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"When celebrated writer Alma Cruz inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for manuscript drafts and revisions and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sancctuary for their true narratives."--...
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2024
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"When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call and the only one on the property at the time of death. As far as the state is concerned, it's an open and shut case. Jack Lee, born and raised in Freeman County, knows that every man deserves a solid defense and agrees to...
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"James Abram Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was assassinated when he was shot by Charles Guiteau in July 1881, less than four months after he was elected president. But Garfield didn't actually die until 80 days later. In this page-turner, award-winning author Gail Jarrow delves into the fascinating story of the relationship between Garfield and Guiteau, and relates the gruesome details of Garfield's slow and agonizing death. She...
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"Shipwrecked! is an adventure-filled nonfiction book for young readers about the most captivating shipwrecks from history. Combining new research, ... archival material, and vivid storytelling, [the book] dives deep into the world of marine archaeology and shows young readers what each discovery reveals about the world before our time"--
5) Minor Detail
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A searing, beautiful novel meditating on war, violence, memory, and the sufferings of the Palestinian people
Finalist for the National Book Award
Longlisted for the International Booker Prize
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba—the catastrophe that led to the displacement and exile of some 700,000
...6) Little Men
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The characters from Little Women grow up and begin new adventures at Plumfield, a progressive school founded by Jo and her husband, Professor Burr.
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2023
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"The Book Club Hotel is a gift...the perfect escape-and-find-yourself novel."—Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author
This summer, let USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan transport you with another heartfelt exploration of change, the power of books to heal, and the enduring strength of female friendship. Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Jennifer Weiner.
With its historic charm and...
This summer, let USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan transport you with another heartfelt exploration of change, the power of books to heal, and the enduring strength of female friendship. Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Jennifer Weiner.
With its historic charm and...
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First in a new series!
When Angela Braddock inherits her late aunt’s beautiful Amish quilt shop, she leaves behind her career and broken engagement for a fresh start in Holmes County, Ohio.
With her snazzy cowboy boots and her ornithophobic French bulldog, Angie doesn’t exactly fit in with the predominantly Amish community in Rolling Brook, but her aunt’s quilting circle tries to make her feel welcome...
When Angela Braddock inherits her late aunt’s beautiful Amish quilt shop, she leaves behind her career and broken engagement for a fresh start in Holmes County, Ohio.
With her snazzy cowboy boots and her ornithophobic French bulldog, Angie doesn’t exactly fit in with the predominantly Amish community in Rolling Brook, but her aunt’s quilting circle tries to make her feel welcome...
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2023
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Endlich gibt es die Kleinstadt-Erfolgsserie auf Deutsch
Der Tag könnte für Naomi nicht schlechter laufen. In einer Kurzschlussreaktion flieht sie von ihrer eigenen Hochzeit, wird von ihrer entfremdeten Zwillingsschwester ausgetrickst, steht ohne Auto und Handtasche da und muss sich plötzlich um ihre Nichte kümmern, von der sie nicht wusste, dass es sie überhaupt gibt. Entgeistert bittet sie im erstbesten Diner um Hilfe – und wird hochkant herausgeworfen....
10) My powerful hair
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2023
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After generations of short hair in her family, a little girl celebrates growing her hair long to connect to her culture and honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her.
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When Angela Braddock enters her quilts in an Amish auction, she never expects one of her neighbors to end up going, going, gone....
Angie is finding her niche as the new owner of her late aunt’s Amish quilt shop, Running Stitch. But as the summer is winding down, so is business....
Angie is finding her niche as the new owner of her late aunt’s Amish quilt shop, Running Stitch. But as the summer is winding down, so is business....
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Amish quilt shop owner Angie Braddock has a lot on her plate this Christmas. But things only get worse after someone develops a taste for murder in this festive mystery in the national bestselling series.
Angie’s parents are visiting Rolling Brook for Christmas—but unfortunately, her ex is joining them. Luckily, Angie has no time to dwell on her romantic troubles as she prepares her store, Running Stitch, for the town’s...
Angie’s parents are visiting Rolling Brook for Christmas—but unfortunately, her ex is joining them. Luckily, Angie has no time to dwell on her romantic troubles as she prepares her store, Running Stitch, for the town’s...
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2023
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Español
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Beirut, París, Saigón, 1948. Una trepidante saga familiar llena de secretos, peripecias, aventuras amorosas, turbios negocios y crímenes.
El ancho mundo narra las aventuras, desventuras, peripecias y secretos de los Pelletier, una familia propietaria de una fábrica de jabones en Beirut, ciudad bajo influencia francesa, con la Guerra de Indochina y el París de la posguerra y la reconstrucción como telón de fondo. Y todo con un toque de exotismo...
14) Mona
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Novela de ideas y suspenso, un thriller literario donde la clave del crimen está escondida en el cuerpo de una escritora que compite por un premio. «La prosa de Pola Oloixarac es el gran acontecimiento de la nueva narrativa argentina.»
Ricardo Piglia "Vienen a estos lugares creyéndose escritores y se van como personajes", piensa Mona Tarrile-Byrne, joven narradora peruana. En su espiral de drogas californianas y derivas eróticas, Mona aterriza...
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En esta tercera parte del diario del mayor USA que "viajó" a la Palestina de Cristo, el lector, entre otras fascinantes sorpresas, encontrará la respuesta a una de las grandes incógnitas de la vida del Hijo del Hombre: su infancia. "Algo" que los evangelistas silenciaron, privándonos de una perspectiva más auténtica sobre la más grande figura de la Historia. Nadie, hasta hoy, había tenido la audacia suficiente para atreverse a narrar, paso...
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El libro en que se basa la nueva película de Martin Scorsese, protagonizada por Leonardo DiCaprio y Robert De Niro, entre otros. El autor de Z, la ciudad perdida, David Grann, regresa con un emocionante True Crime que desvela una de las conspiraciones más monstruosas de la historia de Estados Unidos.
Best Seller de The New York Times, mejor libro del 2017 según Amazon y Ganador del Edgar Allan Poe Award al Best Fact Crime.
En los años veinte,...
17) Anónima
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2021
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Español
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Típico que tienes insomnio y te llega un mensaje cuando estabas a punto de quedarte dormida. Para colmo, están coqueteando contigo y tú, entre todas tus amigas, eres la que menos pegue tiene. Tienes exámenes al día siguiente y no puedes creer que un idiota te esté quitando el sueño, literalmente.
Por fin conociste a la chica de tus sueños y te dio su número de celular. Le mandas un mensaje para invitarla a salir y te contesta alguien que...
18) Cousins
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2023
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English
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Four women from La Plata, Argentina, are forced to suffer through a series of ordeals thanks to their impoverished, dysfunctional family—in this darkly comic literary masterpiece from Aurora Venturini, never before translated into English
At the age of eighty-five, Aurora Venturini stunned Argentine readers when her darkly funny and formally daring novel, Cousins (Las primas), won Página/12’s New Novel...
At the age of eighty-five, Aurora Venturini stunned Argentine readers when her darkly funny and formally daring novel, Cousins (Las primas), won Página/12’s New Novel...
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2023
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Un clásico inolvidable y más actual que nunca.
«Sorprendente, íntima y profundamente conmovedora, lleva a los lectores a un viaje hipnótico a través de una historia de amor inesperada.» John Boyne, autor de El niño con el pijama de rayas
«Conmovedora... magistral.» Times Literary Supplement
«Una lectura melancólica y bellísima, un libro que merece el éxito que ha cosechado.» The Guardian
«Elegante e inteligente.» Elle
«Profundamente...