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Charles Cartera.k.a. Carter the Greatis a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. But nothing in his career has prepared Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to crea...
Rob Delaney
May 17, 2021Also recommended by
Amy Winehouse
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- backed by the United States. In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist par...
Rob Delaney
Apr 27, 2021Also recommended by
Aaron BastaniIn February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions?This is the story ...
Giovanna’s pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Is she turning into her Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she c...
Rob Delaney
Feb 23, 2021This is a parenting book for people who don't buy parenting booksWith straight-talking advice from renowned Psychotherapist Philippa Perry, How to be a Parent is the definitive guide for any parent looking to navigate their past, avoid repeating their own parents' mistakes, and ensure they don't land their own kids in therapy.Through the combinatio...
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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 Y...
Rob Delaney
Dec 16, 2020Also recommended by
Bill GatesHE IS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING CHARACTERSIN ALL OF LITERATURE.AT LAST THE EVOLUTION OF HIS EVILIS REVEALED.Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him.Hannibal’s uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orp...
Rob Delaney
Sep 01, 2020As 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...
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 KingNothing 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
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Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen
Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene
Billy, Me & You by Nicola Streeten
Ten In The Bed by Penny Dale
Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch
Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian Kilmeade
The Show That Never Ends by David Weigel
Alan Partridge by Alan Partridge