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Detroit Stories Quarterly
Dr. Robert E. McTyre Sr.,Keith A. Owens,Katherine Sinclair,Elizabeth Davis,Solomon King,C. J. Hauser
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The Masters of Atlantis
Charles Portis
Lamar Jimmerson is the leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of...
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Summer on Fire
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Victory Point
Owen D. Pomery
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Monstress Volume 5
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The Black Count
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY • ONE OF ESQUIRE’S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME General Alex Dumas is...
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Run Me to Earth
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From award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a “spellbinding” (The Washington Post) novel about three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos—and how...
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Under a White Sky
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now...
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