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A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

by John Gregory Brown

Published: 2016-06-28

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A tragicomic tour de force about one man's redemption through love and art."You have lost everything, yes?"Everything? Henry thought; he considered the word. Had he lost everything?Fleeing New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Henry Garrett is haunted by the ruins of his marriage, a...

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The November Criminals

by Sam Munson

Published: 2015-10-13

Paperback: 240 pages

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Addison Schact and his best friend Digger become obsessed with investigating the murder of a classmate as they travel through Washington DC’s underworld in this “thoughtful coming-of-age story and engaging teenage noir” (The New York Times).High school senior Addison Schacht is takin...

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Kindezi: The Kongo Art of Babysitting

by K. Kia Bunseki

Published: 2000-01-01

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The authors present the importance of the African tradition. Kindezi (the art of Babysitting) and the ndezi (the babysitters) provide extensive value and service to both society and the individual child, making for a cohesive, unified community. Introduction by Marimba Ani.

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Rogues

Published: 2014-06-17

Hardcover: 832 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors—including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin!  If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 N...

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Summit Lake

by Charlie Donlea

Published: 2016-01-26

Hardcover: 320 pages

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“A gem of a mystery, fast-paced and suspenseful.”--Catherine Coulter, # 1 New York Times bestselling authorSet in a small, picturesque North Carolina town, Charlie Donlea’s suspenseful debut novel tells the haunting story of a murdered law school student, the reporter assigned to...

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Heroes of the Frontier

by Dave Eggers

Published: 2016-07-26

Hardcover: 400 pages

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“A picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale — On the Road crossed with Henderson the Rain King… Deeply affecting.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction  A captivating, often hilarious novel of ...

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Ninety-Nine Stories of God

by Joy Williams

Published: 2016-07-12

Hardcover: 220 pages

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From “quite possibly America’s best living writer of short stories” (NPR), Ninety-Nine Stories of God finds Joy Williams reeling between the sublime and the surreal, knocking down the barriers between the workaday and the divine. Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Joy W...

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The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear: A novel

by Stuart Stevens

Published: 2016-06-28

Hardcover: 272 pages

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A dark comedy set at a contested Republican convention, written by a veteran political insider—the funniest and most prescient novel about politics in years.   “[Stevens] brings a full arsenal of gifts to this enterprise: humor, tactile prose and an insider’s knowledge of the hardba...

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Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition, The

by C. S. Lewis

Published: 2013-10-08

Hardcover: 272 pages

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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis’s death, a special annotated edition of his Christian classic, The Screwtape Letters, with notes and excerpts from his other works that help illuminate this diabolical masterpiece.Since its publication in 1942, The Screwtape Letters ...

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Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo: A Novel

by Boris Fishman

Published: 2016-03-01

Hardcover: 336 pages

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New York Times Book Review's "100 Notable Books of 2016"The author of the critically admired, award-winning A Replacement Life turns to a different kind of story—an evocative, nuanced portrait of marriage and family, a woman reckoning with what she’s given up to make both work, and t...