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• The Library of the Dead

  Huchu, T. L.

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  Sixth Sense meets Stranger Things in T. L. Huchu's The Library of the Dead, a sharp contemporary fantasy following a precocious and cynical teen as she explores the shadowy magical underside of modern Edinburgh.

• The Personal Librarian

  Benedict, Marie,

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  The Personal Librarian tells the story of Bella da Costa, librarian for J.P. Morgan, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to--for the protection of her family and her legacy--to preserve her carefully crafted…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• David Copperfield's History of Magic

  Copperfield, David, 1956-

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  An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world's greatest and most successful magician, capturing its audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form's most famous artifacts housed at David…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Apollo Murders

  a Novel

  Hadfield, Chris, 1959-

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  NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It Never Ends

  a Memoir With Nice Memories!

  Scharpling, Tom,

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  It Never Ends is his memoir of a life writing comedy amidst a lifelong struggle with mental illness, a story he has never told before. It's the heartbreaking account of his intense coming-of-age, and the lengths he's undertaken to pull away from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nubia. Real One

  McKinney, L. L. (Leatrice L.),

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  From the witty and powerful voice behind A Blade So Black , and with endearing and expressive art by Robyn Smith, comes a vital story for today about equality, identity, and kicking it with your squad.

• Just as I Am

  a Memoir

  Tyson, Cicely

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  In her spirited debut memoir, actor Tyson recalls her extraordinary life, as well as the racial and gender stereotyping, movie-business prejudice, and ill-behaved men that shaped her seven-decade career. --Publishers Weekly

• The Windsor Knot

  a Novel

  Bennett, S. J. (Sophia J.),

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  SJ Bennett captures Queen Elizabeth's voice with skill, nuance, wit, and genuine charm in this imaginative and engaging mystery that portrays Her Majesty as she's rarely seen: kind yet worldly, decisive, shrewd, and, most important, a superb judge…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Travels With George

  in Search of Washington and His Legacy

  Philbrick, Nathaniel,

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  Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, which were now an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yearbook

  Rogen, Seth, 1982-

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  A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of The Disaster Artist, Neighbors, and The Boys.

• Don't Let It Get You Down

  Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body

  Nolan, Savala,

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  A powerful and provocative collection of essays that offers poignant reflections on living between society's most charged, politicized, and intractably polar spaces--between black and white, rich and poor, thin and fat.

• Libertie

  a Novel

  Greenidge, Kaitlyn,

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  Inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the United States and rich with historical detail, Kaitlyn Greenidge's new and immersive novel will resonate with readers eager to understand our present through a deep, moving, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nöthin' but a Good Time

  the Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion

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  Nothin' But a Good Time is the definitive, no-holds-barred history of 1980s hard rock and hair metal, told by the musicians and industry insiders who lived it.

• Mother May I

  a Novel

  Jackson, Joshilyn,

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  Joshilyn Jackson returns with an even more addictive novel of domestic suspense in which a mother must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her child and the life she loves--an unforgettable tale of power, privilege, lies, revenge, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cult of We

  WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion

  Brown, Eliot,

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  The inside story of WeWork, its audacious founder, and what its epic unraveling says about a financial system drunk on the elixir of Silicon Valley innovation--from the Wall Street Journal correspondents (featured in the WeWork Hulu documentary)…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Echo Wife

  Gailey, Sarah,

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  Dr. Evelyn Caldwell is startled to discover that her husband, Nathan, has been seeing another woman--and even more shocked to learn that the other woman is a clone of Evelyn herself. --Publishers Weekly

• In the Quick

  a Novel

  Day, Kate Hope,

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  A young, ambitious female astronaut's life is upended by a love affair that threatens the rescue of a lost crew in this brilliantly imagined novel "with echoes of Station Eleven, The Martian, and, yes, Jane Eyre." --Observer

• All in

  An Autobiography

  King, Billie Jean,

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  An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of sports icon Billie Jean King that encompasses her brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice.

• The Girls in the Stilt House

  a Novel

  Mustian, Kelly,

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  Set in 1920s Mississippi, this debut Southern novel weaves a beautiful and harrowing story of two teenage girls cast in an unlikely partnership through murder.

• God Spare the Girls

  a Novel

  McKinney, Kelsey,

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  A mesmerizing debut novel set in northern Texas about two sisters who discover an unsettling secret about their father, the head pastor of an evangelical megachurch, that upends their lives and community--a story of family, identity, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation