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  • The Power of the Dog

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    Now an Academy Award-winning Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst: Thomas Savage’s acclaimed Western is “a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place” (Boston G

    • Author: Savage, Thomas
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: November 23, 2021
    • ISBN10: 0316436607
    • Language: English
  • Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

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    “Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history – and then go out and change it.” -President Barack Obama Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an … [more below]

    • Author: Mandela, Nelson
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 638
    • Publish Date: October 01 1995
    • ISBN10: 0316548189
    • Language: English
  • Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

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    Follow along a Navy SEAL’s firsthand account of American heroism during a secret military operation in Afghanistan in this true story of survival and difficult choices.

    On a clear night in late June 2

    • Author: Luttrell, Marcus
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: May 01, 2008
    • ISBN10: 0316067601
    • Language: English
  • The Catcher in the Rye

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    The “brilliant, funny, meaningful novel” (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature–and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a li[more below]

    • Author: Salinger, J. D.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: January 30 2001
    • ISBN10: 316769177
    • Language: English
  • The Host

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    Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

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    • Author: Meyer, Stephenie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 656
    • Publish Date: April 13 2010
    • ISBN10: 0316068055
    • Language: English
  • The Age of AI: And Our Human Future

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    Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society–and what this technology means for us all.

    • Author: Kissinger, Henry a.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: November 01, 2022
    • ISBN10: 0316273996
    • Language: English
  • David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

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    Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell’s dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.

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    • Author: Gladwell, Malcolm
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: April 07 2015
    • ISBN10: 0316204374
    • Language: English
  • Chaos: Charles Manson, the Cia, and the Secret History of the Sixties

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    A journalist’s twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to “gobsmacking” (The Ringer) new revelations about the FBI’s involvement in this “kaleidoscopic” (The New York Times) reassessment

    • Author: O’Neill, Tom
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 528
    • Publish Date: June 23, 2020
    • ISBN10: 0316477540
    • Language: English
  • Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base

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    This “compellingly hard-hitting” bestseller from a Pulitzer Prize finalist gives readers the complete untold story of the top-secret military base for the first time (New York Times).

    It is the most

    • Author: Jacobsen, Annie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 592
    • Publish Date: May 01, 2012
    • ISBN10: 0316202304
    • Language: English
  • Life After Life

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    What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?

    On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath

    • Author: Atkinson, Kate
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 560
    • Publish Date: January 07, 2014
    • ISBN10: 0316176494
    • Language: English
  • Life

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    The long-awaited autobiography of Keith Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones.

    With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the w

    • Author: Richards, Keith
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 576
    • Publish Date: May 03, 2011
    • ISBN10: 031603441X
    • Language: English
  • The Winds of War

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    Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk’s sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America’s Greatest Generation.
    Wouk’s spellbinding narrative captures the tide of glob… [more below]

    • Author: Wouk, Herman
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 896
    • Publish Date: February 05 2002
    • ISBN10: 0316952664
    • Language: English
  • The Lovely Bones

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    “My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.”

    So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a plac

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    • Author: Sebold, Alice
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: April 20 2004
    • ISBN10: 0316168815
    • Language: English
  • The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

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    Uncover the captivating science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior in the breakthrough debut — named one of the best books of the decade by The A.V. Club and The Guardian

    • Author: Gladwell, Malcolm
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: January 07, 2002
    • ISBN10: 0316346624
    • Language: English
  • The Chemist

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    In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.

    She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few peop

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    • Author: Meyer, Stephenie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 528
    • Publish Date: July 11 2017
    • ISBN10: 0316387843
    • Language: English
  • The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb

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    From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclea

    • Author: Kean, Sam
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 464
    • Publish Date: July 21, 2020
    • ISBN10: 0316381675
    • Language: English
  • A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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    These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation[more below]

    • Author: Wallace, David Foster
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: February 02 1998
    • ISBN10: 0316925284
    • Language: English
  • The River Why

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    The classic novel of fly fishing and spirituality republished with a new Afterword by the author.

    Since its publication in 1983, The River Why has become a classic. David James Duncan’s sweeping nove

    • Author: Duncan, David James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: March 29, 2016
    • ISBN10: 031626122X
    • Language: English
  • Mythology

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    Dive into the timeless tales of gods and heroes in this bestselling A-to-Z encyclopedia detailing classic myths and legends–perfect for curious readers and academics alike.

    Edith Hamilton’s mythology

    • Author: Hamilton, Edith
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 496
    • Publish Date: April 30, 2013
    • ISBN10: 0316223336
    • Language: English
  • The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem

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    The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.

    It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a min

    • Author: Schiff, Stacy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 512
    • Publish Date: September 20, 2016
    • ISBN10: 031620059X
    • Language: English
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