New Books for July 2009
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The shaken men and women of Troubleshooters, Inc. go up against the clandestine and mysterious organization. |
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Journalist Mikael Blomkvist intended to publish a story exposing a sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden. |
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Honey Thomas runs a counseling center where she helps other prostitutes get off the streets. |
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Sheriff Jackson Deveau has loved Ellie Drake from afar for years. |
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The first major history of the NAACP is being published in conjunction with the organization's centennial celebration. |
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This graphic novel adaptation was done with author Bradbury's full cooperation, and it includes a foreword by him. |
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J.P. Beaumont is working a series of murders in which six women have been doused with gasoline and set on fire. |
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Because Kharkov's wife, Elena, helped Allon thwart Kharkov's plans to sell weapons to al-Qaeda, Allon needed to get her out of Russia to safety. |
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When cholera strikes Rochester, N.Y., in 1899, the Broadmoor family, except for Amanda, flees to their castle home. |
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Kalogridis tells the story of Caterina, a young girl who would become Catherine de Medici. |
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Gotham City is plagued with crime and corruption in places high and low, but one man has taken a stand against evil. |
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Following the discovery of a prehistoric map to an ancient tomb, archaeologists spend the rest of their lives assuring that it will not fall into the wrong hands. |
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Rachel Kirby is a computer genius whose personal life is hell. |
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Sara Linton had fled Atlanta seeking refuge from the incident that ripped her life apart in Grant County. |
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Although Lara Lington had always had an overactive imagination, she now wondered if she wasn't losing her mind. |
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With Georgie's business slow during the summer months, she hires herself out as a dinner-and-theatre companion. |
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Once Scott Bryant would have described himself as an ordinary guy but now, an act of heroism has changed his life. |
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A woman is accused of a bloody murder and a million-dollar heist. |
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TV Reporter Riley Spartz is intrigued by the want ad, 'Wedding Dress For Sale. Never Worn.' |
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Harry Dresden's life has been a mess since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood. |
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Saber Duncan has the voice of an angel that has served her well. She's now a superstar. |
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Thief John Dortmunder and his gang have always prided themselves on never getting caught. |
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Fatima Abdullah is 85 and dying. She has led a good life, but she also has some unfinished business to take care of. |
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Detective Inspector Darko Dawson is sent to Ketanu to solve the murder of a young AIDS worker. |
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Sophie Heller and her family had come to Victory, Ill., long before World War II began. |
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Claire Nobel, a teacher and a single mother, now caring for her aging parents, had given up on dreams a long time ago. |
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The saying 'Money changes everything' is true. Jenner Redwine can attest to that after she wins a lottery jackpot. |
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Actress and P.I. Sarah Booth Delaney is no stranger to drama. |
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Hackberry Holland, cousin of Montana lawyer Billy Bob Holland, has a traumatic and checkered past. |
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Addie Downs and Valerie Adler were eight when they became best friends. |
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Kat loves to shop. Lucky for her she lives in New Jersey, a state that boasts the most malls per capita. |
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Jericho Ainsley, former head of the CIA and a long-time Wall Street titan, is dying. |
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Alfred Gibson's funeral took place at Westminster Abbey, but Dorothea, his wife of 20 years, had not been invited. |
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Vanessa Chavez may be successful in her career as an assistant chef, rich, and loved by her family, but she has one bad habit she'd like to kick. |
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In a Victorian London teetering on the edge of revolution, Queen Victoria is kept alive by a primitive life-support system |
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The journey of Calla's life is told in this novel about the pull of first love, the power of life, and the potential for healing. |
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Drawing from his sources, Heymann reveals the truth behind one of the most talked about relationships in American history. |
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Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends. |
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Cooper Sullivan had spent summers at his grandparents' South Dakota ranch since he was 11. At first he hated it, but then he met Lil Chance. |
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The prospect of spending some time with his girlfriend at a luxurious St. Tropez hotel is too tempting for TV P.I. Mac Reilly to pass up. |
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In this spin on the classic Faustian tale, Johannes Cabal is obsessed with raising the dead. |
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When the latest victim of the 'Beltway Basher' is found in the bushes of Montrose Park, Reven Lynch's crime-loving antenna goes up. |
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The Devil's Punchbowl refers to a deep pit near the river in Natchez, Miss. |
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When Dylan Vogler's body is found with a knapsack filled with marijuana, it's clear that San Francisco's A-list didn't visit his coffee shop for the coffee alone. |
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Archaeologist Page Brookstone is approached by a young Arab couple looking for help in excavating the haunted grounds beneath their house. |
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Santa Fe police officer Dan Page watches in horror as the car he was pursuing collides with a gas tanker and explodes into flames. |
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Hack offers an in-depth look at the woman whose life was as full of romance, travel, wealth, and scandal as any mystery she crafted. |
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Yglesias tells the story of a 30-year marriage from the husband's point of view. |
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Wilcockson delivers a definitive look at the six-time Tour de France winner who has come out of retirement to try for still another title. |
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Lang shares his memories of the festival and of the musicians and people who made it a music legend. |
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