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Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt

by Arthur T Vanderbilt II

Published: 2001

Paperback: 544 pages

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Wall Street Journal BestsellerFor fans of Downton Abbey, a real-life American version of the Crawley family—Fortune's Children is an enthralling true story that recreates the drama, splendor, and wealth of the legendary Vanderbilts.Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilde...

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A Nasty Piece of Work: A Novel

by Robert Littell

Published: 2013-11-19

Hardcover: 272 pages

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Former CIA agent Lemuel Gunn left the battlefield of Afghanistan for early retirement in the desert of New Mexico, where he works as a private investigator from the creature comforts, such as they are, of a mobile home.Into his life comes Ornella Neppi, a thirty-something woman making a ha...

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Missing You

by Harlan Coben

Published: 2014-03-18

Hardcover: 416 pages

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben, a heart-pounding thriller about the ties we have to our past...and the lies that bind us together.   It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying pi...

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I'm a Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, and Madness

by Micky Dolenz, Mark Bego

Published: 2004-05-04

Paperback: 272 pages

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In fascinating, star-studded anecdotes, original Monkee Micky Dolenz takes readers from his starring role at age 12 as TV's "Circus Boy," to the open casting call that brought the Monkees together, through the creative conflicts that finally drove them apart. Along the way you'll find hilarious anecdotes...

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The Adversary (A Chris Bruen Novel)

by Reece Hirsch

Published: 2013-09-24

Paperback: 396 pages

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Former DOJ cybercrimes prosecutor Chris Bruen walks into a dark apartment in Amsterdam to confront a hacker known as Black Vector. The hacker has stolen the source code for the world’s most ubiquitous operating system, which powers everything from personal computers to the NSA’s data c...

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The Blind Man's Garden (Vintage International)

by Nadeem Aslam

Published: 2014-01-28

Paperback: 384 pages

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A Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Best Book of the YearGrowing up as brothers in a small town in Pakistan, Jeo and Mikal were inseparable; however as adults their paths have diverged sharply. Jeo is newly married and a dedicated medical student, while Mikal, in love with a woman he can’t h...

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Jim Henson: The Biography

by Brian Jay Jones

Published: 2013-09-24

Hardcover: 608 pages

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGEFor the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson   He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded vi...

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Deja Dead (Temperance Brennan Novels)

by Kathy Reichs

Published: 1999-05-28

Kindle Edition: 560 pages

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The raves are in -- from Edgar-winning authors and internationally acclaimed forensic experts: Kathy Reichs and Déjà Dead are something special. Rarely has a debut crime novel inspired such widespread excitement. A born storyteller, Dr. Kathy Reichs walks in the steps of her heroine, ...

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Deja Dead (Temperance Brennan Novels)

by Kathy Reichs

Published: 1998-06-01

Mass Market Paperback: 532 pages

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See where the smash #1 New York Times bestselling Temperance Brennan “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained” (The New York Times) series all began with Deja Dead, the first installment from forensic anthropologist and internationally bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs.Her life...

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Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan Novels)

by Kathy Reichs

Published: 1999-11-05

Kindle Edition: 480 pages

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Forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs exploded onto bestseller lists worldwide with her phenomenal debut novel Déjà Dead—and introduced “[a] brilliant heroine” (Glamour) in league with Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta. Dr. Temperance Brennan, Quebec’s director of forensic anthr...