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What I had before I had you
by Sarah Cornwell
Returning home to Ocean Vista on the Jersey Shore with her teenage daughter and her nine-year-old son Daniel, who has bipolar disorder, Olivia must finally embrace the birthright inherited from her mother, Myla, a beautiful and erratic psychic, when Daniel disappears.
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People who knew me
by Kim Hooper
A stressed out woman in a troubled marriage, with an ailing and demanding in-law, a romantic entanglement with her boss and a pregnancy, flees the tragedy of the 9/11 terror attacks and starts a new life in California.
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Franny and Zooey
by J. D. Salinger
Two children of the Glass family appear in separate stories laid in twentieth-century New York
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Coffee will make you black
by April Sinclair
Coming of age during the 1960s, Stevie Stevenson's struggles with her parent's traditional values and her own awakening sexuality are further complicated by her high school's increasing political awareness and demonstrations for civil rights.
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The informationist [electronic resource] : a thriller
by Taylor Stevens
Dealing information to wealthy clients throughout the world, Vanessa Munroe hopes to leave her unconventional past behind her until a mission to find the missing daughter of a Texas oil billionaire forces her to return to the central Africa region of her youth. A first novel.
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Wife of the gods : a novel
by Kwei J Quartey
Investigating the murder of an AIDS worker in an African community from which his mother went missing years earlier, Detective Inspector Darko Dawson collects details about the killing and realizes that he is close to solving the truth about his mother's disappearance. A first novel.
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Seveneves
by Neal Stephenson
When a catastrophic event dooms the planet, nations around the world band together to devise an ambitious survival plan in outer space 5,000 years before their progeny organize an audacious return. By the best-selling author of Cryptonomicon.
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Felix Yz
by Lisa Bunker
Accidentally connected most of his life to a fourth-dimensional being whose presence would prevent him from reaching adulthood, 13-year-old Felix records in his secret blog their last shared month before a procedure that will separate or kill them. A first novel.
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Assassination vacation
by Sarah Vowell
A tour of key historic sites in America where incidents of political violence have occurred reveals lesser-known points of interest pertaining to each and shares information about how history has been shaped by popular culture and tourism.
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Deep economy : the wealth of communities and the durable future
by Bill McKibben
In a thought-provoking manifesto, the best-selling author of The End of Nature challenges the current view of our economy to call for a dramatic shift in focus from growth to a prosperity that promotes environmental awareness, emphasizes the individual as a member of a larger community, and offers a new way to think about our food, energy, money, purchases, and values.
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