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Dark Tide Rising: A William Monk Novel
by Anne Perry
A ransom exchange gone violently wrong forces Commander William Monk to investigate the unthinkable possibility that one of his own men has betrayed him.
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In His Father's Footsteps: A Novel
by Danielle Steel
Two courageous World War II concentration-camp survivors build a life together before their son resolves to be his own person as a first-generation American. By the best-selling author of The Right Time.
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The Address: A Novel
by Fiona Davis
Struggling to rebuild after rehab, an interior designer leaps at a chance to renovate her heiress cousin's lavish apartment and learns the scandalous history of a distant ancestor's connection to the murder of the building's architect a century earlier. By the author of The Dollhouse.
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The Air You Breathe: A Novel
by Frances de Pontes Peebles
An orphaned kitchen maid and the reckless daughter of a sugar baron embark on a volatile friendship marked by their ambitions to escape, their changing fortunes and unexpected fame. By the award-winning author of The Seamstress.
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Bellewether
by Susanna Kearsley
As war is raging, young French Canadian lieutenant Jean-Philippe de Sabran is captured and billeted with a Long Island family, becoming an unwilling and unwelcome guest that soon has feelings for the daughter of the house, Lydia Wilde.
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Blind Kiss: A Novel
by Renée Carlino
Penny spends her afternoons sitting outside a sandwich shop, surrounded by ghosts. Fourteen years ago, this shop was her childhood dance studio--and she was a dancer on the rise. Now she's a suburban housewife, dreading the moment her son departs for MIT, leaving her with an impeccably decorated McMansion and a failing marriage. She had her chance at wild, stars-in-her-eyes happiness, but that was a lifetime ago.
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Bloodline: A Historical Novel
by Anthony Thomas Disimone
In the town of Corleone, the pecking order is clear. Il Padrone, Don Tomasso Scalisce, is a leader of a different kind of power. While some respect the monarchy as it is, it is foreign to this paese, and Roma might as well be a world away as few venture beyond their small towns in the hills of inner Sicily. Throughout the next one hundred and twenty years, Sicilys feudal past connects with criminal elements while the harsh realities of life require its people to endure brutalities in order to survive and prosper. While the Italians work to preserve life, family, and fortunes, they must use all means possible to make it happen, including killing others who want to kill them. As life takes them from Sicily to other Italian cities, the Vatican, and eventually into modern American society, a diverse band of characters including leaders, celebrities, and lawless and nefarious Mafia thugs seeking money and power are linked through one of the most compelling human conditions the bloodline. In this epic historical novel, Italian families connected through a bloodline move through time while bravely attempting to overcome obstacles that test their character, courage, and determination to succeed.
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The Bouncer: A Novel
by David Gordon
A strip-club bouncer who was expelled from Harvard crosses paths with a beleaguered FBI agent over a terrorist plot that sends them to a high-stakes perfume heist. By the author of Mystery Girl.
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Clock Dance
by Anne Tyler
A lifetime of painful milestones and fading grandchild prospects compel a woman to help her son's ex, whose 9-year-old daughter needs protection from violent local dynamics. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread.
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Comemadre
by Roque Larraquy
1907: In a sanatorium in Temperley, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Doctor Quintana falls in love with Menéndez, the head nurse--of whom he knows almost nothing, not even her first name. Motivated by this love--which he shares with his colleagues--bymoney, and by the promise of transcendence, he carries out a cruel and misguided experiment that investigates the threshold between life and death. The premise is that a human head stays alive and conscious for nine seconds after being severed from the body. 2009: A celebrated artist and ex-child prodigy decides to "bring the monster alive," converting his own body, and the bodies of those he loves, into art objects. The halves of the book are held together by a shared interest in the human pursuit of transcendence through bodily intervention, first as it relates to the scientific or pseudo-medical and the positivism that marked the beginning of the twentieth century, then by way of a radical and absurd artistic vision.
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Dark Sentinel
by Christine Feehan
A human woman, reeling with grief and rage from the devastating loss of her entire family, rescues a Carpathian monk who struggles to convince her that she is his soulmate while navigating the vengeful acts of an ancient vampire.
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Double Blind
by Iris Johansen
Hired gun Kendra Michaels joins forces with private investigator Jessie Mercado and agent-for-hire Adam Lynch to investigate the murder of a man with connections to a mysterious wedding video and the conviction of a serial killer years earlier.
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Echoes of Evil
by Heather Graham
Discovering a recent corpse on a historic shipwreck, diver Brodie McFadden, a potential Krewe of Hunters member, teams up with museum curator Kody McCoy when the case is linked to the death of a local musician.
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The Fall of Gondolin
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Two of the greatest powers in the world—Morgoth, of the utmost evil, and Ulmo, the Lord of Waters, battle over the city of Gondolin—a beautiful but undiscovered realm peopled by Noldorian Elves.
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The Family Tabor
by Cherise Wolas
Five members of a family confront the lies upon which their lives are built and the price they paid for second chances over the course of a psychologically charged weekend. By the author of The Resurrection of Joan Ashby.
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Feared
by Lisa Scottoline
When nemesis Nick Machiavelli targets her family with frivolous legal claims and slander that escalate to an unthinkable tragedy, Mary DiNunzio discovers her own unsettling capacity for dark retaliation. By the New York Times best-selling author of Corrupted.
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French Exit
by Patrick deWitt
Bankrupted by her infamous litigator husband's tabloid death, a scandal-fearing widow flees New York for Paris, where her deadbeat son and she navigate near-comic self-destructive choices. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Sisters Brothers.
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Ghosted: A Novel
by Rosie Walsh
An idyllic romance between Sarah and her boyfriend, Eddie, is shattered when Eddie abruptly disappears, prompting Sarah to ignore her friends' advice and investigate what really happened.
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The Golden State
by Lydia Kiesling
A young woman braves the ups and downs of motherhood in a fractured America.
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The Good Luck Charm
by Helena Hunting
Lilah isn't sure what hurt worse: the day Ethan left her to focus on his hockey career or the day he came back eight years later. He might think they can pick up just where they left off, but she's no longer that same girl and never wants to be again. Ethan wants his glory days back. And that includes having Lilah by his side. With her, he was magic. They were magic. All he has to do is make her see that. Just when Lilah might finally be ready to let Ethan in, though, she finds out their reunion might have nothing to do with love and everything to do with improving his game. But Ethan's already lost her once, and even if it costs him his career, he'll do anything to keep from losing her again.
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Goodbye, Paris: A Novel
by Anstey Harris
Jojo Moyes meets Eleanor Oliphant in Goodbye, Paris, an utterly charming novel that proves that sometimes you have to break your heart to make it whole. Grace once had the beginnings of a promising musical career, but she hasn't been able to play her cello publicly since a traumatic event at music college years ago. Since then, she's built a quiet life for herself in her small English village, repairing instruments and nurturing her long- distance affair with David, the man who has helped her rebuild her life even as she puts her dreams of a family on hold until his children are old enough for him to leave his loveless marriage. But when David saves the life of a woman in the Paris Metro, his resulting fame shines a light onto the real state of the relationship(s) in his life. Shattered, Grace hits rock bottom and abandons everything that has been important to her, including her dream of entering and winning the world's most important violin-making competition. Her closest friends--a charming elderly violinist with a secret love affair of his own, and her store clerk, a gifted but angst-ridden teenage girl--step in to help, but will their friendship be enough to help her pick up the pieces? Filled with lovable, quirky characters, this poignant novel explores the realities of relationships and heartbreak and shows that when it comes to love, there's more than one way to find happiness.
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Harry's Trees
by Jon Cohen
A 38-year old traumatized widow fortuitously meets an 11-year old girl who sets him on a feverish road to redemption.
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Heartbreaker: A Novel
by Claudia Dey
A daughter living in a cult community where everyone thinks it is perpetually 1985 frantically searches for her mother, who was the first non-resident to join the town and who may have become the first person to leave.
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The Hidden Bones
by Nicola Ford
When widow Clare Hills reconnects with a university, he asks for her help sifting through the effects of a recently deceased archaeologist. Together they stumble on lost finds from his most glittering dig. The discovery is every archaeologist's dream. But the dream soon turns to a nightmare, putting Clare at the centre of a murder inquiry.
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The Incendiaries
by R. O. Kwon
A dark tale of violence, faith and loss follows the experiences of a young Korean-American woman at an elite university who is drawn into acts of domestic terrorism by a cult with ties to North Korea.
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John Woman
by Walter Mosley
A young man reinvents himself as a professor to share his late father's wisdom at an unorthodox university, only to encounter fellow intellectuals who have insights into his father's hidden past. By the award-winning author of the Easy Rawlins mysteries.
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Juror #3
by James Patterson
Tapped by a relentless prosecutor who would exploit her inexperience to secure a swift conviction, a recent law graduate finds herself navigating two tricky cases, class divides and an increasingly suspicious jury.
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Lake Success: A Novel
by Gary Shteyngart
A self-made Wall Street millionaire, baffled by the implosion of his seemingly perfect life, takes a cross-country bus trip in search of his college sweetheart and the ideals of his youth. By the best-selling author of Super Sad True Love Story.
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The Last Cruise: A Novel
by Kate Christensen
A final voyage for a 1950's vintage ocean liner is disrupted by strife and malfunctions above and below decks, unexpectedly testing a former journalist, a sous-chef and a violinist. By the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man.
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Lethal White
by Robert Galbraith
When a troubled young man asks him to investigate a crime he thinks he saw as a child, Cormoran Strike sets off on a twisting trail that leads from London's backstreets, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a country manor house.
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Looking Glass
by Andrew Mayne
After Professor Theo Cray is suspended from his university for using unorthodox methods to find a serial killer, he is contacted by the father of a missing child and uses the child's drawings to immerse himself in a dream world to catch a mysterious man known as the Toy Man.
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The Lost Queen
by Signe Pike
A first novel of a debut trilogy reveals the untold story of Languoreth—a forgotten queen of sixth-century Scotland—twin sister of the man who inspired the legend of Merlin.
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A Measure of Darkness: A Novel
by Jonathan Kellerman
Attending the scene of a mass shooting at a West Oakland party, Alameda County Coroner's Deputy Clay Edison discovers a mysterious victim and is drawn into a bizarre counterculture world of blurred moralities. By the award-winning authors of Crime Scene.
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Meet Me at the Museum
by Anne Youngson
A disenchanted farmer's wife and a widowed museum curator begin a correspondence over their mutual fascination with poet Seamus Heaney's "The Tollund Man" and gradually share details from their lives, forging an unexpected bond along the way.
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The Mere Wife
by Maria Dahvana Headley
A modern retelling of Beowulf recasts classic themes from the perspectives of the attackers and finds a suburban housewife and a battle-hardened veteran navigating dark realities to protect the sons they love. By the best-selling author of Aerie.
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The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
by Imogen Hermes Gowar
When one of his trading vessels returns to 18th-century London with the remarkable body of a mermaid, Jonah gains entry into high society and falls in love with a highly accomplished courtesan, with unexpected consequences.
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
After losing her parents, a young college graduate in New York City spends a year alienating the world under the influence of a crazy combination of drugs. By the author of Eileen.
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OK, Mr. Field: A Novel
by Katharine Kilalea
Retiring to a Cape Town beachhouse inspired by Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye, an injured concert pianist begins to experience the psychological consequences of the house's unusual design. A first novel by the award-winning author of One Eye'd Leigh.
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The Other Lady Vanishes
by Amanda Quick
Escaping from a private sanitarium and taking a job at an herbal tea shop in a 1930s California seaside resort town, Adelaide bonds with a man hiding under the cover of a therapy-seeking widower before a local con artist is murdered, drawing them both into a shadowy underground of duplicity and misdirection. By the best-selling author of the Arcane Society series.
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The Other Woman
by Sandie Jones
A blissful romance between Adam and Emily is challenged by Adam's manipulative mother, who resorts to dire measures to keep all other women out of her son's life.
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Pale as Death
by Heather Graham
Tackling a case that disturbingly echoes the infamous Black Dahlia killing, LAPD detective Sophie Manning partners with FBI paranormal consultant Bruce McFadden when she begins to experience ghostly visits.
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Pieces of Her
by Karin Slaughter
The daughter of a woman who has wanted nothing more than a quiet life in her small beachside home embarks on a desperate search for answers when she discovers the explosive truth about her mother's true identity.
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Sea Prayer
by Khaled Hosseini
The #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Kite Runner presents an evocatively illustrated tribute to the tragic human realities of today's refugee crisis in the form of a father's letter to his young son on the eve of a dangerous journey.
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Severance
by Ling Ma
A survivor of an apocalyptic plague maintains a blog about a decimated Manhattan before joining a motley group of survivors to search for a place to rebuild, a goal that is complicated by an unscrupulous group leader.
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She Would Be King: A Novel
by Wayétu Moore
Reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond.
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The Silence of the Girls: A Novel
by Pat Barker
The Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy reimagines The Iliad from the perspectives of the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War.
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The Sisters of the Winter Wood
by Rena Rossner
A tale inspired by Jewish mythology is set in a woodland village on the border of Moldova and Ukraine and follows the experiences of two sheltered sisters who uncover a secret magical heritage.
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Southernmost: A Novel
by Silas House
A natural disaster inspires an evangelical preacher to reverse his position about gay rights, a transition that ends his marriage and job, forcing him to take desperate measures to introduce his son to a more accepting world.
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Still Life with Monkey
by Katharine Weber
Duncan Wheeler is a successful architect who savors the quotidian pleasures in life until a car accident leaves him severely paralyzed and haunted by the death of his young assistant. Now, Duncan isn’t sure what there is left to live for, when every day has become “a broken series of unsuccessful gestures.” Duncan and his wife, Laura, find themselves in conflict as Duncan’s will to live falters. Laura grows desperate to help him. An art conservator who has her own relationship to the repair of broken things, Laura brings home a highly trained helper monkey―a tufted capuchin named Ottoline―to assist Duncan with basic tasks. Duncan and Laura fall for this sweet, comical, Nutella-gobbling little creature, and Duncan’s life appears to become more tolerable, fuller, and funnier. Yet the question persists: Is it enough? Katharine Weber is a masterful observer of humanity, and Still Life with Monkey, full of tenderness and melancholy, explores the conflict between the will to live and the desire to die.
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The Summer Wives
by Beatriz Williams
Drawn into and then banished from exclusive Winthrop Island when a complex relationship between her stepsister and a working-class college youth ends in violence, a Shakespearean actress returns after 20 years to pursue justice.
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Sweet Little Lies
by Caz Frear
A London policewoman from a troubled family is forced to investigate dark secrets in her estranged father's past to solve the murder of a young housewife and the disappearance of a teen girl years earlier.
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
by Heather Morris
An international best-seller based on the true story of an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor traces the experiences of a Jewish Slovakian who uses his position as a concentration-camp tattooist to secure food for his fellow prisoners.
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Transcription
by Kate Atkinson
A BBC radio producer finds herself targeted by dangerous individuals from her past as a World War II espionage monitor for MI5. By the author of Life After Life.
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Triple Homicide Thrillers
by James Patterson
Collects three novels of suspense, including "Detective Cross," in which an anonymous caller promising to detonate bombs throughout Washington D.C., drives Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, to investigate the threat before it's too late.
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Vox
by Christina Dalcher
Marginalized in a near-future America where the government limits women to no more than 100 spoken words daily before outlawing women's education and employment altogether, a former doctor resolves to be heard for the sake of her daughter.
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Walking Shadows: A Decker/Lazarus novel
by Faye Kellerman
Decker and Lazarus risk their lives to solve a pair of brutal murders that may be tied to a crime from more than 20 years earlier. By the New York Times best-selling author of Bone Box.
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Who is Vera Kelly?
by Rosalie Knecht
Navigating the underground gay scene of 1962 Greenwich Village, quick-witted Vera Kelly is recruited for the CIA and infiltrates a group of student activists in Buenos Aires before a coup leaves her stranded in hostile territory.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
by Yuval N Harari
The New York Times best-selling author of Sapiens and Homo Deus shares probing insights into such present-day issues as the role of technology in transforming humanity, the epidemic of false news and the modern relevance of nations and religion.
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American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
by Nate Blakeslee
An intimate account of the rise and rein of O-Six, the fabled Yellowstone wolf, describes how, after being hunted to near extinction by the 1920s, the species has managed to rebound through conservationists' efforts, in a book that discusses debates specifically affecting America's western regions.
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The Briefing: Politics, the Press, and the President
by Sean Spicer
The former White House Press Secretary for Donald Trump presents a behind-the-scenes account of his turbulent seven-month tenure, offering new insights into the headline-grabbing controversies of the administration's first year.
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Creative Quest
by Questlove
The award-winning cultural entrepreneur and co-founder of the influential hip-hop group The Roots draws on the philosophies and examples of the creative people in his life to counsel readers on how to change their perspectives about creativity to live a life of inspiration and originality. .
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The Diary of a Bookseller
by Shaun Bythell
The funny and fascinating memoir of Bythell's experiences at the helm of The Bookshop, Scotland's largest second hand bookstore--and the delightfully unusual staff members, eccentric customers, odd townsfolk and surreal buying trips that make up his life there.
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
by Beth Macy
In a book that includes deeply human and unforgettable portraits of the families and first responders affected, the author takes readers into the epicenter of its America's more than 20-year struggle with opioid addiction. By the author of the national best-seller Factory Man.
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Fascism: A Warning
by Madeleine Korbel Albright
A former U.S. secretary of state and New York Times best-selling author presents a timely, considered and personal look at the history and current resurgence of fascism today and the virulent threat it poses to international freedom, prosperity and peace.
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Guinness World Records 2019
by Guinness World Records
Chronicles the evolution of record breaking while incorporating thousands of new entries, hundreds of full-color photographs and highlights of classic records, as well as "Making History" pages that use LEGOs to illustrate and explain an important record-breaking objects and more.
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The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence
by Michael D'Antonio
In this landmark biography, Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael D’Antonio and Emmy-nominated journalist Peter Eisner follow the path Pence followed from Catholic Democrat to conservative evangelical Republican. They reveal how he used his time as rightwing radio star to build connections with powerful donors; how he was a lackluster lawmaker in Congress but a prodigious fundraiser from the GOP’s billionaire benefactors; and how, once he locked in his views on the issues—anti-gay, pro-gun, anti-abortion, pro big-business—he became laser-focused on his own pursuit of power.
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These Truths: A History of the United States
by Jill Lepore
The award-winning author of The Secret History of Wonder Woman chronicles the origins and rise of today's divided America while investigating whether the nation has delivered on its promises of political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people
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To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism
by Ross Gregory Douthat
The New York Times columnist, author of Grand New Party and influential conservative assesses the efforts of Pope Francis to change today's Roman Catholic Church, sharing insights into why the author disagrees with Francis' increasingly popular willingness to include and share communion with formerly excluded segments of the population.
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Been So Long: My Life and Music
by Jorma Kaukonen
A candid memoir by the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna co-founder and guitarist traces his life and relationships with fellow artists while discussing his present-day work at the instructional Fur Peace Ranch Guitar Camp.
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From the Corner of the Oval
by Beck Dorey-Stein
A behind-the-scenes memoir by a former White House stenographer traces her unexpected job offer, participation on the elite teams that supported and traveled with President Obama and the heartbreak that blurred the lines between her personal and professional lives.
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In Pieces
by Sally Field
The Academy Award-winning actress shares insights into her difficult childhood, the artistic pursuits that helped her find her voice and the powerful emotional legacy that shaped her journey as a daughter and mother.
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A Life of my Own: A Memoir
by Claire Tomalin
The author of Charles Dickens: A Life and Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self reflects on her own life, which was spent surrounded by writers and books in 1960s and 1970s London.
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The Man I Never Met: A Memoir
by Adam Schefter
The influential ESPN personality describes how his wife lost her first husband during the World Trade Center attacks, how he bonded with his young stepson and how their family has made September 11 an anniversary of hope and healing.
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Meghan: A Hollywood Princess
by Andrew Morton
By the New York Times best-selling author of Diana: Her True Story, comes a revealing biography of Meghan Markle, the American actress who won Prince Harry's heart.
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The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life
by Joyce Lee Malcolm
Takes a fresh look at the man who became synonymous with “traitor” after he switched sides during the Revolutionary War and defected to the British Army, examining his troubled childhood and his storied military expertise and career.
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