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Somewhere Out There: A Novel

by Amy Hatvany

Published: 2016-03-01

Paperback: 368 pages

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What happens when two sisters who were torn apart when their young mother abandoned them—and grew up in tragically different circumstances—reunite thirty-five years later to find her? For readers who love Jodi Picoult, acclaimed author Amy Hatvany fearlessly explores complex family iss...

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When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944

by Ronald C. Rosbottom

Published: 2015-03-17

Paperback: 496 pages

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The spellbinding and revealing chronicle of Nazi-occupied Paris On June 14, 1940, German tanks entered a silent and nearly deserted Paris. Eight days later, France accepted a humiliating defeat and foreign occupation. Subsequently, an eerie sense of normalcy settled over the City of Light...

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Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People

by Elizabeth A. Fenn

Published: 2015-03-17

Paperback: 480 pages

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Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryEncounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic Plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the center of the North American universe. We know of them mostly because Lewis an...

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Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories

by Terrence Holt

Published: 2015-10-12

Paperback: 288 pages

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“Illuminates human fragility in tales both lyrical and soul-wrenching.” ?Danielle Ofri, New York Times Book Review In this “artful, unfailingly human, and understandable” (Boston Globe) account inspired by his own experiences becoming a doctor, Terrence Holt puts readers on the fro...

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Now Everyone Will Know: The Perfect Husband, His Shattering Secret, My Rediscovered Life

by Maggie Kneip

Published: 2015-11-12

Paperback: 196 pages

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After a fairy-tale courtship in 1980s New York City, Maggie's young marriage shatters when her "perfect" husband--a star editor at The Wall Street Journal--is diagnosed with and dies of AIDS, leaving her with two young children in a city electrified by paranoia about the new epidemic. Deva...

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Sleeping Giants (Themis Files)

by Sylvain Neuvel

Published: 2016-04-26

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a gargantuan power.  A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she...

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Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris

by Alex Kershaw

Published: 2015-08-04

Hardcover: 304 pages

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The best-selling author of The Liberator brings to life the incredible true story of an American doctor in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during World War IIThe leafy Avenue Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring s...

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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

by MItchell Zuckoff

Published: 2015-09-08

Paperback: 352 pages

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi.13 HOURS presents, for the first time ever, the true account of the events of September 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the US State Department Special Mi...

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Bearing an Hourglass (Incarnations of Immortality)

by Piers Anthony

Published: 1985-09-12

Paperback: 372 pages

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When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of Immortality--Death, Fate, War, and Nature--made him welcome. Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he...

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Ahoy for Joy: An Inspiring Tale of Love, Loss and Forgiveness

by Keith Reilly

Published: 2014-11-13

Paperback: 264 pages

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For Belfast teenager, Michael Colgan, words haven't always come easily. However this changes after he meets Anna, a Dutch schoolgirl, on holiday. During their romantic, care-free, pen-pal exchanges, full of tales of the present and hopes for the future, Michael gives no clue of his true life, at a...