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	A Moment of Fireflies John McCluskey An unimaginable event from years past in Ireland is kept locked up in the heart of an alcohol abusing dad who truly only wants the best for his children and wife. But can he survive without dulling away hard memories with drink? Can love from his family bring him back from the brink?
	Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis...
	Yellow Dog Chronicle R. M. Smith When my great grandparents started up the Oregon Trail in 1875, two hundred thousand people had gone before them. Part of the story is that my great grandparents never got to Oregon. Neither did the twenty thousand who ended up in unmarked graves. Our story begins with...
	The Garrington Garden Benjamin Lederer Peter Trenton knows everything about Fort Garrington, Illinois, and he'd like to help his coworker Jeff Hansen learn the tricks of the town. Peter hoped to make a friend in Jeff, and when that falls through, Peter seeks other means to fill the void. Meanwhile, Jeff...
	Thelema: Mystic Will Marushia Dark What if you were born into a world where the gods once walked among men and women? Where you wake up every morning to find a mystical pendant around your neck and know, as everyone knows, that the gods had granted you this awesome gift, to house your will, allowing you to...
	There's a Hole: A Sarjent Family Chronicle James Sarjent The Sarjents are a happy family who live on a hill high above a valley with a small town in it. Their life is quiet and satisfactory until the kids dig up some bones in the back forty. Now Mr. Sarjent is looking for the answers to mysteries, delving into the...
	The Gem Connection Michael R. Lane Clinton Windell is murdered and robbed of twenty million dollars in uncut gems. C. J. Cavanaugh is hired to root out the murderers. There's only one catch. C. J. and his partner must keep mum they're working the case. Between the killers, Homicide Detective Pendleton, and their...
	Global Democracy and Human Self-Transcendence Glen T. Martin This volume examines the dynamics of self-transcendence for both individuals and humanity as a whole. In doing so, it illuminates the definitive relationship between self-transcendence and global democracy. Drawing upon a vast...
	The MacBrides: Logan and RJ J.L. Petersen Logan, the eldest of the MacBride clan, is thrilled at his brother Clay's pending nuptials to Sandy. But when Sandy's sister RJ arrives at the family's ranch, Logan's world is turned upside down. However, the sisters' shared past has created scars and barriers against love...
	You Can Live Happily Married for a Lifetime Wendy Fierstein You Can Live Happily Married For a Lifetime, will be invaluable for couples at every stage of their marital journey. Discover the reasons why misunderstandings happen. Resolve any challenge so that your marriage will be strengthened. Find out how to reignite the...
	A Book of Revelations A. C. Burch A. C. Burch's exquisitely written collection explores the tipping-point--the instant one must act or succumb to the status quo. The marginalized characters of A Book of Revelations grapple with identity, loss, and societal expectation with humor, compassion, and extraordinary courage...
	Splendiferous Speech Rosemarie Ostler What does it mean to talk like an American? According to John Russell Bartlett’s 1848 Dictionary of Americanisms, it means indulging in outlandish slang — splendiferous, scrumptious, higgeldy piggedly — and free-and-easy word creation — demoralize, lengthy, gerrymander...
	My Sister, My Daughter, and Me Shirley Rose Webb Three crazy, fun-loving Hispanic women (Tres Señoritas Locas) who had big dreams of making a better life for themselves. The first, with her irrepressible sense of humor, struggled mightily with some very wise and very foolish choices along the way. The second, with...
	Smoke from Small Fires Anne Powers It's the 1950s. Picture Blackshale, Tennessee, with its home fires, small town ways, and postwar innocence - the perfect place for a girl to grow up. From her earliest days, an artistic spark has been smoldering in Anna Grace Tollett, and when the mountain turns dark and unnerving...
	The Loudest Voice in the Room Gabriel Sherman A deeply reported journey inside the secretive world of Fox News and the life of its combative, visionary founder. When Rupert Murdoch enlisted Roger Ailes to launch a cable news network in 1996, American politics and media changed forever. Now, with a...
	The Last Escape Hassan Granmayeh Major Granmayeh was a Fighter Pilot in the Iranian Air Force, piloted the F-5 and F-4 Fighter/Bomber aircraft, during his service times. Experienced two major accidents with F-5 aircraft, miraculously survived both accidents. He refused to serve the revolution which in turn led to a choice, Flee...