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Death Benefit
by Robin Cook

Launching a private investigation when their mentor dies under suspicious circumstances, medical students Pia Grazdani and George Wilson uncover a sinister operation through which private life insurance policies are being manipulated to allow investors to benefit from the deaths of others.

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Send Me Work : Stories
by Katherine Karlin

The stories in this collection encompass an unusually broad range of experience -- refinery workers mourn a colleague's death; a struggling young woman in post-Katrina New Orleans persuades a welder to teach her his trade; an idealistic aerobics instructor decamps for Nicaragua to pick coffee. Each of these stories offers rare insight into the place of work in the lives of women.

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The Devil's Elixir
by Raymond Khoury

When rival forces on both sides of the law discover the existence of a lost herb that induces profound experiences capable of shattering the foundations of Western civilization, a violent competition to locate the herb is overseen by FBI agent Sean Reilly and his girlfriend, Tess Chaykin, who race to prevent a cataclysmic disaster.

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Copper Beach
by Jayne Ann Krentz

After a deadly incident in the private library of an obsessive rare-book collector, Abby Radwell, a psychic who is able to detect paranormal secrets in old texts, hires investigator Sam Coppersmith to track down a killer with supernatural abilities.

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You Deserve Nothing
by Alexander Maksik

William Silver is a talented and charismatic young teacher whose unconventional methods raise eyebrows among his colleagues and superiors. His students, however, are devoted to him. Emotionally scarred by failures in his personal life Silver succumbs to a temptation that will change the course of his life. His fall will render him a criminal in the eyes of some and all too human in the eyes of others.

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The World We Found
by Thrity Umrigar

American divorcée Armaiti has six months to live and her last wish is to see her three best friends again--Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta, all in Bombay. But Nishta's husband, Iqbal, a fellow university idealist turned fundamentalist, will be the biggest obstacle to fulfilling Armaiti's final desire.

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Believing the Lie
by Elizabeth George

Going undercover to investigate the death of a drowning victim at the request of the man's wealthy and influential uncle, Inspector Thomas Lynley uncovers dark secrets in his client's family while one of Lynley's partners, Deborah St. James, becomes increasingly obsessed with a chief suspect's wife.

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Gun Games
by Faye Kellerman

Lieutenant Detective Decker and his wife, Rina, investigate an apparent teen suicide witnessed by the son of a troubled former friend who they have welcomed into their home in this new mystery from the best-selling author of Mercedes Coffin.

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Breakdown
by Sara Paretsky

When the teenage daughters of some of Chicago's most influential families discover the body of a ritually murdered victim, investigator Warshawski explores theories that the killing is linked to a hostile media campaign against a senatorial candidate or a wealthy patriarch's childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania.

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The Jaguar
by T. Jefferson Parker

When the songwriter wife of a corrupt sheriff's deputy is kidnapped by a ruthless Gulf cartel leader who orders her to compose a folk ballad about his life, her resulting song captures the attentions of her husband and Charlie Hood, who work together to rescue her.

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Private : #1 Suspect
by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

When his former lover is found murdered in his bed, Jack Morgan, former Marine and founder of the world's most effective private investigation company, must clear his name while also solving murders at a posh hotel.

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The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women : Why Capable People Suffer From the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It
by Valerie Young

In The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women, Young helps successful women defeat feelings of self-doubt so they can feel truly confident in their abilities and accomplishments.

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Real Estate Riches : A Money-making Game Plan for the Canadian Investor
by Tahani Aburaneh

Investors need to understand what an agent with the right credentials and vision can bring to their business, and this book provides key information about forming partnerships that will be mutually beneficial.

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Sybil Exposed : The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case
by Debbie Nathan

The true story of the three women behind Sybil, the famous multiple-personality case.

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Leslie Beck's Healthy Kitchen : 250 Quick and Delicious Recipes Plus Essential Kitchen Tips
by Leslie Beck

Don’t sacrifice taste or your favourite foods to reap the benefits of smart eating for a healthy lifestyle. Leslie Beck’s Healthy Kitchen will show you a new way to eat with these delectable, easy recipes and healthy kitchen tips.

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The IKEA Edge : Building Global Growth and Social Good at the World's Most Iconic Home Store
by Anders Dahlvig

IKEA's former CEO reveals the unique strategy he used to lead his company to profit and growth through the worst global financial crisis in history.

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Distrust That Particular Flavor
by William Gibson

Known primarily as a novelist, Gibson has, over thirty years, been approached by different publication to share his insights into contemporary culture. The resulting essays are collected here for the first time.

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Bon Voyage! : The Telegraph Book of River and Sea Journeys edited
by Michael Kerr

Michael Kerr, deputy travel editor of The Daily Telegraph, has gone back through the archives of the paper and its Sunday sister to compile an enthralling anthology of the best writing they have published on travel by river and sea.

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Lost Colony : The Untold Story of China's First Great Victory Over the West
by Tonio Andrade

Exploring a period when the military balance between Europe and China was closer than at any other point in modern history, Lost Colony reassesses an important chapter in world history and offers valuable and surprising lessons for contemporary times.

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The Struggle for Egypt : From Nasser to Tahrir Square
by Steven A. Cook

In The Struggle for Egypt, Steven Cook--a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations--explains how this parlous state of affairs came to be, why the revolution occurred, and where Egypt might be headed next.

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Collision Course : Ronald Reagan, The Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America by Joseph A. McCartin

The author tells the story of air traffic control system, the two decades of escalating conflict between controllers and the government, and shows how the incident served as a harbinger of the campaign against public sector unions that now roils American politics.