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Monday - Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm

Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

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Circe By Madeline Miller Cover Image
Circe (Paperback)
By Madeline Miller
$16.99
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Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner By Barbara Kingsolver Cover Image
Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize...
By Barbara Kingsolver
$32.50
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Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel By Anthony Doerr Cover Image
Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel (...
By Anthony Doerr
$20.00
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All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel By Anthony Doerr Cover Image
All the Light We Cannot See: A...
By Anthony Doerr
$18.99
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Kindred By Octavia E. Butler Cover Image
Kindred (Paperback)
By Octavia E. Butler
$16.00
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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel By Amor Towles Cover Image
A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel (...
By Amor Towles
$18.00
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The White Lady: A Novel By Jacqueline Winspear Cover Image
The White Lady: A Novel (Hardcover...
By Jacqueline Winspear
$30.00
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The Four Winds: A Novel By Kristin Hannah Cover Image
The Four Winds: A Novel (Paperback...
By Kristin Hannah
$18.99
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The Lost Apothecary By Sarah Penner Cover Image
The Lost Apothecary (Paperback)
By Sarah Penner
$17.99
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A Novel By Lisa See Cover Image
Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A...
By Lisa See
$28.00
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The Wind Knows My Name: A Novel By Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle (Translated by) Cover Image
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By Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle (Translated by)
$28.00
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Rules of Civility: A Novel By Amor Towles Cover Image
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By Amor Towles
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    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse By Charlie Mackesy Cover Image
  • Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties By Beth Kobliner Cover Image
  • How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You're Grown Up By Catherine Newman Cover Image
  • Grandpa Loves Me! (Marianne Richmond) By Marianne Richmond Cover Image
  • Daditude: The Joys & Absurdities of Modern Fatherhood By Chris Erskine Cover Image
  • Franklin Smoke: Wood. Fire. Food. [A Cookbook] By Aaron Franklin, Jordan Mackay Cover Image
  • Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss) By Dr. Seuss Cover Image
  • What Can I Say?: A Kid's Guide to Super-Useful Social Skills to Help You Get Along and Express Yourself; Speak Up, Speak Out, Talk about Hard Things, and Be a Good Friend By Catherine Newman Cover Image
  • Because I'm Your Dad By Ahmet Zappa, Dan Santat (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Weird Crescenta Valley: Historical and Natural Oddities By Mike Lawler Cover Image
  • My Dad Is a Tree By Jon Agee Cover Image
  • Dad Bakes By Katie Yamasaki Cover Image
  • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike By Phil Knight Cover Image
  • Whoops . . . I'm Awesome: A Workbook with Activities, Art, and Stories for Embracing Your Wonderfully Awesome Self By Melissa Villaseñor Cover Image
  • A First Time for Everything By Dan Santat Cover Image
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    For Every One By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
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    Drawn Together By Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illustrator), Dan Santat (Cover design or artwork by) Cover Image
  • The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder By David Grann Cover Image
  • What My Daddy Loves By Raissa Figueroa, Raissa Figueroa (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    The Force: A Novel By Don Winslow Cover Image

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Winter Work: A novel By Dan Fesperman Cover Image

Winter Work: A novel (Hardcover)

By Dan Fesperman
$28.00

An intriguing time in history, right after the Berlin wall fell, where spies are literally & figuratively left out in the cold. Wow....this kept me up at night, turning those pages lickety split. Who knew you'd be cheering for an ex-Stasi spy?

(Adult Mystery) - Reviewed by Maureen


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