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  • Beartown

    Fredrik Backman

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press Large Print, May 3, 2017)
    In the tiny forest community of Beartown, the possibility that the amateur hockey team might win a junior championship, bringing the hope of revitalization to the fading town, is shattered by the aftermath of a violent act that leaves a young girl traumatized.

  • A Column of Fire

    Ken Follett

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press Large Print, Oct. 4, 2017)
    A half-century love affair between a man in service to Elizabeth I and a woman on the opposing side of England's religious divide is challenged by violent ideological power shifts, torn loyalties and the queen's circle of spies, in a latest entry in the best-selling series that includes The Pillars of the Earth. (historical fiction). Simultaneous.

  • Lincoln in the Bardo

    George Saunders

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press Large Print, March 8, 2017)
    -Thorndike Press large print basic.---Title page verso.

  • The Dry

    Jane Harper

    Paperback (Large Print Press, Jan. 2, 2018)
    A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper.After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke's steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime. But now more than one person knows they didn't tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead.Amid the worst drought in a century, Falk and the local detective question what really happened to Luke. As Falk reluctantly investigates to see if there's more to Luke's death than there seems to be, long-buried mysteries resurface, as do the lies that have haunted them. And Falk will find that small towns have always hidden big secrets.

  • The Girl You Left Behind

    Jo Jo Moyes

    Paperback (Large Print Press, June 24, 2014)
    A German Kommandant, occupying a French town in World War I, obssesses over a portrait of Sophie, a woman who risks everything to reunite with her husband; and a century later, Liv, a widow, is caught in a a dispute over the ownership of the valuable work.

  • Don't Blame the Devil

    Pat G'Orge-Walker

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Dec. 15, 2010)
    Singer Delilah Dupree Jewel, who is more concerned about keeping up appearances than anything else, must rely on her faith in God when her old flame, an ex-convict who has traded in his gangster ways for a Bible, threatens to expose Delilah's shocking past. (general fiction).

  • Virgil Wander

    Leif Enger

    Library Binding (Thorndike Press Large Print, Oct. 3, 2018)
    New York Times Bestselling Author The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart

  • Salt: A World History

    Mark Kurlansky

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, July 1, 2002)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A history of salt notes its role as currency, in the establishment of trade routes and cities, and as an agenda of war, noting key figures who played major parts in its manufacture and distribution.

  • Killing Jesus: A History

    Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Oct. 9, 2013)
    Details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God. Killing Jesus takes readers inside Jesus's life, recounting the seismic political and historical events that made his death inevitable -- and changed the world forever.

  • The Mothman Prophecies

    John A. Keel

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, Aug. 1, 2002)
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  • Gone Girl

    Gillian Flynn

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press, Sept. 5, 2012)
    When a beautiful woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage and a mysterious illness; while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred. By the best-selling author of Dark Places. (mystery & detective).

  • The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships

    Hill Harper

    Hardcover (Thorndike Press, May 19, 2010)
    African Americans have always turned to family in times of need. But now, this proud and strong legacy is in peril. Black men and women have stopped communicating effectively, threatening the relationships and marriages necessary to sustain the Black family. In this moving and practical book, Hill Harper -- bestselling author, NAACP Image Award winner, and CSI: NY star -- undertakes a journey both universal and deeply personal in search of answers to this dilemma.