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The Last Midwife: A Novel

by Sandra Dallas

Published: 2015-09-29

Hardcover: 368 pages

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It is 1880 and Gracy Brookens is the only midwife in a small Colorado mining town where she has delivered hundreds, maybe thousands, of babies in her lifetime. The women of Swandyke trust and depend on Gracy, and most couldn't imagine getting through pregnancy and labor without her by thei...

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The Woman Who Stole My Life: A Novel

by Marian Keyes

Published: 2015-07-07

Hardcover: 464 pages

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A funny new novel from international bestselling author Marian Keyes about Irish beautician Stella Sweeney who falls ill, falls in love, then falls into a glamorous new life in New York City. When her dream life is threatened, will she rally to reclaim love and happiness?In her own words, ...

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Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Published: 2015-09-08

Hardcover: 224 pages

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New York Times Bestseller | One of NPR's Best Books of 2015What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today?And what if that's the point?In Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling au­thor Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter w...

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Plunder and Deceit

by Mark R. Levin

Published: 2015-08-04

Hardcover: 256 pages

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In each of his astounding #1 New York Times bestsellers, Mark R. Levin’s overlying patriotic mission has been to avert a devastating tragedy: The loss of the greatest republic known to mankind. But who stands to lose the most?In modern America, the civil society is being steadily devoure...

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1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History

by Jay Winik

Published: 2015-09-22

Hardcover: 656 pages

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**New York Times Bestseller**Jay Winik brings to life in “gripping” detail (The New York Times Book Review) the year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II and put more pressure than any other on an ailing yet determined President Roosevelt.1944 was a year that could have ...

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Hitler's Last Witness: The Memoirs of Hitler's Bodyguard

by Rochus Misch

Published: 2014-09-19

Hardcover: 256 pages

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After being seriously wounded in the 1939 Polish campaign, Rochus Misch was invited to join Hitler's SS-bodyguard. There he served until the war’s end as Hitler’s bodyguard, courier, orderly and finally as Chief of Communications. On the Berghof terrace he watched Eva Braun or...

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Truth: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power

by Mary Mapes

Published: 2015-10-13

Paperback: 400 pages

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A riveting play-by-play of a reporter getting and defending a story that recalls All the President's Men, Truth puts readers in the center of the "60 Minutes II" story on George W. Bush's shirking of his National Guard duty. The firestorm that followed that broadcast--a conflagration tha...

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The Art of Memoir

by Mary Karr

Published: 2015-09-15

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: Cherry and Lit, which were critical hits as well.For thirty years Karr has also taught the form,...

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The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir

by David Hare

Published: 2015-11-02

Hardcover: 368 pages

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“Frank, moving, and beguiling, The Blue Touch Paper is the fascinating story of becoming a writer in the 1960s and 70s when Britain was changing even faster than the author.”?Joan DidionDavid Hare has long been one of Britain’s best-known screenwriters and dramatists. He’s the auth...

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A House in St John's Wood: In Search of My Parents

by Matthew Spender

Published: 2015-10-27

Hardcover: 448 pages

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A son's personal exploration of one of the most influential--and troubled--artistic couples of the twentieth centuryStephen Spender's life, with all its secrets, successes, and contradictions, is a vivid prism through which to view the twentieth century. He befriended Auden and Isherwood w...