American Prison
by Shane Bauer
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After spending over two years in Iran's notorious Evin Prison for supposedly crossing the country's border illegally, it would make sense if Shane Bauer never wanted to set ...
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Rose Rankin
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Beyond the Book: The Legacy of Slavery and Prison Labor
With the Justice Department currently pushing for harsher sentences after a brief period of relative leniency during the Obama Administration, the explosion of the prison population has become an increasingly relevant social and political issue. ... Beyond the Book
Small Fry
by Lisa Brennan-Jobs
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Small Fry is the debut memoir from Lisa Brennan-Jobs, long-time journalist and writer, and oldest daughter of Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. Small Fry is many things; a vivid ...
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Meara Conner
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Beyond the Book: California Reading
One of the most captivating aspects of Lisa Brennan-Jones' Small Fry is the portrayal of California during the 1980s and 1990s. From the small, specific aspects of Northern California culture to the sweeping descriptions of the San ... Beyond the Book
The Winter Soldier
by Daniel Mason
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Imagine the thousands of confounding cases doctors face routinely for which diagnoses are hard to come by. Now imagine an additional point of pressure on those decisions that ...
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Poornima Apte
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Beyond the Book: Medicine and World War I
The Winter Soldier shines light on the desperate measures taken to save lives during a war that produced casualties in the millions. When Lucius Krzelewski arrives in the small Eastern European village of Lemnowice, Sister Margarete informs him that ... Beyond the Book
Brother
by David Chariandy
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Brother is the brief, moving account of how a single, tragic moment in time can alter the course of numerous lives, and how grief can eat a person from the inside out. ...
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Lisa Butts
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Beyond the Book: The Barbershop and Black Male Bonding
As a young teen, Michael (in David Chariandy's Brother) begins spending time at the neighborhood barbershop, Desirea's, with his older brother and his friends. In the book, just as in life, black men visit the barbershop not just for haircuts, but to... Beyond the Book
French Exit
by Patrick deWitt
A brilliant and darkly comic novel from bestselling author Patrick deWitt.
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Sold on a Monday
by Kristina McMorris
An unforgettable novel inspired by a stunning piece of history.
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The Removes
A powerful, transporting novel about the addictive intensity and freedom of the American frontier.
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
A rich, spellbinding new novel from the author of The Lake House. On sale Oct 9.
The long-awaited, daring, and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning ...
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Kate Braithwaite
A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture—...
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Matt Grant
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El Paso
by Winston Groom
The book cover gives you a hint of what might be if you are willing to commit to its story line and close your eyes and travel. I did just that and I awakened to be face ...
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The Dry
by Jane Harper
The Dry is the first book in the Aaron Falk series by award-winning Australian journalist and author, Jane Harper. After twenty years away, AFP agent Aaron Falk returns ...
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The Ninth Hour
by Alice McDermott
At first I thought this was a religious book but I feel it was about how you live your life. The nuns were all different so you could associate with them in your own ...
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
by Adib Khorram
I would classify this as a must-read for 2018! Darius is a unique teenage boy whose story will appeal to all ages, even though the book is categorized as YA. Darius has ...
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Harry's Trees
by Jon Cohen
What a dazzlingly yet wonderful cast of characters we meet in Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen. The one thing united them is grief and loss. A widow loses her husband to a ...
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Don't Look Back: An Inspector Sejer Mystery
by Karin Fossum
A friend recommended this mystery to me and said she had just discovered Norwegian author Karin Fossum. This book is in a series of Inspector Sejer mysteries. Now I'm ...
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