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Becoming Us: A Novel (Haven Makers)

by Robin Jones Gunn

Published: 2019-05-07

Paperback: 320 pages

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From the author of the best-selling Christy Miller and Sisterchicks series comes a refreshing novel that celebrates the gift of friendship.Five young women, including beloved Gunn characters Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen, gather for a simple Christmas party and soon become unlikely best...

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Immigrant City

by David Bezmozgis

Published: 2019-03-12

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Award-winning author David Bezmozgis’s first story collection in more than a decade, hailed by the Toronto Star as “intelligent, funny, unfailingly sympathetic”In the title story, a father and his young daughter stumble into a bizarre version of his immigrant childhood. A mysterious ...

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The Body: A Guide for Occupants

by Bill Bryson

Published: 2019-10-15

Hardcover: 464 pages

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Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.Bill Bryson once again proves himself...

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No Greater Glory: The Four Immortal Chaplains and the Sinking of the Dorchester in World War II

by Dan Kurzman

Published: 2005-08-09

Paperback: 288 pages

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The sinking of the Dorchester in the icy waters off Greenland shortly after midnight on February 3, 1942, was one of the worst sea disasters of World War II. It was also the occasion of an astounding feat of heroism—and faith.As water gushed through a hole made by a German torpedo, four ...

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The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin

by Jonathan Phillips

Published: 2019-08-20

Hardcover: 520 pages

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An engaging biography that offers a new perspective on one of the most influential figures of the Crusades In 1187, Saladin marched triumphantly into Jerusalem, ending decades of struggle against the Christians and reclaiming the holy city for Islam. Four years later he fought off the armi...

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Who Killed Civil Society?: The Rise of Big Government and Decline of Bourgeois Norms

by Howard A. Husock

Published: 2019-09-10

Hardcover: 176 pages

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Billions of American tax dollars go into a vast array of programs targeting various social issues: the opioid epidemic, criminal violence, chronic unemployment, and so on. Yet the problems persist and even grow. Howard Husock argues that we have lost sight of a more powerful strategy?a pre...

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FIELDS OF BATTLE

by BRIAN CURTIS

Published: 2017-10-03

Paperback: 336 pages

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In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham, North Carolina, out of fear of Japanese attacks on the West Coast. It remains the only Rose Bowl game to ever be played outside of Pasadena. Duke University, led by legendary coach Wallace Wad...

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Eyes to the Wind: A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance

by Ady Barkan

Published: 2019-09-10

Hardcover: 304 pages

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In this inspirational and moving memoir—reminiscent of When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Hour—activist Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him a profound new understanding of his commitment to social justice for all. Ady Barkan loved taking afternoon r...

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Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays

by R. Eric Thomas

Published: 2020-02-18

Hardcover: 288 pages

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From the creator of Elle’s “Eric Reads the News,” a heartfelt and hilarious memoir-in-essays about growing up seeing the world differently, finding unexpected hope, and experiencing every awkward, extraordinary stumble along the way. R. Eric Thomas didn’t know he was different unti...

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Who, What, Where, When, Die (An Avery Shaw Mystery)

by Amanda M. Lee

Published: 2013-01-18

Paperback: 178 pages

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Avery Shaw is having a bad week. First, she had to cover a story on a barricaded gunman who likes to dance naked in his window. Second, she's receiving death threats with her morning newspaper. Lastly, and most importantly, her mom keeps vetoing her outfit choices. It's all in a day's work for this hardworking,...