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Goldenrod: Poems (Hardcover)

By Maggie Smith

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Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health (Hardcover)

By Dr. Leana Wen

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Published: Metropolitan Books - July 27th, 2021
Not a Happy Family: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Shari Lapena

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The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Chiaverini

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Godspeed (Hardcover)

By Nickolas Butler

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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - July 27th, 2021
A Song Everlasting (Hardcover)

By Ha Jin

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The Minister Primarily: A Novel (Hardcover)

By John Oliver Killens, Ishmael Reed (Introduction by)

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ISBN: 9780063079595

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Published: Amistad - July 27th, 2021
Radar Girls (Paperback)

By Sara Ackerman

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Summer Fun (Hardcover)

By Jeanne Thornton

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Published: Soho Press - July 27th, 2021
New Teeth: Stories (Hardcover)

By Simon Rich

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Published: Little, Brown and Company - July 27th, 2021

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