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What Would Alice Do?: Advice for the Modern Woman

by Lewis Carroll

Published: 2015-10-22

Hardcover: 128 pages

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"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll's masterpiece Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its equally famous sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, are among the most quoted works in literature. In What Would Alice Do?, a handy, pocket-sized volume,...

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Home Fires: The Story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War

by Julie Summers

Published: 2015-09-15

Paperback: 384 pages

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Soon to be a PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford)   Away from the frontlines of World War II, in towns and villages across Great Britain, ordinary women were playing a vital role in their country’s war effort. As members of the Wom...

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A Gathering of Shadows: A Novel

by Victoria Schwab

Published: 2016-02-23

Hardcover: 512 pages

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Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London. In many...

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* * * * Informative,
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America's First Daughter: A Novel

by Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie

Published: 2016-03-01

Paperback: 587 pages

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THE NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jeffer...

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The Passenger

by Lisa Lutz

Published: 2016-03-01

Hardcover: 320 pages

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“Lutz develops riveting suspense by slowly revealing the events that first sent Tanya/Amelia on the run, while pouring threats on her gritty heroine’s increasingly tenuous bids at survival. Binge-worthy fare, especially for those drawn to strong female protagonists” (Booklist, starre...

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A Spool of Blue Thread: A Novel by Anne Tyler | Summary & Analysis

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Published: 2015-02-21

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A Spool of Blue Thread: by Anne Tyler | Summary & Analysis Anne Tyler's latest novel, she does what she does best: she creates a family filled with quirky, genuine characters and deftly builds their histories and relationships. The Whitshanks are a family who believe certain myths about ...

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Choosing Hope: Moving Forward from Life's Darkest Hours

by Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis, Robin Gaby Fisher

Published: 2015-10-06

Hardcover: 272 pages

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"[S]tirring...a bold, inspiring and ultimately hopeful book."  --Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post and author of the New York Times bestseller ThriveKaitlin Roig-Debellis is the first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School who saved her enti...

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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

by Simon Singh

Published: 2000-08-29

Paperback: 432 pages

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In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the N...

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Only Love Can Break Your Heart

by Ed Tarkington

Published: 2016-01-05

Hardcover: 320 pages

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"Love can make people do terrible things." Welcome to Spencerville, Virginia, 1977. Eight-year-old Rocky worships his older brother, Paul. Sixteen and full of rebel cool, Paul spends his days cruising in his Chevy Nova blasting Neil Young, cigarette dangling from his lips, arm slung around...

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The Uncommitted (a novel)

by Margaret M. Goss

Published: 2015-10-15

Paperback: 358 pages

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Josephine Reilly is a typical young mother, striving to do what is best for her family in the suburbs of St. Paul, Minnesota. Declan, her ambitious and talented husband, has a thriving career as a corporate lawyer. On the surface, life could not appear more perfect. Yet, Josie has an unrealized gift,...