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Southside

by Michael Krikorian

Published: 2013-11-05

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Los Angeles Times gang reporter Michael Lyons has just left his favorite downtown saloon when he is shot and wounded on the sidewalk two blocks from City Hall. After the initial shock, fellow reporters put together a betting pool. The bet? "Who Shot Mike?" There are a lot of contenders. When the LAPD's...

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Dear Life, You Suck

by Scott Blagden

Published: 2013-03-26

Hardcover: 320 pages

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“The shrinkadinks think I have a screw loose. Ain’t playing with a full deck. Whacked-out wiring. Missing marbles.” Irreverent, foulmouthed seventeen-year-old Cricket is the oldest ward in a Catholic boys’ home in Maine—and his life sucks. With prospects for the future that range...

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Little Wolves

by Thomas Maltman

Published: 2013-01-08

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A tragic act of violence echoes through a small Minnesota townSet on the Minnesota prairie in the late 1980s during a drought season that’s pushing family farms to the brink, Little Wolves features the intertwining stories of a father searching for answers after his son commits a heinous...

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Undressing Mr. Darcy

by Karen Doornebos

Published: 2013-12-03

Paperback: 368 pages

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Taking it off in the name of history…Thirty-five-year-old American social media master Vanessa Roberts lives her thoroughly modern life with aplomb. So when her elderly Jane Austen–centric aunt needs her to take on the public relations for Julian Chancellor, a very private man from Eng...

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Slowspoke: A Unicyclist's Guide to America

by Mark Schimmoeller

Published: 2013-10-04

Paperback: 322 pages

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People who have gone back to the land or wonder if they could, who have slowed down to experience life at a unicycle's speed or who long to do so, who have fallen in love, who have treasured tall trees or mourned their loss, will find a voice in Slowspoke: A Unicyclist's Guide to America. A memoir with...

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* * * * Insightful,
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The Secret of Magic

by Deborah Johnson

Published: 2014-01-21

Hardcover: 416 pages

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In 1946, a young female attorney from New York City attempts the impossible: attaining justice for a black man in the Deep South.   Regina Robichard works for Thurgood Marshall, who receives an unusual letter asking the NAACP to investigate the murder of a returning black war hero. ...

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The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War

by Denise Chong

Published: 2001-08-01

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On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the V...

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* * * * Fantastic,
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While Beauty Slept

by Elizabeth Blackwell

Published: 2014-02-20

Hardcover: 432 pages

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Historical fiction at its best ? The Brothers Grimm meets The Thirteenth Tale  I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told.   And so begins Elise Dalriss’s story. When she hears her great-granddaughter recount a minstrel’s tale about a beautiful princess asleep in a to...

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The Pieces We Keep

by Kristina McMorris

Published: 2013-11-26

Paperback: 464 pages

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"Gripped me from the first page and didn't let go."      --Alyson Richman, bestselling author of The Lost WifeIn this richly emotional novel based on amazing true accounts, Kristina McMorris evokes the depth of a mother's bond with her child, and the power of personal histories to ech...

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Night Before Christmas board book: The Classic Edition

by Clement Clarke Moore

Published: 2013-10-15

Board book: 26 pages

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The #1 New York Times Bestselling edition of the classic Night Before Christmas poem is now available in a board book format with beautiful, original illustrations by award-winning illustrator Charles Santore. This special format showcases the best-selling features of the original classic ...