January 2017 list by Donalee Jacobs
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The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII Pow Escape Story Never Told
by Stephen Dando-Collins
An American and a Canadian lead the digging of a tunnel at the Schubin camp in Poland, which enabled a break involving 36 POWs. The Germans then converted the camp to Oflag 64, which housed more than 1500 Americans. In 1945, with the Red Army advancing, camp commandant Colonel Fritz Schneider received orders to march his prisoners west. Over the next few days, 250 US Army officers would succeed in escaping east to link up with the Russians. Within months, General Patton would launch a bid to rescue the remaining Americans.
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Books for Living
by Will Schwalbe
The best-selling author of The End of Your Life Book Club presents a highly personal celebration of reading, sharing impassioned recommendations for specific books that can offer guidance through daily life.
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Burning Bright
by Nicholas Petrie
When his restful vacation among the northern California redwoods is hampered by claustrophobia and a grizzly that forces him to retreat up a tree, war veteran Peter Ash discovers a hanging platform where a journalist who has escaped a kidnapping is hiding from gun-toting captors.
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The Case Against Sugar
by Gary Taubes
The best-selling author of Why We Get Fat outlines compelling arguments about the health dangers of sugar, identifying the powerful lobbies behind its overuse while citing its role in a range of challenges from obesity to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Doctorow: Collected Stories
by E. L. Doctorow
An anthology of 15 signature classics by the late author of such best-sellers as Billy Bathgate has stories hand-selected by Doctorow himself and includes the tales The Water Works, Jolene, All the Time in the World and many more.
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Exquisite
by Elizabeth Hayley
Pursuing a life in New York after establishing herself as an artist, Siobhan forges a deep bond with billionaire Derick Miller only to see the roller-coaster dynamics of their relationship forcing them apart.
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The Guests on South Battery
by Karen White
Reluctant to return to work after the birth of her twins, Melanie takes on a client eager to sell a historic Charleston home only to find herself approached by ghost informants who have been long silent. By the best-selling author of Spinning the Moon.
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His Father's Son: The Life of General Ted Roosevelt Jr.
by Tim Brady
Describes how the president’s son became a hero in his own right, describing how, despite a heart condition and a bad leg, he became the only Allied general to storm the beach at Normandy in the first wave on D-Day.
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The House Husband
by James Patterson
Detective Teaghan Beaumont is getting closer and closer to discovering the truth about Darien Marshall. But there's a twist that she, and you, will never see coming.
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The Kindness Challenge: Thirty Days to Improve Any Relationship
by Shaunti Feldhahn
In her latest release bestselling author Shaunti Feldhahn utilizes a cross between a major research study, a self-help book and a daily step-by-step plan to help readers transform any relationship by making three small changes and by modifying mindsets through changing habits. The Kindness Challenge transforms hurting relationships into healthy ones and good relationships into great ones.
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Lord of the Privateers
by Stephanie Laurens
A #1 New York Times best-selling author delivers the conclusion to her acclaimed series, a passionate Regency-era drama where intrigue and danger play out on the high seas and in exotic tropical jungles, ultimately reaching a dazzling climax in the glittering ballrooms of London.
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Selection Day
by Aravind Adiga
Two brothers growing up in a Mumbai slum are raised by an obsessive father to become cricket stars only to have their relationship, future and senses of self threatened by unexpected dynamics that shape their coming-of-age. By the award-winning author of The White Tiger.
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The Sleepwalker
by Chris Bohjalian
When a sleepwalker who has experienced episodes of near violence while unconscious goes missing, her eldest daughter, Lianna, finds herself drawn to a lead detective who seems to know more than he is revealing. Also look for The Premonition: The Short Story Sequel To The Sleepwalker.
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Bryant & May: Strange Tide
by Christopher Fowler
"Fowler's quirky, beloved detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, return in another dazzling investigtion. In another impossible case for the Peculiar Crimes Unit, a woman is found drowned in the Thames after being tied to a pillar at low water--and only her footprints lead to the spot where she was killed..."
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Take Back the Sky
by Greg Bear
Marooned on Titan, Skyrine Michael Venn and his comrades face adversaries who would eliminate them for their growing awareness of what the alien Gurus are really planning for the solar system. By the author of Hull Zero Three.
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