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Act of War: A Thriller

by Brad Thor

Published: 2014-07-08

Hardcover: 368 pages

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor delivers his most frightening and pulse-pounding thriller ever!After a CIA agent mysteriously dies overseas, his top asset surfaces with a startling and terrifying claim. There’s just one problem—no one knows if she can be trusted.But when...

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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day

by David J. Hand

Published: 2014-02-11

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they’re commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month.     But Hand is no believer in superst...

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The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for My Father . . . and Finding the Zodiac Killer

by Gary L. Stewart, Susan Mustafa

Published: 2014-05-13

Hardcover: 384 pages

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A New York Times BestsellerA San Francisco Chronicle BestsellerSoon after his birthmother contacted him for the first time at the age of thirty-nine, adoptee Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father. His quest would lead him to a horrifying truth and force him to reconsi...

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Ms. Understood: Rebuilding the Feminine Equation

by Jennifer Hatmaker

Published: 2008-06-29

Paperback: 224 pages

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Throughout time, women have been identified in many conflicting ways. Sometimes goddesses, slaves, or seductresses, but always misunderstood—by themselves and others.Jen Hatmaker uses examples from the five women named in Jesus’ lineage to help identify who a daughter of Christ is. Fro...

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The Concrete Wave: The History of Skateboarding

by Michael Brooke

Published: 1999-09-01

Paperback: 200 pages

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The first book ever published to document the history of one of the worlds most cutting edge sports-skateboarding. The book features hundreds of photos of skaters, memorabilia and includes interviews with Tony Alva and Tony Hawk. Forward by Rodney Mullen.

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Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir

by Roz Chast

Published: 2014-05-06

Hardcover: 240 pages

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#1 New York Times Bestseller2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTIn her first memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a...

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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

by Leslye Walton

Published: 2014-03-25

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava — in all other ways a normal girl — is born with the w...

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The Here and Now

by Ann Brashares

Published: 2014-04-08

Hardcover: 256 pages

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An unforgettable epic romantic thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world . . . if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to.Follow the rules. Remember what happened. Never fall in love. This is the story of seventeen-year-old Prenna James, ...

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The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty - A 30-minute Summary

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Published: 2014-04-28

Paperback: 80 pages

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With Instaread Summaries, you can get the summary of a book in 30 minutes or less. We read every chapter, summarize and analyze it for your convenience. This is an Instaread Summary of The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty. Below is a preview of the earlier sections of the summary: Chapter One Cecilia’s...

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Orange Is the New Black Presents: The Cookbook

by Jenji Kohan, Tara Herrmann, Hartley Voss, Alex Regnery

Published: 2014-10-14

Paperback: 224 pages

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Staffed and run by a band of misfit inmates, the kitchen at Litchfield is in many ways the center of the popular show Orange Is the New Black—a setting for camaraderie, drug smuggling, power struggles, and plot twists. And then there is the food. With 65 recipes, 12 sidebars that expand ...