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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir
by Anna Quindlen
Hardcover: Apr 2012
Paperback: 23 Apr 2013
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In this irresistible memoir, the #1 New York Times bestselling author writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead - and celebrating it all - as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more.
Helga's Diary Helga's Diary: A Young Girl's Account of Life in a Concentration Camp
by Helga Weiss
Hardcover: 22 Apr 2013
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The remarkable diary of a young girl who survived the Holocaust—appearing in English for the first time.
The Coldest Night The Coldest Night: A Novel of Love and War
by Robert Olmstead
Hardcover: Apr 2012
Paperback: 16 Apr 2013
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Olmstead reveals an unspoken truth about combat: That for many men, the experience of war is the most enlivening, electric, and extraordinary experience of their lives.
How to Create the Perfect Wife How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain's Most Ineligible Bachelor and his Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate
by Wendy Moore
Hardcover: 9 Apr 2013
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Stranger than fiction, blending tragedy and farce, How to Create the Perfect Wife is an engrossing tale of the radicalism, and deep contradictions, at the heart of the Enlightenment.
The Shelter Cycle The Shelter Cycle
by Peter Rock
Hardcover: 2 Apr 2013
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An American original, Peter Rock brings our strangest beliefs to vivid and sympathetic life in this haunting novel inspired by true events.
Happier Endings Happier Endings: A Meditation on Life and Death
by Erica Brown
Hardcover: 2 Apr 2013
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A wise and affirming meditation on living fully and preparing for death, written by a highly regarded spiritual teacher.
Wave Wave
by Sonali Deraniyagala
Hardcover: 5 Mar 2013
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A brave, intimate, beautifully crafted memoir by a survivor of the tsunami that struck the Sri Lankan coast in 2004 and took her entire family.
Fever Fever
by Sean Rowe
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 1 Sep 2006
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'Sean Rowe's Fever is as fresh and blistering and relentless a thriller as any tropical noir I've read. Rowe knows this territory well--especially the creatures that slither about it when the sun goes down. Jump on board, hang on tight.'
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The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud

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The riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and betrayed by passion and desire for a world beyond her own.
How to Create the Perfect Wife
Wendy Moore

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Stranger than fiction, blending tragedy and farce, How to Create the Perfect Wife is an engrossing tale of the radicalism, and deep contradictions, at the heart of the Enlightenment.
Happier Endings
Erica Brown

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A wise and affirming meditation on living fully and preparing for death, written by a highly regarded spiritual teacher.
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