Summary: 'The New Yorker's' tradition of food writing is almost a century old. Cuisine in prose and poetry is examined by such notables as Chang-rae Lee, John Cheever, Susan Orlean, Calvin Trillin, Malcolm...
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Summary: Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats so that his friend Bassanio can afford to court his love, Portia. However, Shylock has one condition:...
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Summary: A collection of four Junie B. Jones adventures means four times the laughs and four times the fun! This collection includes the following books in the Junie B. Jones series: #17 Junie B. Jones is a...
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Summary: A collection of four Junie B. Jones adventures means four times the laughs and four times the fun! This collection includes the following books in the Junie B. Jones series: #21 Junie B., first...
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Summary: On a warm June evening, the students of Nantucket High gather for the traditional graduation bonfire on the beach. But the celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver,...
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Summary: For history buffs and sports fans--an illuminating audiobook about a truly great American that also depicts the Native American experience at the turn of the 20th century. Jim Thorpe was one of the...
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Summary: J. P. Beaumont; s latest investigation strikes too close to home in this riveting mystery from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance. Be careful what you wish for . . . Before he retired, J....
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Summary: "One of the best love stories I; ve ever read." —Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give "Read this one, reread it, and then hug it to your chest." —Becky...
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Summary: WINNIE-THE-POOH POOH GOES VISITING and other stories Story 1 In which we are introduced Story 2 In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place Story 3 In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and...
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Summary: Adapted from a Masai folktale about a rabbit who can; t get into her house because the Long One, who "eats trees and tramples on elephants," is hiding inside, this animated production is presented as...
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Summary: Frank W. Abagnale's, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con-men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but...
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Summary: Sam Capra has one reason to live: to rescue his baby son from the people who abducted him. An ex-CIA agent, Sam now owns bars around the world as cover for his real mission-working undercover for a...
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Summary: In this rare collaborative effort, more than 20 of today; s top authors—including R.L. Stine, Lisa Scottoline, and Jeffery Deaver—team up to create a thrilling crime caper filled with...
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Summary: With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City , bestselling author Karen Abbott "pioneered sizzle history" ( USA Today ). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of...
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Summary: "The never-before-told story of four real-life women who risked everything to take on a life of espionage during the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
Summary: A vivid snapshot of America's journey from Victorian-era propriety to 20th-century modernity. Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history--and...
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Summary: The high school cheerleading squad has a new coach: Colette French, perfect in every way, a cool and commanding presence who instantly wins the girls; approval and allegiance. The girls find...
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Summary: The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community. The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher and the...
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Summary: A mesmerizing psychological thriller about how a secret can bind two friends together forever ... or tear them apart. Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane...
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Summary: " The Queue ... has drawn comparisons to Western classics like George Orwell; s 1984 and The Trial by Franz Kafka. It represents a new wave of dystopian and surrealist fiction from Middle Eastern...
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Summary: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his fifty-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history. In 1965, eighteen-year-old Lew Alcindor played...
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Summary: Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans today. Since retiring from professional basketball as the NBA; s...
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Summary: In the tradition of Rebecca Solnit, a beautifully written, deeply intelligent, searingly honest—and ultimately hopeful—examination of sexual assault and the global discourse on rape told...
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Summary: In the frozen waters of the Arctic, Marine bioterror expert Joe Rush races to save a submarine crew from a lethal threat... "The pleas for help stopped coming just after five in the morning,...
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Summary: The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie. Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with...
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Summary: The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut novel from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie.Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too...
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Summary: The final novel in the First Law Trilogy by New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie.Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him—but it; s going to be a big one. Battle rages...
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Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie comes the first book in a new blockbuster fantasy trilogy in which the age of the machine dawns but the age of magic refuses to die. The...
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Summary: The TARDIS materialises on board the maiden voyage of a pioneering space cruiser, travelling from Earth to the planet Eternity. The Doctor has just started exploring the huge, hi-tech Interstitial...
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Summary: For readers of quirky Scandinavian fiction comes this charming and witty debut novel by Emmy Abrahamson—perfect for fans of Jonas Jonasson. Love stinks. Or maybe it just needs a shower . . ....
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Summary: A groundbreaking book that sheds new light on ideas of order - and shows how chaos, disorder, and mess make our world a better place! Like Freakonomics, here is a book that combines counterintuitive...
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Summary: *This program was previously published as Minority Leader. This updated edition includes a new preface written and read by Stacey Abrams.* "Abrams; s own grit, coupled with her descriptions of much...
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Summary: "This is a narrative that describes the urgency that compels me and millions more to push for a different American story than the one being told today. It; s a story that is one part danger, one part...
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Summary: Unsaid is told from the perspective of Helena Colden, a veterinarian who has just died of breast cancer. Helena is forced to witness the rapid emotional deterioration of her husband, David. With...
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Summary: Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health...
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Summary: In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of...
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Summary: Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine...
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Summary: A Kirkus Best Book of 2017 * A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * An ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called "a...
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Summary: Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we; ll be happy. If we can just...
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