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You Will Know Me: A Novel

by Megan Abbott

Published: 2016-07-26

Hardcover: 352 pages

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One of the Best Books of 2016--NPR, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, Elle, Thrillist, Men's Journal, Publishers Weekly, Time Out New York, Self and KirkusThe audacious new novel about family and ambition from "one of the best living mystery writers" (Grantlan...

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The Lost Girls: A Novel

by Heather Young

Published: 2016-07-26

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A stunning debut novel that examines the price of loyalty, the burden of regret, the meaning of salvation, and the sacrifices we make for those we love, told in the voices of two unforgettable women linked by a decades-old family mystery at a picturesque lake house.In 1935, six-year-old Em...

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Rose Gold (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

by Walter Mosley

Published: 2015-06-09

Paperback: 320 pages

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Rosemary Goldsmith, the daughter of a weapons manufacturer, has been kidnapped by a black revolutionary cell called Scorched Earth. Their leader, Uhuru Nolicé, is holding her for ransom and if he doesn’t receive the money, weapons, and apology he demands, “Rose Gold” will die—horr...

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The Shadow Girls

by Henning Mankell

Published: 2013-11-05

Paperback: 336 pages

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Jesper Humlin is a mildly famous author and poet with lackluster book sales. Not even his editor will support his artistic vision, suggesting instead that he start writing crime novels in the place of poetry. In his travels, Humlin encounters three women who will change his worldview. All ...

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The Perfect Neighbors: A Novel

by Sarah Pekkanen

Published: 2016-07-05

Paperback: 352 pages

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One of Glamour’s Best Books of Summer * An Us Weekly Trending Title “A delicious beach read.” –People “Relatable characters round out a fun, fast read.” –Good Housekeeping “A compelling, suspenseful tale.” –Kirkus Reviews “The perfect summer read.” –BooklistHow w...

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An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture

by Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, John McKnight

Published: 2016-01-19

Paperback: 144 pages

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Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a co...

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Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul

by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Published: 2016-01-12

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A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society America’s great promise of equality has always rung hollow in the ears of African Americans. But today the situation has grown even more dire. From the murders of black youth by the police, t...

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Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith: A Novel

by Gina B. Nahai

Published: 2015-02-24

Paperback: 382 pages

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The first voice we hear in Gina B. Nahai's second novel is that of Lili, the grown daughter of a miraculous mother. When Lili was 5 and living in the Jewish ghetto of Tehran, her mother, Roxanna, "had grown wings, one night when the darkness was the color of her dreams, and flown into the star-studded...

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Since She Went Away

by David Bell

Published: 2016-06-21

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From David Bell—bestselling author of Somebody I Used to Know and Cemetery Girl—comes a chilling novel of guilt, regret, and a past which refuses to die...   Three months earlier, Jenna Barton was supposed to meet her lifelong best friend Celia. But when Jenna arrived late, she found ...

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An Irish Country Christmas (Irish Country Books)

by Patrick Taylor

Published: 2010-11-02

Mass Market Paperback: 672 pages

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Barry Laverty, M.B., is looking forward to his first Christmas in the cozy village of Ballybucklebo, at least until he learns that his sweetheart, Patricia, might not be coming home for the holidays. That unhappy prospect dampens his spirits somewhat, but Barry has little time to dwell on ...