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*****The Cradle of IceBy James Rollins
In this second book of the Moonfall series, Rollins brings back the motley crew of a soldier, a thief, a lost prince, and a young girl who are targeted by enemies in a forbidding, icy world threatened with apocalypse.
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*****Decent PeopleBy De’Shawn Charles Winslow
A small, segregated North Carolina town is turned upside down after the murder of three siblings. The people of West Mills---on both sides of the canal that serves as the town's color line--are in a frenzy of finger-pointing, gossip, and wonder. As Jo, who has just moved back to West Mills from New York City to retire and marry a childhood sweetheart, investigates those who might know the most about the deaths, she discovers more secrets than she'd ever imagined. Winslow wrote the well-reviewed 2019 novel In West Mills.
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Code Name SapphireBy Pam Jenoff
Hannah is desperate to get out of occupied Europe. But with no safe way to leave, she must return to the dangerous underground work she thought she had left behind. Seeking help, Hannah joins the Sapphire Line, a secret resistance network led by a mysterious woman named Micheline and her enigmatic brother Matteo. But when a grave mistake causes Lily’s family to be arrested and slated for deportation to Auschwitz, Hannah finds herself torn between her loyalties. How much is Hannah willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves?
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*****The House of EveBy Sadeqa Johnson
Johnson, the author of 2021’s The Yellow Wife, focuses on the challenges of two young Black women in the 1950s. Eleanor falls in love with a wealthy Howard University student and struggles to be accepted into his elite world. Ruby is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright.
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*****The Secret Service of Tea and TreasonBy India Holton
Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake matrimony to save the Queen. Known as Agent A, Alice is the top operative within the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret government intelligence group that is fortunately better at espionage than at naming itself. When rumors of an assassination plot begin to circulate, she’s immediately assigned to the case. But she’s not working alone. Daniel Bixby, otherwise known as Agent B and Alice's greatest rival, is given the most challenging undercover assignment of his life— pretending to be Alice’s husband. Together they will infiltrate a pirate house party, and foil their unpatriotic plans.
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*****Dark AngelBy John Sandford
Letty Davenport, the tough-as-nails adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes on an undercover assignment that brings her across the country and into the crosshairs of a dangerous group of hackers. Letty and her reluctant partner from the NSA pose as free-spirited programmers for hire and embark on a cross country road trip to the group’s California headquarters. While the two work to make inroads with Ordinary People and uncover their plans, they begin to suspect that the hackers are not their only enemy. Someone within their own circle may have betrayed them, and has ulterior motives that place their mission—and their lives—in grave danger.
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*****Things We Do in the DarkBy Jennifer Hillier
When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom--covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind her--she knows she'll be charged with murder. But as bad as this looks, it's not what worries her the most. With the unwanted media attention now surrounding her, it's only a matter of time before someone from her long hidden past recognizes her and destroys the new life she's worked so hard to build, along with any chance of a future. Because the only thing worse than a murder charge are two murder charges.
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*****Only Time Will TellBy Jeffrey Archer
The story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the words, "I was told that my father was killed in the war." Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who spent his whole life on the docks, or the first-born son of a scion of West Country society, whose family owns a shipping line? This introductory novel in The Clifton Chronicles includes a cast of colorful characters and takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take up a place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitler's Germany.
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*****The 6 Types of Working Genius:
A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team
By Patrick Lencioni
New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni unveils a truly groundbreaking new model that will change the way we think about work and teams forever. The 6 Types of Working Genius is the fastest way to help people identify the type of work that brings them joy and energy, and avoid work that leads to frustration and burnout.
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*****This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the forgotten fight to save the wild By Nate Schweber
An award-winning journalist uncovers the forgotten story of a progressive alliance, started by writer Bernard DeVoto and his wife, who fought to stop millions of acres of national parks and other western lands from being ceded to logging, mining, and private industry.
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*****American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerBy Kai Bird
The first full-scale biography of the "father of the atomic bomb," the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the fire of the sun for his country in time of war. After Hiroshima, he became the most famous scientist of his generation--an icon of modern man confronting the consequences of scientific progress.
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*****Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything modern parents need to know to do it once and do it rightBy Jamie Glowacki
Worried about potty training? Let Jamie Glowacki, potty-training expert at OhCrapPottyTraining.com, show you how it’s done. Her 6-step, proven process to get your toddler out of diapers and onto the toilet has already worked for tens of thousands of kids and their parents.
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*****The IslandBy Natasha Preston
Jagged Island: a private amusement park for the very rich—or the very influential. Liam, James, Will, Ava, Harper, and Paisley—social media influencers with millions of followers—have been invited for an exclusive weekend before the park opens. When the teens arrive, they're stunned: the resort is even better than they’d imagined. But soon they'll discover that something's missing from their schedule: getting off the island alive. Another pulse-pounding read from the undisputed queen of YA thrillers.
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*****Britfield and the Return of the PrinceBy C.R. Stewart
The continuing story of orphans Tom and Sarah, as they must flee the Devonbury Academy in Switzerland and find themselves pursued across Europe in their ongoing hunt for the Britfields.
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*****BordersBy Thomas King
In this graphic novel, a boy and his mother refuse to identify themselves as American or Canadian at the border and become caught in the limbo between nations when they claim their citizenship as Blackfoot.
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*****Amari and the Night Brothers By B.B. Alston
Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase in his closet containing a nomination for a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she's certain the secretive organization holds the key to locating Quinton--if only she can wrap her head around the idea of magicians, fairies, aliens, and other supernatural creatures all being real.
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