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As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Jobless and abandoned, where ghosts of an unresolved youth still haunt the fields and stables—and where hope lives in the eyes of the handsome, she is bringing her troubled teenage daughter to this place of pain and memory, gentle veterinarian Annemarie loved as a girl .

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Ape House: A Novel

Until she meets john thigpen, a very married reporter who braves the ever-present animal rights protesters outside the lab to see what’s really going on inside. When an explosion rocks the lab, john’s human interest piece turns into the story of a lifetime, severely injuring Isabel and “liberating” the apes, one he’ll risk his career and his marriage to follow.

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The lives of these three women are set on a collision course when the unthinkable happens and Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. The best book I’ve read all year. Jamie ford, new york times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Harper Paperbacks.

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London, 1939. When she is—bewilderingly—made a teacher, she finds herself defying prejudice to protect the children her country would rather forget. Ships from Vermont. Great product! Tom shaw decides to ignore the war—until he learns his roommate Alistair Heath has unexpectedly enlisted. Harper Paperbacks.

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Where the Crawdads Sing

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