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Who Owns the Future?

by Jaron Lanier

Published: 2014-03-04

Paperback: 448 pages

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Jaron Lanier is the father of virtual reality and one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. Who Owns the Future? is his visionary reckoning with the most urgent economic and social trend of our age: the poisonous concentration of money and power in our digital networks.Lanier has pred...

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The Painter: A novel

by Peter Heller

Published: 2014-05-06

Hardcover: 384 pages

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Peter Heller, the celebrated author of the breakout best seller The Dog Stars, returns with an achingly beautiful, wildly suspenseful second novel about an artist trying to outrun his past. Jim Stegner has seen his share of violence and loss. Years ago he shot a man in a bar. His marriage...

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Jude

by Jeff Nesbit

Published: 2013-09-20

Paperback: 220 pages

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Jude Asher first called on outside forces to change his destiny as a child. Now a wealthy entrepreneur with his star soaring, he's prepared to make his most daring bet ever to reach the pinnacle of earthly power. Jude's twin brother, Thomas, has chosen a different path as a reporter for The New York...

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One More Last Chance: A Novel (A Place to Call Home)

by Cathleen Armstrong

Published: 2014-05-06

Paperback: 304 pages

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Sarah Cooley has come home to Last Chance, New Mexico, for one reason--because it doesn't change. After an engagement gone bad with a man who wanted to change everything about her, Sarah is more than ready for the town whose motto may as well be, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."Chris Ree...

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In the Mirror

by Kaira Rouda

Published: 2014-03-20

Paperback: 214 pages

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What choices would you make if you knew you may die soon? From the multi award-winning, best-selling author of four books, including Here, Home, Hope, a gripping and heart-wrenching novel about a young mother who has it all. The only problem is she may be dying. In her previous works inclu...

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The Appetites of Girls

by Pamela Moses

Published: 2014-06-26

Hardcover: 384 pages

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For the audience that made Commencement a New York Times bestseller comes a novel about women making their way in the world.    Self-doubting Ruth is coddled by her immigrant mother, who uses food to soothe and control. Defiant Francesca believes her heavy frame shames her Park Avenu...

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Cutting Teeth: A Novel

by Julia Fierro

Published: 2014-05-13

Hardcover: 336 pages

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One of the most anticipated debut novels of 2014, Cutting Teeth takes place one late-summer weekend as a group of thirty-something couples gather at a shabby beach house on Long Island, their young children in tow.Nicole, the hostess, struggles to keep her OCD behaviors unnoticed. Stay-at-...

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The Lowland

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Published: 2014-06-17

Paperback: 432 pages

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • A Time Top Fiction Book • An NPR "Great Read" • A Chicago Tribune Best Book • A USA Today Best Book • A People magazine Top 10 Book • A Barnes and Noble Best New Book • A Good Reads Best Book • A Kirkus Best Fiction Book •...

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* * * * Insightful,
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The Lowland (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Published: 2014-06-17

Paperback: 432 pages

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • A Time Top Fiction Book • An NPR "Great Read" • A Chicago Tribune Best Book • A USA Today Best Book • A People magazine Top 10 Book • A Barnes and Noble Best New Book • A Good Reads Best Book • A Kirkus Best Fiction Book •...

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* * * * Slow,
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The Pink Suit: A Novel

by Nicole Mary Kelby

Published: 2014-04-29

Hardcover: 288 pages

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"Beautifully written and engrossing, The Pink Suit gives us an extraordinary alternative reality, transforming JFK and Jackie's romance into the unforgettable love story of a seamstress and a butcher. Kate and Patrick are wonderful creations, and the evocation of the early 1960s is moving ...