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Ghostman
Ghostman
by Roger Hobbs
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Stunningly dark, hugely intelligent and thoroughly addictive, Ghostman announces the arrival of an exciting and highly distinctive novelist. When a casino robbery in Atlantic City goes horribly awry, the man who orchestrated it is obliged to call in a... (read more)

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I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography
by Richard Hell
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The sharp, lyrical, and no-holds-barred autobiography of the iconoclastic writer and musician Richard Hell, charting the childhood, coming of age, and misadventures of an artist in an indelible era of rock and roll... From an early age, Richard Hell... (read more)

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The Flamethrowers: A Novel
The Flamethrowers: A Novel
by Rachel Kushner
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Rachel Kushner's first novel, Telex from Cuba, was nominated for a National Book Award and reviewed on the cover of The New York Times Book Review. Her second novel, even more ambitious and brilliant, is the riveting story of a young artist and the... (read more)

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The Stud Book
The Stud Book
by Monica Drake
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A sharp-edged satire of contemporary motherhood from a comic novelist on the rise. In the hip haven of Portland, Oregon, a pack of unsteady but loyal friends asks what it means to bring babies into an already crowded world. Sarah studies animal behavior... (read more)

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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
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Chris Hedges's writing and reportage is consistently trenchant and unequivocal, notable for its discerning examinations and penetrating insights. Joe Sacco's award-winning work as a cartoonist is as distinctive as it is compassionate. Combining the... (read more)

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The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
by Oliver Burkeman
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Self-help books don't seem to work. Few of the many advantages of modern life seem capable of lifting our collective mood. Wealth — even if you can get it — doesn't necessarily lead to happiness. Romance, family life, and work often bring as... (read more)

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This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't
by Augusten Burroughs
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book by Augusten Burroughs that explores how to survive what you think you can't. If you're fat and fail every diet, if you're thin but can't get... (read more)

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Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go
by Taiye Selasi
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Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku's death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. Ghana Must Go is... (read more)

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Point Your Face at This: Drawings
Point Your Face at This: Drawings
by Demetri Martin
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The New York Times bestselling author and comedian is back in a smaller, softer format. In his first book, This Is a Book, Demetri Martin introduced fans and readers to his unique brand of long-form humor writing. Now Demetri returns with an eclectic... (read more)

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Japanese Farm Food
Japanese Farm Food
by Nancy Singleton Hachisu
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"Our life centers on the farm and the field. We eat what we grow." Nancy Singleton Hachisu Japanese Farm Food offers a unique window into life on a Japanese farm through the simple, clear-flavored recipes cooked from family crops and other... (read more)

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The Fun Parts: Stories
The Fun Parts: Stories
by Sam Lipsyte
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A hilarious collection of stories from the writer The New York Times called “the novelist of his generation” Returning to the form in which he began, Sam Lipsyte, author of the New York Times bestseller The Ask, offers up The Fun Parts... (read more)

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The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
by Mark Mazzetti
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A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s explosive account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special forces into competing covert manhunting and killing operations — the new American way of war Osama bin Laden’s... (read more)

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How Literature Saved My Life
How Literature Saved My Life
by David Shields
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David Shields's new book is a collagist's and lit lover's dream come true. Erudite and thoughtful, if you've ever lived or read a novel, you'll find much to admire and ruminate upon.... (read more)

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Mary Coin
Mary Coin
by Marisa Silver
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In her first novel since The God of War, the critically acclaimed author Marisa Silver takes Dorothea Lange's “Migrant Mother” photograph as inspiration for a breathtaking reinvention — a story of two women, one famous and one forgotten... (read more)

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The Reenactments: A Memoir
The Reenactments: A Memoir
by Nick Flynn
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As with Nick Flynn's other major prose works, The Reenactments is a compelling, vignette-style memoir. Flynn's 2004 Another Bullshit Night in Suck City was adapted into a film (Being Flynn) earlier this year, starring Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, and... (read more)

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Marble Season
Marble Season
by Gilbert Hernandez
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The untold coming-of-age story from a contemporary comics master Marble Season is the semi-autobiographical novel by the acclaimed cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, author of the epic masterpiece Palomar and co-creator, with his brothers... (read more)

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Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
by Ben Goldacre
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Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that its based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in... (read more)

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The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend
The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend
by Glenn Frankel
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In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and... (read more)

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Fight Song
Fight Song
by Joshua Mohr
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When his bicycle is intentionally run off the road by a neighbor's SUV, something snaps in Bob Coffin. Modern suburban life has been getting him down and this is the last straw. To avoid following in his own father's missteps, Bob is suddenly desperate... (read more)

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The God Problem: How A Godless Cosmos Creates
The God Problem: How A Godless Cosmos Creates
by Howard Bloom
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"Truly awesome....Bursting with insights and ideas, delivered with delightful verve and zest....A tantalizing, fresh new view of the cosmos for humankind." Dudley Herschbach, Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry... (read more)

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