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Fiction

When We Were Sisters: A Novel

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When We Were Sisters: A Novel

Fatimah Asghar

In a city, a man dies and all the Aunties who Aunty the neighborhood reach towards their phones. Their brown fingers cradle porcelain, the news spreading fast and careless as a common cold. Ring! [ ] is dead. Ring! Inna lillahi…Read more

Books & Ideas

Brothers Forever: The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice

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Brothers Forever: The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy…

Tom Sileo, Tom Manion

NO GREATER HONOR All First Lieutenant Travis Manion could taste was chlorine as he vomited on the bombed-out rooftop of a Fallujah government building on the morning of March 28, 2007. Surrounded by explosions, vapor, gunfire, and debris as he…Read more

Mysteries & Thrillers

Buried to the Brim (Hat Shop Mystery #6)

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Buried to the Brim (Hat Shop Mystery #6)

Jenn McKinlay

“I don’t see why I have to go,” Viv said. “It’s not as if I’m entering a dog in the show.” “No,” I agreed. “But Freddy is wearing your hats and having you there might give him the profile boost…Read more

Books & Ideas

Thomas Jefferson - Revolutionary: A Radical's Struggle to Remake America

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Thomas Jefferson – Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America

Kevin R. C. Gutzman

Thomas Jefferson’s name is most commonly associated in American popular culture with what we now call “democracy,” which Jefferson’s friend and collaborator James Madison called “republicanism”: government by elected officials. Abundant evidence supports that Jefferson placed a high priority…Read more

Business & Innovation

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the…

Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

The business version of our contrarian question is: what valuable company is nobody building? This question is harder than it looks, because your company could create a lot of value without becoming very valuable itself. Creating value is not enough—you…Read more

Fiction

Collected Stories of Carson McCullers

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Collected Stories of Carson McCullers

Carson McCullers

It was always like I had a room to myself. Sucker slept in my bed with me but that didn’t interfere with anything. The room was mine and I used it as I wanted to. Once I remember sawing a…Read more

Books & Ideas

The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams

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The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams

Ben Bradlee Jr.

Big Time On March 1, 1939, Williams set out from his San Diego home in style, climbing into his Buick convertible for the long cross-country drive to Sarasota and the start of his big-league adventure. It would be a year…Read more

Romance

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In a Holidaze

Christina Lauren

Cue the most depressing music ever. I’d prefer that, actually, to the morbid silence in the rental car as Mom, Dad, Miles, and I make our way down the snow-dusted gravel driveway to the main road. Mom cries quietly in…Read more

Food & Cooking

The Pollan Family Table: The Very Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom for Delicious Family Meals

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The Pollan Family Table: The Very Best Recipes and Kitchen Wisdom…

Corky Pollan, Lori Pollan, Dana…

IN THE YEARS WE’VE SPENT at the stove, we’ve learned shortcuts, tips, and tricks. Some are simple (why a pot lid should be left ajar when boiling) and some surprising (how to cook delicious steaks indoors in a skillet on…Read more

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