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Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng
In a society consumed by fear, 12-year-old Bird Gardner, after receiving a mysterious letter, sets out on a quest to find his mother??a Chinese-American poet who left when he was 9 years old??leading him to NYC where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.
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Blaze Me a Sun : a novel about a crime
by Christoffer Carlsson
A Swedish police officer obsessed with a serial killer that became active in 1986, on the same night the prime minister was assassinated, fails to solve the case, until a novelist returns to Halland and begins interviewing him decades later.
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The Cloisters
by Katy Hays
A sinister, atmospheric novel follows a circle of researchers as they uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York's famed Met Cloisters.
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Winter's End : a Mystery
by Paige Shelton
In Benedict, Alaska, while on the annual Death March. a search of the community for those who might have somehow gotten stuck at home during the winter, Beth Rivers, dealing with her own trauma, is faced with a murder linked to her best friend Orin, who's been acting strangely lately.
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The Passenger
by Cormac McCarthy
In 1980 Pass Christian, Mississippi, salvage diver Bobby Western, after a plane crash, discovers that the pilots flight bag, the planes black box and the 10th passenger are missing, submerging him in a conspiracy beyond his understanding as he is shadowed in body and spirit by the past and present.
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The Revolutionary Samuel Adams / : Samuel Adams
by Stacy Schiff
"Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, "Samuel Adams was the man." With high-minded ideals and bare-knuckle tactics, Adams led what could be called the greatest campaign of civil resistance in American history. Stacy Schiff returns Adams to his seat of glory, introducing us to the shrewd and eloquent man who supplied the moral backbone of the American Revolution. He employed every tool available to rally a town, a colony, and eventually a band of colonies behind him, creating the cause that created a country. For his efforts he became the most wanted man in America:
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The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man : a Memoir
by Paul Newman
Culled from thousands of pages of transcripts, this raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of the greatest movie star of the past 75 years, told with searing honesty, covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward and his innermost fears and passions and joys. I
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Me and Paul : Untold Stories of a Fabled Friendship
by Willie Nelson
Shares the untold stories and unbreakable bond between country music icon Willie Nelson and his longtime drummer, bodyguard, accountant, partner-in-crime and right-hand man, Paul English, bringing to colorful life their legendary misadventures throughout their decades-long careers.
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Spare
by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
With its raw, unflinching honesty, Prince Harrys memoirin which he discusses the effect of his mother Princess Dianas death on his lifeis full of insight, revelation, self-examination and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.
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The Song of the Cell : an Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Presenting revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, drawing on his own experience as a researcher, doctor and prolific reader, explores medicine and our radical new ability to manipulate cells.
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The Collected Cottage : Gardening, Gatherings, and Collecting at Chestnut Cottage
by Kathryn Crisp Greeley
Step into the welcoming and elegant world of interior designer Kathryn Crisp Greeley and her charming home, Chestnut Cottage. The Collected Cottage is a richly produced volume with over 400 stunning photographs that will take readers on an intimate tour inside this lovingly curated house and its collections--and out into its glorious garden overflowing with the changing blooms of the passing seasons.
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The Complete Guide to Healthy Drinks : Powerhouse Ingredients, Endless Combinations : Smoothies, Juices, Teas, Kombucha, Infused waters, Broths and More
by America's Test Kitchen
"Your one-stop guidebook to healthy hydration with 160 recipes for expense-saving, sugar-sparing, all-natural beverages. It captures the test kitchen's discoveries and best techniques for juicing, brewing, smoothie making, fermenting, and more"
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What's For Dessert : Simple Recipes for Dessert People
by Claire Saffitz
Filled with decadent delights to satisfy any sweet tooth, this all-new collection of straightforward and simple recipes for dessert people is filled with loads of troubleshooting advice that readers have come to count on.
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