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Week of July 15, 2019

Paperback releases for the week of July 15th include VOX by Christina Dalcher, the harrowing story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter, set in a United States in which half the population has been silenced; JOHN WOMAN, a convention-defying novel in which Walter Mosley recounts the transformation of an unassuming boy named Cornelius Jones into John Woman, an unconventional history professor --- while the legacy of a hideous crime lurks in the shadows; UNEASY LIES THE CROWN, the 13th installment in Tasha Alexander's mystery series that finds Lady Emily and her husband Colin having to stop a serial killer whose sights may be set on the new king, Edward VII; and BABY TEETH, award-winning playwright and filmmaker Zoje Stage’s tense novel of psychological suspense about a battle of wills between mother and daughter that reveals the frailty and falsehood of familial bonds.

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February 2022

February's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Reacher" on Amazon Prime Video, "The Girl Before" on HBO Max, and "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" on Showtime; the films Death on the Nile, No Exit, Through My Window and The Sky Is Everywhere; the season premieres of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, and "Sweet Magnolias" and "Young Wallander" on Netflix; the season finales of "Around the World in 80 Days" and "All Creatures Great and Small" on PBS "Masterpiece"; and the DVD releases of Eternals, Clifford the Big Red Dog, House of Gucci, The Hating Game and The King's Man.

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