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Fiction

The Jump-Off Creek: A Novel

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The Jump-Off Creek: A Novel

Molly Gloss

The high place named Bear’s Camp Mountain was a long turned-back ridge, not much more than that, with a lot of narrow brushy folds running down from it, good places to hide if you were a cow. Going up there,…Read more

Books & Ideas

The Secrets of the Notebook: A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret

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The Secrets of the Notebook: A Woman’s Quest to Uncover Her…

Eve Haas

MY LETTER TO MERSEBURG IN East Germany produced an unsurprising silence, but their lack of courtesy and cooperation only made me more certain that they were the ones who held all the secrets in their vaults. I felt if I…Read more

Business & Innovation

It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

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It’s the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and Clear

Carol A. Fleming

I have never forgotten Peter, a man who came to me because he felt his voice was really ineffective. And he was right. He was holding his voice back in his throat as if it were hiding as far away…Read more

Mysteries & Thrillers

Donut Disturb (Bakeshop Mystery #15)

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Donut Disturb (Bakeshop Mystery #15)

Ellie Alexander

For a minute I thought Kerry was actually going to tase him. I held my breath as she took deliberate steps toward him, with her Taser pointed straight at his chest. “Do not move,” Kerry cautioned. Jamie kept his hands…Read more

Books & Ideas

George Washington's Expense Account

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George Washington’s Expense Account

George Washington, Marvin Kitman

All of Washington’s bill for his services, I want to point out right away, wasn’t for actual expenses. It included the interest (at 6 percent per annum) he charged the government for the money he laid out from his private…Read more

Science & Tech

The Where, The Why, and The How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science

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The Where, The Why, and The How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous…

Jenny Volvovski, Julia Rothman, Matt…

IN 1998, ASTROPHYSICISTS WERE shocked when new data from supernovae revealed that the universe is not only expanding, but expanding at an accelerating rate. Until then, it was widely believed that the rate of expansion was slowing due to the…Read more

Food & Cooking

Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans [A Cookbook]

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Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin’ in New Orleans [A Cookbook]

Mason Hereford, JJ Goode

To make the carrot puree: Put the carrots in a medium pot, cover with an inch of water, and get it boiling over high heat. Lower the heat and cook at a rolling simmer until the carrots are poke-a-finger-through-them tender,…Read more

Books & Ideas

The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

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The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and…

Mark Lee Gardner

Native Ground Most of our troubles were over boundary lines or hunting grounds. LUTHER STANDING BEAR The Lakotas hadn’t always roamed the Great Plains. Once they lived hundreds of miles east of the Missouri River, in the woods and scattered…Read more

SF & Fantasy

The Affinity Bridge (Newbury & Hobbes Investigation #1)

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The Affinity Bridge (Newbury & Hobbes Investigation #1)

George Mann

Newbury was working through his notes from the previous day, trying to make sense of the various newspaper reports and apparent sightings of the “glowing bobby” around Whitechapel. He was wearing a frown, lost in thought and deep concentration. …Read more

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