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  • It All Comes Back to You: A Book Club Recommendation!

    • ASIN: 0578448831
    • ISBN: 0578448831
    • Manufacturer: The Art of Dixie

    "It All Comes Back to You is one of those stories you need to savor. You want to put the book down so as to have more to read tomorrow, but you can't. It becomes attached to you, a part of you. "Dan Brown, Author of Reunion Alabama, 1947.War's over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing.Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Vio... [Read More]

  • All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1501173219
    • ISBN: 1501173219
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book, National Book Award finalist, more than two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller listFrom the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths ... [Read More]

  • We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0399563091
    • ISBN: 0399563091
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERInspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.    “Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely.” —Glamour   It is t... [Read More]

  • All the Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1250153964
    • ISBN: 9781250153968
    • Manufacturer: A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin

    - A New York Times and USA Today bestseller - Book of the Month Club 2016 Book of the Year - Second Place Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy know... [Read More]

  • The Price of Time

    • ASIN: 179773816X
    • ISBN: 179773816X
    • Manufacturer: Independently published

    Would your character change ... if you had all the money in the world? And all the time? Would you become a better person? Or worse? Imagine Agatha Christie meets Michael Crichton in a fast-paced, philosophical mystery thriller. _______________________________________ There’s a secret in Silicon Valley. A discovery. An invention. One so startling... [Read More]

  • Sold on a Monday: A Novel

    • UPC: 760789270895
    • ASIN: 1492663999
    • ISBN: 1492663999
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLERA NATIONAL INDIEBOUND BESTSELLER  An unforgettable novel by Kristina McMorris, inspired by a stunning piece of history.  2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, ... [Read More]

  • The German Midwife

    • ASIN: 0008340528
    • ISBN: 0008340528
    • Manufacturer: Avon

    The USA Today Best Seller.“A powerful, haunting debut”―Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice NetworkAn enthralling new tale of courage, betrayal and survival in the hardest of circumstances that readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Secret Orphan and The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz will love.Germany, 1944. A prison... [Read More]

  • The Hideaway

    • ASIN: 0718084225
    • ISBN: 0718084225
    • Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
    • Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

    In this USA TODAY and Amazon Charts Bestseller, Sara is wrenched back to Sweet Bay, Alabama, by her grandmother’s will, where she learns more about Margaret Van Buren in the wake of her death than she ever knew in her life. After her last remaining family member dies, Sara Jenkins goes home to The Hideaway, her grandmother Mags’s ramshackle B&... [Read More]

  • Ordinary Grace

    • UPC: 884740901625
    • ASIN: 1451645856
    • ISBN: 1451645856
    • Brand: Atria Books
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary... [Read More]

  • The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

    • ASIN: 0316055441
    • ISBN: 0316055441
    • Brand: Back Bay Books
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

    A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Ab... [Read More]

  • Angels of the Prairie Coteau

    • ASIN: 0982108443
    • ISBN: 0982108443
    • Manufacturer: Prairie Hills Publishing

    Hot jazz sizzled while passions blazed. As the end of the First World War birthed a new beginning, the country struggled to find direction. Seeking common unity, it resurrected a demon from the past and sought comfort in its siren song of religious patriotism. The pages within follow the forbidden interfaith love of a young couple with an intense, ... [Read More]

  • Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

    • ASIN: 038549565X
    • ISBN: 038549565X
    • Brand: Anchor
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    “The greatest World War II story never told” (Esquire)—an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Death March. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp... [Read More]

  • Voices Echo (Volume 3)

    • ASIN: 0983217580
    • ISBN: 0983217580
    • Manufacturer: Repository Press LLC

    When Albert Ross sailed to Jamaica months after their wedding, Rhiannon Ross believed he'd abandoned her for the sanctuary of his West Indies plantation and complacent mulatta mistress. Not one to live life in limbo, Rhiannon has followed in a bid to secure the funds necessary to ensure her financial independence and position as his lawful wife, an... [Read More]

  • To Hold the Throne: A Novel of the Last Maccabee Princess and King Herod the Great

    • ASIN: 1733988319
    • ISBN: 1733988319
    • Manufacturer: Palace Publishing

    AMAZON BESTSELLERHistorical figures and events meet page-turning fiction in Joni Okun's compelling debut novel. To Hold the Throne breathes life into the extraordinary story of King Herod the Great and Mariamne, the last Maccabee Princess, told in alternating points of view. Fueled by shifting political tides in Rome, the Triumvir Marc Antony disr... [Read More]

  • The Secret Orphan

    • ASIN: 0008348022
    • ISBN: 0008348022
    • Manufacturer: One More Chapter

    Keep her secret Keep her safeOn the 14th November 1940, Hitler’s bombs rain down on Coventry. From the rubble of a bombed-out family home, a young girl is saved…This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans of The Secret Wife by Gill PaulAs the Nazis’ relentless bombs fall during the Blitz of Coventry, six... [Read More]

  • Before We Were Yours: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0425284700
    • ISBN: 0425284700
    • Brand: WaterBrook Press
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

    THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerFor readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four ... [Read More]

  • Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Historical Nonfiction Bestseller, True Story Book of Survival)

    • ASIN: 1452140030
    • ISBN: 1452140030
    • Brand: Chronicle
    • Size: N/A
    • Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

    A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller! — What happened that night on Dead Mountain?The mystery of Dead Mountain: In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the mountain climbing incident—unexplained violent... [Read More]

  • Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0735224315
    • ISBN: 0735224315
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    The #1 New York Times bestseller!Soon to be a Hulu limited series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Pa... [Read More]

  • Then She Was Gone: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1501154656
    • ISBN: 1501154656
    • Brand: Atria Books
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    A 2018 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist—Top 5 Best Mystery & Thriller * A Suspense Magazine “Best of 2018” Thriller/Suspense Pick “An acutely observed family drama with bone-chilling suspense.” —People “Jewell teases out her twisty plot at just the right pace, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. Her multilayered characters are ... [Read More]

  • The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

    • UPC: 046442773478
    • ASIN: 0618773479
    • ISBN: 0618773479
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since.Timothy Egan’s critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and their communities through the ris... [Read More]

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