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The warm hands of ghosts : a novel
Arden, Katherine
Paper Book
" During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the...
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The water knife
Bacigalupi, Paolo.
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Paolo Bacigalupi, New York Times-Bestselling author and National Book Award Finalist, dives once again onto our uncertain future with his first thriller for adults since his multi-award winning debut phenomenon The Windup Girl. In the American Southwest, Nevada, Arizona,...
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Floating hotel
Curtis, Grace
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In the valley of the sun : a novel
Davidson, Andy
Paper Book
A finalist for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Deftly written and utterly addictive, this Western literary horror debut will find a home with fans of authors like Joe Hill, Cormac McCarthy, and Anne Rice. One night in...
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Davies, Carys.
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A wondrous tale of bonds forged when two men are pitted against each other on a remote island during the Highland Clearances, from the prize-winning author of West.
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Seven stones to stand or fall : a collection of Outlander fiction
Gabaldon, Diana
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A magnificent collection of Outlander short fiction--including two never-before-published novellas--featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, from Diana Gabaldon Among the seven spellbinding pieces there is "The...
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Ida B : --and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world
Hannigan, Katherine.
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The New York Times bestselling debut novel from acclaimed children's author Katherine Hannigan is both very funny and extraordinarily moving. Who is Ida B. Applewood? She is a fourth grader like no other, living a life like no other, with a voice like no other, and her story will resonate...
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The year of the witching
Henderson, Alexis
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In a rigid, repressive society where religious oppression and the suppression of individuality are the norm, a young woman discovers dark powers within herself with terrifying and far-reaching consequences - a stunning, powerful, coruscating alternate world feminist fantasy from acclaimed newcomer...
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Ordinary grace : a novel
Krueger, William Kent.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a...
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Annie Sullivan and the trials of Helen Keller
Lambert, Joseph
Paper Book
Helen Keller lost her ability to see and hear before she turned two years old. But in her lifetime, she learned to ride horseback and dance the foxtrot. She graduated from Radcliffe. She became a world famous speaker and author. She befriended Mark Twain,...
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The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu : a novel
Lin, Tom
Paper Book
Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence Finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award A Chinese American assassin sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact revenge on her abductors in this New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice: a twist...
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Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president
Millard, Candice.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The extraordinary account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author of The River of Doubt. "Crisp, concise and revealing history.... A fresh...
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Nothing without me : a novel
Monks Takhar, Helen
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The gripping tale of a film director with a shadowy past, her missing lead actress, and the disturbing cost of fame--from "addictive" (People) suspense writer Helen Monks Takhar "A pulse-pounding roller coaster through the shadows of the silver screen."--Jaclyn Goldis, author...
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No one gets out alive
Nevill, Adam L. G.
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When Stephanie moves to the notoriously cheap Perry Bar neighborhood of Birmingham, she's just happy to find an affordable room for rent that's large enough not to deserve her previous room's nickname, "the cell." The eccentric -- albeit slightly overly-friendly -- landlord seems nice and...
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Spinning silver
Novik, Naomi
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Spinning Silver is a new take on the classic fairytale Rumpelstiltskin, from Naomi Novik, the author of the award-winning Uprooted.Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father is not a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has left his family on the...
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The circle of Ceridwen
Randolph, Octavia
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Young women with courage. Swords with names. Vikings with tattoos. Warfare. Passion. Survival. Sheep. And Other Good Things...It is the year 871, when England was Angle-Land. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. No trait is more valued than loyalty, and no...
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The au pair
Rous, Emma
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Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, the au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark cloaks, changelings, and the aloof couple and their young...
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The lost bookshop
Woods, Evie
Paper Book
**Evie Woods' stunning new novel The Story Collector is available now** The Echo of Old Books meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets. 'The thing about books,' she said 'is that they help you to imagine a life bigger...
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