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1) THE IRISH ASSASSINS: CONSPIRACY, REVENGE AND THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS THAT STUNNED VICTORIAN ENGLAND
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A brilliant true crime account of the assassinations that altered the course of Irish history from the "compulsively readable" writer (The Guardian).
One sunlit evening, May 6, 1882, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, were ambushed and stabbed to death while strolling through Phoenix Park in Dublin. The murders were funded by American supporters of Irish independence and carried out by...
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Obsession, Unrequited Love, Jealousy, Revenge, and Violence Collide in this Page-Turning Anthology
Crimes of passion are both eerie and strangely tantalizing. How can someone you hold dear become someone you fear? This riveting anthology explores the question through some of the most compelling true crime accounts and stories of obsession and vengeance.
Crimes fueled by emotions. Love, passion, obsession, jealousy, and betrayal. When it comes to...
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Bea's five-year old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away in front of her. The smog and pollution of the City-the over-populated, over-built metropolis where most of the population lives in buildings on top of buildings, where there is no room for parks or plants-is destroying her lungs. If they stay in the City, Agnes will die.
Across the country is the Wilderness State, a huge swath of protected land, remote and unwelcoming, a refuge for wildlife...
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Gold Valley novels volume 10
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"For as long as brooding cowboy Ryder Daniels has known Sammy Marshall, she has been his sunshine. Her free spirit and bright smile saved him after the devastating loss of his parents and gave him the strength to care for his orphaned family. Only Ryder knows how vulnerable Sammy is, so he's kept his attraction for his best friend under wraps for years. But what Sammy's asking for now might be a step too far. Something has been missing from Sammy's...
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"Leavitt has crafted an irresistible portrait of midlife ennui and the magic of breaking free."
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"With or Without You is a moving novel about twists of fate, the shifting terrain of love, and coming into your own. With tenderness and incisive insight, Leavitt spotlights a woman's unexpected journey towards her art." -Madeline Miller, author of Circe
A Best Book of the Month: Bustle * PopSugar
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"First came the pandemic, then came The Calamity. The few remaining humans are huddled in impoverished villages. The animals, meanwhile, have convened a gathering, each group sending a representative to debate and vote on whether to help the last human stragglers . . . or to kill and eat them. As each animal makes its case, the fate of humanity depends on whether each species will act in its own self-interest, or if they will follow the lead of the...
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"Racial equity begins with meaningful interracial conversations. Pulling no punches, Let's Talk Race: A Guide for White People explores why white people struggle to talk about race, why we need to talk about race to energize social action, and how to create the safe spaces for these conversations to take place."--
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"A fast-paced, thrilling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for, from the brilliant New York Times bestselling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. In horror movies, the final girl is the one who's left standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious, a victim and a hero. But after the sirens fade and the audience...
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"This book is a deep dive into mass shootings--events in which one or more gunmen shoot more than four people--which have become increasingly common, particularly in America, over the last six decades. The book opens on a personal note, describing an event in which the author failed to protect an innocent man from violence, which he likens to our national inability to act and protect each other from these atrocities. From there, he goes back to August...
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The whateverpocalypse. That's what Toure, a twenty-something Cambridge coder, calls it after waking up one morning to find himself seemingly the only person left in the city. Once he finds Robbie and Carol, two equally disoriented Harvard freshmen, he realizes he isn't alone, but the name sticks: Whateverpocalypse. But it doesn't explain where everyone went. It doesn't explain how the city became overgrown with vegetation in the space of a night....
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How is it possible that Harvard is more affordable for most American families than the local state university? Or, that up to half of eligible students receive no financial aid? Or, that public universities are rejecting homegrown middle-and working-class applicants and instead enrolling wealthy out-of-state students? Is the college admissions game really rigged against you?
Susan F. Paterno, a veteran academic and author, answers these questions...
14) The ninth metal
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Comet cycle volume 1
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"From award-winning author Benjamin Percy comes an explosive, breakout speculative thriller in which a powerful new metal arrives on Earth in the wake of a meteor shower, triggering a massive new "Gold Rush" in the Midwest and turning life as we know it on its head. The first of a cycle of novels set in a shared universe"--
It began with a comet. At first, people gazed in wonder at the radiant tear in the sky. A year later, the celestial marvel became...
15) Defekt
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"Derek is LitenVärld's most loyal employee. He lives and breathes the job, from the moment he wakes up in a converted shipping container at the edge of the parking lot to the second he clocks out of work 18 hours later. But after taking his first ever sick day, his manager calls that loyalty into question. To test his commitment to the job, Derek is assigned to a special inventory shift, hunting through the store to find defective products. Toy chests...
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"When the widowed Lord Torrington agreed to spy for the crown, he never planned to impersonate a highwayman, let alone rob the wrong carriage. Stranded on the road with an unconscious young woman, he is forced to propose marriage to protect his identity and her reputation, as well as his dangerous mission. Trapped not only by her duty to her country but also by her limited options as an unwed mother, Miss Elizabeth Cantrell and her infant son are...
17) La orden
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Gabriel Allon se ha deslizado silenciosamente a Venecia para pasar unas vacaciones muy necesarias con su esposa y sus dos hijos pequeños. Pero cuando el Papa Pablo VII muere repentinamente, Gabriel es llamado a Roma por el leal secretario privado del Santo Padre, el arzobispo Luigi Donati. A mil millones de fieles católicos se les ha dicho que el Papa murió de un ataque al corazón. Donati, sin embargo, tiene dos buenas razones para sospechar que...
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A BuzzFeed "Best Book of June 2021"
From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it.
Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of a year in Dara's Northern Ireland home patch. Beginning in spring?when "the sparrows dig the moss from the guttering and the air is as puffed out as the robin's chest?these diary entries...
19) Breath by breath
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Step by step novels volume 3
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"The residents of Sycamore River have weathered the Change and the nuclear war it provoked. They emerge to try to build a life from the shattered remains of their town. But for some, the very air has become toxic. The people of Sycamore River have to survived the unthinkable. Can they build something new from the ashes?"--
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"Our Changing Menu unpacks the increasingly complex relationships between food and climate change. Whether you're a chef, baker, distiller, restaurateur, or someone who simply enjoys a good pizza or drink, it's time to come to terms with how climate change is affecting our diverse and interwoven food system. Michael P. Hoffmann, Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, and Danielle L. Eiseman offer an eye-opening journey through a complete menu of before-dinner drinks...
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