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No Country: A Novel

by Kalyan Ray

Published: 2014-06-17

Hardcover: 560 pages

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Spanning two centuries and three continents, from famine-stricken Ireland to colonial India to modern-day upstate New York, No Country is a riveting, enchanting melting pot of a story about history, family, fate, and the enduring ties of friendship.In rural Ireland in 1843, Padraig Aherne ...

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The Running Dream (Schneider Family Book Award - Teen Book Winner)

by Wendelin Van Draanen

Published: 2012-01-10

Paperback: 336 pages

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When Jessica is told she’ll never run again, she puts herself back together—and learns to dream bigger than ever before. The acclaimed author of Flipped delivers a powerful and healing story.   Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She’s not comfort...

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The Lie

by Helen Dunmore

Published: 2014-04-01

Hardcover: 304 pages

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From the award-winning author of The Siege, Helen Dunmore, comes The Lie; a spellbinding tale of love, remembrance, and deception, set against the backdrop of World War I.Cornwall, 1920. Daniel Branwell has survived the First World War and returned to the small fishing town where he was b...

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The Rise of David Levinsky

by Abraham Cahan

Published: 2011-01-01

Paperback: 280 pages

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Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) was a Lithuanian-born American communalist newspaper editor, politician, and novelist. His family, who was devoutly religious, moved to Wilna, New York in 1866 where the young Cahan received the usual Jewish preparatory education for the rabbinate. He, however, was attracted...

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Unravel: A Novel

by Calia Read

Published: 2014-08-26

Paperback: 336 pages

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Calia Read breaks the mold in this explosive novel that grabs hold and doesn’t let go until the shocking truth is revealed.One kiss can change everything.   One month ago I was admitted to a psych ward. Yesterday, Lachlan told me I’m losing my mind. But I know what I saw. Will you bel...

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Divergent (Divergent Series)

by Veronica Roth

Published: 2014-09-30

Paperback: 576 pages

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This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy is the novel the inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet. This dystopian series set in a futuristic Chicago has captured the hearts of millions of teen and a...

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Sweet Thunder

by Ivan Doig

Published: 2014-08-05

Paperback: 368 pages

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A beloved character brings the power of the press to 1920s Butte, Montana, in this latest from the best storyteller of the West In the winter of 1920, a quirky bequest draws Morrie Morgan back to Butte, Montana, from a year-long honeymoon with his bride, Grace. But the mansion bestow...

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Armed and Fabulous (Lexi Graves Mysteries Book 1)

by Camilla Chafer

Published: 2013-12-05

Kindle Edition: 308 pages

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All Lexi wants to do is get through the day at her boring temp job with Green Hand Insurance. That’s until she discovers the vice president, Martin Dean, in a pool of blood and herself at the center of an investigation into insurance fraud. Millions of dollars are missing, the chief s...

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Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria

by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Published: 2014-08-29

Paperback: 216 pages

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Corrupt, mismanaged, and seemingly hopeless: that's how the international community viewed Nigeria in the early 2000s. Then Nigeria implemented a sweeping set of economic and political changes and began to reform the unreformable. This book t...

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The Shopkeeper (Steve Dancy Tale)

by James D. Best

Published: 2007-12-15

Paperback: 240 pages

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In 1879, Steve Dancy sells his New York shop and ventures west to explore and write a journal about his adventures. Though he's not looking for trouble, Dancy's infatuation with another man's wife soon embroils him in a deadly feud with Sean Washburn, a Nevada silver baron. Infuriated by the outrages...