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Drawn Testimony : My Four Decades As a Courtroom Sketch Artist
Rosenberg, Jane
Paper Book
From America's top courtroom sketch artist, a penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about her dramatic four-decade career "A mesmerizing look at this rarest of professions..."-Bookpage STARRED review "Readers will be hard-pressed to...
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I Heard There Was A Secret Chord : Music as Medicine
Levitin, Daniel J.
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Neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals how the deep connections between music and the human brain can be harnessed for healing. Music is perhaps one of humanity's oldest medicines as well as its...
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The Heart in Winter
Barry, Kevin.
Paper Book
One of the year's most anticipated books (The Guardian, The New Statesmen, The Irish Times, The Journal, The Observer)--A savagely funny and achingly romantic tale of young lovers on the lam in 1890s Montana, from award-winning writer Kevin Barry. ...
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A hunger to kill : a serial killer, a determined detective, and the quest for a confession that changed a small town forever
Mager, Kim
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In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager, a real-life version of Clarice Starling, reveals how she closed in on--and broke--one of Ohio's most infamous serial killers. On September 13, 2016, in the small town of Ashland, Ohio, emergency...
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Long Island compromise
Brodesser-Akner, Taffy
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An exhilarating novel about one American family and the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * New...
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The lost story : a novel
Shaffer, Meg
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Inspired by C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes--just in case--from the author of The Wishing Game. "This is the book you've...
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The mercy of gods
Corey, James S. A.
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. ...
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Mina's Matchbox : A Novel
Ogawa, Yoko.
Paper Book
Named a Top 100 Books of 2024 by Indigo and Kirkus Reviews * One of Oprah Daily's Best New Novels of Fall * One of Time's Best New Books to Read This Summer * A Most Anticipated Book of the Summer from the Globe and Mail, The Atlantic, TIME, Boston...
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The Missing Thread : A Women's History of the Ancient World
Dunn, Daisy
Paper Book
"Thoroughly researched and sprightly.... a complete history of the [Mediterranean world] with the women added back in, as they always should have been."--The New York Times A dazzlingly ambitious history of the ancient world that places women at the center--from Cleopatra...
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On the edge : the art of risking everything
Silver, Nate
Paper Book
The Instant New York Times Bestseller "Engaging and entertaining... a glimpse of the economy of the future." --Tim Wu, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide...
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The pairing : a novel
McQuiston, Casey
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LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN--featuring sprayed edges with a stenciled script design. Only available for a limited time and while supplies last. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the...
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The Seventh Veil of Salome
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine--but the real drama is behind the scenes in this sumptuous historical epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. "Whenever...
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A sorceress comes to call
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee! From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes A Sorceress Comes to Call--a dark reimagining of the Brothers Grimm's "The Goose Girl,"...
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State of paradise : a novel
Van den Berg, Laura
Paper Book
One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2024. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. An Apple Best Book of July. One of ELLE's Best Novels of 2024 So Far. "A brilliant ghost story and a profoundly moving and atmospheric meditation on place,...
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That Librarian : The Fight Against Book Banning in America
Jones, Amanda
Paper Book
"Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories."--Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards Part memoir,...
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The Truth According to Ember
Nava, Danica
Paper Book
Ember Lee Cardinal has not always been a liar - well, not for anything that counted at least. But her job search is not going well and when her resume is rejected for the thirty-seventh time, she takes matters into her own hands. She gets 'creative' listing her qualifications and answers the...
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We Burn Daylight
Johnston, Bret Anthony
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An epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks- what would you sacrifice for the person you love? Waco, Texas 1993. People from all walks of life have arrived to follow the Lamb's gospel-signing over savings and pensions, selling their...
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Why animals talk : the new science of animal communication
Kershenbaum, Arik
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"Animal communication doesn't need to resemble human language to be full of meaning and nuance. Arik Kershenbaum delivers an expert overview of the astonishing discoveries made in the last few decades" --Frans de Waal From leading zoologist Arik Kershenbaum, a delightful and...
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