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by Stuart Woods - Fiction, Thriller

 

Stone is no stranger to Bel-Air-and to the beautiful and wealthy widow who needs his help. At stake is the sale of her investment in Hollywood's world-famous Centurion Studios. But when Stone arrives in Bel-Air to finalize the sale, he discovers that one of L.A.'s most rapacious power brokers has Centurion in his sights...

Anthony Youn, M.D., with Alan Eisenstock - Nonfiction

Tony Youn grew up Asian-American in an almost all-white town.  On top of that, he had a protruding jaw that one day began to grow, expanding to an unthinkable size. In this memoir, Youn describes how his own cosmetic treatment inspired him to become a plastic surgeon. 

by Alexandra Styron - Nonfiction

READING MY FATHER is the story of a daughter coming to know her father, William Styron, at last. Alexandra Styron grew up in Connecticut and on Martha’s Vineyard, and she was raised under both the halo of her father’s brilliance and the long shadow of his troubled mind.

by Aimee Bender - Fiction

On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice.

by David Baldacci - Fiction, Thriller

Edgar Roy, an alleged serial killer held in a fortress-like Federal Supermax facility, is awaiting trial. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend Bergin, to help work the case. But en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle find him murdered.

by Arthur Phillips - Fiction

Imprisoned for decades and nearing the end of his life, the con artist father of young novelist Arthur Phillips reveals a treasure he’s kept secret for half a century: The Tragedy of Arthur, a previously unknown play by William Shakespeare.

by David Foster Wallace - Fiction

The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to a newly arrived trainee named David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling.