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Run (P.S.) Run (P.S.)
by Ann Patchett
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Since their mother's death, Tip and Teddy Doyle have been raised by their loving, possessive, and ambitious father. As the former mayor of Boston, Bernard Doyle wants to see his sons in politics, a dream the boys have never shared. But when an argument... (read more)

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Photography

The Day-To-Day Life of Albert Hastings The Day-To-Day Life of Albert Hastings
by Kaylynn Deveney
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When Albert Hastings was eighty-five years old, photographer KayLynn Deveney moved near his small flat in Wales. KayLynn took notice of the small rituals and routines gardening, laundry, grocery shopping that made up Bert's life. A friendship slowly... (read more)

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Olivia Olivia
by Ian Falconer
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Have fun with Olivia... dressing up singing songs building sand castles napping (maybe) dancing painting on walls and — whew! — going to sleep at last.... (read more)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

Spook Country Spook Country
by William Gibson
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Spook Country is Gibson at the top of his game, with gorgeous detail, page-turning suspense, and fascinating characters. If you've never read this author in the past because his work was categorized as science fiction, pick up this book, which is all too... (read more)

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Religion Eastern

Dharma Punx Dharma Punx
by Noah Levine
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Fueled by the music of revolution, anger, fear, and despair, we dyed our hair or shaved our heads ... Eating acid like it was candy and chasing speed with cheap vodka, smoking truckloads of weed, all in a vain attempt to get numb and stay numb. This is... (read more)

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Popular Fiction

Revolution (Dreamland) Revolution (Dreamland)
by Dale Brown
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The masters of astonishing military technology that enables them to deploy almost instantaneously to any part of the Earth, the Dreamland team must now stop a dangerous revolution in the making in Eastern Europe—wherea mysterious group of... (read more)

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Mystery

Painkiller Painkiller
by Will Staeger
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With page-turning ferocity, Will Staeger delivers a stylistic blend of riveting action, thrilling suspense, and starkly alluring characters in this classic tale of espionage laced with a twist of modern-day terror . . . The quasi-retired, Virgin Islands-... (read more)

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Graphic Novels

Preacher #02: Until the End of the World Preacher #02: Until the End of the World
by Garth Ennis
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In this continuing saga of the bizarre life of a faithless Texas preacher, Jesse Custer heads to the south to confront the extremely dysfunctional family that abused him as a child and planted the original seeds of his disillusionment with the world... (read more)

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Westerns

Sackett/The Daybreakers Sackett/The Daybreakers
by Louis Lamour
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One of the most popular fictional creations of our time, the chronicle of the Sackett family is also one of Louis L’Amour’s crowning achievements—and these two magnificent novels are proof . Sackett A drifter by circumstance, William... (read more)

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World History

The Bookseller of Kabul The Bookseller of Kabul
by Asne Seierstad
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In this remarkable portrait, Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad recounts with brutal honesty the day to day lives of one Afghani family persevering through life in a country beset by chaos. With the assent of the Khan family with whom she lives... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness

The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games
by Tony Perrottet
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Can't attend the Olympics this summer? Then travel back more than 2000 years to experience the original Greek games in all their glory and squalor. Fascinatingly detailed, Perrottet's writing brings the scene to life, vividly depicting what it was like... (read more)

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Foreign Languages

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
by Rainer Maria Rilke
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"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version.... (read more)

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Humor

Garfield Minus Garfield Garfield Minus Garfield
by Jim Davis
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It's Garfield-as you've never seen him Come savor the existential adventures of Jon Arbuckle in Garfield Minus Garfield, Based on the phenomenon ignited by Dan Walsh's hilarious and wildly popular webcomic (beloved by The New York Times and The... (read more)

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