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When the Levee Breaks: Memphis and the Mississippi Valley Flood of 1927

by Patrick O'Daniel

Published: 2013-02-05

Paperback: 144 pages

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Among the countless miles of damage caused by the Mississippi Flood of 1927, the homeless and displaced masses of the Mississippi Valley looked toward Memphis as a beacon of hope. As thousands of refugees poured into the city, Memphians opened their hearts and extolled feats of charity that could fill...

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Secrets of the Tower

by Debbie Rix

Published: 2015-03-19

Paperback: 380 pages

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The world’s most iconic building… and the woman that history forgot. Pisa, 1999 Sam Campbell sits by her husband’s hospital bed. Far from home and her children, she must care for Michael who is recovering from a stroke. A man she loves deeply. A man who has been unfaithful to her. ...

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Subprimeval

by Robert S. C. Cutler

Published: 2015-07-05

Paperback: 348 pages

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Something is stalking the citizens of Wichita, Kansas in the dead of night. Random missing people, homicides presumed to be carried out by deranged family members, and the drastic decline in the homeless population were first thought to be non-related occurrences, but after an unpopular rookie cop is...

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All We Had: A Novel

by Annie Weatherwax

Published: 2015-08-04

Paperback: 272 pages

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A stirring debut novel about a mother and daughter who find an unlikely home amid the quirky residents of a small town—“The smart style, crisp narrative, sharp dialogue, and vivid descriptions send a powerful message: there is hope hidden in despair” (Publishers Weekly).For thirteen-...

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The Things We Never Said

by Susan Elliot Wright

Published: 2013-05-23

Kindle Edition: 385 pages

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A powerful debut novel perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell.In 1964 Maggie wakes to find herself in a psychiatric ward, not knowing who she is or why she has been committed. She slowly begins to have memories of a storm and of a man called Jack and slowly the pieces of the past begin to c...

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The Infiltrator: My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel

by Robert Mazur

Published: 2009-07-27

Hardcover: 384 pages

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Federal Agent Robert Mazur spent five years undercover as a money launderer to the international underworld, gaining access to the zenith of a criminal hierarchy safeguarded by a circle of dirty bankers and businessmen who quietly shape power across the globe. These men and women control multibillion-dollar...

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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

by David E. Hoffman

Published: 2015-07-07

Hardcover: 336 pages

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From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Dead Hand comes the riveting story of a spy who cracked open the Soviet military research establishment and a penetrating portrait of the CIA’s Moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the Cold War  �...

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A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea

by Eunsun Kim, Sébastien Falletti

Published: 2015-07-21

Hardcover: 240 pages

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Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide fa...

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Bull Mountain

by Brian Panowich

Published: 2015-07-07

Hardcover: 304 pages

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“[Panowich] pulls off [a] daunting undertaking with astounding success . . . The storytelling is mesmerizing, with virtually every chapter set in a different timeline and focused on a single character, but the sense of immediacy carries over into each era.  And while the violence is ...

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Color of Justice

by Gary Hardwick

Published: 2009-10-13

Kindle Edition: 404 pages

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Raised in the bosom of the inner city, white Detroit Homicide cop Danny Cavanaugh speaks and acts with the unmistakable attitude of a black man. But the savage murders of affluent African-Americans are plunging him into the urban heart of terror, where he will learn first-hand how powerful...