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Eulogy

by Michael Laser

Fiction
Just hours after his father’s funeral, Ken learns that this hard-working, unassuming man spent 3 years in prison. Consumed by the astonishing news, the son sets out to unravel his father’s mysterious past.

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Dearest One

by Arielle Dance

Fiction
The words of wisdom a grandmother might pass on to a growing child if she wrote her advice in the form of a letter.

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Hurricane Girl

by Marcy Dermansky

Fiction
The story of a woman on the run from catastrophe, searching for love, home, healing, a swimming pool, and perhaps someone who can stop the bleeding from her head

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Martha Graham: When Dance Became Modern: A Life

by Neil Baldwin

Nonfiction
A biography of the legendary dancer and choreographer

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Sit, Stay, Heal: A Veterinary Oncologist, A Life-Threatening Diagnosis, and What Dogs Teach Us About How to Live

by Dr. Renee Alsarraf

Nonfiction
An esteemed veterinary oncologist battles her own cancer diagnosis as she treats her furry four-legged patients with the same disease.

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When We Were Bright and Beautiful

by Jillian Medoff

Fiction
Cassie Quinn may only be 23, but she knows a few things. One: Money can’t buy happiness, but it’s certainly better to have it. Two: Family matters most. Three: Her brother Billy is not a rapist. But what if saving him means revealing her darkest secrets to the world?

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You Are Worthy: Change Your Money Mindset, Build Your Wealth, and Fund Your Future

by Kelly Holland

Nonfiction
A former New York Times business editor and award-winning financial journalis shines a light on many women’s financial problems, providing solutions, and instilling the confidence and skills they need to take charge of their money.

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Embers on the Wind

by Lisa Williams Rosenberg

Fiction
The past and the present converge in this tale of women connected by motherhood, slavery’s legacies, and life stories that span centuries–centered on the historic Whittaker House in Massachusetts.

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Hester

by Laurie Lico Albanese

Fiction
A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the legacy of New England’s witchcraft trials.

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The Patron Saint of Second Chances

by Christine Simon

Fiction
The self-appointed mayor (and vacuum cleaner repairman) discovers his tiny Italian village’s water will be cut off in 60 days unless the town can come up with quick cash. To boost tourism, he spreads a rumor that a major movie star is planning to film a movie there. What could go wrong?

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Fellowship Point

by Alice Elliott Dark

Fiction
An instant classic about the lifelong friendship of women in their 80s, reunion, and the fate of one of the few wild places left on earth.

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The Power of Dignity: How Transforming Justice Can Heal Our Communities

by Victoria Pratt

Nonfiction
An acclaimed criminal justice reformer offers a path forward to restoring public trust in the courts: procedural justice, the simple idea that people will obey the law if they are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness by the justice system.

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Neruda on the Park

by Cleyvis Natera

Fiction
Tempers run high in a debut novel about an Afro-Dominican family in New York City whose members take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification

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‘Til All These Things Be Done

by Suzanne Moyers

Fiction
Set against the history of Blacklands, Texas, during an era of pandemic, scientific discovery, and social upheaval, the novel offers a unique backdrop to a universal tale of triumphing over loss.

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The Cosmos Explained: A History of the Universe From Its Beginning to Today and Beyond

by Charles Liu

Nonfiction
Charles Liu of the Hayden Planetarium, who also hosts the immensely popular StarTalk podcast, charts the life of our universe from the Big Bang to the present day and beyond.

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Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us

by Evan Mandery

Nonfiction
An eye-opening look at how America’s elite colleges and suburbs help keep the rich rich–making it harder than ever to fight the inequality dividing us today

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The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States

by Alliah Agostini

Nonfiction
With colorful illustrations and a timeline, this children’s history of Juneteenth details the evolution of the holiday commemorating the date the enslaved people of Texas first learned of their freedom​.

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The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

by David K. Randall

Nonfiction
The true history of a paleontologist who unearthed the first Tyrannosaurus rex fossils and saved New York’s struggling American Museum of Natural History.

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Finale : Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim

by D.T. Max

Nonfiction
These conversations reveal Sondheim–a star who disliked the spotlight–at his most relaxed, thoughtful, sardonic, and engaging, as he talks about work, music, movies, family, New York City, aging, and the creative process.

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Where the Children Take Us

by Zain Asher

Nonfiction
The British-Nigerian CNN anchor tells the story of her mother’s fight to protect her children from the daily pressures of poverty, crime, and racism in 1980s and ’90s South London as a widowed emigrant.

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Wild for Winnie

by Laura Marx Fitzgerald

Fiction
Winnie, the new kid, can be kind of wild. “Maybe Winnie feels the world differently than most of us,” her teacher says. “Why don’t we give her world a try?” So every day the class does one thing that reflects what Winnie’s feeling.

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