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Elevation by Stephen KingA timely, upbeat tale about the power of finding common ground, written by the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Mr. Mercedes, traces the story of a man whose mysterious affliction unites a small community.
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Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyNine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can't even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be.
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor"They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty." From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years.
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Tiffany Blues by M. J. RoseThe New York Times bestselling author of The Library of Light and Shadow crafts a dazzling Jazz Age jewel--a novel of ambition, betrayal, and passion about a young painter whose traumatic past threatens to derail her career at a prestigious summer artists' colony run by Louis Comfort Tiffany of Tiffany & Co. fame.
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Night of Miracles by Elizabeth BergThe feel-good book of the year: a delightful novel of friendship, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change your life. Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes. When a new family moves in next door and tragedy strikes, the residents of Mason come together and find the true power of community--just when they need it the most.
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Unsheltered by Barbara KingsolverThe New York Times bestselling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards--including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize--returns with a timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval.
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Bloody Sunday by Ben CoesNorth Korea, increasingly isolated from most of the rest of the world, is led by an absolute dictator and a madman with a major goal-- he's determined to launch a nuclear attack on the United States. Their missiles are improving, reaching a point where the U.S. absolutely must respond. What the U.S. doesn't know is that North Korea has made a deal with Iran. In exchange for effective missiles from Iran, they will trade nuclear triggers and fissionable material--an exchange, if it goes through, that will create two new nuclear powers, both with dangerous plans.
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Rust & Stardust by T. Greenwood Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he's an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute--unless she does as he says. This chilling novel traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically assaults Sally while the two of them travel westward from Camden to San Jose, forever altering not only her life, but the lives of her family, friends, and those she meets along the way.
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Indigo Lake by Jodi ThomasBlade Hamilton had never even heard of Crossroads, Texas, until he inherits land there. When Dakota Davis helps a stranger on the roadside, she isn't prepared for the charisma of the man--or for the last name he bears: Hamilton, that of her family's sworn enemies, representing all she's been raised to loathe.
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In Her Bones by Kate MorettiFifteen years ago, Lilith Wade was arrested for the brutal murder of six women. After a death row conviction, media frenzy, and the release of an unauthorized biography, her thirty-year-old daughter Edie Beckett is just trying to survive out of the spotlight. Edie also has a disturbing secret: a growing obsession with the families of Lilith's victims. She's desperate to see how they've managed--or failed--to move on. While her escalating fixation is a problem, she's careful to keep her distance. That is, until she crosses a line and a man is found murdered.
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