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A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
New York Times Book Review • The New Yorker • Entertainment Weekly • Time • Washington Post • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • Christian Science Monitor • Slate • St. Louise Post-Dispatch • Cleveland Plain Dealer • Seattle Times • NBCC Award Finalist
Mary Karr's unforgettable sequel to
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In "American Gun", the deadliest sniper in U.S. history tracks down and shoots the most important American firearms, from a flintlock rifle to a Colt revolver to the latest high-tech weapon he used as a SEAL. Chris Kyle uses these guns as a window on United States history, making the sweeping argument that the American story has been tied to and shaped by the gun.
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A classic of psychology and eating disorders, now reissued with an important and perhaps controversial new afterword by the author, Wasted is New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher's highly acclaimed memoir that chronicles her battle with anorexia and bulimia.
Vivid, honest, and emotionally wrenching, Wasted is the story of how Marya Hornbacher willingly embraced hunger, drugs, sex, and death-until a particularly horrifying bout with...
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"Combining the soul-baring insight of Wild, the profound wisdom of Shop Class as Soulcraft, and the adventurous spirit of Eat, Pray, Love, Lynn Darling's powerful, lyrical memoir of self-discovery, full of warmth and wry humor, Out of the Woods. When her college-bound daughter leaves home, Lynn Darling, widowed over a decade earlier, finds herself alone--and utterly lost, with no idea of what she wants or even who she is. Searching for answers, she...
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From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier.
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of pioneers led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the...
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Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada-mountains as perilous as they are beautiful. Eric Blehm's masterful work is a gripping detective story interwoven with the riveting biography of a complicated, original, and wholly fascinating man.
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With buoyant humor and incisive, cunning prose, Rahul Mehta sets off into uncharted literary territory. The characters in Quarantine-openly gay Indian-American men-are Westernized in some ways, with cosmopolitan views on friendship and sex, while struggling to maintain relationships with their families and cultural traditions. Grappling with the issues that concern all gay men-social acceptance, the right to pursue happiness, and the heavy toll of...
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Every day in chemistry class, high school student and aspiring songwriter Lily Abbott is finding notes left to her by a mystery boy, love letters really, and she hopes they are from Lucas, a boy she is attracted to--so when she finds out they are really from, she is shocked and unsure about how to respond.
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First student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself - the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped to emulate.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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The classic book on the development of human language by the world's leading expert on language and the mind.
In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling...
11) Restoration
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Emotional, inspiring, a constant page turner of a story. An easy and enjoyable read that is prefect for today's fast paced and hectic world. If you have ever felt like your past circumstances have determined your future - then this story will show you that there is hope. Come indulge in the journey - Linda Andrews is trying to raise her 10 year old gifted musician son on a waitress salary in the seaside resort town of Havocy Bay. This may not seem...
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Women around the world sighed when Sheikh Razi al Maktabi declared his playboy days were over and duty would be his new mistress.
But he found time for one final fling before he took his desert throne, and curvy chef Lucy Tennant certainly whetted His Majesty's appetite. A wiz in the kitchen, Lucy was a beginner in the bedroom, and Razi couldn't resist one last challenge.
But one night has led to the scandal of the century! Lucy has unexpectedly...
14) Ifrit
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For most people, such events are explained away and never thought of again, but for some, further investigation is required. The Society for Paranormal Observation and Organization of Kindred Spirits, (S.P.O.O.K.S), was formed by a group of like-minded hunters from every corner of the world. These individuals share a bond, a bond with the world of the unseen and the unknown.
IFRIT is one of their stories.
A seal is broken at the Great Pyramid...
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"Agent Gordon's distress calls to P.U.R.S.T. (Pets of the Universe Ready for Space Travel) have gone unanswered. His humans and fellow agents have been captured! He is all alone in the middle of an alien invasion! Gordon's deadliest weapon is his mind, but none of the computers, robots or other devices he's built could have prepared him for this. Or could they ...? Gordon has an idea. But is it too dangerous? The device isn't ready--it's just a prototype!...
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"Seven years after her husband's death -- six since she read his final letter -- Holly Kennedy has moved on with her life. When Holly's sister asks her to tell the story of the "PS, I Love You" letters on her podcast -- to revisit the messages Gerry wrote before his death to read after his passing -- she does so reluctantly, not wanting to reopen old wounds. But after the episode airs, people start reaching out to Holly, and they all have one thing...
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Cats and Wolves and Tegs - Oh my! Alistair is a werewolf seeking justice. When his mentor sends him on his first mission he knows who the victim must be. Ramora, is a young girl due to wed a man she hates. Morgana the Teg offers her a way out, but can she be trusted?
Griddlebone was the first experiment. The Nazis never really understood what they'd created. But they learn that one should never underestimate a cat. Meet Alistair, Ramora, and Griddlebone...
18) Jenny
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"But birds need to fly! You cannot keep them imprisoned." "Do they indeed?" said the man. "We shall see about that." A short tale from the world of P.A.W.S.
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Aloha Armstrong returns in a brand new time travel adventure.
She travels to the age of pirates age to stop an enemy agent before he explodes a bomb which will not only destroy the past but the future. She soon discovers the enemy agent may not be what he appears to be, but that the threat is something else. They soon are forced to join forces to save both their futures. Will Aloha save the world once again?
Avast, matey's, there be danger,...
20) Hook Island
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A ghostly encounter scares up a romance. Amanda Dark, paranormal investigator, travels to Hook Island to investigate a family mystery for Phillip Swann descendant of notorious pirate, Captain Henry "Blackblood" Swann.
Phillip asks Amanda to help him clear the family name. She soon discovers she and Phillip share an unexpected connection, and that ghosts are real, but someone plans to stop them.
This title includes a bonus story: Grind Manor
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