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The Buckshaw Chronicles, Volume 1

by Alan Bradley

Published: 2012-10-30

Paperback: 832 pages

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Flavia fans will rejoice: The first three adventures of our completely charming eleven-year-old sleuth, bound together in one volume! The Buckshaw Chronicles, Volume 1, brings together under one spine the bestselling The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman...

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Black Moon: A Novel

by Kenneth Calhoun

Published: 2014-03-04

Hardcover: 288 pages

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For fans of The Age of Miracles and The Dog Stars, Black Moon is a hallucinatory and stunning debut that Charles Yu calls “Gripping and expertly constructed.”Insomnia has claimed everyone Biggs knows.  Even his beloved wife, Carolyn, has succumbed to the telltale red-rimmed eyes, slur...

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The Glassblower (The Glassblower Trilogy)

by Petra Durst-Benning

Published: 2014-11-01

Paperback: 481 pages

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In the village of Lauscha in Germany, things have been done the same way for centuries. The men blow the glass, and the women decorate and pack it. But when Joost Steinmann passes away unexpectedly one September night, his three daughters must learn to fend for themselves. While feisty Joh...

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The Shadow Queen

by Sandra Gulland

Published: 2015-01-06

Paperback: 336 pages

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The daughter of actors, Claudette has been playing different roles since she was a child. After settling in Paris, where her mother becomes a star, Claudette finds a position as personal assistant to Athénaïs de Montespan, the highly influential mistress of Louis XIV, and France’s “S...

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Leaving Before the Rains Come

by Alexandra Fuller

Published: 2015-01-22

Hardcover: 272 pages

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New York Times Bestseller"One of the gutsiest memoirs I've ever read. And the writing--oh my god the writing." --Entertainment Weekly A child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller is no stranger to pain. But the disintegration of Fuller’s ...

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Saints of New York: A Novel

by R.J. Ellory

Published: 2014-06-12

Hardcover: 464 pages

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By the author of A Quiet Belief in Angels, praised by Michael Connelly as ?a beautiful and haunting book,” Saints of New York is a powerful new crime novel. The death of a young heroin dealer causes no great concern for NYPD Detective Frank Parrish?Danny Lange is just another casualty of...

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Endgame: The Calling

by James Frey, Nils Johnson-Shelton

Published: 2014-10-07

Hardcover: 480 pages

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Twelve ancient cultures were chosen millennia ago to represent humanity in Endgame, a global game that will decide the fate of humankind. Endgame has always been a possibility, but never a reality…until now. Twelve meteorites have just struck Earth, each meteorite containing a message fo...

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Miracle Girls

by MB Caschetta

Published: 2014-11-04

Paperback: 288 pages

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When Cee-Cee closes her eyes, she can suddenly see all the missing girls in the Mohawk Valley. It's part of the message: they are buried in wheat fields and stashed behind train tracks, or sprawled at the bottom of the canal. Could have been you, one dead girl says, smart-mouthed. But inst...

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The Daylight Gate

by Jeanette Winterson

Published: 2014-10-14

Paperback: 240 pages

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?Mixing historical detail and dark horror, [Winterson] brilliantly brews a spellbinding take on the 1612 English witch trials.”?PeopleAn instant bestseller in the UK, The Daylight Gate is Jeanette Winterson’s singular vision of a dark period of complicated morality, sex, and tragic pla...

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The Art of Arranging Flowers

by Lynne Branard

Published: 2014-06-03

Paperback: 320 pages

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A moving and eloquent novel about love, grief, renewal—and the powerful language of flowers. Ruby Jewell knows flowers. In her twenty years as a florist she has stood behind the counter at the Flower Shoppe with her faithful dog, Clementine, resting at her feet. A customer can walk in, ...