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Every Soul A Star

by Wendy Mass

Published: 2009-09-01

Paperback: 336 pages

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And as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, I realize that I never saw real beauty until now. At Moon Shadow, an isolated campground, thousands have gathered to catch a glimpse of a rare and extraordinary total eclipse of the sun. Three lives are ...

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Will Poole's Island

by Tim Weed

Published: 2014-04-24

Paperback: 184 pages

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"Immersive  . . . This riveting portrayal of early Colonial New England shines a speculative but compelling light on the time and place." -- Kirkus ReviewsNew England, 1643. A meeting in the forest between a rebellious young Englishman and a visionary Wampanoag leads to a dangerous collis...

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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature translated from the French)

by Maryse Condé

Published: 2009-02-05

Paperback: 248 pages

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This wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches two years later. Maryse Condé brings Tituba out of historical si...

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All Day and a Night: A Novel of Suspense (Ellie Hatcher)

by Alafair Burke

Published: 2014-06-10

Hardcover: 368 pages

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A new murder case with ties to a convicted serial killer leads Detective Ellie Hatcher into a twisting investigation with explosive and deadly results in this superb mystery from the “terrific web spinner” (Entertainment Weekly) Alafair Burke.When psychotherapist Helen Brunswick is mur...

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The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Jane Smiley

Published: 1998-12-29

Paperback: 480 pages

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres"Rousing . . . Action-packed . . . A gripping story about love, fortitude, and convictions that are worth fighting for."--Los Angeles TimesA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK"POWERFUL . . . Smiley takes us back to Kans...

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The Professionals (A Stevens and Windermere Novel)

by Owen Laukkanen

Published: 2012-10-02

Paperback: 496 pages

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Four friends, caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it’s no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise works like a charm—until they kidnap the wrong man. Now two groups are after them—the law, in the form of veteran sta...

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The Heist: A Novel (Gabriel Allon)

by Daniel Silva

Published: 2014-07-15

Hardcover: 496 pages

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Gabriel Allon, art restorer and occasional spy, searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio in #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva’s latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue.Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to steal another ...

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The Moment of Everything

by Shelly King

Published: 2014-09-02

Paperback: 288 pages

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In the tradition of The Cookbook Collector comes a funny, romantic novel about a young woman finding her calling while saving a used bookstore. Maggie Duprès, recently "involuntarily separated from payroll" at a Silicon Valley startup, is whiling away her days in The Dragonfly's Used Book...

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A Light in the Wilderness: A Novel

by Jane Kirkpatrick

Published: 2014-09-02

Paperback: 320 pages

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New York Times bestselling novelist weaves the dramatic story of a freed slave who has lost her husband and her freedom papers and must find a way to survive in the wilderness of the Oregon Territory.

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Botticelli's Bastard

by Stephen Maitland-Lewis

Published: 2014-08-11

Hardcover: 286 pages

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Art restorer Giovanni Fabrizzi is haunted by an unsigned renaissance portrait. Obsessed to learn the truth of its origin, he becomes increasingly convinced the painting could be the work of one of history's greatest artists, which if true, would catapult its value to the stratosphere. But in learning...