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  • What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen

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    The heartbreaking story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose life and death by suicide reveal the struggle of young people suffering from mental illness today in this #1 New York Times Sports an[more below]

    • Author: Fagan, Kate
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: July 17 2018
    • ISBN10: 0316356522
    • Language: English
  • The Stories of Breece d’j Pancake

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    A collection of short stories that memorably capture American life in rural Appalachia by Breece D’J Pancake, the brilliant writer praised by Joyce Carol Oates as “a young writer of such extraordinary[more below]

    • Author: Dubus, Andre
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: July 1, 2002
    • ISBN10: 0316715972
    • Language: English
  • Assembly

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    A NATALIE PORTMAN BOOK CLUB PICK

    FINALIST FOR THE 2022 LA TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION.

    “The electrifying fiction debut that has been called ‘a modern Mrs. Dalloway.'”–THE ATLANTIC

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    • Author: Brown, Natasha
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: September 13 2022
    • ISBN10: 0316268364
    • Language: English
  • Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker

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    In this “intriguing, insightful and extremely educational” novel, the world’s most famous hacker teaches you easy cloaking and counter-measures for citizens and consumers in the age of Big Brother and[more below]

    • Author: Mitnick, Kevin
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 448
    • Publish Date: April 24 2012
    • ISBN10: 0316037729
    • Language: English
  • We Need New Names

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    This unflinching and powerful novel tells the “deeply felt and fiercely written” story of a young girl’s journey out of Zimbabwe to America (New York Times Book Review).

    Darling is only ten years old

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    • Author: Bulawayo, Noviolet
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: May 20, 2014
    • ISBN10: 0316230847
    • Language: English
  • In the House in the Dark of the Woods

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    The eerie, disturbing story of one of our perennial fascinations — witchcraft in colonial America — wrapped up in a lyrical novel of psychological suspense.

    “Once upon a time there was and there wa

    • Author: Hunt, Laird
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: October 08, 2019
    • ISBN10: 0316515809
    • Language: English
  • Silver Girl

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    Meredith Martin Delinn just lost everything: her friends, her homes, her social standing because her husband Freddy cheated rich investors out of billions of dollars.

    Desperate and facing homelessn

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    • Author: Hilderbrand, Elin
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: November 08 2011
    • ISBN10: 0316099678
    • Language: English
  • Spaceman of Bohemia

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    An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery.

    Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Prochv zka has risen from small-time scientist to

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    • Author: Kalfar, Jaroslav
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: February 20, 2018
    • ISBN10: 0316273449
    • Language: English
  • Swine Not?: A Novel Pig Tale

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    Imagine what a pig might say if one were to ask why it lives in one of Manhattan’s swankiest hotels: “Swine not?” Plunge into this irresistible tall tale filled with zany characters and wry humor cook[more below]

    • Author: Bransford, Helen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: May 12, 2009
    • ISBN10: 0316114057
    • Language: English
  • The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

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    What if Atlantis wasn’t a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher ti… [more below]

    • Author: Goodell, Jeff
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: August 07 2018
    • ISBN10: 0316260207
    • Language: English
  • Delicious Foods

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    Held captive by her employers — and by her own demons — on a mysterious farm, a widow struggles to reunite with her young son in this uniquely American story of freedom, perseverance, and survival. … [more below]

    • Author: Hannaham, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: January 19 2016
    • ISBN10: 0316284939
    • Language: English
  • The Matchmaker

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    In this moving story about losing and finding love again, a woman sets out to find the perfect matches for those closest to her.

    Forty-eight-year-old Nantucketer Dabney Kimball Beech has always had a

    • Author: Hilderbrand, Elin
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 416
    • Publish Date: November 23, 2021
    • ISBN10: 0316316512
    • Language: English
  • A Touch of Jen

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    A young couple’s toxic Instagram crush spins out of control and unleashes a sinister creature in this twisted, viciously funny, “bananas good” story (Carmen Maria Machado).

    “Um, holy shit…This novel

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    • Author: Morgan, Beth
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: February 21, 2023
    • ISBN10: 031670427X
    • Language: English
  • Post-Traumatic

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    In this “deeply original” (Elif Batuman) and “violently funny” (Myriam Gurba) story, a young lawyer finally confronts her dark past so she can live in a more peaceful future.

    To the outside observer, … [more below]

    • Author: Johnson, Chantal V.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: March 21 2023
    • ISBN10: 0316264334
    • Language: English
  • Six Thinking Hats: An Essential Approach to Business Management

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    Used successfully by thousands of business managers, educators, and government leaders around the world, Six Thinking Hats offers a practical and uniquely positive approach to making decisions and exp[more below]

    • Author: de Bono, Edward
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: September 13, 1999
    • ISBN10: 0316178314
    • Language: English
  • Acts of Desperation

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    “A love story like no other.”Karl Ove Knausgaard

    “Hot as viscera.” The New Republic

    A “blistering anti-romance” (Catherine Lacey) about love addiction and what it does to us.

    Wouldn’t I do anythin

    • Author: Nolan, Megan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 27, 2022
    • ISBN10: 031642983X
    • Language: English
  • If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals about Human Stupidity

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    This funny, “extraordinary and thought-provoking” (The Wall Street Journal) book asks whether we are in fact the superior species. As it turns out, the truth is stranger–and far more interesting–tha

    • Author: Gregg, Justin
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: October 03, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0316388165
    • Language: English
  • The Island

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    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chain comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a family that must face their darkest fears–and deepest secrets–when they go on the run for their lives.

    • Author: McKinty, Adrian
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: June 13, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0316531294
    • Language: English
  • Winter Storms

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    Gather under the mistletoe for another round of caroling with the Quinn family in this heartwarming third addition to Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling Winter Street series.

    Some of the stormy weather of… [more below]

    • Series: Winter Street
    • Author: Hilderbrand, Elin
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: November 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 0316564575
    • Language: English
  • Nine Stories

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    The “original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful” short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after World War II, including “A Perfect D[more below]

    • Author: Salinger, J. D.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: January 30 2001
    • ISBN10: 316767727
    • Language: English
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