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While Justice Sleeps by Stacey AbramsPlunged into an explosive role she never anticipated, Avery Keene, now the legal guardian of power of attorney for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, must unravel the clues he left behind in regards to a dangerous conspiracy that has infiltrated the highest power corridors of Washington.
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The Newcomer by Mary Kay AndrewsAfter her sister is murdered, Letty Carnahan goes on the run with her 4-year-old niece to Florida’s Gulf Coast where she is taken in by a hotel owner and her cynical son, a police detective, who believes she is a danger to them all. 300,000 first printing.
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The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod"Growing up, Antonia "Toni" Bennett's guitar was her only companion...until she met Sebastian Quick. Seb was a little older, a lot wiser, and he became Toni's way out, promising they'd escape their small town together. Then Seb turned eighteen and split without looking back. Now, Toni B is all grown up and making a name for herself in Philadelphia's indie scene. When a friend suggests she try out for the hottest new band in the country, she decides to take a chance...not realizing that this opportunity will bring her face-to-face with the boy who broke her heart and nearly stole her dreams"
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The Granite Coast Murders by Jean-Luc BannalecVacationing at a Brittany beach resort with Claire, Inspector Dupin quietly assists a case involving a missing tourist, an attack on a deputy and a mysterious corpse. By the award-winning author of Death in Brittany. 30,000 first printing.
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Find You First by Linwood BarclaySearching for the children he has never known, tech billionaire Miles Cookson, diagnosed with a terminal illness, discovers that, one by one, his potential heirs are vanishing – every trace of them wiped, like they never existed at all. 100,000 first printing.
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Mary Jane by Jessica Anya BlauTaking a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor, straight-laced Mary Jane is introduced to a world of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll, which helps her figure out what she really wants out of life, and what kind of person she’s going to be. 150,000 first printing.
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Hour of the Witch by Chris BohjalianA resourceful Puritan woman in 1662 Boston plots to escape a violent marriage only to find herself targeted by her disapproving and superstitious neighbors for failing to save a child’s life. By the best-selling author of The Red Lotus.
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Arctic Storm Rising by Dale BrownExiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska’s Arctic Frontier, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn, after an American F-22 collides with a Russian interloper, is ordered to find a missing stealth bomber before the enemy and prevent a potential nuclear holocaust. 125,000 first printing.
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The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher BuehlmanWhen he tries to rob Galva, a knight and handmaiden of the goddess of death, thief Kinch Na Shannack finds their fates intertwined as they, due to common enemies, embark on an epic journey where honor is a luxury few can afford. 125,000 first printing.
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Master Artificer by Justin Travis Call"Annev has avoided one fate. But a darker path may still claim him. After surviving the destruction of Chaenbalu, new mysteries and greater threats await Annev and his friends in the capital city of Luqura. As they navigate the city’s perilous streets, Annev searches for a way to control his nascent magic and remove the cursed artifact now fused to his body. But what might removing it cost him?"
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Scorpion by Christian CantrellAn intelligence analyst for the CIA, Quinn Mitchell, to catch a killer leaving a trail of bodies around the globe, must grapple with the Epoch Index, a massive database that can reveal almost anything about anyone, until a shocking twist makes her question everything she thought she knew.
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Day Zero by C. Robert CargillA “nannybot” realizes that he is disposable after finding his packaging box and has an existential crisis that forces him to make a terrible choice after learning of the growing calls for uprising and robot revolution. 40,000 first printing.
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The Photographer by Mary Dixie CarterWhen Delta Dawn, the photographer she hired for her daughter’s 11th birthday, starts slowly integrating herself into their lives, Amelia Staub soon discovers that she will do anything to permanently become of the picture. 150,000 first printing.
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The Dancing Girls by M. M. Chouinard"When Jeanine Hammond is found dead in a hotel in the picture-perfect town of Oakhust, newly-promoted Detective Jo Fournier is thrown into a disturbing case. Who would murder this shy, loving wife and leave her body posed like a ballerina?"
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It Had to Be You by Georgia ClarkWhen her late husband leaves his half of their wedding planning business to his girlfriend, Liv Goldenhorn, who never saw this coming, finds herself shackled to her polar opposite in every way whose inexperience may be just what the company needs. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí ClarkIn 1912 Cairo, a new world where the Egyptian Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities maintains an uneasy peace, the Ministry’s youngest agent, Fatima, must stop an imposter who threatens to tear apart the very fabric of this new Egyptian society. 75,000 first printing.
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The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent"Birdy has made a mistake. Everyone imagines running away from their life at some point. But Birdy has actually done it. And the life she's run into is her best friend Heather's. The only problem is, she hasn't told Heather. The summer job at the highland Scottish hotel that her world class wine-expert friend ditched turns out to be a lot more than Birdy bargained for. Can she survive a summer pretending to be her best friend? And can Birdy stop herself from falling for the first man she's ever actually liked, but who thinks she's someone else?"
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The Apocalypse Seven by Gene Doucette"This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but a whatever. The whateverpocalypse. That’s what Touré, a twenty-something Cambridge coder, calls it after waking up one morning to find himself seemingly the only person left in the city. Once he finds Robbie and Carol, two equally disoriented Harvard freshmen, he realizes he isn’t alone, but the name sticks: Whateverpocalypse. But it doesn’t explain where everyone went. It doesn’t explain how the city became overgrown with vegetation in the space of a night. Or how wild animals with no fear of humans came to roam the streets.Add freakish weather to the mix, swings of temperature that spawn tornadoes one minute and snowstorms the next, and it seems things can’t get much weirder."
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How to Mars by David Ebenbach"What happens when your dream mission to Mars is a reality television nightmare? This debut science-fiction romp with heart follows the tradition of Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles, with a dash of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a hint of The Real World."
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The Parted Earth by Anjali Enjeti"Spanning more than half a century and cities from New Delhi to Atlanta, Anjali Enjeti's debut is a heartfelt and human portrait of the long shadow of the Partition of the Indian subcontinent on the lives of three generations. The story begins in August 1947. Unrest plagues the streets of New Delhi leading up to the birth of the Muslim majority nation of Pakistan, and the Hindu majority nation of India. Sixteen-year-old Deepa navigates the changing politics of her home, finding solace in messages of intricate origami from her secret boyfriend Amir. Soon Amir flees with his family to Pakistan and a tragedy forces Deepa to leave the subcontinent forever. The story also begins nearly seven decades later and half a world away, in Atlanta. While grieving botha pregnancy loss and the implosion of her marriage, Deepa's granddaughter Shan begins the search for her estranged grandmother, a prickly woman who had no interest in knowing her. When she begins to piece together her family history shattered by the Partition, Shan discovers how little she actually knows about her ancestors and what they endured. For readers of Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins and Min Jin Lee's Pachinko, The Parted Earth follows characters on their search for identity after loss uproots their lives. Above all, it is a novel about families weathering the lasting violence of separation, and how it can often take a lifetime to find unity and peace"
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Swimming Back to Trout River by Linda Rui FengSet against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, this lyrical novel follows a father’s determination to reunite his family before his daughter Junie’s 12th birthday, even if it means bringing painful family secrets to light. 60,000 first printing.
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Heart and Seoul by Jen Frederick"From USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick comes a heart-wrenching yet hopeful romance that shows that the price of belonging is often steeper than expected. As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn't need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she's reminded that she doesn't look like anyone else in her family-not her loving mother, Ellen; not her jerk of a father, Pat; and certainly not Pat's new wife and new "real" son. At theage of twenty-five, she thought she had come to terms with it all, but when her father suddenly dies, an offhand comment at his funeral triggers an identity crisis that has her running off to Seoul in search of her roots. What Hara finds there has all the makings of a classic K-drama: a tall, mysterious stranger who greets her at the airport, spontaneous adventures across the city, and a mess of familial ties, along with a red string of destiny that winds its way around her heart and soul. Hara goes to Korea looking for answers, but what she gets instead is love-a forbidden love that will either welcome Hara home...or destroy her chance of finding one"
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Unsettled Ground by Claire FullerWhen their mother dies suddenly, 51-year-old twins Jeanie and Julius, who have limited exposure to the outside world, strive to find a way forward until secrets from their mother’s past come to light, forcing them to question who they are.
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The Mothers by Genevieve GannonWhen one women learns her embryo was implanted in the another’s uterus, she must make a devastating choice: live a childless life knowing her son is being raised by strangers or seek custody of a baby who has been nurtured and loved by another couple. 50,000 first printing.
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I Thought You Said This Would Work by Ann GarvinTwo college roommates reunite and agree to take on a quest for a mutual friend hospitalized with cancer, traveling across country to steal her horrible ex-husband’s VW camper and find her diabetic dog and bring him back home.
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Girl in the Walls by A. J. GnuseAfter her parents die, Elise lives within in the walls of their house, secretly hiding, until a new family moves in, placing her existence in danger and bringing a far more real threat to their doorstep.
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People We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryBest friends Alex and Poppy try to repair their relationship two years after a disastrous vacation together by planning another vacation together in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Beach Read.
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Summer on the Bluffs by Sunny HostinAn Emmy Award-winning cohost of The View makes her literary debut with a novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard. A first novel. 200,000 first printing.
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Seven Perfect Things by Catherine Ryan HydeRescuing seven puppies from a nearby river, 13-year-old Abby, whose cruel father makes life miserable, hides the puppies in an abandoned cabin where she meets a grieving widower named Elliot who helps her — and her mother — find the courage to be free.
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The Woman With the Blue Star by Pam JenoffInspired by the harrowing true stories of those who hid from the Nazis in the sewers, this emotional testament to the power of friendship follows Ella, an affluent Polish girl, as she helps Sadie and her pregnant mother survive despite the worsening dangers of the war. 10,000 first printing.
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A Distant Shore by Karen KingsburyReconnecting with a woman whose life he saved when they were both children, FBI secret agent Jack Ryder finds himself falling unexpectedly in love during a dangerous mission involving the woman’s arranged marriage. 250,000 first printing.
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The Plot by Jean Hanff KorelitzWildly successful author Jacob Finch Bonner, who had stolen the plot of his book from a late student, fights to hide the truth from his fans and publishers, while trying to figure out who wants to destroy him. 200,000 first printing.
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Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-StaceIn a future world ruled by corporations in a perpetual civil war, expert gamer Mallory is offered a dangerous side job looking for a missing girl who may be linked to an online character. 35,000 first printing.
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Local Woman Missing by Mary KubicaWhen Delilah, who disappeared 11 years earlier when she was only 6 years old, shockingly returns, the residents of a quiet suburban neighborhood want to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they’ll find. 200,000 first printing.
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The Soulmate Equation by Christina LaurenPerfect for fans of The Rosie Project and One Plus One, this entertaining novel follows single mom and data and statistics wizard Jess Davis as she, using a revolutionary new scientific dating app, is matched with the app’s arrogant creator who is not what he seems.
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The Paris Labyrinth by Gilles LegardinierIngenious illusionist Vincent embarks on a thrilling adventure in turn-of-the-twentieth century France to unlock the mysteries of the past in a quest for lost treasure. Along the way, he battles against dark forces as he tries to discern who he can trust in a race against the clock.
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How Lucky by Will LeitchUnable to speak or move without a wheelchair, Daniel, spending hours observing his neighborhood from his front porch, believes he has witnessed the kidnapping of a young college student and vows to solve this mystery. 40,000 first printing.
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The Cave Dwellers by Christina McDowellOnly socializing within their inner circle, and living free of consequences, Washington, D.C.’s elite find everything about their legacy called into question when one of their own is held hostage and brutally murdered. 75,000 first printing.
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The Atmospherians by Alex McelroyWhen her oldest childhood friend hatches a plan for her to restore her reputation, hilarity ensues as former social media sensation Sasha Marcus becomes the resident female leader of a group of washed up, desperate men who need to be rid of their toxic masculinity. 50,000 first printing.
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Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlaneWhen one night changes everything between her and her best friends, Eve wonders if she really knew them at all as her future veers in a surprising new direction when someone from the past comes back into her life. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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The Curse of the Cherry Pie by Amy Patricia Meade"When literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon's friend and star baker at Cookin' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake, a frangipane cherry pie, be up to the grade?As the bake-off gets underway, Tish's worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus... and both women died suddenly before making their bakes."
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The Summer of Lost and Found by Mary Alice MonroeWith her family, finances, emotions, relationships and health teetering on the brink, Linnea Rutledge finds her life further complicated by her feelings for John, an old flame who turns up from California and is quarantining next door. 125,000 first printing.
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A Summer to Remember by Erika MontgomeryWhen a mysterious package arrives, containing a photograph that changes her life forever, 32-year-old Frankie Simon, the owner of a movie memorabilia shop on Hollywood Boulevard, discovers the meaning of home and the magic of true love. 100,000 first printing.
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The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley"Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island-a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay-is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her beloved husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core, did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her, cooking him breakfast, walking him to the docks each morning, meeting him for their standard Friday night dinner date at the One-Eyed Crab. And what were the townspeople to do but go along with their beloved widowed Piper? Anders Caldwell's career is not going well. A young ambitious journalist, he'd rather hoped he'd be a national award-winning podcaster by now, rather than writing fluff pieces for a small town newspaper. But when he gets an assignment to travel to the remote Frick Island and cover their boring annual Cake Walk fundraiser, he stumbles upon a much more fascinating tale: an entire town pretending to see and interact with a man who does not actually exist. Determined it's the career-making story he's been needing for his podcast, Anders returns to the island to begin covert research and spend more time with the enigmatic Piper-but he has no idea out of all the lives he's about to upend, it's his that will change the most. USA Today bestselling author Colleen Oakley delivers an unforgettable love story about an eccentric community, a grieving widow, and anoutsider who slowly learns that sometimes faith is more important than the facts"
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Don't Make Me Turn This Life Around by Camille PaganA cancer survivor flies her family to the Puerto Rican island of Vieques for vacation where they are caught in a tropical storm that ends up being the worst disaster they’ve faced but the best thing to happen to them.
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How to Survive a Scandal by Samara ParishForced into a marriage of convenience with Lady Amelia, Benedict Asterly is stunned when the elegant beauty defies all his expectations and, if he’s not careful, she’ll break down the walls around his guarded heart. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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Death with a Double Edge by Anne PerryJoining forces with Toby Kitteridge to investigate the murder of a senior barrister, Daniel Pitt follows leads through London’s teeming underworld, before hostile adversaries begin targeting his loved ones. By the best-selling author of the William Monk series.
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We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker"From award-winning author Sarah Pinsker comes a novel about one family and the technology that divides them. Everybody's getting one. Val and Julie just want what's best for their kids, David and Sophie. So when teenage son David comes home one day asking for a Pilot, a new brain implant to help with school, they reluctantly agree. This is the future, after all. Soon, Julie feels mounting pressure at work to get a Pilot to keep pace with her colleagues, leaving Val and Sophie part of the shrinking minority of people without the device. Before long, the implications are clear, for the family and society: get a Pilot or get left behind. With government subsidies and no downside, why would anyone refuse? And how do you stop a technology once it's everywhere? Those are the questions Sophie and her anti-Pilot movement rise up to answer, even if it puts them up against the Pilot's powerful manufacturer and pits Sophie against the people she loves most"
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The Lady Has a Past by Amanda QuickWhen her boss disappears while on a health retreat at an exclusive spa, investigative apprentice Lyra Brazier goes undercover with the help of a man with a unique gift, and together, they are plunged into a world darker and more dangerous than they ever could have imagined.
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Legacy by Nora RobertsAfter launching her own line of yoga and workout videos, Adrian Rizzo begins receiving death threats, which lead her back home to Maryland, where she, with the help of her childhood crush, must find the truth when the threats escalate to murder. 1 million first printing.
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The Next Wife by Kaira RoudaPlotting her revenge against her husband’s much younger new wife, Kate Nelson, who once had it all, finds her best-laid plans coming undone when something happens that she never saw coming.
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China by Edward RutherfurdThe internationally best-selling author of Paris and New York takes on an exhilarating new world.
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Ariadne by Jennifer SaintA feminist retelling of the Greek Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur follows Ariadne as she, defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, helps Theseus kill the Minotaur. 75,000 first printing.
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A Theater for Dreamers by Polly SamsonAn 18-year-old woman reeling from her mother’s death arrives at a proto-commune of poets, painters and musicians on the Greek island of Hydra where she has her ideas about art, relationships and her own innocence tested. 30,000 first printing.
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Take What You Can Carry by Gian SardarA secretary determined to become a photojournalist in 1979 accompanies her Kurdish boyfriend to a wedding in northern Iraq where she is awakened to a world of constant threat and captures a tragic moment on film that upends her life.
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Once Upon a Puppy by Lizzie ShaneForming an unlikely alliance with volunteer Deenie Mitchell, his polar opposite and the only person who his rescue dog will listen to, Connor Wyeth agrees to pose as her boyfriend and soon finds himself wanting their fake relationship to become real.
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Leaving Coy's Hill by Katherine A. Sherbrooke"Born on a farm in 1818, Lucy Stone dreamt of extraordinary things for a girl of her time, like continuing her education beyond the eighth grade and working for the abolitionist cause, and of ordinary things, such as raising a family of her own. But when she learns that the Constitution affords no rights to married women, she declares that she will never marry and dedicates her life to fighting for change."
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Great Circle by Maggie ShipsteadA century after daredevil female aviator Marian Graves’s disappearance in Antarctica, actress Hadley Baxter is cast to play her and immerses herself in the role as their fates — and their dreams — become intertwined.
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Olympus Texas by Stacey SwannWeaving elements of classical mythology into a thoroughly modern family drama, this novel follows the Briscoe family as prodigal son March returns home and with his arrival, marriages are upended and even the strongest of alliances are shattered.
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Family Reunion by Nancy ThayerNewly widowed, Eleanor Sunderland finds dreams of a family reunion in Nantucket shattered when her money-driven children suggest she sell the house and move to a retirement home, and finds a lone ally in her 22-year-old granddaughter, Ari, who moves in with her for the summer.
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The Blackmailer's Guide to Love by Marian ThurmA 25-year-old assistant to a famous New York editor (known to be a notorious philanderer) at a prestigious mainstream magazine, begins to sell her short stories to the New Yorker, complicating her relationship with her boss and exerting pressure on her marriage. 75,000 first printing.
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The First Day of Spring by Nancy TuckerTwenty years after killing a boy when she was eight years old, Chrissie wants a fresh start for her and her 6-year-old daughter, Molly, but the past will not leave her and Molly alone, forcing Chrissie to find a new way to take matters into her own hands.
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The Break-up Book Club by Wendy Wax"Breakups, like book clubs, come in many shapes and sizes and can take us on unexpected journeys as four women discover in this funny and heartwarming exploration of friendship from the USA Today bestselling author of Ten Beach Road and My Ex-Best Friend's Wedding."
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Katharine Parr, the Sixth Wife by Alison WeirAfter the death of her husband, King Henry, Katharine Parr, thrilled at this renewed opportunity to wed her first love, Sir Thomas Seymour, is seen as a mere stepping stone to the throne as Sir Thomas sets his sights on Henry’s 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth.
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Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
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The Quiet Boy by Ben H. WintersFrom the best-selling author of Underground Airlines and Golden State comes a sweeping legal thriller that follows a 16-year-old who suffers from a neurological condition that has frozen him in time—and the team of lawyers, doctors, and detectives who are desperate to wake him up. 60,000 first printing
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Madam by Phoebe WynneWhile working at Caldonbrae, a prestigious boarding school high above the rocky Scottish cliffs, 26-year-old Rose Christie discovers the true extent of the school’s nefarious purpose when she tries to find out what really happened to her predecessor. 100,000 first printing.
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Confessions from the Quilting Circle by Maisey YatesWhen aging matriarch Addie Ashwood dies, she leaves behind her an estranged daughter, three very different granddaughters, and a quilt that needs to be finished, which might be the Ashwood women’s opportunity to stich their family back together, one truth at a time. 10,000 first printing.
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Let's Talk About Hard Things by Anna Sale"Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one. The one that you’ve been avoiding or putting off, maybe for years. The one that you’ve thought “they’ll never understand” or “do I really want to bring that up?” or “it’s not going to go well, so why even try?” Sale is the founder and host of WNYC’s popular, award-winning podcast Death, Sex, & Money, or as the New York Times dubbed her, “a therapist at happy hour.” She and her guests have direct and thought-provoking conversations, discussing topics that most of us are too squeamish, polite, or nervous to bring up. But Sale argues that we all experience these hard things, and by not talking to one another, we cut ourselves off, leading us to feel isolated and disconnected from the people who can help us most."
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Tastes Like War : a memoir by Grace M. Cho"Grace M. Cho grew up in a small, rural American town as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and the Korean bar hostess he met abroad. When Grace was fifteen, her Korean mother experienced the onset of schizophrenia, a condition that would continue for the rest of her life. Part food memoir, part sociological investigation, TASTES LIKE WAR is a hybrid text about a daughter's search through intimate and global history to understand herself and the cultural roots of her mother's condition"
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Running Out : in search of water on the High Plains by Lucas BessireOffering a uniquely personal account of aquifer depletion and the deeper layers through which it gains meaning and force, an anthropologist journeys back to western Kansas, where five generations of his family lived as irrigation farmers and ranchers, to try to make sense of this vital resource and its loss.
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My Time Will Come : a memoir of crime, punishment, hope, and redemption by Ian ManuelFull of unexpected twists and turns as it describes a struggle to attain the glory of redemption, this at once wrenching and inspiring story shows how the author endured the savagery of the U.S. prison system and how his victim forgave him and advocated for his freedom.
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Journey to the Edge of Reason : the life of Kurt Gödel by Stephen Budiansky"The first major biography of the logician and mathematician whose incompleteness theorems helped launch a modern scientific revolution. Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Gödel's famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true-yet never provable-continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Yet unlike Einstein, with whom he formed a warm and abiding friendship, Gödel has long escaped all but the most casual scrutiny of his life. An intimate portrait of the scientific and intellectual circles in prewar Vienna and a vivid re-creation of the early days of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, Journey to the Edge of Reason is the first biography to fully draw upon Gödel's voluminous letters and writings-including a never-before-transcribed shorthand diary of his most intimate thoughts-to explore his profound intellectual friendships, his moving relationship with his mother, his troubled yet devoted marriage, and the debilitating bouts of paranoia that ultimately took his life. It illuminates the mind-bending implications of Gödel's revolutionary ideas for philosophy, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and man's place in the cosmos"
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The New Mindful Home : And How to Make It Yours by Joanna Thornhill"Make your home more mindful and discover a more considered way to decorate with this beautifully presented guide by acclaimed interior stylist, Joanna Thornhill.We often think of mindfulness in relation to meditation, but our homes and interior design can play a big part in our emotional well-being. The New Mindful Home demystifies the links between body, mind and soul to explain how you can harness the power of mindfulness to help our homes support a more considered lifestyle."
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Berlin : The Story of a City by Barney White-Spunner"The intoxicating history of an extraordinary city and her people—from the medieval kings surrounding Berlin's founding to the world wars, tumult, and reunification of the twentieth century."
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American Republics : a continental history of the United States, 1783-1850 by Alan TaylorIn this beautifully written history of America’s formative period, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian upends the traditional story of a young nation confidently marching to its continent-spanning destiny and illuminates the continuities between our own social and political divisions.
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