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All the sinners bleed
Cosby, S. A.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA Today Bestseller * Washington Post's The Twelve Best Thrillers of the Year * TIME's 100 Must Read Books of the Year * Goodreads Choice Award Nominee * USA Today's Best Reviewed Books of the Year * BookPage's Best...
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The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession
Finkel, Michael
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world's most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. * "The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."--...
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The book that wouldn't burn
Lawrence, Mark
Two strangers find themselves connected by a vast and mysterious library containing many wonders and still more secrets, in this powerfully moving first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of Red Sister and Prince of Thorns. The boy has...
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Chain-gang all-stars
Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR * FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from...
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Code of the hills
Offutt, Chris
In this blistering return to ChrisOffutt's acclaimed crime series, Mick Hardin is tested like never before asfamilial allegiances and old wounds collide, threatening to destroy everythinghe loves With his signature crackling...
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The ferryman : a novel
Cronin, Justin
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying."--STEPHEN KING From the author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where...
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The first ladies
Benedict, Marie
The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her reputation grows she becomes a celebrity, revered by titans of business and recognized by U.S. Presidents....
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The Five-Star Weekend
Hilderbrand, Elin.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hotel Nantucket: After tragedy strikes, food blogger Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket. Hollis Shaw's life seems...
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George: A Magpie Memoir
Hughes, Frieda
"Poignant and funny...a passionate book about unconditional love and commitment." --The Washington Post * "Captivating." --Associated Press * "Rich with imagery...It's impossible not to be smitten." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) From poet and painter Frieda Hughes...
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Gone to the wolves
Wray, John
"A hair-raising, head-banging, meet-the-Devil epic tale of love, youth, and rock 'n' roll." --Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less Is Lost Kip, Leslie, and Kira are outliers--even in the metal scene they love. In arch-conservative Gulf...
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Love, Theoretically
Hazelwood, Ali
Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain. The many lives of theoretical physicist...
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Lucky Red
Cravens, Claudia.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A cinematic debut set in the American West about a scrappy orphan bent on making her own luck--and finding friendship, romance, and her true calling along the way "A powerful feminist battle cry . . . [and] rollicking good fun."--Minneapolis Star...
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A Most Agreeable Murder
Seales, Julia
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "A delightful cocktail that mixes elements of the Bridgerton series, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple mysteries . . . The payoff is a wealth of wit, hilarity and suspense."--People (Book of the Week) When a wealthy...
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Orwell : The New Life
Taylor, D. J.
A fascinating exploration of George Orwell--and his body of work--by an award-winning Orwellian biographer and scholar, presenting the author anew to twenty-first-century readers. We find ourselves in an era when the moment is ripe for a reevaluation of the life and...
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The Postcard
Berest, Anne/ Kover, Tina (TRN)
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR TIME Magazine・NPR・Library Journal Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest's The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation...
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The Russo-Ukrainian war : the return of history
Plokhy, Serhii
Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war--and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Ukrainians have resisted a superior military; the West has united, while Russia grows increasingly...
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Soil : The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
Dungy, Camille T.
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics Circle Criticism finalist Camille T. Dungy diversifies her garden to reflect her heritage. In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, poet and...
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Traffic : genius, rivalry, and delusion in the billion-dollar race to go viral
Smith, Ben (Journalist)
"Engrossing and suspenseful." -The New York Times "Expertly pulls readers in." -The Guardian "Smith sharply chronicles the revolutionary moment." - Financial Times The origin story of the Age of Disinformation- the candid inside...
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Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
Alexander, Kwame
This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features poetry, letters, recipes, and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with. In an intimate and non-traditional (or "new...
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The world : a family history
Sebag Montefiore, Simon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families * From the author of The Romanovs "Succession meets Game of Thrones." --The...
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