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• The Jackal's Mistress

  a Novel

  Bohjalian, Chris, 1962-

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  In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she’s willing to risk for the life of a stranger.

• All the Other Mothers Hate Me

  a Novel

  Harman, Sarah, 1986-

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  Florence, a 31-year-old party girl with no useful skills, let alone investigative ones, has to clear her young son's name or risk losing him forever when his class bully, the heir to a vast frozen food empire, disappears during a school trip.

• The Antidote

  Russell, Karen, 1981-

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  A historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing--not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the dust bowl drought but beneath its own violent histories, that include witchcraft, curses, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Care and Feeding

  a Memoir

  Woolever, Laurie

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  Laurie Woolever traces her path from a small-town childhood to working at revered restaurants and food publications, alternately bolstered and overshadowed by two of the most powerful men in the business: Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain. As the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever

  Kracht, Matt

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  Professional birding amateur and national bestselling author Matt Kracht's new book is a warning, a field guide to help you identify and stay away from the absolute worst birds ever to plague planet Earth. Featuring an all-new scientific scale…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Love Better

  the Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion

  Yung Pueblo (Writer)

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  Yung Pueblo examines all aspects of personal relationships, from the rose-colored early days when you may be hesitant to show your full self to the challenges that can arise without clear communication to dealing with heartbreak and healing as you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Home

  de la Peña, Matt

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  A stirring picture book celebration of home in its many forms, from the family that shows its love through small gestures every day to the community that sees one another through hard times to the wonder of the natural world.

• Vanya and the Wild Hunt

  Mandanna, Sangu

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  Eleven-year-old Vanya Vallen has always felt like she doesn’t fit in. She’s British-Indian in a mostly white town in England, her parents won’t talk about their pasts, and she has ADHD. Oh, and she talks to books. More importantly, the books talk…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Wizard of Earthsea

  a Graphic Novel

  Fordham, Fred, 1985-

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  Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and unleashed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Notorious

  Portraits of Stars From Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech

  Dowd, Maureen

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  Shining a white-hot spotlight on America’s famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowd’s most compelling style features and profiles. Using her signature wit and incisive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• World Without End

  An Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis

  Jancovici, Jean-Marc

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  In this intelligent, eye-opening, and witty international bestseller, an eminent climate expert takes a graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound changes that our planet is experiencing. The scientist, Jean-Marc Jancovici, explains…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inner Entrepreneur

  a Proven Path to Profit and Peace : How to Start, Build, Buy, Scale, and Sell Your Business

  Sabatier, Grant

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  A comprehensive blueprint detailing how to start, build, buy, scale, and sell a business that expands your life.

• The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever

  Salsbury, Sandra

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  Parents and siblings of new babies will share some BIG laughs together as they follow a VERY tired family trying to get just a few minutes of rest while their precious one jumps, pounds, yells, and even throws a 1 a.m. dance party.

• Thunderland

  Willis, Maggie Edkins

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  Storms can be scary. All those CRACKS and CRASHES and RUMBLES! So, one young girl does what anyone would do—hides under the kitchen sink, of course. Until her dad shows her there’s somewhere even better to go. Thunderland! Where the cocoa is hot,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Max Meow. 6, When Pancakes Go Bad (really Bad!)

  Gallagher, John, 1967-

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  Kittyopolis is in chaos! Pancakes are turning monstrous and FLIPPING out. A bunch of Max's old foes are organizing themselves into a Legion of Nasty to put our favorite feline on PERMANENT PAWSE. Luckily, Max's pal Rex Rocket, Cosmic Weiner Dog, is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Big Nate

  Attack of the Cheez Funk Breath!

  Peirce, Lincoln

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  Snack-loving sixth-grader Nate Wright always has his hands full—of Cheez Doodles! But those delicious orange curls make his breath stink, and when he tries to quit them cold turkey, poor Nate’s a hot mess. And that’s not the end of his problems. Out…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Wakes the Bells

  Tesch, Elle

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  Built by long-gone Saints, the city of Vaiwyn lives and breathes and bleeds. As a Keeper, Mina knows better than most what her care of Vaiwyn’s bells means for the sentient city. It’s the Strauss family’s thousand-year legacy--prevent the Vespers…Read moreRead more of this annotation