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Always home : a daughter's recipes & stories by Fanny SingerA cookbook and memoir by the daughter of food activist Alice Waters shares recipe-complemented vignettes about the traditions that shaped her upbringing, her insights into her mother’s philosophies and her own culinary coming of age. Illustrations. CULINARY MEMOIR/COOKBOOK
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How to Wash the Dishes by Peter MillerWashing the dishes is an ordinary, everyday task--but with examination and care, it can become can be much more. In this reverent guide to the household chore, Peter Miller shows us how washing dishes can become a joy, a delight, a meditative exercise, and an act of grace and rhythm. We pay so much attention to recipes but little attention to maintenance and clean up. Washing the dishes is as much a part of making a meal as prepping the vegetables, making the sauces, or seasoning the meats. At times it is quite routine, at times raucous, at times complex. It is never convenient. Despite its din and clatter, and despite its reputation, washing the dishes is the coda to the meal. It is a bustling musical of water and soap, of flow and surface, and done well, the fragile shall sit as proudly as the cast iron. There are some who do the dishes for the clarity and privacy of it, and there are some who relish the quiet isolation putting things in order where they belong. There are some who feel the time and movement is a kind of digestive. In the evening, in particular, there is a silence, when it is all done. How to Wash the Dishes brings elegance, art, and a bit of mindfulness to the sink. It is the perfect gift for those who love to clean and equally as apt for those we wish would clean a bit more. NONFICTION/MEDITATION
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The Lost Family : How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are by Libby CopelandA journalist investigates the business practices of companies like Ancestry and 23andMe and explores the stories of individuals who participated in home genetic testing and had their lives turned upside down by the results. NONFICTION GENEALOGY
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Eight Perfect Murders by Peter SwansonYears after establishing a literary career through his compilation of the mystery genre’s most unsolvable classics, an unsuspecting bookseller is tapped by the FBI for help solving murders that eerily mimic the books on his list. THRILLER
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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelThe award-winning author of Station Eleven presents a tale of crisis and survival in the hidden landscapes of homeless campgrounds, luxury hotels, private clubs and federal prisons, where a massive Ponzi scheme is tied to a woman’s disappearance at sea. MYSTERY
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The New Husband by Daniel PalmerAfter meeting Simon Fitch, a teacher from her daughter Maggie’s middle school, widow Nina Garrity has hopes of putting her shattered life back together, but her friends aren’t so sure that Simon has the best of intentions. THRILLER
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Masked Prey by John SandfordWhen a Senator’s daughter discovers that an unknown extremist has been posting politician kid photos online beside vicious but legal ideological rants, Lucas Davenport is summoned by influential Washington leaders to prevent dangerous attacks on their children. THRILLER
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Walk the Wire by David BaldacciThe best-selling author of The Fix presents a highly charged thriller in which fan-favorite character Amos Decker embarks on an action-packed investigation that is complicated by Baldacci’s signature twists and turns. MYSTERY
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The House of Kennedy by James PattersonA revelatory portrait of the Kennedys explores how the dual mottos, “To whom much is given, much is expected” and “Win at all costs” shaped generations of life inside and outside the family. BIOGRAPHY
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Frommer's Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by Elisabeth Kwak-hefferan Frommer's guidebooks, unlike those of many of our competitors, are written by local experts (not outsiders)―like Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, a Montana resident, naturalist, and noted travel journalist. In this handy, pocket-size book, she'll help you sort through all the options at these storied national parks so you can tailor an adventure that's right for you. TRAVEL
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Devoted by Dean R. KoontzA child who has not spoken since his father’s death befriends a dog who understands his wordless communications, which are complicated by the boy’s conviction that an evil is targeting his family. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author. THRILLER
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Five days : the fiery reckoning of an American city by Wes MooreAn account of the 2015 police-brutality killing of Freddie Gray retraces key events from the perspectives of seven insiders, including a conflicted Baltimore Police Department captain, the victim’s sister and the owner of the Baltimore Orioles. LAW ENFORCEMENT NONFICTION
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Blood : a memoir by the Jonas Brothers by Joe JonasAn unstinting account of the rise, fall and return of the multi-platinum band describes their early years as Disney performers, their tabloid-sensation relationships, their unexpected breakup and the obstacles they overcame to relaunch the Jonas Brothers. MEMOIR
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In an Instant by Suzanne RedfearnAfter a devastating car accident takes her life, 16-year-old Finn Miller, trapped between worlds, watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive after the tragedy and finds herself unable to move on. FICTION
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