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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
(And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)
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This book is about how we have relationships with our children, what gets in the way of a good connection and what can enhance it...
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Richard Osman#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE The long-awaited first novel from the author of Tenth of December a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented Named One of the Ten Best Books of the...
Rob Delaney
Dec 16, 2020Also recommended by
Bill GatesMaster and Commander
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As the Royal Navy takes part in the wars against Napoleonic France, young Jack Aubrey receives his first command, the small, old, and slow HMS Sophie. Accompanied by his eccentric new friend, the physician and naturalist Stephen Maturin, Aubrey does battle with the naval hierarchy, with his own tendency to make social blunders, and with the challen...
The Boy from the Woods
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In the shocking new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away, a man whose past is shrouded in mystery must find a missing teenage girl before her disappearance brings about disastrous consequences for her community . . . and the world.The man known as Wilde is a mystery to everyone, including himself. Decades ago, he was f...
Rob Delaney
Mar 19, 2020Also recommended by
Peter KingThe Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set
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Nothing quite like this has ever been published before, proclaimed The Guardian about the Neapolitan novels in 2014. Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous and a world undergoing epochal change, Elena Ferrante tells the story of a sixty-year friendship between the brilliant and bookish Elena and the fiery, rebelliou...
Evil has many facesmaybe even yours in this #1 New York Times bestseller from master storyteller Stephen King! An eleven-year-old boys violated corpse is discovered in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint Citys most popular citizensTerry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of ...
Rob Delaney
Jan 14, 2020Also recommended by
Roman MarsMichael Rosen's Sad Book
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With unmitigated honesty, a touch of humor, and sensitive illustrations by Quentin Blake, Michael Rosen explores the experience of sadness in a way that resonates with us all.Sometimes I'm sad and I don’t know why.It's just a cloud that comes along and covers me up.Sad things happen to everyone, and sometimes people feel sad for no reason at all. W...
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Jul 16, 2019Two-year-old Greta Greene was sitting with her grandmother on a park bench on the Upper West Side of Manhattan when a brick crumbled from a windowsill overhead, striking her unconscious. She is immediately rushed to the hospital. Once More We Saw Stars begins with this event, leading the reader into the unimaginable.But although it begins with the ...
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May 13, 2019Billy, Me & You
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Nicola Streeten’s little boy, Billy, was two years old when he died following heart surgery for problems diagnosed only 10 days earlier. Gut-wrenchingly sad at times, her graphic memoir is an unforgettable portrayal of trauma and our reaction to it – and, especially, the humor or absurdity so often involved in our responses. As Streeten’s story unf...
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May 07, 2019Duck, Death and the Tulip
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In a strangely heart-warming story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death. Death, Duck and the Tulip will intrigue, haunt and enchant readers of all ages. Simple, warm, and witty, this book deals with a difficult subject in a way that is elegant, straightforward, and life-affirming....
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Mar 04, 2018Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans
The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny
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Another pop history pageturner from the New York Times bestselling authors of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.When the British fought the young United States during the War of 1812, they knew that taking the mouth of the Mississippi River was the key to crippling their former colony. Capturing the city of...
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Dec 09, 2017The Show That Never Ends by David Weigel
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