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The Rift

by Walter J. Williams

Published: 2000-04-01

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It starts with the dogs. They won't stop barking. . . . And then the earth shrugs--8.9 on the Richter scale in the world's biggest earthquake since 1755. It hits New Madrid, Missouri, a sleepy town on the Mississippi. Seismologists had predicted the disaster . . . but no one listened. With...

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The Invoice: A Novel

by Jonas Karlsson

Published: 2016-07-12

Hardcover: 208 pages

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A heartfelt exploration of the cost of life and love—and the importance of the little things—from the author of the international bestseller, The Room Hilarious, profound, and achingly true-to-life, Jonas Karlsson’s new novel explores the true nature of happiness through the eyes of ...

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Multiple Choice

by Alejandro Zambra

Published: 2016-07-19

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NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE SUMMER BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ELLE, AND THE HUFFINGTON POST“Latin America’s new literary star.” —The New Yorker“Brilliant . . . Like a literary exercise for the mind, but strangely fun to decode." —Elle“The most talked-abou...

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Modern Girls

by Jennifer S. Brown

Published: 2016-04-05

Paperback: 384 pages

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A dazzling debut novel set in New York City’s Jewish immigrant community in 1935...   How was it that out of all the girls in the office, I was the one to find myself in this situation? This didn’t happen to nice Jewish girls.   In 1935, Dottie Krasinsky is the epitome of the modern ...

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The Course of Love: A Novel

by Alain de Botton

Published: 2016-06-14

Hardcover: 240 pages

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“The Course of Love is a return to the form that made Mr. de Botton’s name in the mid-1990s….love is the subject best suited to his obsessive aphorizing, and in this novel he again shows off his ability to pin our hopes, methods and insecurities to the page.” —The New York Times ...

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Carnal Curiosity: A Stone Barrington Novel

by Stuart Woods

Published: 2014-12-02

Paperback: 309 pages

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Stone Barrington is back in the extraordinary new adventure from New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.Stone Barrington seems to have a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  When Manhattan’s elite are beset by a series of clever crimes—and Stone is a material...

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The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan’s Pleasure District

by Louise Brown

Published: 2009-10-13

Kindle Edition: 320 pages

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The dancing girls of Lahore inhabit the Diamond Market in the shadow of a great mosque. The twenty-first century goes on outside the walls of this ancient quarter but scarcely registers within. Though their trade can be described with accuracy as prostitution, the dancing girls have an ill...

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Sarah, Plain and Tall 30th Anniversary Edition

by Patricia MacLachlan

Published: 2015-03-03

Paperback: 112 pages

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This Newbery Medal-winning book and children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss, ...

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The Black Widow (Gabriel Allon)

by Daniel Silva

Published: 2016-07-12

Hardcover: 544 pages

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Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerA Kirkus Best Fiction Book of the Year“The novel’s grand finale is heart-stopping, unexpected and deeply unsettling.”   — Washington Post“Fascinating, suspenseful, and bated-breath exciting…. Silva proves once again that he can rework fam...

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The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

by Ron Chernow

Published: 2010-01-13

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Published to critical acclaim twenty years ago, and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about American finance. It is a rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned, ones that would ...