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The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden Bishop must solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle in order to escape the curse, in a world filled with enemies where nothing and no one are quite what they seem.
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Doctor Sleep
by Stephen King
After decades as an itinerant alcoholic, middle-aged Dan Torrance uses his remnant powers to assist the dying before coming to the aid of a twelve-year-old girl being tortured by a tribe of murderous paranormals
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The shining
by Stephen King
Jack Torrance sees his stint as winter caretaker of a Colorado hotel as a way back from failure, his wife sees it as a chance to preserve their family, and their five-year-old son sees the evil waiting just for them
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The handmaid's tale
by Margaret Atwood
Offred, a Handmaid, describes life in what was once the United States, now the Republic of Gilead, a shockingly repressive and intolerant monotheocracy, in a satirical tour de force set in the near future, in a classic work that is soon to be a 10-part Hulu series. Reissue. An Arthur C. Clarke Award winner and Booker Prize nominee. TV tie-in.
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The hate u give
by Angie Thomas
A collector's edition of the award-winning novel traces the story of a teen whose uneasy balance between her elite prep school and her disadvantaged home life is shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend by a police officer. 350,000 first printing. Movie tie-in. AB. H. K. PW.
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Counting descent
by Clint Smith
A debut collection of poems draws on personal, political, and social histories to address black humanity and ideas of lineage and tradition
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The Rosie project
by Graeme C Simsion
A socially awkward genetics professor who has never been on a second date sets out to find the perfect wife, but instead finds Rosie Jarman, a fiercely independent barmaid who is on a quest to find her biological father. Reprint.
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An elderly lady is up to no good
by Helene Tursten
Follows a feisty, eighty-eight-year-old woman who lives a solitary existence, but finds herself at the center of several adventures and misadventures
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My sister, the serial killer : a novel
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Realizing that her beautiful, beloved younger sister has murdered yet another boyfriend, an embittered Nigerian woman works to direct suspicion away from the family, until a handsome doctor she fancies asks for her sister's number. A first novel.
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Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
by J. D. Vance
Shares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past.
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I'll be gone in the dark : one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer
by Michelle McNamara
An account of the unsolved Golden State Killer case, written by the late author of the TrueCrimeDiary.com website and featuring an afterword by her husband, comedian Patton Oswalt, traces the rapes and murders of dozens of victims and the author's determined efforts to help identify the killer and bring him to justice. 100,000 first printing.
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This changes everything : capitalism vs. the climate
by Naomi Klein
The best-selling author of The Shock Doctor explains why the environmental crisis challenges us to abandon "free market" ideologies and remake political systems, arguing that a massive reduction of greenhouse emissions may offer a best chance for correcting economic challenges. 150,000 first printing.
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The snow child : a novel
by Eowyn Ivey
A childless couple working a farm in the brutal landscape of 1920 Alaska discover a little girl living in the wilderness, with a red fox as a companion, and begin to love the strange, almost-supernatural child as their own. 60,000 first printing.
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Shot in the heart
by Mikal Gilmore
The youngest brother of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore describes their violence-impacted family life and the poignant discussions held by the two brothers in the days before the elder's controversial 1977 execution. Reprint
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The nightwalker
by Sebastian Fitzek
Suffering from a bizarre form of somnambulism that renders him violent while sleepwalking, Leon receives successful psychiatric treatments and fears his condition has returned when his wife goes missing under mysterious circumstances years later.
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The invention of wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
Traces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and pursue a meaningful life; and the urban slave, Handful, who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage and a sense of self. By the best-selling author of The Secret Life of Bees.
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Orange is the new black : my year in a women's prison
by Piper Kerman
Follows the author's incarceration for drug trafficking, during which she gained a unique perspective on the criminal justice system and met a varied community of women living under exceptional circumstances
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The stranger in the woods : the extraordinary story of the last true hermit
by Michael Finkel
"For readers of Jon Krakauer and The Lost City of Z, a remarkable tale of survival and solitude--the true story of a man who lived alone in a tent in the Maine woods, never talking to another person and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins for twenty-seven years. In 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even in winter, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store food and water, to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothes, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed, but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of the why and how of his secluded life--as well as the challenges he has faced returning to the world. A riveting story of survival that asks fundamental questions about solitude, community, and what makes a good life, and a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way, and succeeded"--Publisher description
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Accused
by Lisa Scottoline
Book Annotation
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Will & I : a memoir
by Clay Byars
Follows the lives and insights of identical twin brothers, one who suffered nerve damage in an almost-fatal car accident that left him paralyzed and the other who went to college, married and started a family. Original.
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
by Edward Kelsey Moore
Forging a friendship at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Odette, Clarice and Barbara Jean meet regularly at the first diner owned by black proprietors in their Indiana city and are watched throughout the years by a big-hearted man who observes their struggles with school, marriage, parenthood and beyond. (historical fiction).
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Capture : Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering
by M.d Kessler, David A.
The former FDA commissioner and best-selling author of The End of Overeating explores the history, biology, treatment and shared experiences of psychological pain to illuminate how people become agents of their own suffering and what can be done to change it.
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The Columbus affair : a novel
by Steve Berry
When his beloved daughter falls in the clutches of a ruthless zealot, disgraced journalist Tom Sagan risks everything to embark on a perilous quest from Florida through Prague to Jamaica in search of an invaluable historical treasure. By the best-selling author of The Jefferson Key. 125,000 first printing.
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There was an old woman
by Hallie Ephron
When her mother is hospitalized, Evie Ferrante, discovering some strange objects while sorting through her mother's belongings, renews a friendship with Mina, an elderly neighbor, and is pulled into a dark world of madness and deception
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Footsteps in the dark
by Georgette Heyer
"Locals claim it is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door, but to siblings Peter, Celia, and Margaret, the Priory is nothing more than a rundown estate inherited from their late uncle-and the perfect setting for a much-needed holiday. But when a murder victim is discovered in the drafty Priory halls, the once unconcerned trio begins to fear that the ghostly rumors are true and they are not alone after all! With a killer on the loose, will they find themselves the next victims of a supernatural predator, or will they uncover a far more corporeal culprit?"-- Cover verso
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The sixth extinction : an unnatural history
by Elizabeth Kolbert
Drawing on the work of geologists, botanists, marine biologists and other researchers, an award-winning writer for The New Yorker discusses the five devastating mass extinctions on earth and predicts the coming of a sixth. 75,000 first printing.
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Shucked [electronic resource] : life on a New England oyster farm
by Erin Byers Murray
Documents the experiences of an aquaculture-illiterate food and lifestyle writer who convinced the mostly male crew at Massachusetts's Island Creek Oysters to let her work with them for a year, describing the process of getting oysters from farms to the table and the cutting-edge methods being pursued by New England oyster farmers. 25,000 first printing.
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Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive
by Laura Hillenbrand
A captivating young adult edition of the award-winning #1 New York Times best-seller documents the inspirational true story of how Louis Zamperini, a juvenile delinquent-turned-Olympic athlete and World War II pilot, crashed into the ocean and survived for weeks on a life raft only to become a prisoner of war. Includes more than 100 photographs and an exclusive interview with Louis Zamperini. Simultaneous eBook. Movie tie-in.
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Missoula : rape and the justice system in a college town
by Jon Krakauer
Chronicles the experiences of several women in Missoula, Montana, who claimed to be raped by University of Montana football players, highlighting the inequities of the law in regard to rape allegations and the treatment of rape victims and perpetrators
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Against football : one fan's reluctant manifesto
by Steve Almond
Argues that not only is American football hazardous to players' health, and especially to their brains, but also that American support of the sport encourages violence, prejudices, and other ethically troubling behavior.
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The round house
by Louise Erdrich
When his mother, a tribal enrollment specialist living on a reservation in North Dakota, slips into an abyss of depression after being brutally attacked, fourteen-year-old Joe Coutz sets out with his three friends to find the person who destroyed his family
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