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The Burning of Isobel Key

by Jen McConnel

Published: 2012-09-14

Paperback: 284 pages

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*OUT OF PRINT: THIS TITLE WAS REVISED AND RE-RELEASED FROM BLOOMSBURY SPARK AS THE SECRET OF ISOBEL KEY*When Lou travels to Scotland, she's a mess. She is twenty-six, unemployed, and unsure of herself. It doesn't help that she's traveling with Tammy, her best friend, who is everything L...

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Out Of The Darkness: The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson

by Eric A. Shelman

Published: 1999-03-01

Paperback: 344 pages

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In New York City back in April of 1874, a most unusual event took place. A severely abused nine-year-old girl named Mary Ellen Wilson became the first child in America to be rescued from an abusive home. She had been beaten, burned, slashed with scissors, locked in a closet, and had never been outside...

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Stolen: The True Story of a Sex Trafficking Survivor

by Katariina PhD Rosenblatt, Cecil Murphey

Published: 2014-10-07

Paperback: 240 pages

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Sex trafficking is currently a hot news topic, but it is not a new problem or just a problem in "other" countries. Every year, an estimated 300,000 American children are at risk of being lured into the sex trade, some as young as eight years old. It is thought that up to 90 percent of vict...

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History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014

by WILLIAMS NIALL

Published: 2015-03-12

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A Murder of Magpies

by Judith Flanders

Published: 2015-02-24

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A whip-smart, impeccably crafted debut mystery, A Murder of Magpies takes readers on a whirlwind tour of London and Paris with an unforgettably original new heroineIt's just another day at the office for London book editor Samantha "Sam" Clair. Checking jacket copy for howlers, wondering h...

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Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State

by Dana Priest, William M. Arkin

Published: 2012-09-11

Paperback: 368 pages

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After 9/11, the United States government embarked on an unprecedented effort to protect America. The result has been calamitous: after ten years of unparalleled spending and growth, the result is that a system put in place to keep America safe may in fact be putting us in even greater dang...

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Outrageous Fortune: Growing Up at Leeds Castle

by Anthony Russell

Published: 2013-11-26

Hardcover: 320 pages

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In his stunning memoir, Anthony Russell takes us inside his childhood growing up at Leeds Castle, with luxury and opulence few can imagine, and how he found his way in a changing society.“I was lucky with lineage. Money, and lots of it, appeared to grow on trees, especially those which...

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Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle

by Mary J. MacLeod

Published: 2013-04-01

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod and her husband encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud ...

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A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War and a Ruined House in France

by Miranda Richmond Mouillot

Published: 2015-01-28

Paperback: 272 pages

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Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food and Love from an American Midwest Family

by Kathleen Flinn

Published: 2014-08-14

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A delicious memoir from the author of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry  A family history with recipes, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good offers a flavorful tale spanning three generations as Flinn returns to the mix of food and memoir readers loved in her New York Times best-sel...