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"Relentless" by Dean Koontz
When bestselling novelist Cullen Greenwich spots a major book critic who gave him a bad review in a restaurant, he can't help but confront the man for what he felt was unfounded criticism. What he doesn't realize is that the critic is a sociopath who can't take criticism. Now Greenwich's life and family are in danger, and he must deal with the consequences of one conversation that unleashed evil. This book is signed by Dean Koontz.
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"Tumbledown" by Robert Boswell
"Boswell is an exuberant and enormously talented writer...With dazzling technical skill, intelligence, and moral seriousness, he mesmerizes us." The New York Times Book Review
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"The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. With 284 pages of original drawings, and combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Brian Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience.
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"Dumping Billy"
Schemes and machinations in the war between the sexes. Any woman Billy dates and dumps immediately marries the next man she meets. Kate figures she'll get Billy to date (and dump) her friend Bina so Bina can then get married to the fiancé who dumped her, but who will certainly return. But Kate doesn't count on falling in love with him herself. "Quigley's nuanced reading makes each [character] separate, distinct and hilariously human."—Booklist
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"How Children Succeed"
How Children Succeed introduces us to a new generation of scientists and educators who are radically changing our understanding of how children develop character, how they learn to think, and how they overcome adversity. It tells the personal stories of young people struggling to stay on the right side of the line between success and failure. And it argues for a new way of thinking about how best to steer an individual child - or a whole generation of children - toward a successful future. This provocative and profoundly hopeful book will not only inspire and engage listeners; it will also change our understanding of childhood itself.
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