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A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers)

by Becky Chambers

Published: 2017-03-14

Paperback: 384 pages

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Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!A Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2017" pick!Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel!Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award!Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger!Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the g...

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How to Skimm Your Life

by The Skimm

Published: 2019-06-11

Hardcover: 256 pages

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • It might seem like everyone you know took secret classes on budgeting, owning their career, and choosing the right wine—and you were sick that day. Enter: How to Skimm Your Life.With theSkimm’s trademark mix of real talk, humor, and inspirational messa...

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Walking on the Ceiling: A Novel

by Aysegül Savas

Published: 2019-04-30

Hardcover: 224 pages

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"[Sava?] writes with both sensuality and coolness, as if determined to find a rational explanation for the irrationality of existence..." -- The New York Times"I fell in love with this book." -- Katie Kitamura, author of A SeparationA mesmerizing novel set in Paris and a changing Istanbul...

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Marilou Is Everywhere: A Novel

by Sarah Elaine Smith

Published: 2019-07-30

Hardcover: 288 pages

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One of Los Angeles Times "Most Anticipated Books of the Summer"A SKIMM READS PICKA BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK"This novel reads like a miracle." --NPRConsumed by the longing for a different life, a teenager flees her family and carefully slips into another -- replacing a girl whose own sudde...

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Fodor's Hong Kong (Full-color Travel Guide)

by Fodor's Travel Guides

Published: 2015-06-09

Paperback: 304 pages

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Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. With cutting-edge architecture, chic restaurants, and hip hotels alongside ancient temples, outdoor markets, and hole-in-the-wall dim sum joints, Hong Kong is an intoxicating ...

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The Huawei Way: Lessons from an International Tech Giant on Driving Growth by Focusing on Never-Ending Innovation

by Yang Shaolong

Published: 2016-11-02

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Model your company’s future on the success of tech’s quiet giantBusinessWeek once listed Chinese tech firm Huawei as one of the ten most influential companies on the planet, and Time placed its founder Ren Zhengfei in the top 100 most influential men in the world. Once considered an in...

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The Feminine and Faulkner: Reading (Beyond) Sexual Difference

by Minrose Gwin

Published: 1990-01-01

Hardcover: 189 pages

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A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories (Penguin Christmas Classics)

by Louisa May Alcott

Published: 2014-10-08

Hardcover: 160 pages

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One of six beloved Christmas classics in collectible hardcover editions A Merry Christmas collects the treasured holiday tales of Louisa May Alcott, from the dearly familiar Yuletide benevolence of Marmee and her “little women” to the timeless “What Love Can Do,” wherein the resid...

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Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and The Forgotten History

by Suzanne Humphries MD, Roman Bystrianyk

Published: 2013-07-27

Paperback: 504 pages

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Not too long ago, lethal infections were feared in the Western world. Since that time, many countries have undergone a transformation from disease cesspools to much safer, healthier habitats. Starting in the mid-1800s, there was a steady drop in deaths from all infectious diseases, decreasing to relatively...

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Linden Hills (Contemporary American Fiction Series)

by Gloria Naylor

Published: 1986-03-04

Paperback: 320 pages

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A powerful look at an affluent black community from Gloria Naylor (1950-2016), the National Book Award-winning author of The Women of Brewster PlaceA world away from Brewster Place, yet intimately connected to it, lies Linden Hills. With its showcase homes, elegant lawns, and other trappin...