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Call Me IshmaelleA KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"A propulsive powerhouse of a read."--Marie Claire (UK)"Ambitious, brave, and strange."--Philip Hoare, author of LeviathanFrom the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author, a feminist reimagining of Herman Melville's classic Moby-Dick through the eyes of one inimitable woman and...
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Suite FrancaiseNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control during World War II--a heartrending "portrait of a small French town under seige, and the people trying to survive, even to live, as Hitler's horrors march closer...
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Unfamiliar FishesFrom the author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States comes an examination of Hawaii, the place where Manifest Destiny got a sunburn. Of all the countries the United States invaded or colonized in 1898, Sarah Vowell considers the story of the Americanization of...
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 (Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Edition)The 75th Anniversary Edition of the memoir that inspired Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, with a new introduction by Szpilman's son, Andrzej On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outside--so loudly that he...
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The Holy RoadAn unforgettable American story continues in the gripping sequel to the modern classic Dances With Wolves--from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Blake. Eleven years have passed since Lieutenant John Dunbar became the Comanche warrior Dances With Wolves and married Stands With...
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The Ground Breaking: The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City's Search for JusticeHousatonic Book Award Winner Longlisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal in Nonfiction Shortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and Stowe Prize One of The New York Times' "11 New Books We Recommend This Week" One of Oprah Daily's "20...
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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the WorldNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Metaxas is a scrupulous chronicler and has an eye for a good story. . . . full, instructive, and pacey." --The Washington Post From #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the...
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The Drowned and the SavedIn his final book before his death, Primo Levi returns once more to his time at Auschwitz in a moving meditation on memory, resiliency, and the struggle to comprehend unimaginable tragedy. Drawing on history, philosophy, and his own personal experiences, Levi asks if we...
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SergeAcclaimed novelist and playwright Yasmina Reza masterfully portrays the messiness of family, where affection and resentment intertwine and the weight of a shared past looms large.When adult siblings Serge, Jean, and Nana embark on an unexpected road trip, they take along one daughter and...
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In the Shadow of the GreenbrierFour generations. One remarkable hotel. Countless secrets. Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbrier Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbrier has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of...
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In the Light of the SunTwo sisters, separated by oceans and global conflict, are bonded through music and love in this gripping novel based on true events from World War II. "Hauntingly beautiful . . . shines a light on wartime in the Philippines and Italy, places rarely depicted...
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A Farewell to Arms: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Hemingway's beloved novel of doomed love during wartime, now available for the first time from Penguin Classics, with a new foreword by Abraham Verghese, the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Covenant of Water and Cutting for Stone One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels...
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey TeamThe true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrated called the greatest moment in sports history--with a new afterword by Ken Morrow for the fortieth anniversary of the Miracle on Ice "An unvarnished and captivating...
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Gretel and the Great WarA New Yorker best book of 2024 One of Bloomberg's nine best books of summer 2024 "Inventive . . . Whimsical . . . Fusing period atmosphere with fairy tale, Ehrlich Sachs hints at modern themes while summoning an unexpected imaginary place." --The New...
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Carpenter's GothicThis story of raging comedy and despair centers on the tempestuous marriage of an heiress and a Vietnam veteran. From their "carpenter gothic" rented house, Paul sets himself up as a media consultant for Reverend Ude, an evangelist mounting a grand crusade that conveniently...
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Black ButterfliesSHORT-LISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION. A timeless story of strife and hope set during the conflict in the Balkans in the early '90s--a searing debut novel about a woman who faces the war on her doorstep with courage, fierceness, and an unshakable...
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A Traitor in Whitehall: A MysteryFrom Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the first in the mysterious and immersive Evelyne Redfern series, A Traitor in Whitehall. "Kelly spins an Agatha Christie-esque mystery . . . thoroughly delightful and well-researched."--Susan Elia MacNeal 1940,...
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The Painted BirdJerzy Kosinski's mythic, master-work of a shattered post-War Europe. Originally published in 1965, The Painted Bird established Jerzy Kosinski as a major literary figure. Kosinski's story follows a dark-haired, olive-skinned boy, abandoned by his parents during World War II, as he wanders alone from...
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Winter LoveThe raw account of a life-altering affair in wartime London--"Han Suyin's outstanding achievement . . . her finest novel." (Alison Hennegan) As a college student in London during the bitterly cold winter of 1944, Red falls in love with her married classmate Mara. Their...
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Running Around Town: An Ann Arbor MemoirThis collection of essays shares the observations of an energetic boy living in an anything-but-simple time: the mercurial decades of the 1960s and 1970s in Ann Arbor, Michigan.Running Around Town brings funny and quirky insights into gentle focus, with a lens on the small...
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