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  • Murdle: Volume 1

    G.T. Karber

    AdultNonfiction
    Murdle: Volume 1 - 100 elementary to impossible mysteries to solve using logic, skill, and the power of deduction, by G.T. Karber

  • The Other Mothers

    Katherine Faulkner

    AdultFiction
    The Other Mothers: a novel by Kathering Faulkner

  • Material World

    Ed Conway

    AdultNonfiction
    Material World: the six raw materials that shape modern civilization by Ed Conway

  • The Lost Supper

    Taras Grescoe

    AdultNonfiction
    The Lost Supper: searching for the future of food in the flavors of the past, by Taras Grescoe

  • The Blonde Identity

    Ally Carter

    AdultFiction
    The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

  • The Ascent

    Adam Plantinga

    AdultFiction
    The Ascent: a novel by Adam Plantinga

  • The Amish Wife

    Gregg Olsen

    AdultNonfiction
    The Amish Wife: unraveling the lies, secrets, and conspiracy that let a killer go free by Gregg Olsen

  • The Bullet Swallower

    Elizabeth Gonzalez James

    AdultFiction
    The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

  • The Algorithm

    Hilke Schellmann

    AdultNonfiction
    The Algorithm: how AI decides who gets hired, monitored, promoted, & fired & why we need to fight back now by Hilke Schellmann

  • The Waters

    Bonnie Jo Campbell

    AdultFiction
    The Waters: a novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell

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