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Lily and the octopus
by Steven Rowley
A man is reminded of how it feels to love fiercely, to fight for a loved one and to work through the pain of letting go as he becomes gradually aware of his devoted bond with his aging canine companion. A first novel.
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The undoing project : a friendship that changed our minds
by Michael Lewis
Examines the history of behavioral economics, discussing the theory of Israeli psychologists who wrote the original studies undoing assumptions about the decision-making process and the influence it has had on evidence-based regulation
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When calls the heart
by Janette Oke
Brought up in a well-to-do Eastern family, Elizabeth is surprised by the unrefined style of life she finds when she travels to the Canadian frontier to take a new teaching position. (historical fiction).
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Can You Keep a Secret?
by Sophie Kinsella
After the worst day of her life, Emma Corrigan spills her darkest secrets to a stranger on an airplane, but when he re-emerges in her life, she will have to face the things she said to him, and her growing feelings for him.
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Miranda and Caliban
by Jacqueline Carey
A fantastical retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest is told from the perspective of the daughter of a powerful magus, who grows up in protective isolation before finding solace and companionship with the bewitched feral youth who serves her father. By the best-selling author of the Kushiel's Legacy series.
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The night strangers : a novel
by Chris Bohjalian
After he crashes his plane into Lake Champlain, killing most of the passengers, Chip Linton moves into a new home with his wife and twin daughters and soon finds himself being haunted by the dead passengers, all while his wife wonders why the strange herbalist denizens of the town have taken such an interest in her daughters.
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Say anything--
Free-spirited Lloyd Dobler falls in love with the smartest girl in school, and spends the summer attempting to woo her despite her father's reservations
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Children of men
Set in 2027, scientists are at a loss to explain why humans can no longer procreate, but the discovery of a lone pregnant woman leads to a desperate journey to protect her and save the future of mankind; after a man who repossesses artifical organs when their owners can no longer pay their bill finds himself with a new organ and mounting debt, he goes on the run and is hunted down by his best friend, another repo man
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Shelter
by Jung Yun
Kyung Cho, struggling to make ends meet for his family, must grapple with his increasing anger when a tragedy forces his wealthy and estranged parents to move in with him.
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Cook's Illustrated all-time best soups
by Editors at America's Test Kitchen
Turning soup-making into an everyday pleasure, the experts at Cook¡s Illustrated present kitchen-tested recipes for comforting, nourishing and flavorful soups from around the world, including broths, hearty rustic soups and elegant purees.
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Moonglow : a novel
by Michael Chabon
A tale inspired by long-buried family history imparts the deathbed revelation of an ancestor's involvement in a mail-order novelty company famed for ads in mid-20th-century periodicals and the family's experiences around World War II and the space program in culturally divided regions of America.
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