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When Sleeping Women WakeIn this remarkable and harrowing debut novel, three extraordinary women--a mother, her daughter, and their maid--are each forced on a journey of survival during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in World War II. "A lushly romantic and impassioned story of women's agency and...
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Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern DictionaryFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Word Freak, a vibrant, lively, and illuminating journey through the exotic world of Merriam-Webster, dictionaries, and language, at a time of rapid-fire change in the way we create, consume, define, and use wordsWords are the...
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The RiveterIn the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe during WWII.Vancouver, 1942. Josiah Chang arrives in the bustling city ready to make a new life for himself. The...
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The Restless Wave: A Novel of the United States Navy"The Restless Wave is not only a stirring and gripping story of the sea, but also of love and war and leadership. Admiral Stavridis's sweeping knowledge of history and life in the Navy shines on every page, imbuing this work with authenticity and power."...
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Maya & Natasha"Engrossing historical fiction...A touching, thrilling heartbreak for any reader." --USA TodayThis stunning debut novel set in the fascinating world of Cold War Soviet ballet follows the fates of twin sisters whose bond is competitive, complicated, but never broken.Maya and Natasha are twin sisters born...
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When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990sONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2024One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2024 Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER National Indie BestsellerA Barack Obama summer reading pickOne of Publishers...
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The RighteousFrom the New York Times bestselling and National Jewish Book Award-winning author: a gripping novel of foreboding, betrayal, heroism, and hope set in World War II Budapest By the end of 1943, nearly all of Europe's Jewish population had fled, been deported, captured, or...
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The Many Lives of Anne FrankA revealing biography of Anne Frank, exploring both her life and the impact of her extraordinary diary "With sensitivity and assiduous research, [Franklin] constructs a vivid cultural history that advocates for a reevaluation of Frank."--New Yorker "Trenchant. . . . An essential look at...
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The Invention of Design: A Twentieth-Century HistoryFrom a brilliant cultural historian, "a secret history of the twentieth century" (Louis Menand) told through the story of design and its utopian promises Design has penetrated every dimension of contemporary society, from classrooms to statehouses to corporate boardrooms. It's seen as a kind...
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The Battle for the Black MindA gripping chronicle of the relentless fight for Black educational freedom--and the bold strategies to protect, nourish, and empower Black minds. The Battle for the Black Mind is an explosive historical account of the struggle for educational justice in America. Drawing on over a...
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One of ThemThe beloved author of Not Our Kind and The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights returns with a story of secrets, friendship, and betrayal about two young women at Vassar in the years after World War II, a powerful and moving tale of prejudice and pride...
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In the Family Way"In the Family Way bursts with the complexity, drama, and warmth of Call the Midwife, but set at the canasta and kitchen tables of 1960s suburban America. This timely, timeless novel captures not only the reproductive horrors of that era but also political awakening...
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The Sailing of the Intrepid: The Incredible Wartime Voyage of the Navy's Iconic Aircraft Carrier*A New York Post Best Book of the Week*From twenty-two-year naval and marine veteran Montel Williams comes a page-turning history of how one World War II aircraft carrier's crew defied all odds, redefining the very meaning of what it means to struggle, persevere and...
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The Lost Baker of ViennaAn historical novel inspired by the experiences of the author's own family after the Holocaust, a sweeping saga about survival, loss, love, and the reverberating effects of war In 2018, Zoe Rosenzweig is reeling after the loss of her beloved grandfather, a Holocaust survivor....
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The Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman to Run for PresidentFrom the acclaimed author of What the Ermine Saw and Behaving Badly, a portrait of Victoria Woodhull, a celebrated and maligned 19th-century businesswoman and activist, and a leader in the fight for women's suffrage and labor reforms. In 1894, a remarkably self-possessed American woman,...
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Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and MurderINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betrayal.On December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were...
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Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American EconomyA revelatory and unexpected examination of the political economy of the past century--and an argument that policymakers in government, not the mythical "free market," created the most dynamic economy the world has ever known. For many decades, a sacred myth has ruled the minds...
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The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester PrynneINSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! One of Amazon's Best History Books of January Acclaimed journalist, podcaster, and true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson tells the true story of the scandalous murder investigation that became the inspiration for both Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and the first...
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Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to PowerNATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of Madame Restell and Get Well Soon, a biography of Mamie Fish that explores how women used parties and social gatherings to gain power and prestige. Marion Graves Anthon Fish, known by the nicknames "Mamie" and "The Fun-Maker," threw...
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L.A. Women"A breezy retro novel with bite."--L.A. Times An electrifying novel about the complicated friendship between two ambitious writers and the ultimate artistic betrayal: one writes a book based upon the other's life, revealing everything...from the author of Reese's Book Club Pick Before We Were...
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