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Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog
In this “little gem” (Washington Independent Review of Books), Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Barry learns how to age happily from his old but joyful dog, …
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The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant (Merritt & Blunt Mysteries, #1)
A great detective's young assistant yearns for glory, but first they have learn to get along in this delightful feel good mystery.

Olivia Blunt doesn't want to be an assistant detective for the rest of…
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Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, And 3 RVs On Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure
When mystery writer David Rosenfelt and his family moved from California to Maine, he thought he had prepared for everything. They had mapped the route, brought three GPSs for backup, refrigerators fu…
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What It Takes to Save a Life: A Veterinarian's Quest for Healing and Hope
Mountains Beyond Mountains  meets  Tattoos On the Heart  in this unforgettable, powerful, and stunningly-told memoir of a struggling veterinarian saving animals and humans on the streets of California…
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Fever Beach
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Another instant classic from Carl Hiaasen—laugh-out-loud funny, tackling the current chaotic and polarized American culture (following in the path of Squeeze Me), with two wonderful new Hiaasen heroes…
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Joyspan: The Art and Science of Thriving in Life's Second Half
From America’s Gerontologist, Dr. Kerry Burnight, comes a practical guide that offers a radical new approach to longevity.
                         
Dr. Kerry Burnight—known to her many followers as "…
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Something to Look Forward To: Fictions
3.67 avg. rating
· 1095 Ratings
Joyful and surprising interconnected stories that celebrate the ways people from all across America are learning to cope and to connect in a changing world—from the beloved New York Times bestselling …
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Memorial Days
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· 14584 Ratings
A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey to peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse

Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are griev…
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Written in Stone (Scottish Bookshop Mystery #10)
The tenth installment in the cozy mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols, set in a specialty bookshop in Edinburgh called The Cracked Spine
When Delaney wins a special Hidden Door Fest…
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We Should All Be Birds: A Memoir
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· 202 Ratings
A charming and moving debut memoir about how a man with a mystery illness saves a pigeon, and how the pigeon saves the man.


On a spring evening in Montana, Brian Buckbee encounters an injured baby …
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Have a Nice Guilt Trip (The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman)
Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four book series is among the best reviewed humor bo…
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My Life in a Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines

Celebrate the human-feline bond with all its joys, mysteries, and life-changing moments.


Gwen Cooper—author of the blockbuster international bestseller Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or H…

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Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home
Pulitzer Prize winning writer, editor and TV host Jonathan Capehart recounts powerful stories from his life about embracing identity, picking battles, seizing opportunity and finding his voice.

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Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog—a Labrador mix—who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home.…
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Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change
Is it really possible to change one's personality in a year? The Atlantic journalist Olga Khazan proves it is in Me, But Better, which covers her year-long experiment in personality change.

In recent y…
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What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal
When E. Jean Carroll, author of Ask E. Jean in Elle Magazine, realized that her eight million readers and question-writers all seemed to have one thing in common—problems caused by men—she hit the roa…
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A Three Dog Life
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· 2742 Ratings
When Abigail Thomas’s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his brain shattered. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, he must live the rest of his life in an institu­tion. He has no memory of wha…
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Duplex
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· 1017 Ratings
Ryan wakes up to find his contractor dad building walls to turn their big old house into a duplex. The family that moves into the other side includes Bizzy Horvat, the pretty girl he has a crush on at…
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Hey, Idiot!: Chronicles of Human Stupidity

It's not feelings of superiority that make us suspect the universe is filled with dumb people: The universe really is filled with dumb people, as it's easy to see in the pages of Leland Gregory's shar…

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Claws of Justice: A Cozy Cat Mystery with Humor and a Murderous Twist (Mint Chocolate Chip Mysteries Book 1)
I’m Sunny Shaw, and regardless of what my name might suggest, my world has become rather dim as of late.

With a bankrupt business to save, homeless kittens that need rescuing, and a new business partne…
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Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind
One of the hottest stand-ups working today, Nate Bargatze brings his everyman comedy to the page in this hilarious collection of personal stories, opinions, and confessions.

Nate Bargatze used to be a…
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