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The Altogether Unexpected Disappearance of Atticus Craftsman
by Mamen Sánchez
An uptight British man encounters trouble when he is sent to Madrid to close a failing literary magazine and is kidnapped by five hot-tempered, close-knit female employees of the magazine willing to do anything to keep their jobs.
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The Assistants
by Camille Perri
When a technical error at a multinational media conglomerate gives a financially strapped veteran employee a chance to pay off her student loans in ways the company will never notice, she embarks on a downward spiral involving other employees with crushing debts and fewer scruples.
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Beasts Made of Night
by Tochi Onyebuchi
After he eats the sin of a royal, Taj, a talented aki, or sin-eater, who consumes the guilt of others, is drawn into a plot to destroy the city and must fight to save the princess he loves as well as his own life.
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The Beer Bible
by Jeff Alworth
Now with 25% all-new material, The Beer Bible: Second Edition approaches its subject the same way beer lovers do -- by style, just like a pub menu. More than 100 are covered, from pilsners, porters, and stouts to the new and newly popular incarnations of pale ales, the recent return of lagers and helles beers, and Japanese sakes and European farmhouse ales.
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Cook Fast, Eat Well: 5 Ingredients, 10 Minutes, 160 Recipes
by Sue Quinn
Presents a collection of recipes that use only five ingredients and take a mere ten minutes from preparation to plate, featuring everything from pasta, meat, poultry, and seafood dishes to light bites, dips, salads, soups, and desserts.
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Crazy Easy Vegan Desserts
by Heather Saffer
Saffer reinvents 75 favorite desserts: treats that take less than 20 minutes to prepare, ones with only three basic ingredients, and others that require absolutely no baking at all. Choices range from Tiramisu Trifle, Cookies and Cream Donuts, and Salted Caramel Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes to Apple Pie Taquitos, Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake, and Chocolate Molten Cupcakes.
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The Hot One: A Memoir of Friendship, Sex, and Murder
by Carolyn Murnick
A "New York" magazine online editor recounts how she was compelled to investigate the party lifestyle of her best friend from childhood and her shocking murder, possibly by an alleged serial killer now facing trial.
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The "I Love My Instant Pot" Affordable Meals Recipe Book
by Aileen Clark
Clark shows that it is possible to eat healthy, filling meals while on a budget. With 175 recipes and photos throughout, and featuring an easy-to-understand overview of how to use the Instant Pot, this is the perfect guide whether you are new to the Instant Pot or an expert.
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Lucky boy
by Shanthi Sekaran
A wrenching emotional battle ensues between Soli, an undocumented Mexican single mother, and Kavya, an Indian-American chef who cannot have children, when Soli's infant son is placed in Kavya's care during an immigration detention.
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The Map of Salt and Stars
by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Living eight hundred years apart, two girls, a modern day Syrian refugee and a medieval apprentice to a legendary mapmaker, experience the pain of exile and triumph of courage.
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Miss Julia Weathers the Storm
by Ann B Ross
Vacationing at the beach with her friends, including one nursing a broken heart, Miss Julia discovers valuable items that have been washed up by a strong storm before her group is threatened by a strange couple that demands they hand over their findings.
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Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan
In 1946, Laura McAllan tries to adjust after moving with her husband and two children to an isolated cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta.
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The Night Tiger
by Yangsze Choo
A novel set in 1930s colonial Malaysia that pulls the reader into a world of servants and masters, age-old superstition and modern idealism, sibling rivalry and forbidden love, and a child and a young woman searching for their place in a society that would rather they stay invisible.
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No One Is Coming to Save Us
by Stephanie Powell Watts
A tale inspired by The Great Gatsby. Set in the contemporary South, it follows the difficulties endured by an extended black family with colliding visions of the American dream.
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Only Killers and Thieves
by Paul Howarth
Two adolescent brothers are exposed to the brutal realities of life and the seductive cruelty of power after a tragedy shatters their family on the untamed frontier of 1880s Australia.
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Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
by Sonali Dev
A neurosurgeon from a politically ambitious immigrant family clashes with a talented dessert chef who would prove he is more than his pedigree.
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Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss
by Rajeev Balasubramanyam
An internationally renowned, curmudgeon economist and divorced father of three survives an accident before whimsically trading in his high-stress Nobel Prize ambitions to pursue elusive happiness.
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The Real Girl's Kitchen
by Haylie Duff
Collects the actress's favorite recipes for soups, breakfasts, salads, and snacks, and includes kitchen and entertaining tips.
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The Saint of Wolves and Butchers
by Alex Grecian
An enigmatic hunter and his highly skilled dog track a Nazi concentration-camp administrator who has been hiding in the United States, a case that is complicated by the man's secret ongoing work and his band of fanatical followers.
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Screen-Free Fun: 400 Activities for the Whole Family
by Shannon Philpott-Sanders
Fight back against boredom and keep your kids busy and entertained -- without staring at a screen -- with this handy collection of family activities ranging from DIY projects to outdoor adventures to easy daytrips
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Second Chance Summer
by Jill Shalvis
Despite hating her home town, Lily Danville must stay where the work is -- in this case, a job at the hottest resort in Cedar Ridge, Colorado -- and when rescue worker and firefighter Aidan Kincaid regrets letting her walk out of his life, it's all he can do to get her to give Cedar Ridge -- and him -- a second chance.
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Space Opera
by Catherynne M. Valente
A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented by the remnants of civilization. Once every cycle, the great galactic civilizations gather for Galactivision -- part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part, a very large, but very subtle part, continuation of the wars of the past.
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What Remains of Her
by Eric Rickstad
After his wife and daughter disappear, Jonah finds himself becoming more reclusive as suspicion falls on him, and when he finds a young girl in the woods, he believes her to be the reincarnation of his missing daughter, sent to help him solve the disappearances.
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What We Were Promised
by Lucy Tan
Returning home to Shanghai after years of chasing the American dream, Wei Zhen and his newly wealthy family, including his wife Lina and their daughter Karen, must each confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises.
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Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction
by Irene Gallo
A collection of award-winning science fiction and fantasy stories from the first 10 years of Tor.com, which debuted in 2008, includes tales from Charlie Jane Anders, N. K. Jemisin, Leigh Bardugo, Jeff VanderMeer, Yoon Ha Lee, and others.
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Your House Will Pay
by Steph Cha
Two teenagers in Los Angeles, one Korean-American and the other African-American, deal with the ripple effects of a shooting from decades ago after a new incident brings their families’ painful memories hurtling back.
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