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Manhattan Beach : a novel
Egan, JenniferSimon & Schuster Audio 2017"The long-awaited, daring, and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad. Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depressi...
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Nomadland : Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
Bruder, JessicaW. W. Norton & Company 2017The inspiration for Chloé Zhao's celebrated film starring Frances McDormand, winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress March and April pick fo...
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Once a Rebel
Putney, Mary JoZebra Books 2017The bestselling author delivers a Regency tale "that deftly balances fascinating historical detail, adventure, and menace with a passionate romance" (Library Journal). As Washingt...
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Locked Up for Freedom : Civil Rights Protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
Schwartz, Heather E.Lerner Publishing Group 2017In 1963, more than 30 African-American girls ages 11 to 16 were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia. They were taken without their families' know...
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Before we were yours : a novel
Wingate, LisaPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2017"Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale...
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Hospitality and Homicide
Cahoon, LynnLyrical Press 2017New York Times-Bestselling Author: A writer checks in at a California B&B to work on a murder mystery—but the plot is all too real... A visit to the serene coastal town of South C...
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Into the Firestorm
Martin, KatZebra Books 2017The BOSS, Inc. bounty hunter always gets his man—and woman. "Plenty of sexual chemistry and danger" from the New York Times bestselling author (Fresh Fiction). M. Cassidy—Luke Br...
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Strange Fruit : Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
Golio, GaryLerner Publishing Group 2017The audience was completely silent the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but...
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Muhammad Ali : The Greatest
Doeden, MattLerner Publishing Group 2017Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., was known for his battles in the ring as well as his achievements outside of it. An outspoken activist, he joined the Nation of Islam...
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How to Survive a Plague : The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
France, DavidKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2016One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Decade A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible story of the gra...
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A Spy Called James : The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
Rockwell, AnneLerner Publishing Group 2016Told for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette—a slave who spied for George Washington's army during the American Revolution. After his resoundi...
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Like a Bird : The Art of the American Slave Song
Grady, CynthiaLerner Publishing Group 2016Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms—including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bonda...
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The Vatican Connection : The True Story of a Billion-Dollar Conspiracy Between the Catholic Church and the Mafia
Hammer, RichardOpen Road Media 2016Winner of the Edgar Award: The riveting account of an audacious fraud scheme that stretched from a Mafia hangout on the Lower East Side to the Vatican. With a round, open face a...
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Fancy Dancer
Michaels, FernKensington Books 2016A powerful, poignant novel of love, redemption, and family secrets from the incomparable #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sisterhood books. On his thirty-fifth birthda...
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The Kremlin Letter
Behn, NoelOpen Road Media 2016New York Times Bestseller: Six American spies embark on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines in this classic Cold War espionage thriller. Lt. Cmdr. Charles Rone, a young naval...
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Murder at the Mansion
Finsilver, JanetLyrical Press 2016As whale-watchers gather in the Pacific Northwest, a B&B manager gets a glimpse of a killer in this mystery novel by the USA Today bestselling author. It's whale-watching season...
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Tea Cups and Carnage
Cahoon, LynnLyrical Press 2016In a quaint California town, a new tea shop is drawing lots of attention—and an occasional murder—in this mystery by the New York Times bestselling author. The quaint coastal tow...
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Their Great Gift : Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land
Coy, JohnLerner Publishing Group 2016With lyrical text and thought-provoking photography, Their Great Gift explores the experiences of immigrants in the twenty-first century, focusing on the lives of children. Images...
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Out of The Easy
Sepetys, RutaPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2013 UnabridgedIt's 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter...
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Murder on Wheels
Cahoon, LynnLyrical Press 2016A gourmet food truck runs smack into a killer's appetite for murder in this small-town California cozy mystery by the New York Times bestselling author. The food truck craze has...