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  • THE OPPOSITE OF CHANCE
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    THE OPPOSITE OF CHANCE
    MARGARET HERMES
    Stung by betrayal, a sheltered woman boards a plane to find a world beyond Milwaukee: "The author writes with wit and flair. . . . A romantic escape to savor." — Kirkus Reviews Betsy has been sheltered for a long time—by her close-knit family, Catholic school education, college in her hometown, and early marriage. It takes the discovery of her husband's serial philandering to p...

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  • THE WHISTLEBLOWER'S DILEMMA
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    THE WHISTLEBLOWER'S DILEMMA
    RICHARD RASHKE
    A look at Edward Snowden, Karen Silkwood, and government and corporate whistleblowing, by an author praised for his "first-rate reporting" ( Kirkus Reviews). In June of 2013, Edward Snowden, a twenty-nine-year-old former CIA employee, leaked thousands of top secret National Security Agency (NSA) documents to journalist Glen Greenwald. Branded as a whistleblower, Snowden reignit...

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  • THE OBEDIENT ASSASSIN
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    THE OBEDIENT ASSASSIN
    JOHN P. DAVIDSON
    A dark and riveting thriller that reimagines the life and mission of the Spanish nationalist enlisted to murder Leon Trotsky: Based on a true chapter of world history and ten years of research, here is the story of the real-life reluctant soldier and killer, Ramón Mercader—the obedient assassin Ramón Mercader was plucked from the front of the Spanish Civil War by the Soviets an...

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  • FACTS AND FANCIES
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    FACTS AND FANCIES
    PAUL TAYLOR
    Witty and whimsical writings about the dance of life by the legendary choreographer.   This wonderful new book by one of the preeminent dancers and choreographers consists of a range of pieces of fact and fiction that run from thoughts on friendliness and country living to animosity and city life. Taylor's first book since his autobiography ( Private Domain, 1995, Alfred A. Kno...

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  • SLOTS
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    SLOTS
    DAVID V. FORREST
    A renowned psychiatrist explores the world of slot machine gambling and the almost religious devotion that has turned it into a billion-dollar industry. This astonishing book reveals that there's a lot more to playing slot machines—one of America's fastest growing forms of entertainment—than good fun, deep relaxation and the dream of a multi-million-dollar jackpot. Slots tells ...

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  • OVERCONNECTED
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    OVERCONNECTED
    WILLIAM H. DAVIDOW
    "Shows how the unanticipated effects of the Internet are distorting economics, politics, international relations, and individual lives" (James Fallows). In  Overconnected, Bill Davidow, a former Silicon Valley executive, explains how the almost miraculous success of the Internet has also created a unique set of hazards, in effect overconnecting us, with the direst of consequenc...

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  • LITTLE MISERIES
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    LITTLE MISERIES
    KIMBERLY OLSON FAKIH
    "A lively and energetic account of growing up in the Midwest in the last century, in a variegated family assailed by disasters great and small." —Lynne Sharon Schwartz, author of Truthtelling   In the tradition of Mad Men and Rick Moody's The Ice Storm, Little Miseries captures an era of parental indifference, in which children were left to grow up on their own through tiny mom...

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  • LISTENING FOR GHOSTS
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    LISTENING FOR GHOSTS
    DAVID RABE
    In these disquieting tales of confronting the past, the author and playwright showcases his "keen ear for how people talk, think, and behave" ( Publishers Weekly).   Listening for Ghosts collects some of David Rabe's most compelling short fiction of the past few years, including three stories that appeared in the New Yorker. In "Things We Worried About When I Was Ten," a group ...

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  • INFINITE DIMENSIONS
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    INFINITE DIMENSIONS
    JESSICA TREADWAY
    Twelve short stories delving into the minds of characters struggling as they attempt to build their lives on shaky ground. A female bank executive, who thinks she's placed her struggles with mental illness behind her, must make a tough decision when her former hospital roommate shows up for a job interview. A college student struggling with his philosophy assignment asks a rela...

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  • LAZARUS RISING
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    LAZARUS RISING
    JOSEPH CALDWELL
    The Rome Prize–winning author of In the Shadow of the Bridge "evokes a bygone era and an earlier pandemic. . . . An affecting turn in [his] long career" ( Publishers Weekly ).   This dark, propulsive novel, the crowning masterwork by ninety-two-year-old Joseph Caldwell, takes place during 1992, when AIDS was still an incurable scourge and death casualties were everyday events. ...

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  • TRUTHTELLING
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    TRUTHTELLING
    LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
    "A grab bag of realist and experimental stories, each one a treasure . . . Wise, wry, and witty—theses stories in all their stylistic variations are perfect." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review   A man generously lends his car to his ex-wife, and is bewildered when she not only neglects to return it but makes increasingly implausible excuses for her actions. A neat and orderly cl...

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  • YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME NOT TO
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    YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME NOT TO
    CHRISTOPHER COAKE
    A "gripping, beautiful, emotionally raw" collection of stories about the things that go wrong between men and women from a PEN Award winner.   Arriving in the midst of the #MeToo era, these stories examine the fallout from failed relationships between men and women—partnerships that have crumbled under the weight of betrayal, misplaced hopes, illness, and particularly masculini...

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  • THE PROFESSOR OF IMMORTALITY
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    THE PROFESSOR OF IMMORTALITY
    EILEEN POLLACK
    "A tragicomedy about the paradoxes of trying to be a decent human, and—maybe even trickier—of trying to be a decent mom" by the author of A Perfect Life ( Rivka Galchen, author of Little Labors).   Professor Maxine Sayers once found her personal and professional life so fulfilling that she founded the Institute for Future Studies, a program dedicated to studying the effects of ...

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  • WITHOUT HER
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    WITHOUT HER
    ROSALIND BRACKENBURY
    The author of Becoming George Sand has crafted a "standout novel of a tested friendship . . . highlighted by fine prose and finely drawn characters" ( Publishers Weekly).   When her old friend Hannah doesn't show up at her house in the south of France, everyone assumes that Claudia, who has known Hannah since their shared years at boarding school, will know where she is and wha...

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  • AMERICAN STRANGER
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    AMERICAN STRANGER
    DAVID PLANTE
    A daughter of Jewish refugees searches for love and a spiritual home in this novel by the National Book Award–nominated author of Difficult Women.   Brought up in a secular household on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Nancy Green knows suspiciously little about her parents' past. She knows they escaped Germany, avoiding the fate of so many of their fellow Jews during World War II,...

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  • LEFT-HANDED DREAMS
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    LEFT-HANDED DREAMS
    FRANCESCA DURANTI
    An Italian professor seeks to understand her own mind—and heart: "An elegant and engaging writer who treats serious questions with wit and grace" ( The Wall Street Journal).   Martina Satriano, an Italian professor of cultural history at New York University, observes the great American city with admiration and gratitude, but from an outsider's perspective. She is a sublime cook...

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  • THE GRETCHEN QUESTION
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    THE GRETCHEN QUESTION
    JESSICA TREADWAY
    “One of the most haunting stories I have ever read about the price we pay for the secrets we keep” from the award-winning author of How Will I Know You? (Julia Glass, national bestselling author).   The Gretchen Question recounts a day in the life of Roberta Chase, who does not have much time left to make peace with her son ,who’s punishing her for withholding his father’s true...

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  • THE OBEDIENT ASSASSIN
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    THE OBEDIENT ASSASSIN
    JOHN P. DAVIDSON
    A dark and riveting thriller that reimagines the life and mission of the Spanish nationalist enlisted to murder Leon Trotsky: Based on a true chapter of world history and ten years of research, here is the story of the real-life reluctant soldier and killer, Ramón Mercader—the obedient assassin Ramón Mercader was plucked from the front of the Spanish Civil War by the Soviets an...

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  • FACTS AND FANCIES
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    FACTS AND FANCIES
    PAUL TAYLOR
    Witty and whimsical writings about the dance of life by the legendary choreographer.   This wonderful new book by one of the preeminent dancers and choreographers consists of a range of pieces of fact and fiction that run from thoughts on friendliness and country living to animosity and city life. Taylor's first book since his autobiography ( Private Domain, 1995, Alfred A. Kno...

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