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Asian Vegetables
A one-of-a-kind book at the crossroads of gardening, cooking, and personal history.
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At the Pond
Geraldo Valério looks at the nature of true friendship and love in a stunning wordless picture book.
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Atonement
Soucy's brilliant second novel is a captivating and suspenseful examination of guilt.
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Augustino and the Choir of Destruction
The third in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle, this novel is set in a post-September 11 world on an island in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Aunt Pearl
A sensitive and bittersweet portrayal of a loving family affected by homelessness, from acclaimed creators Monica Kulling and Irene Luxbacher.
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ages 5
to 8
/ grades K
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Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings
A Haitian American girl finds connection to generations of family lore in this story of identity, heart and home.
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Authenticity
From bestselling author Dr. David Posen comes a book about listening to your body, understanding your mind, and making better choices in your life.
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Autopsy of a Boring Wife
The hysterically funny tale of forty-eight-year-old Diane, a woman whose husband is having an affair because, he says, she bores him.
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Avis Dolphin
Inspired by the story of actual passengers on the ill-fated Lusitania, this is a novel of great adventure and suspense.
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Back in the Land of the Living
A sexy, unforgettable story about love and longing in a time of chaos by Scotiabank Giller Prize–longlisted author Eva Crocker.
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Back Roads
A genre-defying ethereal mystery in which a writer encounters her double and must grapple with an undetermined crime — and her own identity.
