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• Cultish

  the Language of Fanaticism

  Montell, Amanda

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  Amanda Montell examines how cults use the psychology of language to gain power and how it has pervaded our entire culture, from actual cults, to exercise clubs, to social media feeds and beyond.

• A Darker Shade of Magic

  Schwab, Victoria

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  "Confident prose and marvelous touches - a chameleon coat, a scarlet river of magic, a piratical antiheroine-bring exuberant life to an exhilarating adventure among the worlds." - Publishers Weekly

• Ella Minnow Pea

  a Novel in Letters

  Dunn, Mark, 1956-

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  The people of Nollop, South Carolina are good citizens, but as the use of more and more letters in the alphabet are banned by the island's Council, how will its residents communicate? This novel is an inspiration for alphabeterians and logomaniacs…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hidden Valley Road

  Inside the Mind of An American Family

  Kolker, Robert

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  In this acclaimed biography, Journalist Kolker looks at schizophrenia and the quest to understand it. He focuses on the much-studied case of Colorado couple Don and Mimi Galvin's 12 children, born between 1945 and 1965, six of whom were diagnosed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hyperbole and a Half

  Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

  Brosh, Allie

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  Allie Brosh provides readers with a unique blend of webcomic and memoir where she combines humour and poignant reflections to explore her own experiences with mental health, childhood, and adulthood. Through quirky illustrations and candid…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just One Damned Thing After Another

  Taylor, Jodi

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  A new recruit to St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research learns that the society members have time machines, which they use to observe major historical events while battling time-traveling terrorists along the way.

• Long Island Compromise

  a Novel

  Brodesser-Akner, Taffy

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  A novel about a wealthy Jewish family whose lives are changed after the father’s kidnapping, exploring trauma, privilege, and family ties.

• The Ministry of Time

  Bradley, Kaliane

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  A top-secret government agent is responsible for repatriating time refugees who have been plucked from the jaws of death in the past. But she meets her romantic match in Commander Graham Gore from the doomed Franklin expedition of 1848.

• Ninth House

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  A college dropout with the ability to see ghosts is offered a chance to study at Yale. The catch: she must keep tabs on eight occult secret societies that operate at the university.

• One Dark Window

  Gillig, Rachel

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  "Gillig's spooky, unpolished Gothic fantasy debut and series launch introduces Elspeth Spindle, who has spent her life hiding how a magical fever known as the "infection" gave her the ability to absorb the power from Providence Cards." -- Publishers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Together

  the Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

  Murthy, Vivek Hallegere, 1977-

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  “In our age of shuttered Main Streets, dying malls, and the proliferation of weak links on social media, we’re missing vital personal connections. In Together, Dr. Vivek Murthy brilliantly diagnoses what ails us in our personal lives and in society,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Walk in the Woods

  Bryson, Bill

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  Bill Bryson and an old friend take to the 2100-mile Appalachian trail in the Eastern US. Bryson describes the history and nature of the trail, as well as the personal stories and humour he encounters along the way