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"A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David, from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of People of the Book and March. With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks has achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Now, Brooks takes on one of literature's richest and most enigmatic figures: a man who shimmers between history and legend. Peeling away the myth to bring David...
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"An indelible and haunting new novel that explores the loss of childhood, intergenerational conflict, and humanity's complacency in the face of its own demise. Lydia Millet's multilayered new novel - her first since the National Book Award Longlist Sweet Lamb of Heaven -- follows a group of children and their families on summer vacation at a lakeside mansion. The teenage narrator Eve and the other children are contemptuous of their parents, who spend...
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Cities of refuge volume 2
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"Daughter of a pagan high priest, Sofea finds solace in the freedom of the ocean. When marauders attack her village on the island of Sicily, she and her cousin are taken to the shores of Canaan. Eitan has lived in Kedesh, a City of Refuge, for eleven years, haunted by a childhood tragedy and the boundaries placed on him. He's captivated by Sofea, but revealing his most guarded secret could draw her into the danger of his past. With threats outside...
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