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Romance

The Island Scandal

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The Island Scandal

Elana Johnson

“Maybe a month,” Burke heard himself say. He felt like he was floating outside of his body, and Ash didn’t seem to be breathing or blinking at all. She tipped her face toward the sky and started laughing. Burke frowned,…Read more

Books & Ideas

James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

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James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

James Patterson

cuckoo’s nest east Everything about bustling, sometimes overwhelming, Harvard-centric Cambridge, Massachusetts, and McLean Hospital, in nearby Belmont, seemed fresh and new, and the experience woke me from what felt like an eighteen-year coma, or at least a very deep…Read more

Science & Tech

The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

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The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

Howard Bloom

By the early seventies, Jane Goodall had lived fourteen years among the wild chimpanzees of Tanzania’s Gombe Reserve. She loved the chimps for their gentle ways, so different from the violence back home among humans. Yes, there were simian…Read more

Fiction

The Winter Guest: A Novel

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The Winter Guest: A Novel

Pam Jenoff

Helena reached the top of the forested hills that rose high above the city of Kraków. A fine perspiration coated her skin from the climb, causing the wool collar of her coat to itch unpleasantly. From here, shrouded by the…Read more

Food & Cooking

Smokin': Recipes for Smoking Ribs, Salmon, Chicken, Mozzarella and More with Your Stovetop Smoker (PagePerfect NOOK Book)

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Smokin’: Recipes for Smoking Ribs, Salmon, Chicken, Mozzarella and More with…

Christopher Styler

Smokin'Recipes for Smoking Ribs, Salmon, Chicken, Mozzarella, and More with Your Stovetop SmokerBaked Macaroni and Cheese with Smoked Chicken Makes 4 Servings I chose the cheeses listed here to give the casserole a mild, mellow flavor that won't overpower the…Read more

Books & Ideas

1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America

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1948: Harry Truman’s Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America

David Pietrusza

“You judge. I can’t.” Harry Truman was not a haberdasher. Not really. Yes, he had attempted to be a haberdasher but had failed at it, rather quickly and spectacularly, at that. He was, however, a farmer, a husband and…Read more

SF & Fantasy

Halo: Last Light

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Halo: Last Light

Troy Denning

The green digits of the heads-up display inside Fred’s helmet showed an elapsed time of ten minutes and thirty-two seconds. That was how long it had been since Inspector Lopis had last climbed the slope to peer into the…Read more

Books & Ideas

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

Two centuries of change: from the Tarquins to Scipio Long-Beard HOW DID THE Republic really begin? Ancient Roman historians were experts at turning historical chaos into a tidy narrative and always keen to imagine that their familiar institutions went back…Read more

Business & Innovation

The Little Book of Economics

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The Little Book of Economics

DK

As civilizations evolved in the ancient world, so, too, did systems for providing goods and services. These early economic systems emerged naturally as various trades and crafts produced goods that could be exchanged. People began to trade, first by bartering…Read more

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