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House
rules
by Jodi Picoult
Unable to express himself socially but possessing a savant-like
knack for investigating crimes, a teenage boy with Asperger's
Syndrome is wrongly accused of killing his tutor when the police
mistake his autistic tics for guilty behavior.
“Emotionally powerful from beginning to end, House Rules
looks at what it means to be different in our society, how autism
affects a family, and how our legal system works well for people
who communicate a certain way -- and fails those who don't."
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Requiem
in Vienna
by J. Sydney Jones.
After a singer is murdered at the Court Opera in Vienna,
Lawyer Karl Werthen thinks the intended victim being targeted
is conductor and composer Gustav Mahler and sets out to stop the
attacks with the help of his new wife, Berthe, and the criminologist
Hans Gross.
"A mystery full of famous names and historical events
and starring the city of Vienna."
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Wench
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
In her debut, Perkins-Valdez eloquently plunges into
a dark period of American history, chronicling the lives of four
slave women—Lizzie, Reenie, Sweet and Mawu—who are
their masters' mistresses.
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In
the company of angels
by Thomas E. Kennedy.
After he is tortured for months in a Chilean prison, Bernardo
Greene is visited by two angels who promise that he will survive
to experience beauty and love once again, a promise that has better
chances of coming true after Bernardo comes to Copenhagen for
treatment, only to meet Michela Ibsen, a survivor of domestic
abuse. |
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Model
home
by Eric Puchner
After tragedy strikes, Warren Ziller and his disintegrating family
are forced to move to one of the houses in his abandoned real
estate development in the desert.
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Never
look away
by Linwood Barclay
The stressful life of reporter David Harwood turns terrifying
when a day at a local amusement park is marked by the disappearances
of his wife and son, a situation that reveals a tangled web of
lies and deception.
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The
weed that strings the hangman's bag
by Alan Bradley
Flavia de Luce (Sweetness at the bottom of the pie) returns and
applies her skills in the chemistry lab to solving the murder
of a master puppeteer, a case that is further complicated by her
tormenting sisters. |
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The
room and the chair
by Lorraine Adams
Imagines the lives of individuals who are impacted by present-day
wars, from a ridiculed newspaper editor and an overburdened nuclear
engineer to a woman fighter pilot and a religiously impassioned
novice reporter.
“A war on terror page-turner from a Pulitzer Prize–winning
journalist and novelist.” |
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The
prodigal wife
by Marcia Willett
In this gentle, charming novel of indiscretion, grudges,
love and mortality, two middle-aged couples reunite late in life
following long separation and marriages to others. |
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The
last illusion
by Rhys Bowen
Harry Houdini's wife hires Irish immigrant private investigator
Molly Murphy to investigate the on-stage death of a magician's
assistant, in the hopes of clearing Houdini's name and finding
the person truly responsible for the death.
“Set in New York City in 1903, Bowen's winning ninth
Molly Murphy mystery.” |
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Frame
up
by John F. Dobbyn
A fast-paced legal thriller about two best friends, Michale Knitht
and John McKedrick, who take different paths after graduating
from Harvard Law. When John is murdered in a car bombing, Michael
reluctantly agrees to represent the alleged bomber, and is drawn
into a high-stakes art fraud. |
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Black
Hills
by Dan Simmons
A retelling of Custer's last stand at the Little Big Horn in
1876 with a supernatural slant.
“A story of profound and inescapable loss and a visionary
account of love, hope, and unexpected discovery.”
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Director's
cut
by Arthur Japin
A reimagining of filmmaker Federico Fellini's last affair finds
a comatose Italian director taking account of his romance with
a high-strung actress whose insecure self-delusions culminate
in her alienation and prostitution. |
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The
highly effective detective plays the fool
by Richard Yancey
In this third installment of Richard Yancey’s hilarious
Teddy Ruzak P.I. series, Teddy’s latest client suspects
her husband is cheating on her and she hires Teddy to nail the
cheater. Then the client disappears. Is this a divorce case—or
a murder? |
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Major
Pettigrew's last stand
by Helen Simonson
Forced to confront the realities of life in the 21st century
when he falls in love with widowed Pakistani descendant Mrs. Ali,
a retired Major Pettigrew finds the relationship challenged by
local prejudices that view Mrs. Ali, a Cambridge native, as a
perpetual foreigner. |
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The
skinnygirl dish: easy recipes for your naturally thin life
Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson
Join Bethenny on the Skinnygirl journey and learn how
to cook
fearlessly and make the food you love that fits your lifestyle.
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The
year that changed the world: the untold story behind the fall
of the Berlin Wall
Michael Meyer
On the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall,
Michael Meyer provides a riveting eyewitness account of the collapse
of communism in Eastern Europe that brilliantly rewrites our conventional
understanding of how the cold war came to an end.
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You've
come a long way, maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary, and the shaping
of the new American woman
Leslie Sanchez
A fascinating exploration the roles of women in politics, in the
media and in the electorate. |
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The
poisoner's handbook : murder and the birth of forensic medicine
in jazz age New York
Deborah Blum
Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Deborah Blum follows
New York City's first forensic scientists to discover a fascinating
Jazz Age story of chemistry and detection, poison and murder.
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The
empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a
world in crisis
Jeremy Rifkin
Bestselling social critic Jeremy Rifkin shows that the disconnection
between our vision for the world and our ability to realize that
vision lies in the current state of human consciousness.
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The
golden age of Jewish achievement
Steven L. Pease
The compendium of a culture, a people, and their stunning
performance. |
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Valley
of death : the tragedy at Dien Bien Phu that led America into
the Vietnam war
Ted Morgan
Pulitzer-winning journalist Morgan synergizes a comprehensive
spectrum of overlooked sources in this magisterial analysis of
the 1954 French defeat at Dien Bien Phu and its consequences.
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Mark
Twain: man in white: the grand adventure of his final years
Michael Shelden
This superb biography, told in a nonacademic tone, is saturated
with sadness, but every reader will be grateful that, finally,
Mark Twain appears before us, warts and all.
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American
Leonardo
John Brewer
A compelling book about a controversial painting, the Hahn La
Belle Ferronière and the 'science' of art attribution
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Just
kids
Patti Smith
Smith describes the start of a romance and lifelong friendship
with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe serving as a salute to the
New York City during the late sixties and seventies.
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The
Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston
Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New
Age for America
Don Lattin
A revealing account of four iconic personalities who helped define
an era, sowed seeds of consciousness, and left indelible marks
in the lives of spiritual explorers to this day.
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The
Smart Cookies' guide to couples and money: earn more, argue less,
achieve the life you want together
the Smart Cookies with Jennifer Barrett
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Gravity
shift : how Asia's new economic powerhouses will shape the twenty-first
century
Wendy Dobson
The rapid growth, diversity and strategic importance of the emerging
Chinese and Indian economies have fired the world’s imagination
with both hopes and fears for the future. Gravity Shift offers
bold predictions of the changes we can expect in key economic
and political institutions in China and India, changes that will
inform and shape tomorrow’s business decisions.
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The
science of liberty
Timothy Ferris
Award-winning science author Timothy Ferris makes a passionate
case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism
and democracy.
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The
Tudors: the complete story of England's most notorious dynasty
G.J. Meyer
History buffs will savor Meyer's cheeky, nuanced, and authoritative
perspective on an entire dynasty, and his study brims with enriching
background discussions, ranging from class structure and the medieval
Catholic Church to the Tudor connection to Spanish royalty.
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