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The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love Story (Paperback)

By Joseph Fink, Meg Bashwiner

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ISBN: 9780063027251

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Published: Harper Perennial - May 11th, 2021
Citadels of Pride: Sexual Abuse, Accountability, and Reconciliation (Hardcover)

By Martha C. Nussbaum

$27.95

ISBN: 9781324004110

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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 11th, 2021
Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience (Hardcover)

By Nancy Sherman

$24.95

ISBN: 9780197501832

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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - May 11th, 2021
Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer (Hardcover)

By Matthew Raiford, Amy Paige Condon (With)

$30.00

ISBN: 9781682686041

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Published: Countryman Press - May 11th, 2021
There's a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis (Paperback)

By Tracy K. Smith (Editor), John Freeman (Editor)

$16.95

ISBN: 9780593314692

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Published: Vintage - May 11th, 2021
While Justice Sleeps (Hardcover)

By Stacey Abrams

$28.00

ISBN: 9780385546577

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Published: Doubleday Books - May 11th, 2021
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer (Hardcover)

By Steven Johnson

$28.00

ISBN: 9780525538851

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Published: Riverhead Books - May 11th, 2021
The Devil May Dance: A Novel (Charlie and Margaret Marder Mystery #2) (Hardcover)

By Jake Tapper

$28.00

ISBN: 9780316530231

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Published: Little, Brown and Company - May 11th, 2021
Notes on Grief (Hardcover)

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

$16.00

ISBN: 9780593320808

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Published: Knopf - May 11th, 2021
Yearbook (Hardcover)

By Seth Rogen

$28.00

ISBN: 9781984825407

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Published: Crown - May 11th, 2021

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