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And despite the story she tells them all, Estelle hasn’t really come to the apartment to view it for her daughter, and her husband really isn’t outside parking the car.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs police surround the premises and television channels broadcast the hostage situation live, the tension mounts and even deeper secrets are slowly revealed. 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Anxious People

$15.00

#1 New York Times bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and “writer...

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Leaving Time

$6.00

Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a...

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The House of Dreams

$9.50

A beautifully written novel based on the true-life story of Varian Fry, called “the artists’ Schindler,” who rescued thousands of...

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Class

$8.00

Named one of the Best Books of 2017 by the Philadelphia Inquirer: All hell breaks loose in the liberal bubble...

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Small Great Things

$9.00

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult presents an intelligent, empathetic story about a woman caught in a gripping moral dilemma...

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Alone Against the North

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Winner of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario's 2016 Young Authors Award Winner of the 2017 Louise de Kiriline Award for NonfictionAdam Shoalts was no...

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If I Knew Then

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Help Me

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A hilarious and heartwarming rampage through the world of self-careMarianne Power was a self-help junkie. For years she lined her...

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