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New & Coming Soon eBooksFebruary 2017
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Sent to a Hitler Youth Camp to secure German business for his family's Dutch company, Jacob Koopman, the privileged nephew of a fisherman, finds his world upended by the outbreak of the war, which eventually forces him to make a transformative decision about his life purpose. Original. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
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Bobby Kennedy : a raging spirit
by Christopher Matthews
A revelatory new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy by the anchor of MSNBC's Hardball depicts him as a perpetual family underdog, sharing insights into his decision to join the military as a common sailor, his ability to connect with voters from all walks of life and his assassination during his 1968 campaign.
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A science writer and broadcaster with a background in genetics reveals what our genes can tell us about history and how unraveling the human genome has shattered deeply held beliefs about our heritage and identities.
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Fast Falls the Night
by Julia Keller
Investigating a series of suspicious overdose deaths in her Appalachian hometown, prosecutor Bell Elkins uncovers evidence of a tainted batch of heroin and begins a desperate race against time that is challenged by local opinions. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sorrow Road.
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Every Breath You Take
by Mary Higgins Clark
Struggling with the departure of co-host Alex Buckley, television crimesolver Laurie Moran is teamed with a despised Ryan Nichols, who draws her into the cold case of a wealthy widow pushed to her death from the roof of a famous museum.
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A Hundred Small Lessons
by Ashley Hay
A new resident of an old home begins to experience the memories and secrets of its former owner, an elderly lady in a nearby nursing home, in ways that cause their families to intersect in sudden and unexpected ways. By the award-winning author of The Railwayman's Wife.
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Star Wars, Phasma
by Delilah S Dawson
An original tale linked to the "Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi" program reveals the story of Captain Phasma and the origins of the mysterious chrome stormtrooper. Movie tie-in.
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The Salt Line
by Holly Goddard Jones
In a future world where the United States' borders have receded behind a ring of scorched earth to protect citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks, a group of extreme adventurers find themselves at the center of a murderous plot. By the award-winning author of The Next Time You See Me.
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The Last Black Unicorn
by Tiffany Haddish
The stand-up comedienne and co-star of The Carmichael Show presents an uproarious and poignant collection of autobiographical essays that reflect her disadvantaged youth as a foster child in South Central Los Angeles; her discovery of her talent for comedy; and her struggles with gender, race and class boundaries in the entertainment industry
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The Ninth Hour
by Alice McDermott
A portrait of the Irish-American experience is presented through the story of an Irish immigrant's suicide and how it reverberates through innumerable lives in early 20th-century Catholic Brooklyn. By the National Book Award-winning author of Charming Billy. (historical fiction). Simultaneous.
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The Readymade Thief
by Augustus Rose
Reluctantly accepting refuge in a cooperative home for homeless kids after taking the fall for a rich friend, Lee discovers that the too-good-to-be-true charity establishment is a front for a secret society of fanatics that are behind the disappearances of street teens.
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Sticky Fingers : the life and times of Jann Wenner and Rolling stone magazine
by Joe Hagan
A portrait of the iconic founder of Rolling Stone magazine places his life and achievements against a backdrop of his first-person experiences with forefront events and artists, drawing on an extensive trove of personal documents and letters to include coverage of his ambiguous sexuality, reinvention of youth culture and influence on innumerable extraordinary lives.
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What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky
by Lesley Nneka Arimah
A debut collection by a prize-winning writer explores the ties that bind people to each other and their homes as reflected in stories featuring generations of women haunted by the ghosts of war, a daughter who is outraged by the return of her believed-dead mother and a decimated refugee world where resolutions have unforeseen consequences.
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