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Elvis Cole goes undercover to try to buy back a wealthy industrialist's son from border kidnappers.
(Putnam: $26.95)
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A middle-age retiree re-evaluates his mediocre existence.
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The characters of Pride and Prejudice are drawn into a tale of murder.
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Hunger Games winners face the consequences of their victory.
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A year in the social life of three twentysomethings set in Jazz-Age New York City.
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A love triangle among Ivy League graduates.
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A mysterious drowning reveals secrets and lies in the wealthy Fairclough family.
(Dutton: $28.95)
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When the bad guys are girls selling body parts and pot, it’s up to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to stop them.
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No one is safe in the final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy.
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The nature of relationships revolve in the life of a gifted college baseball player.
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Leonid McGill attempts to stay connected to his family amidst murder, greed, and retribution.
(Riverhead: $26.95)
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Greg gets trapped in the house during a snowstorm.
(Abrams: $13.95)
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A young soldier turned kidnapper navigates treacherous North Korea.
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An orphan in a Paris train station must retrieve a secret notebook left by his dead father.
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The final book of the "Millennium Trilogy" has Lisbeth Salander in peril.
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Don’t let appearances fool you in this multilayered narrative about loyalty and loss.
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A drug lord kidnaps a songwriter forcing her to write a ballad of his exploits.
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An elderly Holocaust survivor claiming to be Anne Frank is discovered hiding in a man's attic.
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A tale of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, set in 1920s Paris.
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The Lemony Snicket author details a high school student's first love.
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Hardcover Nonfiction (Back to top)

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Trusting our intuition in business and personal decisions from the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $30)
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New interviews with the Queen's relatives and friends uncover hidden layers of the monarch.
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A portrait of the late Apple visionary as revealed by those in his inner circle.
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An engaging portrait of the longest-ruling female leader of imperial Russia.
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The story of Louis Zamperini, a World War II bombardier, POW and Olympian.
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How getting employees to work together will lead to success in business.
(Portfolio: $25.95)
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Chris Kyle, et al.
The battlefield experiences from the Navy SEAL with the most kills in U.S. military history.
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An argument for conservatism that is against statism.
(Threshold: $26.99)
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The last five years of John F. Kennedy Jr’s life. recounted by his personal assistant and friend.
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Successful introverts and their ideals.
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In this pseudonym-concealed author’s parody of Margaret Wise Brown’s classical tale, too many wired-up distractions keep youngsters awake.
(Blue Rider Press: $14.95)
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New perspectives and ideas to transform the way we think about our health.
(Free Press: $26)
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Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The dramatic events in spring 1865 leading to President Lincoln's assassination.
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A look at the first couple's arrival in the White House and their struggles to adapt to Washington.
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Complex ties between the U.S. ambassador’s family and the Nazi elite in 1930s Berlin.
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A memoir filled with musings on motherhood Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, Al Pacino and more.
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The rediscovery of an ancient poem by Lucretius inspired the Renaissance.
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A revised, expanded interactive journal based on the books and hit movies.
(Amulet: $10.95)
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A teenager stumbles upon an abandoned children's home whose former occupants were a bit odd and dangerous.
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Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker
The Denver Bronco’s quarterback reveals how his faith and family values have defied convention.
(Harper: $26.99)
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Credits: Liesl Bradner, Carolyn Kellogg, Michelle Minkoff

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