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In 1925, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now, her new neighbor, a white woman named Charlotte, seeks her company, and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But

Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War Two. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of Black society and when she falls for no-name Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she lo

Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction

A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't

In Jennifer Egan’s highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O’Connor, age eighteen. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beauti

Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the tw

Audible narration by Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars)

A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on the two accounts of her life—the real one and the one she’s always told the world—in this poignant short story by Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author o

In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant — and that her lover is married — she r

作者：Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

书名：The Personal Librarian《私人图书馆员》

简介：The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J.

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The Last Hours is a new Shadowhunters series set in 1903. It deals with the next generation after Will, Tessa and Jem as well as Charlotte and Henry’s children, Tatiana Blackthorn’s children, the Lightwood kids, and many

The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of Gold, from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Iron is a Shadowhunter

Chain of Gold, a Shadowhunters novel, is the first novel in a brand-new trilogy where evil hides in plain sight and love cuts deeper than any blade. .

Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her fa

Welcome to the Penultimate Hours! A collection of short stories covering the various characters in The Last Hours, originally released monthly in the leadup to Chain of Gold. The Penultimate Hours also contains two special extras: a letter from Lucie to C

Danger and betrayal, love and loss, secrets and enchantment are woven together in the breathtaking finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series.

THE INFERNAL

It is only three years since Tessa Gray lost her beloved husband William Herondale, and she is searching for a reason to live, trying to find the path of being a warlock with the guidance of her friend Catarina Loss. World War 2 rains down destruction on

Anna Lightwood, eldest child of Gabriel and Cecily, is mad, bad and dangerously dapper. Every rake has an origin story, though: now under Brother Zachariah’s eye we see Anna’s doomed love story unfold.

Matthew Fairchild is the Consul’s son and the golden-haired boy of the Nephilim. He has the love of his family and his parabatai James Herondale, and nothing to wish for, except excitement and artistry and beauty that do not seem to fit in with a warrior’

《再次陷入困境:奥里诺科河与亚马孙河之间的旅程》（In Trouble Again），(1988)，Redmond O’Hanlon著。“在亚马孙丛林里，不会有水蛭会找上你，”O’Hanlon在委

作者：Hampton Sides

书名：In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette《冰雪王国：美国军舰珍妮特号的极地远征》

简介：On July 8, 187

1913-1914年，巴西著名探险家C ndido Mariano da Silva Rondon率队穿越亚马孙雨林，他们要到亚马孙河支流Rio da Dúvida考察，并顺利绘制出那里的地图。作为探险队成员的Ro

《黄石之死：第一国家公园的事故与蛮勇》（Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park ），(第二版，2014年)，Lee H. Whittlesey著。“黄石

《人间蒸发》（Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster），(1999)，Jon Krakauer著。如果没有Krakauer的贡献，那么珠穆朗玛峰的任何故事都是不完整的。199

《黑暗之峰:珠穆朗玛峰最具争议赛季的真实故事》（Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest’s Most Controversial Season ），(2008)，Nick Heil著。作为经验丰富的登山者和

作者：John McWhorter

书名：Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever《九个脏话》

简介：One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines th

Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Kolker delivers a humanizing account of the true-life search for a serial killer still at large on Long Island and presents the first detailed look at the shadow world of online escorts, where making a living is

The time is the tenth century A.D. The newcomers are a proud and bloody-minded people whose kings once changed themselves into wolves. The Norse have advanced as implacably as a glacier from Iceland to the wastes of Greenland and from there to the place t