Unlikely Teacher

by Sue Halpern

Published: 2013-05-16

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A layabout mutt turned therapy dog leads her owner to a new understanding of the good life. At loose ends with her daughter leaving home and her husband on the road, Sue Halpern decided to give herself and Pransky, her under-occupied Labradoodle, a new leash—er, lease—on life by gettin...

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A Hidden Witch (A Modern Witch Series: Book 2)

by Debora Geary

Published: 2011-08-15

Paperback: 300 pages

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Elorie Shaw, steeped in the traditions of the Nova Scotia witching community, but not a witch. The fetching spell must have goofed this time... or did it? Travel to Fisher's Cove, Nova Scotia, where Moira is matriarch and the old ways are nurtured and passed to the next generation. Where ...

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Passionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment

by David Bodanis

Published: 2007-10-02

Paperback: 384 pages

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It was 1733 when the poet and philosopher Voltaire met Emilie du Châtelet, a beguiling—and married—aristocrat who would one day popularize Newton’s arcane ideas and pave the way for Einstein’s theories. In an era when women were rarely permitted any serious schooling, this twenty-...

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Stargazey Point: A Novel

by Shelley Noble

Published: 2013-07-09

Paperback: 384 pages

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Shelley Noble's Stargazey Point is a beautiful story of love, heartbreak, friendship, and new beginnings.Devastated by tragedy during her last project, documentarian Abbie Sinclair seeks refuge with three octogenarian siblings, who live in a looming plantation house at the edge of the worl...

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Sea Creatures

by Susanna Daniel

Published: 2013-07-30

Hardcover: 320 pages

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In Sea Creatures, a riveting domestic drama by Susanna Daniel, a mother must make the unthinkable choice between her husband and her son. When Georgia Qullian returns to her hometown of Miami, her toddler and husband in tow, she is hoping for a fresh start. They have left Illinois trailin...