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The Queen of the Night

by Alexander Chee

Published: 2016-02-02

Hardcover: 576 pages

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National Bestseller “This book is a glorious performance . . . Enveloping, seductive.” —Karen RussellFrom a writer praised by Junot Díaz as “the fire, in my opinion, and the light,” a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman’s rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-re...

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Cry of the Kalahari

by Mark Owens, Delia Owens

Published: 2014-04-22

Kindle Edition: 384 pages

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This is the story of the Owens’ travel and life in the Kalahari Desert. Here they met and studied unique animals and were confronted with danger from drought, fire, storms, and the animals they loved. This best-selling book is for both travelers and animal lovers.

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The Shoes of the Fisherman (Vatican Trilogy, Book 1)

by Morris L. West

Published: 2003-09-01

Paperback: 299 pages

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A pope has died, and the corridors of the Vatican hum with intrigue as cardinals from all over the world gather to choose his successor. Suddenly, the election is concluded with a surprise result. The new pope is the youngest cardinal of all - and a Russian. Shoes of the Fisherman slowly u...

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A Foreign Country

by Charles Cumming

Published: 2013-04-30

Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages

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A Foreign Country Charles CummingOn the vacation of a lifetime in Egypt, an elderly French couple is brutally murdered. Then, days later, on the streets of Paris, a young French accountant is kidnapped. When Amelia Levene, who in six weeks is due to take over as the first female Chief of M...

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An Old Betrayal: A Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries)

by Charles Finch

Published: 2014-08-05

Paperback: 304 pages

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In An Old Betrayal, the seventh book of Charles Finch's bestselling series of Victorian mysteries, a case of mistaken identity has Charles Lenox playing for his highest stakes yet: the safety of Queen Victoria herself.On a spring morning in London, 1875, Charles Lenox agrees to take time a...

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Home by Nightfall: A Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries)

by Charles Finch

Published: 2015-11-10

Hardcover: 304 pages

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It's London in 1876, and the whole city is abuzz with the enigmatic disappearance of a famous foreign pianist. Lenox has an eye on the matter – as a partner in a now-thriving detective agency, he's a natural choice to investigate. Just when he's tempted to turn his focus to it entirely, however, his...

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HEALER (Keepers of Kwellevonne Series Book 1)

by J. K. Swift

Published: 2011-09-21

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Why would anyone try to kill a healer? Deenah's quiet life as an apprentice healer in the remote village of Brae's Creek is shattered when a stranger gravely wounds her master and flees into the wild. For all her skills, Deenah is unable to identify the strange forces at work on the in...

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The Stars Never Rise

by Rachel Vincent

Published: 2015-06-09

Hardcover: 368 pages

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From RACHEL VINCENT, New York Times bestselling author, comes the first book in a new series about a girl who must join forces with rogue exorcists to save her sister and, ultimately, humanity.  Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she’s too busy t...

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A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back

by Kevin Hazzard

Published: 2016-01-05

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A former paramedic’s visceral, poignant, and mordantly funny account of a decade spent on Atlanta’s mean streets saving lives and connecting with the drama and occasional beauty that lies inside catastrophe.In the aftermath of 9/11 Kevin Hazzard felt that something was missing from his...

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A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison

by Dwayne Betts

Published: 2010-05-04

Paperback: 256 pages

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A unique prison narrative that testifies to the power of books to transform a young man's life At the age of sixteen, R. Dwayne Betts-a good student from a lower- middle-class family-carjacked a man with a friend. He had never held a gun before, but within a matter of minutes he had comm...