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The Tweedles Go Online
Everyone’s favorite old-fashioned family is welcoming another new addition to their home — a telephone!
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The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan
The Sisters Brothers meets Master and Commander in Robert Hough’s rollicking and raucous historical novel.
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The Lake
A mesmerizing story about the disappearance of three young women and a deeply disturbing portrait of a small town gone bad.
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The King of Shanghai
The seventh novel in the Ava Lee series finds Ava getting caught up in the election for the chairmanship of the Triad Societies.
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The Heart of Hell
The third installment in Alen Mattich's highly addictive Marko della Torre series.
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The Gallery of Lost Species
The debut novel by award-winning poet Nina Berkhout is the compelling story of a fractured family looking for beauty in all the wrong places.
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Swimming, Swimming
In this celebration of summer in the city, Gary Clement illustrates “Swimming, swimming, in a swimming pool…”
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Ravenscrag
A playful, semi-autobiographical, retro science fiction novel about mind control, memory, and madness — based on historical events.
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Jigsaw Man
Mark Tartaglia of the London murder squad investigates a bizarre and brutal series of murders in this gripping thriller.
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Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place?
The fourteenth semi-annual Munk Debate discusses the legacy of President Obama.
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Captive
Captive throws you into the mind of a woman who wakes to find herself in a terrifying situation: she’s confined to a small grey room with no memory.
