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John B. enjoys historical fiction, biography & mystery. Ask him for a recommendation!

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When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains Cover Image

When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains (Paperback)

By Ariana Neumann
$18.00
ISBN: 9781982106386
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Published: Scribner - November 3rd, 2020
Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook Cover Image

Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook (Hardcover)

By Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage, Tara Wigley
$35.00
ISBN: 9780399581755
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Published: Ten Speed Press - October 13th, 2020
Martha Stewart's Slow Cooker: 110 Recipes for Flavorful, Foolproof Dishes (Including Desserts!), Plus Test-Kitchen Tips and Strategies: A Cookbook Cover Image

Martha Stewart's Slow Cooker: 110 Recipes for Flavorful, Foolproof Dishes (Including Desserts!), Plus Test-Kitchen Tips and Strategies: A Cookbook (Paperback)

By Editors of Martha Stewart Living
$26.00
ISBN: 9780307954688
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Published: Clarkson Potter - August 29th, 2017
Utopia Avenue: A Novel Cover Image

Utopia Avenue: A Novel (Hardcover)

By David Mitchell
$30.00
ISBN: 9780812997439
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Published: Random House - July 14th, 2020
The Exiles: A Novel Cover Image

The Exiles: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Christina Baker Kline
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062356345
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Published: Custom House - August 25th, 2020
And in the End: The Last Days of The Beatles Cover Image

And in the End: The Last Days of The Beatles (Hardcover)

By Ken McNab
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250758750
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Published: Thomas Dunne Books - August 18th, 2020
150 Glimpses of the Beatles Cover Image

150 Glimpses of the Beatles (Hardcover)

By Craig Brown
$30.00
ISBN: 9780374109318
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - October 13th, 2020
The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour Cover Image

The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour (Paperback)

By Peter Asher
$18.00
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Published: Picador - October 27th, 2020
Miles & Me: Miles Davis, the man, the musician, and his friendship with the journalist and poet Quincy Troupe Cover Image

Miles & Me: Miles Davis, the man, the musician, and his friendship with the journalist and poet Quincy Troupe (Paperback)

By Quincy Troupe
$15.95
ISBN: 9781609808341
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Published: Seven Stories Press - September 25th, 2018
The Woman in Red Cover Image

The Woman in Red (Hardcover)

By Diana Giovinazzo
$28.00
ISBN: 9781538717417
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - August 4th, 2020
Whale Day: And Other Poems Cover Image

Whale Day: And Other Poems (Hardcover)

By Billy Collins
$26.00
ISBN: 9780399589751
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Published: Random House - September 29th, 2020
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age Cover Image

Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age (Hardcover)

By John Lithgow
$22.95
ISBN: 9781797209463
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Published: Chronicle Prism - September 29th, 2020
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide Cover Image

Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide (Hardcover)

By John Cleese
$14.00
ISBN: 9780385348270
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Published: Crown - September 8th, 2020
Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife Cover Image

Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife (Hardcover)

By Ariel Sabar
$29.95
ISBN: 9780385542586
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Published: Doubleday - August 11th, 2020
They Called Us Enemy Cover Image

They Called Us Enemy (Paperback)

By George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781603094504
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - July 16th, 2019
Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw Cover Image

Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw (Hardcover)

By Charles Leerhsen
$28.00
ISBN: 9781501117480
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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 14th, 2020
Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery Cover Image

Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery (Hardcover)

By Craig Johnson
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525522539
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Published: Viking - September 22nd, 2020
God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx Cover Image

God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx (Hardcover)

By Desus & Mero
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525512332
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Published: Random House - September 22nd, 2020
Hollywood Park: A Memoir Cover Image

Hollywood Park: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Mikel Jollett
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250621566
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Published: Celadon Books - May 26th, 2020
Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers Cover Image

Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers (Hardcover)

By Doug J. Swanson
$28.00
ISBN: 9781101979860
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Published: Viking - June 9th, 2020
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy Cover Image

Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy (Hardcover)

By Ben Macintyre
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593136300
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Published: Crown - September 15th, 2020
The Man in the Red Coat Cover Image

The Man in the Red Coat (Hardcover)

By Julian Barnes
$26.95
ISBN: 9780525658771
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Published: Knopf - February 18th, 2020
Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda Cover Image

Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda (Hardcover)

By Jean Guerrero
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062986719
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Published: William Morrow - August 11th, 2020
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Cover Image

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020
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We Are All the Same in the Dark: A Novel Cover Image

We Are All the Same in the Dark: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Julia Heaberlin
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525621676
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Published: Ballantine Books - August 11th, 2020
Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty Cover Image

Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty (Hardcover)

By Jeff Pearlman
$30.00
ISBN: 9781328530004
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - September 22nd, 2020
Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power Cover Image

Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power (Hardcover)

By Bradley Hope, Justin Scheck
$29.00
ISBN: 9780306846663
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Published: Hachette Books - September 1st, 2020
The New Chardonnay: The Unlikely Story of How Marijuana Went Mainstream Cover Image

The New Chardonnay: The Unlikely Story of How Marijuana Went Mainstream (Hardcover)

By Heather Cabot
$28.00
ISBN: 9781984826244
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Published: Currency - August 11th, 2020
Eat a Peach: A Memoir Cover Image

Eat a Peach: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By David Chang, Gabe Ulla
$28.00
ISBN: 9781524759216
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Published: Clarkson Potter - September 8th, 2020
Daddy: Stories Cover Image

Daddy: Stories (Hardcover)

By Emma Cline
$27.00
ISBN: 9780812998641
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Published: Random House - September 1st, 2020
The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard Cover Image

The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard (Hardcover)

By John Birdsall
$35.00
ISBN: 9780393635713
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - October 6th, 2020
Camino Winds Cover Image

Camino Winds (Hardcover)

By John Grisham
$28.95
ISBN: 9780385545938
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Published: Doubleday - April 28th, 2020
Three Hours in Paris Cover Image

Three Hours in Paris (Hardcover)

By Cara Black
$27.95
ISBN: 9781641290418
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Published: Soho Crime - April 7th, 2020
The Wild One (A Peter Ash Novel #5) Cover Image

The Wild One (A Peter Ash Novel #5) (Paperback)

By Nick Petrie
$9.99
ISBN: 9780593188057
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - August 25th, 2020
Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II Cover Image

Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II (Paperback)

By Adam Makos
$20.00
ISBN: 9780804176743
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Published: Ballantine Books - May 19th, 2020
Metropolis (A Bernie Gunther Novel #14) Cover Image

Metropolis (A Bernie Gunther Novel #14) (Paperback)

By Philip Kerr
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735218901
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - May 5th, 2020
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad Cover Image

Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad (Paperback)

By Gordon H. Chang
$16.99
ISBN: 9780358331810
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Published: Mariner Books - May 5th, 2020
Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries #5) Cover Image

Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries #5) (Hardcover)

By Martha Wells
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250229861
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Published: Tordotcom - May 5th, 2020
Dead Land (V.I. Warshawski Novels) Cover Image

Dead Land (V.I. Warshawski Novels) (Hardcover)

By Sara Paretsky
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062435927
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Published: William Morrow - April 21st, 2020
Broken Cover Image

Broken (Hardcover)

By Don Winslow
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062988904
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Published: William Morrow - April 7th, 2020
Valentine: A Novel Cover Image

Valentine: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Wetmore
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062913265
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Published: Harper - March 31st, 2020
The Last Stone: A Masterpiece of Criminal Interrogation Cover Image

The Last Stone: A Masterpiece of Criminal Interrogation (Paperback)

By Mark Bowden
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802148919
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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - March 17th, 2020
The Red Lotus: A Novel Cover Image

The Red Lotus: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Chris Bohjalian
$27.95
ISBN: 9780385544801
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Published: Doubleday - March 17th, 2020
My Dark Vanessa: A Novel Cover Image

My Dark Vanessa: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Kate Elizabeth Russell
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062941503
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Published: William Morrow - March 10th, 2020
Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942 Cover Image

Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942 (Hardcover)

By Richard B. Frank
$40.00
ISBN: 9781324002109
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 3rd, 2020
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Blackwood (Hardcover)

By Michael Farris Smith
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316529815
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - March 3rd, 2020
Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership Cover Image

Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership (Hardcover)

By Edward J. Larson
$29.99
ISBN: 9780062880154
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Published: William Morrow - February 11th, 2020
A Dangerous Man (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel #18) Cover Image

A Dangerous Man (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel #18) (Paperback)

By Robert Crais
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525535690
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 4th, 2020
Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands Cover Image

Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands (Paperback)

By Dan Jones
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143108979
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Published: Penguin Books - October 6th, 2020
The Bishop's Pawn: A Novel (Cotton Malone #13) Cover Image

The Bishop's Pawn: A Novel (Cotton Malone #13) (Mass Market)

By Steve Berry
$9.99
ISBN: 9781250140241
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Published: St. Martin's Paperbacks - December 31st, 2018
Full Throttle: Stories Cover Image

Full Throttle: Stories (Paperback)

By Joe Hill
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062200693
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - September 8th, 2020
Thirteen: The Serial Killer Isn't on Trial. He's on the Jury. (Eddie Flynn #3) Cover Image

Thirteen: The Serial Killer Isn't on Trial. He's on the Jury. (Eddie Flynn #3) (Mass Market)

By Steve Cavanagh
$9.99
ISBN: 9781250297624
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Published: Flatiron Books - April 28th, 2020
Being John Lennon: A Restless Life Cover Image

Being John Lennon: A Restless Life (Paperback)

By Ray Connolly
$19.95
ISBN: 9781643134864
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Published: Pegasus Books - July 14th, 2020
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border Cover Image

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border (Paperback)

By Francisco Cantú
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735217737
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 5th, 2019
At the Wolf's Table: A Novel Cover Image

At the Wolf's Table: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rosella Postorino, Leah Janeczko (Translated by)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250179166
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Published: Flatiron Books - February 11th, 2020
The New Iberia Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel Cover Image

The New Iberia Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Paperback)

By James Lee Burke
$16.99
ISBN: 9781501176890
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Published: Simon & Schuster - January 7th, 2020
Greeks Bearing Gifts (A Bernie Gunther Novel #13) Cover Image

Greeks Bearing Gifts (A Bernie Gunther Novel #13) (Paperback)

By Philip Kerr
$16.00
ISBN: 9780399185212
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - March 12th, 2019
The Monk of Mokha Cover Image

The Monk of Mokha (Paperback)

By Dave Eggers
$16.95
ISBN: 9781101971444
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Published: Vintage - January 8th, 2019
Burning Bright (A Peter Ash Novel #2) Cover Image

Burning Bright (A Peter Ash Novel #2) (Paperback)

By Nick Petrie
$9.99
ISBN: 9780735217386
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - July 25th, 2017
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961 Cover Image

Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961 (Paperback)

By Nicholas Reynolds
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062440143
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - April 17th, 2018
The Confessions of Young Nero Cover Image

The Confessions of Young Nero (Paperback)

By Margaret George
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ISBN: 9780451473394
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Published: Berkley - March 20th, 2018
Twisted: A Novel Cover Image

Twisted: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Steve Cavanagh
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250207326
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Published: Flatiron Books - January 1st, 2099