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Tiffany's Favorite Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
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Click on any title or cover to find the item in the SWAN Online Catalog. |
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The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
A chilling look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.
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Lost boys
by Orson Scott Card
Newcomers to Steuben, North Carolina, Step and DeAnne Fletcher are horrified when they discover that the names of their young son's imaginary friends match the names of real boys who have vanished.
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The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
In 1896 New York, psychologist--or in period terminology, an alienist--Laszlo Kreizler joins forces with journalist John Schuyler Moore to track a vicious serial killer.
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Surrender, New York : a novel
by Caleb Carr
Living in exile on an upstate New York dairy farm after his unceremonious termination from the NYPD, a once-dedicated criminal psychologist is called back to duty as a consultant for the suspicious death of several abandoned kids who nobody seems to miss. By the award-winning author of The Alienist.
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Curtain : Poirot's Last Case
by Agatha Christie
Arthritic and immobilized, Hercule Poirot takes up his last case, relying on his old friend Captain Hastings to be his eyes and ears as he hunts down the slipperiest criminal of his career.
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Maggie, a Girl of the Streets, and Other Writings About New York
by Stephen Crane
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets offers a stark image of the underbelly of urban American life at the end of the nineteenth century. Maggie Johnson, a lovely innocent too slight to carry the weight of poverty, dreams of escaping New York's Bowery and the casual cruelty of her alcoholic family. After her younger brother dies, she runs off with Pete, a bartender with pretensions to wealth and culture. But Pete himself is easily seduced by the seemingly sophisticated Nellie, and Maggie finds herself abandoned in the unforgiving metropolis.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
Edmund Dantes, unjustly convicted of aiding the exiled Napoleon, escapes after fourteen years of imprisonment and seeks revenge in Paris.
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Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad #3)
by Tana French
Mystery - Planning to run away with his girlfriend to London in the hopes of escaping poverty, Frank concludes he has been dumped when Rosie fails to join him and is astonished when Rosie's suitcase and evidence of foul play are discovered more than 20 years later. By the Edgar Award-winning author of In the Woods.
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In the woods
by Tana French
Twenty years after witnessing the violent disappearances of two companions from their small Dublin suburb, detective Rob Ryan investigates a chillingly similar murder that takes place in the same wooded area, a case that forces him to piece together his traumatic memories.
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The Witch Elm : a novel
by Tana French
Left for dead by burglars while partying with friends, a happy-go-lucky charmer takes refuge at his dilapidated ancestral home before a grisly discovery reveals an unsuspected family history. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Trespasser.
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American Gods : a novel
by Neil Gaiman
On the plane home to attend the funerals of his wife and best friend, Shadow, just released from prison, encounters Mr. Wednesday, an enigmatic stranger who seems to know a lot about him, and when Mr. Wednesday offers him a job as his bodyguard, Shadow accepts and is plunged into a dark and perilous world, where the soul of America is at stake.
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The Tenth Justice
by Brad Meltzer
When Ben Addison, a new clerk for a Supreme Court justice, makes an error in judgement that leaves him open to blackmail, he turns for help to Lisa, a fellow clerk, and his housemates, who work in the State Department, a senator's office, and a Washington newspaper.
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My Name is Asher Lev
by Chaim Potok
The National Jewish Book Award-winning novel records the anguish, dreams, and triumphs of Asher Lev, a talented young painter raised in a cloistered Hasidic community in Brooklyn, as he struggles to resolve his gift of art with his religious background only to emerge into the great world of art, rejecting all else.
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Nine Stories
by J. D. Salinger
A collection of 9 realistic and perceptive short stories including A Perfect Day for Bananafish and Teddy.
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North of Montana : a novel
by April Smith
As FBI agent Ana Grey investigates a high-profile case involving a Hollywood actress who claims that her doctor has hooked her on illegal drugs, Ana is forced to face an uncomfortable truth when the case collides with her own past. A first novel.
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The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
Richard Papen, a relatively impoverished student at a New England college, falls in with an exclusive clique of rich, worldly Greek scholars and soon learns the dreadful secret that keeps them together.
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Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
A poignant portrayal of the thoughts and events that comprise one day in a woman's life.
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73 Poems
by E. E. Cummings
A collection of the poet's work during his last 4 years shows his use of satire and sentiment.
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No More Masks! : an anthology of twentieth-century American women poets, newly revised and expanded
by Florence Howe
Gathers poems by Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdale, H.D., Marianne Moore, Louise Bogan, Kay Boyle, Maxine Kumin, Anne Sexton, Tess Gallagher, Nikki Giovanni, and Ntozake Shange
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Poems 1968-1972
by Denise Levertov
Poems deal with dreams, death, courage, the soul, myths, failure, madness, hunger, nature, war, friendship, and love.
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The Collected Poems
by Sylvia Plath
Brings together a collection of all Plath's mature poetry, published and unpublished, together with a large selection of her juvenile works.
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Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you
by Jason Reynolds
Teen Nonfiction - A timely reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America while explaining their endurance and capacity for being discredited.
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Not My Father's Son : A Memoir
by Alan Cumming
The acclaimed actor profiles his turbulent relationship with his father and discusses his 2010 appearance in a celebrity genealogy show to solve the disappearance of a WWII hero grandparent and his discovery of astounding family secrets.
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Outliers : the Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
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Unknown Pleasures : Inside Joy Division
by Peter Hook
The legendary bassist for the band Joy Division, the godfathers of alternative rock who reinvented music in the post-punk era, recounts how four young men from Manchester and Salisbury rose from the punk scene to create a haunting atmospheric music that would define a generation.
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The Truth About Style
by Stacy London
The style expert and co-host of What Not to Wear examines the emotional obstacles that prevent women from achieving positive self-esteem and personal goals, sharing the story of her own battles with a scarring skin disorder and anorexia.
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