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The Confabulist: A Novel

by Steven Galloway

Published: 2014-05-01

Hardcover: 320 pages

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From the author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, an exciting new novel that uses the life and sudden death of Harry Houdini to weave a tale of magic, intrigue, and illusion. What is real and what is an illusion? Can you trust your memory to provide an accurate record of what has h...

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Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)

by Susan Cooper

Published: 2013-06-11

Hardcover: 288 pages

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On holiday in Cornwall, the three Drew children discover an ancient map in the attic of the house that they are staying in. They know immediately that it is special. It is even more than that -- the key to finding a grail, a source of power to fight the forces of evil known as the Dark. An...

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A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Gamache, Book 7)

by Louise Penny

Published: 2012-07-03

Paperback: 368 pages

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A New York Times Notable Crime Book and Favorite Cozy for 2011A Publishers Weekly Best Mystery/Thriller books for 2011"Penny has been compared to Agatha Christie [but] it sells her short. Her characters are too rich, her grasp of nuance and human psychology too firm...." --Booklist (starre...

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The Burn Palace: A Novel

by Stephen Dobyns

Published: 2014-01-28

Paperback: 480 pages

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"One of the best of the best...You can't ask for more than this book gives. I loved it." – Stephen King“An exquisitely unexpected, delightfully believable exploration of what normal looks like when it goes through the (evil) looking glass.” —Oprah.comThe sleepy community of Brewste...

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Desert Princess, The (Ebook Shorts) (The Loves of King Solomon Book #1)

by Jill Eileen Smith

Published: 2014-08-05

Kindle Edition: 0 pages

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Solomon captured her heart. But can she hold on to his?King David is running for his life with his young son Solomon in tow when Naamah first encounters the prince. Her father is loyal to the king, and that loyalty will be sealed years later--through the marriage of Solomon and Naamah. For...

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Women of Genesis: 3-in-1 eBook Bundle

by Orson Scott Card

Kindle Edition: 854 pages

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In Sarah, author Orson Scott Card uses his fertile imagination and uncanny insight into human nature to flesh out a unique woman — one who is beautiful, tough, smart, and resourceful in an era when women get short shrift in life as well as in the historical record. Sarah takes on vivid r...

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Comet's Tale: How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)

by Steven D. Wolf, Lynette Padwa

Published: 2013-03-18

Hardcover: 351 pages

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Forced into early retirement by a spinal condition, Steven Wolf reluctantly left his family for Arizona's warm winter climate. A lifelong dog lover, the former hard-driving attorney is drawn to a group that rescues retired greyhounds. When Comet, a once-abused racer, chooses to "adopt" Wolf, a life-altering...

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Before I Forget

by Leonard Pitts Jr.

Published: 2009-03-20

Paperback: 336 pages

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This powerful novel of three generations of black men bound by blood — and by histories of mutual love, fear, and frustration — gives author Leonard Pitts the opportunity to explore the painful truths of black men's lives, especially as they play out in the fraught relations of fathers...

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This Is My Life

by Meg Wolitzer

Published: 2014-03-25

Paperback: 352 pages

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The early novel that established Meg Wolitzer’s career, later made into Nora Ephron’s first film as a director.The third book by New York Times-bestselling author Meg Wolitzer (originally published as This Is Your Life), a smart, witty and perceptive novel about the daughters of a fema...

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Sleepwalking

by Meg Wolitzer

Published: 2014-03-25

Paperback: 272 pages

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The debut novel from New York Times?bestselling author Meg Wolitzer, a story of three college students’ shared fascination with poetry and death, and how one of them must face difficult truths in order to leave her obsession behind. Published when she was only twenty-three ...