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1) Swan Song
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English
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In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there's a new couple in town... and they instantly shake things up. Amid the extravagant parties on land and sea, there's trouble on the island, forcing Chief of Police Ed Kapanesh to postpone his retirement and changing the fabric of life on the picturesque island forever... After thirty-five years serving as the Chief of Police on the island of Nantucket,...
2) Flashback
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Grand Central Publishing
Language
English
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Investigator Kendra Michaels-formerly blind and now with uniquely insightful observational skills in the tradition ofSherlock Holmes-returns in this novel from the #1 New York Times and Edgar Award-winning writing duo Iris and Roy Johansen.
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Publisher
Trafalgar Square
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved Lessons in Chemistry and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, you will adore Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts.
Mickey Bloom: five foot tall, dyslexic, and bullied at school. Mickey knows she's nothing special. Until one day, she discovers running.
Mickey's new-found talent makes her realize she's everything she thought she wasn't...
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John Scognamiglio Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Knives Out meets Bridgerton in Fair Verona, as New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd kicks off a frothy, irreverent, witty new series with an irresistible premise-Romeo and Juliet's daughter as a clever, rebellious, fiercely independent young woman in fair Verona-told from the delightfully engaging point of view of the captivating Rosie Montague herself.Once upon a time a young couple met and fell in love. You probably know that story,...
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Publisher
Rinehart
Pub. Date
[1947]
Language
English
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Miss Clutterbuck would like me to run the bar-no, it can't be that-run the car, which has seen its best days but is still useful for shopping. Grace has told her I am patient and tactful, so (as she herself is neither the one nor the other) she thinks I am the right person to look after the social side.
With husband Tim stationed in Egypt and her children at boarding-school, Hester Christie-affectionately known as "Mrs. Tim" and based loosely on D.E....
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A thoroughly researched and deeply personal examination of how we unintentionally condone sexual misconduct and other workplace abuses. When Reah Bravo was hired to work on the Charlie Rose show, the open secret of Rose's behavior toward women didn't deter her from pursuing a position she felt could launch her career in broadcast journalism. She believed that she would be more than capable of handling any unprofessional behavior that might come her...
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Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In Over the Influence, communication professor and CNN Opinion contributor Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and girls-from our relationships and our parenting to our physical and mental well-being. Overthe Influence is a book about what it means to live in the world social media has wrought-whether you're constantly connected or have deleted your accounts forever. Alaimo shows why you're likely...
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Publisher
Harry N Abrams Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"Audacious, breathtaking, and inspiring." -GEORGE SAUNDERS
"Madcap, delirious, exhilaratingly good." -KELLY LINK
"A delightfully bizarre and unabashedly queer revelation." -TEGAN and SARA QUIN
"A beautifully brilliant, hilariously sad stunner of a debut that never forgets about the heart." -NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
What if you had the chance to rewrite the course of your relationship, again and again, in the hopes that it would work out?
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Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
20240521
Language
English
Description
Full of sensitivity, charm and intelligence. Brilliant.' - Antoine Laurain, author of The Red Notebook
A tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, peppered with a cast of quirky characters and a unique
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt and created the basis for Egyptology. The history of Egyptology is often told as yet one more grand narrative of powerful men striving to seize the day and the precious artifacts for their competing homelands. But that is only half of the story. During the Golden Age of Exploration, there were women working and exploring before Howard Carter discovered...
11) Catch and Kill
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Publisher
Midpoint Trade Books Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In Hollywood, deadly secrets lurk just behind the scenes.
Scarlett Norris is Hollywood's darling, an award-winning actress on her way to the top. To her younger sister, Angie, she is all that and more-beautiful, loving, fearless, and a guiding light-things Angie believes she herself could never be. When Scarlett suddenly commits suicide, Angie is devastated, but something keeps nagging at her. Scarlett would never do such a thing. Would she?
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Publisher
Three Hills
Pub. Date
20220415
Language
English
Description
"The thrill of quiet adventure. The constant hope of discovery. The reminder that the world is filled with wonder. When I bird, life is bigger, more vibrant." That is why Susan Fox Rogers is a birder, and Learning the Birds is the story of how encounters with birds recharged her adventurous spirit.
When the birds first called, Rogers was in a slack season of her life. The woods and rivers that enthralled her younger self had lost some of their luster....
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Make way for Malala Yousafzai! It's Malala like you've never seen her before! Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an activist and trailblazer. The third bookin the exciting You Are a Star nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai focuses on Malala's lifelong mission to bring educational equality and justice to all - especially young girls.Maithili...
15) House of glass
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie. A young nanny who plunged to her death, or was she pushed? A nine-year-old girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer. But how can you find out the truth when everyone here is lying? Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnessed the possible...
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Being a new mom is murder. Alice didn't think her maternity leave would involve so much, well, murder. Before becoming proud new moms, she and her friends bonded more than members of a prenatal group usually would, as they became accidental amateur sleuths and solved a crime together. Now, with all this behind them and Alice's son Jack somehow already a year old, Alice is keen to finally catch up on some sleep. So when an opportunity presents itself...
Author
Publisher
Forefront Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Tells the story former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was about to publish before her tragic suicide, with her mother, April, wrapping up the narrative by exploring the mental illness and depression that took her daughter's life.
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Series
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Coretta Scott King is known for being the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but she was a civil rights activist and leader in her own right! She was a singer and an author too, and her work made a difference for Black Americans and for all women for decades to come"--
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Series
Publisher
Rise
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The chronology and themes of Greta Thunberg's inspirational life are presented in a masterfully succinct text, with just a few sentences per page. The fresh, stylized illustrations are sure to captivate young readers and adults alike. With a read-aloud biographical summary in the back, this age-appropriate introduction honors and shares the life and work of one of the most influential environmental activists of our time"--
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