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We Own the Sky
by Luke Allnutt
When a devastating illness takes his beloved family from him, a man who once believed himself incredibly lucky takes solace in photographing the skyscrapers and cliff tops his son and he once visited before embarking on a powerful journey through forgiveness back to life. A first novel.
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Look alive out there : essays
by Sloane Crosley
A latest collection of essays by the award-winning author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake shares her trademark, laugh-out-loud observations on subjects ranging from scaling active volcanoes and crashing shivas to assisted fertility and playing herself on Gossip Girl.
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Death comes in through the kitchen
by Teresa Dovalpage
Arriving in 2003 Havana to marry his fiancée, a San Diego journalist is shattered by her murder and immediately targeted with suspicion by the authorities, prompting the young man's desperate personal investigation to clear his name and find justice for a woman who may have been hiding the truth about her identity.
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Varina
by Charles Frazier
Forced by limited prospects to marry much-older widower Jefferson Davis, teenaged Varina Howell finds her expectations as the wife of a Mississippi landowner upended by his appointment as the leader of the Confederacy, a situation that renders her and her children fugitives in a divided and increasingly hostile nation.
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Sociable : a novel
by Rebecca Harrington
Discovering her talent for writing viral fluff pieces, a young reporter sets aside her former ambition to become a serious journalist and becomes an overnight sensation before the realities of fame and low income compel her to reevaluate her perspectives about creativity and happiness.
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The waters & the wild : a novel
by DeSales Harrison
A successful Upper West Side psychiatrist begins to doubt a young client's suicide when he receives the first of an ominous series of notes by a sender who kidnaps his daughter and shares clues leading him back to a love affair in Paris that upended his life decades earlier.
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The hunger : a novel
by Alma Katsu
A supernatural reimagining of the Donner Party story follows a group of wagon-train pioneers who navigate sanity-testing misfortunes, including the mysterious death of a little boy and a series of disappearances that cause a beautiful member of the group to be accused of witchcraft. By the author of The Taker.
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Bringing Columbia home : the final mission of a lost space shuttle and her crew
by Michael D. Leinbach
"For the first time, here is the definitive inside story of the Columbia shuttle disaster and recovery, written by Mike Leinbach who was the launch director of the NASA shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on reentry before a nation’s eyes on February 1, 2003. A gripping account of a fatal tragedy and the impressive and deeply emotional human response that ensued." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review.
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The female persuasion
by Meg Wolitzer
A shy college freshman finds her perspectives transformed by a mentor activist at the center of the women's movement who challenges her to discover herself in ways that take her far from the traditional life she envisioned at the side of her boyfriend.
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On Grand Strategy
by John Lewis Gaddis
Distilled from the Yale University seminar, "Studies in Grand Strategy," a master class in strategic thinking by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of George F. Kennan: An American Life surveys statecraft from the ancient Greeks through FDR and beyond as vital historical lessons for future world leaders.
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This Is Me : Loving the Person You Are Today
by Chrissy Metz
A prescriptive book of inspirational and spiritual life lessons from the Golden Globe-nominated star of NBC's This Is Us examines the role of authenticity and sincerity in her successes, encouraging readers to claim their rightful places in a world that constantly undermines individuals.
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