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The Yid
by Paul Goldberg
A State Jewish Theater actor and war veteran's astonishing response to Moscow pogrom goons invading his home triggers a zany and deadly series of events as he assembles a ragtag team to help him assassinate Stalin. A first novel by the co-author of How We Do Harm.
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The weeping woman : a novel
by Zoé Valdés
Winner of the prestigious Azori Prize for Fiction, the best-selling novel about love, sacrifice, and Picasso's mistress, Dora Maar. A writer resembling Zoé Valdés--a Cuban exile living in Paris with her husband and young daughter-is preparing a novel on the life of Dora Maar, one of the most promising artists in the Surrealist movement until she met Pablo Picasso. Dora became his lover, muse, and ultimately, his victim. In The Weeping Woman, prize-winning novelist Zoé Valdés narrates the journey of a woman who would do anything and everything for love.
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The book of memory
by Petina Gappah
Convicted of murdering her adopted father, Memory, an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, as part of her appeal, writes down what happened as she remembers it, in this dramatic story of love, obsession, fate and the treachery of memory. By the author of An Elegy for Easterly.
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The fugitives
by Christopher Sorrentino
Retreating to a quiet Michigan town to escape a scandal and finish an overdue novel, Sandy Mulligan becomes fascinated by a local Native American storyteller who an attractive Chicago reporter believes may be tied to an audacious theft. By the National Book Award finalist author of Trance.
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As close to us as breathing : a novel
by Elizabeth Poliner
Enjoying summertime weeks of freedom at a popular Jewish beach with their children, beautiful Ada thrives away from her strict husband, while chef Vivie develops diplomatic skills and unmarried Bec is forced to choose between family beliefs and her passions for a married man.
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Georgia : a novel of Georgia O'Keeffe
by Dawn Clifton Tripp
A tale inspired by the romance between master painter Georgia O'Keeffe and photographer Alfred Stieglitz describes how a young O'Keeffe becomes the married photographer's mistress and muse as her star rises in the art world in spite of criticism about her role as the subject of Stieglitz's infamous nudes. By the award-winning author of Game of Secrets.
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The 14th colony
by Steve Berry
Shot down over Siberia during what was supposed to be a straightforward mission, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone barely escapes the clutches of a zealous anti-U.S. former KGB officer and learns that a sleeper is plotting a deadly attack during the American presidential inauguration.
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Sisi : Empress on her own : a novel
by Allison Pataki
A tale inspired by the life of Empress Sisi in 19th-century Vienna places such events as the opening of the Suez Canal, Vienna's World Exhibition and the outbreak of World War I against a backdrop of imperial court temptations, rivalries and cutthroat intrigues. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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The edge of lost
by Kristina McMorris
Weaves together the story of the disappearance of a prison guard's daughter on Alcatraz in 1937, and an Irish boy's efforts 20 years earlier to find his real father in America.
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The North water : a novel
by Ian McGuire
A 19th-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard, in a dark, historical thriller.
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Margaret the First
by Danielle Dutton
Dramatizes the life of Margaret Cavendish, the shy, gifted and wildly unconventional 17th-century Duchess whose husband encouraged her writing and desire for a career, which earned her fame and infamy in England. Original.
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A friend of Mr. Lincoln
by Stephen Harrigan
Depicts Abraham Lincoln in his 20s and 30s, as he works as a lawyer and in the state legislature and spends time with a fictional poet, Cage Weatherby. By the author of The Gates of the Alamo. Reading-group guide available.
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Hide : a novel
by Matthew Griffin
Falling in love in the aftermath of World War II, a gay taxidermist and a veteran are forced to cut all ties with their discriminating North Carolina textile town and share a life of quiet self-sufficiency for decades until one of them falls terminally ill, forcing the other to reckon with the consequences of their isolation. A first novel.
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At the edge of the orchard : a novel
by Tracy Chevalier
Settling in the swamps of early 19th-century northwest Ohio, the Goodenough family works relentlessly to establish an apple orchard that reflects respective dreams before their youngest child heads to Gold Rush California to collect seeds for a naturalist. By the best-selling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring.
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A few of the girls
by Maeve Binchy
A U.S. release of short stories by the best-selling author of Tara Road includes pieces spanning her career and features characters whose relationships with each other endure in the face of changing times, lost hopes and new loves.
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Property of a noble woman : a novel
by Danielle Steel
The discovery of a cache of letters, photos and jewels in an abandoned safe deposit box brings together several unlikely people who investigate the mysterious disappearance of a beautiful young countess 75 years earlier. By the best-selling author of Prodigal Son.
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