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Five Feet Apart

by Rachael Lippincott

Published: 2018-11-20

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson in March 2019!In this moving story that’s perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, two teens fall in love with just one minor complication—they can’t get within a few feet of each other...

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Rapid Falls

by Amber Cowie

Published: 2018-12-01

Kindle Edition: 238 pages

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Forgive and forget? The past and present collide for two sisters who survived a tragedy—and must now survive the truth behind it.It’s been twenty years since Cara’s boyfriend died in a horrible accident and her sister, Anna, went to prison. The tragedy has become a local legend, but ...

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The Fall: A Novel

by Simon Mawer

Published: 2004-02-09

Paperback: 400 pages

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- Simon Mawer is increasingly recognized as "a world-class novelist" (Christian Science Monitor) whose fiction appeals to readers of Ian McEwan, Peter Carey, A. S. Byatt, Michael Ondaatje et al.- A compulsively readable love story that's sure to be popular with reading groups.- Hardcover ISBN: 0-316-09780-2...

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* * * * Fun

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I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff

by Abbi Jacobson

Published: 2018-10-30

Hardcover: 320 pages

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From the co-creator and co-star of the hit series Broad City, a "poignant, funny, and beautifully unabashed" (Cheryl Strayed) essay collection about love, loss, work, comedy, and figuring out who you really are when you thought you already knew. When Abbi Jacobson announced to friends and ...

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The Tragedy of Brady Sims (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Ernest J. Gaines

Published: 2017-08-29

Paperback: 128 pages

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Ernest J. Gaines's new novella revolves around a courthouse shooting that leads a young reporter to uncover the long story of race and power in his small town and the relationship between the white sheriff and the black man who "whipped children" to keep order.    After Brady Sims pull...

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Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone

by Juli Berwald

Published: 2017-11-07

Hardcover: 352 pages

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"A book full of wonders" —Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk"Witty, insightful. . . .The story of jellyfish. . . is a significant part of the environmental story. Berwald's engaging account of these delicate, often ignored creatures shows how much they matter to our oceans' future...

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Goodbye, Paris: A Novel

by Anstey Harris

Published: 2018-08-07

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB PICK AN INDIE NEXT PICKJojo Moyes meets Eleanor Oliphant in Goodbye, Paris, an utterly charming novel that proves that sometimes you have to break your heart to make it whole.Grace once had the beginnings of a promising musical career, but she hasn’t been able t...

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Black Wings Has My Angel (New York Review Books Classics)

by Elliott Chaze

Published: 2016-01-19

Paperback: 224 pages

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During the 1950s, Gold Medal Books introduced authors like Jim Thompson, Chester Himes, and David Goodis to a mass readership eager for stories of lowlife and sordid crime. Today many of these writers are admired members of the literary canon, but one of the finest of them of all, Elliott ...

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Cooking in Switzerland

by Marianne Kaltenbach

Published: 1985-01-01

Hardcover: 160 pages

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Red and white cloth covered boards, label with title pasted on cover (as issued). Book is designed to look old and has fake grease stains and hand-written notes printed inside - Delicious! Grandma's Recipe, etc. Paper is age-toned (also by design). Typical, traditional Swiss recipes.

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The History of Switzerland for the Swiss People

by Heinrich Zschokke

Published: 2015-12-08

Paperback: 500 pages

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This is a history of Switzerland written by reformer Heinrich Zschokke, who became Swiss later in his life. From the preface:  "WHILE studying the history of Switzerland on Swiss soil, I was charmed by the simple beauty, the conciseness and impartiality of Zschokke’s popular work, whic...