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My Accidental Jihad

by Krista Bremer

Published: 2014-04-22

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Fifteen years ago, Krista Bremer would not have been able to imagine her life today: married to a Libyan-born Muslim, raising two children with Arabic names in the American South. Nor could she have imagined the prejudice she would encounter or the profound ways her marriage would change h...

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The Bear: A Novel

by Claire Cameron

Published: 2014-02-11

Hardcover: 240 pages

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A powerful suspense story narrated by a young girl who must fend for herself and her little brother after a brutal bear attack While camping with her family on a remote island, five-year-old Anna awakes in the night to the sound of her mother screaming. A rogue black bear, three hundred po...

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The Abundance: A Novel

by Amit Majmudar

Published: 2013-03-05

Hardcover: 272 pages

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A luminous, bittersweet novel of India and the American midwest, immigrants and their first-generation children, and the power of cooking to bridge the gulfs between them When Mala and Ronak learn that their mother has only a few months to live, they are reluctantly pulled back into the m...

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In Falling Snow: A Novel

by Mary-Rose MacColl

Published: 2013-08-27

Paperback: 464 pages

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For fans of Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, a bestselling writer’s American debut and a heart-wrenching novel of WWI—a tale of love, regret, and the powerful draw of the road not takenIris Crane’s tranquil life is shattered when a letter summons memories from her bittersweet ...

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If Only I Could Sleep: A Survivor's Memoir

by Stephanie Henry

Published: 2013-10-01

Hardcover: 320 pages

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An astonishing journey of survival and courage told in the face of unthinkable odds The heaviness of hurt. The lightness of humor. And, finally, a reason for hope and an opportunity to serve humanity. Stephanie Henry's childhood took an unexpected turn when her granduncle molested her. The...

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The Road At Midnight

by Morgan Wolfe

Published: 2012-07-16

Paperback: 406 pages

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Based on a true story, The Road at Midnight brings to life the earnest, heartfelt family tragedy of a man who can only remember his past while he sleeps. A dream, a trunk, a crucifix, a diary, and a daring leap of faith lead Dr. Christopher Golden-Gaye to discover the untold truth about his life,...

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The Messenger: Deity or Not

by Paul J Miller

Published: 2013-10-23

Paperback: 226 pages

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Paul Miller is a middle aged unemployed man living in South Florida. His inability to find a decent job has hit directly on his marriage and self esteem. In an act of desperation Paul comes up with a scam that even he knows sounds implausible. What would happen if he were to get a message from God?...

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Secrets: Shawneetown

by Anne-Marie Legan

Published: 2010-03-31

Hardcover: 284 pages

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Lauren Perry has come back to Shawneetown, a small, peaceful-town in southern Illinois, to pursue her career as a mystery novelist. Her life is about to change, though, when she is approached on the street by an old woman, a threat...and then the nightmare begins.... Someone with evil intentions is now...

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The Age of Ice: A Novel

by J. M. Sidorova

Published: 2013-07-23

Hardcover: 416 pages

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The Empress Anna Ioannovna has issued her latest eccentric order: construct a palace out of ice blocks. Inside its walls her slaves build a wedding chamber, a canopy bed on a dais, heavy drapes cascading to the floor—all made of ice. Sealed inside are a disgraced nobleman and a deformed ...

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Maralinga

by Judy Nunn

Published: 2011-04-27

Paperback: 528 pages

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It's an historical fiction on the darkest days of the cold War, in the remote wilderness of South Australian desert, the future of an infant nation is being decided-without its people's knowledge.