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The
map of true places
by Brunonia Barry
In this complex relationship drama, Zee Finch, a psychotherapist,
has come home to Salem to take care of her ailing father and
to try to figure out her own life after the suicide of one of
her patients, an event which was made even more difficult by
Zee's past--her mother committed suicide herself.
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Tough
customer
by Sandra Brown
Entreated by his former lover, Caroline, to help protect her
daughter from a depraved man who has been stalking her, staff
investigator Dodge Hanley teams up with a small-town sheriff and
enlists methods from his own shady past to find answers. |
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Percival's
planet
by Michael Byers
A tale inspired by the true story of Pluto's discoverer follows
the interlinked stories of a wealthy heir seeking dinosaurs in
the 1920s West, a beautiful girl gradually succumbing to mental
illness, and Kansas farm boy. |

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Cure
by Robin Cook
New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery faces the case
of her career involving the suspected poisoning murder of a CIA
agent and possible links a powerful pharmaceutical company and
start-up stem-cell research labs. |
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The
cobra
by Frederick Forsyth
Veteran Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal) and master of the political
thriller weaves an intelligent tale about former director of CIA
Special Operations Paul Devereaux, who is called back into action
to take down the top drug cartels. |

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Sea
escape
by Lynne Griffin
Balancing her roles as a wife and mother with the responsibility
of caring for a parent who is recovering from a stroke, Laura
reads love letters exchanged by her parents during the 1950s,
a correspondence that reveals unexpected truths. |

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curse the river of time
by Per Petterson
Anticipating a divorce against a backdrop of the fall of communism,
Arvid Jansen is further dismayed by his mother's diagnosis with
cancer, a situation that prompts his emotionally charged quest
for understanding and balance.
“A bleak but involving novel that will appeal to readers
of character-driven literary fiction.” |
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My
Hollywood
by Mona Simpson
Struggling with her television writer husband's long hours and
her own lack of childcare experience, composer and new mother
Claire hires Lola, a Filipino mother of five seeking to finance
her children's education back in the Philippines.
“A hilarious and heartbreaking take on the real housewives
of Southern California.” |
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Three
delays
by Charlie Smith
In this moody love story, Billy Brent and Alice Stephens are
star-crossed lovers who seem destined never to find permanent
happiness. After years of encounters and escapes, they lose themselves
deep in a desert wilderness, searching for a way forward, only
to learn that sometimes the trail simply forks. |

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Foreign
influence
by Brad Thor
In this taunt thriller, Scot Harvath, Navy SEAL turned counter-terrorist
operative, finds himself embroiled in a life-or-death struggle
against evil. As he braves grave dangers, he soon faces what could
be the greatest test of his covert career.
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Burn
by Nevada Barr
Recovering from recent emotional trauma, National Park Service
ranger Anna Pigeon goes to New Orleans to visit her friend, Geneva,
only to become the target of a dark curse, prompting her to investigate
what is has to do with a fugitive mother accused of killing her
family. |
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Crime
machine
by Giles Blunt
A year after the death of his wife, John Cardinal has fallen
into an easy routine of work on cold case files. When the decapitated
bodies of two people are found in a summer lake home Cardinal
soon discovers this is by no means a routine murder investigation
but a horrific piece of a very twisted puzzle. |
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City
of veils
by Zoe Ferraris
After the body of a brutally beaten woman is found on a beach
in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Detective Osama Ibrahim, along with the
help of female coroner Katya and her friend Nayir, discovers that
the victim was a controversial filmmaker and must discern who
wanted her dead. |
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The
vigilantes
by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
Investigating a string of murders targeting criminals in Philadelphia,
homicide Sergeant Matthew Payne becomes alarmed when unrelated
vigilante groups begin taking credit for the hits, which become
increasingly violent and high-profile. |
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Wanting
Sheila dead
by Jane Haddam
When an infamously offensive reality show personality is targeted
by a thief who steals millions in jewelry from her home and leaves
her unconscious beside the murdered body of a local girl, retired
FBI agent Gregor Demarkian struggles to identify a culprit among
numerous suspects. |
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303.49 B223
Bursts:
the hidden pattern behind everything we do
by Albert-László Barabási
Bursts reveals where individual spontaneity ends and predictability
in human behavior begins. |
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What
women want: the global marketplace turns female friendly
by Paco Underhill
The author of Why We Buy reports on the growing importance of
women in everybody’s marketplace—what makes a package,
product, space, or service female friendly. |
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327.73 B117
Washington
rules: America's path to permanent war
by Andrew J. Bacevich
The bestselling author of The Limits of Power critically examines
the Washington consensus on national security and why it must
change. |
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332.6328 S836
The
little book of commodity investing
by John R. Stephenson
In today's world, an understanding of commodities is a prerequisite
for investment success. This indispensible guide teaches the ins
and outs of commodity investing; what to buy and when to buy it;
and why commodities are the next big thing. |
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338.2 H713
Why
we hate the oil companies: straight talk from an energy insider
by John Hofmeister The former president of Shell Oil
Co. offers the view of an industry insider as he tackles the energy
controversy head-on. He argues what Americans need to do to craft
a successful energy strategy and has first hand knowledge of why
past policies have failed to prepare for 21st Century challenges.
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364.1523 C255
The
murder room: the heirs of Sherlock Holmes gather to solve the
world's most perplexing cold cases
by Michael Capuzzo
The Murder Room draws the reader into the secret investigations
of the crime-fighting Vidocq Society. Ace detectives from around
the world embark on a grand adventure for justice: to track down
the killers in the toughest unsolved murders, working pro bono
to solve cold cases.
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641.5638 R377f
Rose
Reisman's family favorites
by Rose Reisman
Rose Reisman offers more than 270 recipes with a nutritional
analysis of each, and guidance on improving your family's overall
health with tips on everything from creating realistic exercise
schedules to packing healthy and delicious school lunches. |
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781.64 S317
Talking
to girls about Duran Duran : one young man's quest for true love
and a cooler haircut
by Rob Sheffield In this tuneful coming-of-age memoir,
the glamorous New Wave band Duran Duran presides spiritually over
the all-consuming teenage male efforts to comprehend the opposite
sex.
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791.4372 B828
Fifth
Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the
dawn of the modern woman
by Sam Wasson
In this meticulously researched book, Wasson presents Breakfast
at Tiffany's through the eyes of those who made it. Written with
style and considerable wit, Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. shines new light
on a beloved film and its incomparable star, Audrey Hepburn.
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791.44092 G666f
Peter
Gzowski: a biography
by Rae Fleming
This biography which captures the elusive and complex broadcaster,
writer and reporter Peter Gzowski, is also a memoir of Canada
during the last half of the twentieth century. |
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956.9405 S358
The
Balfour Declaration: the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict
by Jonathan Schneer
A revelatory history of a document that laid the foundation stone
of the state of Israel, the reverberations of which continue to
be felt to this day. |
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956.9405 V217L
The
land of blood and honey: the rise of modern Israel
by Martin van Creveld
A definitive one-volume history of Israel by one of its most
distinguished historians.
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