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Shine A LightMay, 1945. Bennie Sherwood commands the police department in war weary Richmond, Virginia, but he's more interested in marrying his longtime girlfriend than in keeping the peace. On the eve of Victory in Europe Day, a double murder rocks the city and leads Bennie...
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Do Tell"A wonderful, provocative novel . . . I stepped into the stream of the narrative and didn't look up until I came to the last page." -Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake As character actress Edie O'Dare finishes the final...
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Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James BondThe adventures of James Bond have thrilled readers since Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published in 1953, and when the movie of Dr No was released in 1962, Bond quickly became the world's favourite secret agent. Science and technology have always been central...
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Pale Horse: A Novel of Revolutionary RussiaPale Horse is a thinly disguised retelling of the assassination of Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich. Written in the form of a diary by the leader of a group of five revolutionaries, the novel provides a straightforward and clinical account of the assassination and contains...
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To Die BeautifulA heartrending novel based on a true story of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested, by award-winning writer Buzzy Jackson How far would you go to protect the people and country you love? It's 1940 and Hannie...
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The Siberians: Fire on the Ice1917 - Russia is at war against the Central Powers, the Tsar has abdicated, and Russia is being "governed" by a shaky coalition of political interests.In the cities starving people are queuing for food. There are strikes and protests, and soldiers are starting to...
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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped ThemAuthor: Timothy EganPublisher: Penguin BooksPublished: 06/04/2024Pages: 448Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 8.44h x 5.50w x 0.91dISBN: 9780735225282
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Gretel and the Great WarOne of Lit Hub's most anticipated books of 2024"Adam Ehrlich Sachs makes books that make their own traditions. This is the highest praise I know, for serious." --Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Netanyahus"Gretel and the Great War is the gift that keeps...
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Free Love: The Story of a Great American ScandalA wry, instructive, and hugely entertaining account of "one of the most sensational trials in American history" (New York Times Book Review). On the night of July 3, 1870, Elizabeth Tilton confessed to her husband that she'd had an affair with their pastor, Henry...
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The Great ReclamationWINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AND THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS, ELECTRIC LITERATURE AND BOOKPAGE! "Stunning...epic...impressive...It is a pleasure to simply...
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Hotel LagunaIn 1942, Hazel Francis left Wichita, Kansas for California, determined to do her part for the war effort. At Douglas Aircraft, she became one of many "Rosie the Riveters," helping construct bombers for the U. S. military. But now the war is over, men...
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His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying MachineFrom historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a "captivating, thoroughly researched" (The New York Times Book Review) tale of the rise and fall of the world's largest airship--and the doomed love story between an ambitious...
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Dinner with ChurchillIt is on historical record that, on the evening of October 13th 1939, six weeks after war had been declared on Hitler's Germany, Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain, fierce and implacable opponents for years over the appeasement issue, met together with their two wives,...
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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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American Dreams: The United States Since 1945The story of our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone from bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands With keen insight and an impeccable sense of the spirit of the times, H. W. Brands, one of today's preeminent historians, captures the American...
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Operation HeartbreakInspired by a real-life secret mission in World War Two, Operation Heartbreak is a perfectly told tale of defeat and glory. Orphaned in the first months of World War One, when his father is killed in action, Willie Maryington dreams only of joining the...
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Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed: A MemoirWINNER of the Cindy Roadburg Memorial Prize--Western Canada Jewish Book Awards NATIONAL BESTSELLER For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves...
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The Joy DivisionsThe year is 1993, and art-school dropout Ed Pullman has returned home to work as a janitor in Allentown, Pennsylvania-the enigmatic nexus where goth kids, coffeeshop culture, and sultry drag queens collide with neo-Nazis, the dying textiles industry, and an unsettling commune led by...
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In MemoriamGMA BUZZ PICK - INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AND AWARD WINNER - A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I - "Will live in your mind long after you've closed the final pages." --Maggie O'Farrell, best-selling...
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Killers of the Flower Moon (Movie Tie-In Edition): The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SOON TO BE A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE - A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z "A shocking...
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