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Series: A Cry from the Far MiddleDispatches from a Divided LandHardcover
P.J. O'Rourke9780802157737
$38.95HUMOR
Sep 25, 2020
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Carl Smith9780802148100
$41.95HISTORY
Oct 16, 2020
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$38.95FICTION
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$40.50FICTION
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$44.95HISTORY
Nov 13, 2020
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Series: The Awkward Black ManHardcover
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$38.95FICTION
Sep 25, 2020
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Series: A Lover's DiscourseHardcover
Xiaolu Guo9780802149527
$38.95FICTION
Oct 23, 2020
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John Freeman9780802157836
$23.95FICTION
Oct 23, 2020
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Series: EarthlingsA NovelHardcover
Sayaka Murata9780802157003
$38.95FICTION
Oct 16, 2020
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Series: All The Young MenHardcover
Ruth Coker Burks9780802157249
$38.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Dec 11, 2020
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Francois Busnel9780802149343
$23.95LITERARY COLLECTIONS
Sep 25, 2020
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Series: The Forger's DaughterHardcover
Bradford Morrow9780802149251
$38.95FICTION
Sep 18, 2020
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$38.95FICTION
Oct 16, 2020
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$38.95FICTION
Nov 13, 2020
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$38.95FICTION
Dec 11, 2020
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$23.95FICTION
Oct 02, 2020
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Joyce Carol Oates9780802157324
$23.95FICTION
Oct 30, 2020
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Ken Bruen9780802157331
$23.95FICTION
Nov 27, 2020
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Thomas Perry9780802148445
$23.95FICTION
Dec 25, 2020
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Paula Daly9780802157317
$23.95FICTION
Oct 02, 2020
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Ben Westhoff9780802157379
$26.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
Oct 02, 2020
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R. D. Rosen9780802157362
$26.95SPORTS & RECREATION
Oct 02, 2020
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Walter Mosley9780802157355
$23.95LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Oct 02, 2020
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Val McDermid9780802157348
$25.50FICTION
Oct 30, 2020
Val McDermid is an award-winning, crime-writing powerhouse, and now she returns to her explosive, thrilling series featuring psychological profiler Tony Hill and ex-DCI Carol Jordan in her latest How The Dead Speak With Tony behind bars and Carol finally out of road as a cop, he’s finding unexpected outlets for his talents in jail and she’s joined forces with a small informal group of lawyers and forensics experts looking into suspected miscarriages of justice. But they’re doing it without each other; being in the same room at visiting hour ... + Read More
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Series: Shuggie BainA Novel (Booker Prize Winner)Paperback
Douglas Stuart9780802148506
$25.50FICTION
Oct 23, 2020
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZENEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A stunning debut novel by a masterful writer telling the heartwrenching story of a young boy and his alcoholic mother, whose love is only matched by her pride. Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher’s policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city’s notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shug... + Read More
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