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What's New @ the Library Week of September 16 through September 21
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Everything inside : Stories
by Edwidge Danticat
A single-volume collection of short stories by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Brother, I’m Dying is set in such locales as Miami, Port-au-Prince and the Caribbean and poignantly explores the forces that unite and divide. Tour.
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The reckless oath we made
by Bryn Greenwood
The New York Times best-selling author of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things offers a provocative love story between a tough Kansas woman on a crooked path to redemption and the unlikeliest of champions
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The beekeeper of Aleppo : a novel
by Christy Lefteri
A beekeeper and his artist wife have their lives upended and must flee after war destroys their home in Aleppo, Syria and they set off on a dangerous journey through Turkey and Greece, towards an uncertain future in England.
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A door in the earth
by Amy Waldman
An Afghan-American college student in California travels to a remote village in Afghanistan to work for a professor’s charitable foundation and, after surviving a horrific bombing, must side with either the villagers or the American soldiers. 35,000 first printing.
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Five Days Gone : The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance As a Child
by Laura Cumming
Drawing on archival photographs, historical documents and works of art, the author shares the gripping story of her mother’s mysterious kidnapping as a toddler in a small English coastal village in 1929 and how the event forever changed her family. 60,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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The last ocean : a journey through memory and forgetting
by Nicci Gerrard
The award-winning journalist and coauthor of the Nicci French best-sellers presents a lyrical, humane investigation into dementia that explores the journeys of both patients and their loved ones, exposing misguided protocols that contribute to unnecessary end-of-life pain.
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Into the planet : my life as a cave diver
by Jill Heinerth
A renowned cave diver and expert consultant presents a firsthand account of a trailblazing career spent exploring the hidden depths and sunken caves of the world’s oceans, detailing the field’s important scientific and historical discoveries. 100,000 first printing.
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George Marshall : defender of the republic
by David L. Roll
The author of The Hopkins Touch traces the story of the distinguished U.S. soldier and statesman, examining his role in influencing two world wars and America's emergence as a global superpower
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