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A woman is reincarnated in multiple iterations of herself in the same events focusing on wartime Europe.
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A young artist navigates turmoil in Manhattan and Italy during the late ’70s.
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A wife mysteriously disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary.
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A final showdown on the U.S./Mexico border in this conclusion to the Charlie Hood series.
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A teacher's life is awakened by new neighbors, an enchanting Lebanese family.
(Knopf: $25.95)
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Two brothers return to their small home town in Maine when their nephew commits a hate crime.
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The life, career and lost love connections of a WWII Vet and book editor.
(Knopf: $26.95)
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Star Wars' Sith Lord faces the trials and joys of raising his daughter Leia.
(Chronicle: $14.95)
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Two teenagers fighting cancer fall in love.
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Government hitman Will Robie must bring in a fellow assassin gone rogue.
(Grand Central: $27.99)
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The third book in the ongoing saga of the Clifton-Barrington family.
(St. Martin's: $27.99)
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Short stories examining what happens when we are brought up short by life.
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The bond formed between six teenagers at an arts summer camp is explored through adulthood.
(Riverhead: $27.95)
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A troubled young Chilean girl's quest for love and moral enlightenment while fleeing for her life.
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A woman tries to fulfill a deathbed promise to take care of her best friend's children.
(St. Martin's Press: $27.99)
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How far parents are prepared to go to protect those they love is the topic of this dinner conversation.
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An ordinary village girl falls for her quadriplegic patient, a former extreme sports fanatic.
(Pamela Dorman Books: $27.95)
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A botched covert operation involving the abduction of a terrorist is threatened to be exposed three years later.
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A lawyer accused of murdering his wife retreats to the beach where he finds romance and new danger.
(Putnam: $27.95)
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An explosion at the family business exposes dark secrets, threatening the lives of two sisters.
(Simon & Schuster: $26.99)
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Hardcover Nonfiction (Back to top)

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The essayist's recent collection of life's travails and travel tales.
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The Facebook executive offers advice and observations on gender inequities in the professional world.
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A memoir from the exchange student who spent four years in an Italian prison wrongly convicted of murdering her roommate.
(Harper: $28.99)
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A look at the conservative movement and events leading to the Battle of Bunker Hill and the start of the American Revolution.
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A quirky collection of feline poetry.
(Chronicle: $12.95)
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The founder of RE/MAX details his inspirational and ongoing recovery from paralysis.
(Hay House: $19.95)
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Three simple prayers to get through the tough times.
(Riverhead: $17.95)
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Getting more productivity from your work and life by focusing on one task at a time.
(Bard Press: $24.95)
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David Sheff and Eamon Dolan
An exposé of a failed drug rehab system, offering a science based solution.
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: $25)
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The Irish writer recounts her difficult beginnings and escape into writing.
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Revealing America’s new covert wars and special ops.
(Nation Books: $29.99)
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12
A collection of photos, quotes and musings from an existential cat.
(Ten Speed Press: $12.99)
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Vogue's longtime creative director writes about the names behind the pages.
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A collection of more than a hundred poems to recite from memory.
(Hyperion: $19.99)
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Insight from the former pro volleyball player on how to survive the happily ever after.
(Scribner: $25)
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A revised, expanded interactive journal based on the books and hit movies.
(Amulet: $10.95)
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How to identify and protect yourself from the negative and dangerous people in your life.
(Bird Street: $26)
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The Supreme Court justice recounts her obstacle-filled journey beginning in the Bronx projects.
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Why certain things go viral and catch on from consumer products and policy initiatives to gossip and YouTube videos.
(Simon & Schuster: $26)
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A humorous explanation of all aspects of digestion.
(Norton: $26.95)
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Rankings are based on chain results and a weekly poll of 150 Southland bookstores going back to April 25, 2010.

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