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‘The Boys from Biloxi’ by John Grisham
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With somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million books published annually in the United States alone, choosing that next great read can be a chall…
If wishes could come true, this would be the Nicholas Sparks novel you’ve been asking for. “The Wish” (Grand Central Publishing), Sparks’ Sept…
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Musician, guitarist, composer, photographer, documentarian and, as of now, author, Andy Summers — guitarist for the multi-million selling rock…
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‘Unthinkable’ by Brad Parks (Thomas & Mercer, $24.95, 351 pages)
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“The Most Perfect Thing in the Universe” (Margaret Ferguson Books, 183 pages, $17.99)
“The North Face of the Heart” by Dolores Redondo, translated by Michael Meigs (Amazon Crossing, 475 pages, $24.95)
“NASA Space Shuttle: 40th Anniversary” by Piers Bizony (Motorbooks, 192 pages, $50)
‘Beth and Amy’ (Berkley, 332 pages, $16 trade paperback)