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With God in Russia: The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest's Twenty-three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps

by Walter J. Ciszek, Daniel L. Flaherty

Published: 2017-06-13

Paperback: 400 pages

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Republished for a new century and featuring an afterword by Father James Martin, SJ, the classic memoir of an American-born Jesuit priest imprisoned for fifteen years in a Soviet gulag during the height of the Cold War—a poignant and spiritually uplifting story of extraordinary faith and...

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Inappropriate

by Vi Keeland

Published: 2020-01-20

Paperback: 364 pages

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From #1 New York Times Bestseller Vi Keeland, comes a new, sexy standalone novel.Terminated for inappropriate behavior.I couldn’t believe the letter in my hands. Nine years. Nine damn years I’d worked my butt off for one of the largest companies in America, and I was fired with a form ...

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The Headmaster's Darlings (Story River Books)

by Katherine Clark

Published: 2015-08-18

Hardcover: 245 pages

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The Headmaster's Darlings, winner of the 2015 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, is a satirical comedy of manners featuring the morbidly obese Norman Laney, an unorthodox, inspirational English teacher and college counselor for an elite private school in Mountain Brook, a privileged...

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* * * Addictive,
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The Other Mrs.: A Novel

by Mary Kubica

Published: 2020-02-18

Hardcover: 368 pages

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“Altogether unpredictable.” —Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling authorPropulsive and addictive, and perfect for fans of “You,” The Other Mrs. is the twisty new psychological thriller from Mary Kubica, the New York Times bestselling author of The Good GirlShe tried to run...

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* * * * Gloomy,
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The Memory Police: A Novel

by Yoko Ogawa

Published: 2019-08-13

Hardcover: 288 pages

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*** 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ****** NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ***A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor.On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearin...

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The Black Cathedral: A Novel

by Marcial Gala

Published: 2020-01-07

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Haunting and transcendently twisted, this English-language debut from a Cuban literary star is a tale of race, magic, belief, and fateThe Stuart family moves to a marginal neighborhood of Cienfuegos, a city on the southern coast of Cuba. Arturo Stuart, a charismatic, visionary preacher, di...

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Deaf Republic: Poems

by Ilya Kaminsky

Published: 2019-03-05

Paperback: 80 pages

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Finalist for the National Book Award for PoetryFinalist for the T. S. Eliot PrizeFinalist for the Forward Prize for Best CollectionIlya Kaminsky’s astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence?Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers...

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The Two-Family House

by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Published: 2017-03-21

Paperback: 320 pages

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"An emotional but dreamy novel that...will transport you far, far away from your next dreary Monday morning. You may do a lot of sobbing, but don't worry, you'll be smiling by the end." ?Bustle, "12 Spring Break Reads To Help You Escape Normal Life"**Buzzfeed, "14 Of The Most Buzzed-About ...

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The Dark Young Man

by Jacob Dinezon, Scott Hilton Davis

Published: 2019-02-01

Paperback: 310 pages

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“Tina Lunson’s excellent English translation (the first ever) vividly captures mid-nineteenth century Jewish life in Eastern Europe, revealing not only its particular culture but also its parallels to today’s Jewish experience.” —Jewish Book Council“Dinezon’s writing is poign...

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The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Gish Jen

Published: 2018-01-16

Paperback: 336 pages

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As East and West become more and more entwined, we also continue to baffle one another. What’s more important—self-sacrifice or self-definition? Do we ultimately answer to something larger than ourselves—a family, a religion, a troop? Or is our mantra “To thine own self be true”?...