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Barkskins : a novel
by Annie Proulx
"Bark Skins open in New France in the late 18th century as Rene Sel, an illiterate woodsman makes his way from Northern France to the homeland to seek a living. In the course of this epic novel, Proulx tells the stories of Rene's children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, as well as the descendants of his friends and foes, as they travel back to Europe, to China, to New England, always in quest of a livelihood or fleeing stunningly brutal conditions--war, pestilence, Indian attacks, the revenge of rivals. This is Proulx's most ambitious novel ever, and her master work"
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The vegetarian : a novel
by Kang Han
Deciding to go vegetarian in the wake of violent thoughts, Yeong-hye, a woman from an Asian culture of strict societal mores, is denounced as a subversive as she spirals into extreme rebelliousness that causes her to splinter from her true nature and risk her life.
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The Swan Book
by Alexis Wright
Having grown up in a polluted dry Australian swamp where her adoptive mother fills her head with fantastical stories, Oblivia Ethelyne is whisked away by Warren Finch, Australia’s first Aboriginal president, who makes her his First Lady and confines her to a tower in a lawless southern city. By the Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning author of Carpentaria.
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Not working : a novel
by Lisa Owens
Resigning from a job and breaking up with a successful boyfriend when they prove to be contrary to her heart, Claire navigates, observes and comments on the minutiae of a life unhampered by routine and complicated by her mother's disapproval in what becomes a remarkable journey of self-discovery. A first novel.
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Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
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The fireman : a novel
by Joe Hill
When a bizarre virulent plague breaks out throughout the world's major cities, causing victims to spontaneously combust, a dedicated nurse resolves to survive until her baby is born and receives protection from a mysterious infected man who uses his fire symptoms to help others. (horror). Simultaneous.
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Surrender, New York : a novel
by Caleb Carr
"Many dedicated years working for the NYPD didn't mean much when criminal psychologist Trajan Jones was fired from the force. Now living in exile on a dairy farm in upstate New York, Trajan is reduced to teaching an online course in criminal investigation, along with his partner Mike Li, an expert in DNA evidence. But Trajan is called back to duty when a friend in county law enforcement consults him on the suspicious death of several local kids. They're called "throwaways" because their parents have abandoned them, and the official response to their deaths seems equally callous. Trajan and Mike, armed only with their instincts and the help of a precocious neighborhood boy, fight for justice on behalf of the victims, but it soon puts them in a merciless killer's crosshairs"
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The Silent Dead : A Mystery
by Tetsuya Honda
Reiko Himekawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police searches for a serial killer responsible for 12 murders in which all the victims were wrapped in a blue plastic tarp and her only possible clue involves something on the dark web known as “Strawberry Night.”
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See also deception : a Marjorie Trumaine mystery
by Larry D Sweazy
When a local librarian is found dead at work from an apparent suicide, Marjorie Trumaine, suspecting foul play, uncovers a labyrinth of secrets before she is threatened by a mysterious adversary. By the award-winning author of the Josiah Wolfe series.
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Dark intelligence
by Neal L. Asher
After awakening one hundred years after his death at the hands of a haywire AI, Thorvald Spear vows revenge on the machine intelligence and marshalls Isobel Satomi, former criminal and part AI herself, to his cause
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War factory
by Neal L. Asher
Resurrected after being dead for a century, Thorvald Spear continues his hunt for a rogue robot, Penny Royal, in a deadly area of deep space, in the second novel of the trilogy following Dark Intelligence.
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Children of earth and sky
by Guy Gavriel Kay
A khalif from the Ottoman Empire sends an enormous army to attack the fortress that separates the Western World from the Turkish lands. By the best-selling, award-winning author of River of Stars.
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