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• All the Way to the River

  Love, Loss, and Liberation

  Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-

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  What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare? What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them? And…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret of Secrets

  Brown, Dan

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  Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon—a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life, and Death, and Giants

  Rindo, Ronald J., 1959-

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  Orphaned Gabriel Fisher grew to a giant's size, with a special ability to communicate with animals and apparent, extraordinary athletic talent. When his beloved older brother dies, he is shipped off to live with his stern Amish grandparents, who are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unexpected Journey

  Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path

  Willis, Emma Heming,

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  From Emma Heming Willis, wife of Bruce Willis, a deeply personal and richly compassionate supportive guide that helps caregivers care for themselves while they navigate a loved one's dementia.

• Dark Renaissance

  the Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival

  Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-

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  Christopher Marlowe, an ambitious cobbler's son with a desire to be known and a gift for poetry, lived an unconventional life, even as he produced translations, poetry, and plays—and mentored his rival, William Shakespeare. A story of Marlowe's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shot Ready

  Curry, Stephen, 1988-

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  A powerful distillation of Stephen Curry’s transformative philosophy of success—centered on preparation, constant improvement, creativity, connection, mindfulness, and joy—delivered in his incomparable voice and style, stunningly designed and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Interrupting Chicken Saves the Nutcracker

  Stein, David Ezra

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  At her first ballet ever, can an excitable little Chicken resist helping the story along? Fans will cheer as their favorite interrupter puts her spin on a beloved holiday classic.

• Pocket Bear

  Applegate, Katherine

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  Meet Pocket, created as a good luck charm for soldiers going into battle, whose bravery and loyalty lives on long after the war.

• The House of Quiet

  White, Kiersten

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  A dark fantasy about a girl who will risk everything—posing as a maid, confronting powerful enemies, and unraveling deadly secrets—to save her missing sister from the enigmatic House of Quiet.

• The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle

  Montgomery, Sy

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  The true story of a snapping turtle’s extraordinary journey—and the amazing conservationists who helped give him a second chance, complete with illustrations, inspiring back matter and photos.

• Let's Get Together

  Colbert, Brandy

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  A fresh update of The Parent Trap, where two girls—one raised by her single father, the other in the foster care system—who meet by chance, only to discover they’re identical twins.

• The Infinite Glade

  Dashner, James, 1972-

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  War has finally ignited. The Remnant Nation is done waiting. Their mission: destroy the Godhead and everything she stands for. But as Sadina and the islanders fight to protect the Goddess—who claims to be their only hope for Evolution’s survival—the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Confronting Evil

  Assessing the Worst of the Worst

  O'Reilly, Bill

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  Recounts the deeds of warlords, tyrants, businessmen, and criminals who were directly responsible for the death and misery of hundreds of millions of people, as well as the consequences of bystanders' inaction.

• Reacher

  the Stories Behind the Stories

  Child, Lee

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  These are the origin tales of all of the Reacher novels written solely by Lee Child, chock full of colorful anecdotes and intriguing inspirations. One by one, they expand upon each novel and place it in the context not only of the author's life, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever

  the Story of Spinal Tap

  Reiner, Rob

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  For the first time, director Rob Reiner and cocreators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel.

• The Grave Artist

  Deaver, Jeffery

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  A newlywed's death leads Sanchez and Heron to uncover chilling evidence pointing to a serial killer who has taken evil to the next level. Dubbed the Honeymoon Killer, this man isn’t interested in his victims but in creating his own macabre…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Iron Storm

  Cussler, Clive

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  Detective Isaac Bell faces the horrors of the Great War while battling a mysterious anarchist group intent on bringing brutality to the shores of America in the next thrilling adventure in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.

• Shadow Cell

  An Insider Account of America's New Spy War

  Bustamante, Andrew

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  A thrilling firsthand account by husband-and-wife CIA operatives who, against all odds, triumphed in a deadly cat-and-mouse game against a mole within the agency—an unprecedented insider account of 21st-century spycraft in the tradition of Argo and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lover Forbidden

  Ward, J. R., 1969-

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  When Lyric goes out for the night, she’s not ready for a brush with death—and she’s really not ready for the male who comes out of nowhere and saves her. Her family, especially her father, Qhuinn, are so relieved she’s okay, but all she can think…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Clown Town

  Herron, Mick

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  Jackson Lamb and the bad spies of Slough House are caught in a deadly battle between MI5's secret past and its murky future in this gripping, hilarious, and heartbreaking thriller. Latest in the Slough House series.