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July 2016

July's roundup of History titles includes three books that focus on the Kennedys (BOBBY KENNEDY: The Making of a Liberal Icon, KICK: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth and VENDETTA: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa); THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE by Thomas Harding, a groundbreaking and revelatory new history of Germany, told over a tumultuous century through the story of a small wooden house; Bill Yenne's WHEN TIGERS RULED THE SKY, an in-depth account of the legendary World War II combat group, the Flying Tigers; and THE REAL PETER PAN, Piers Dudgeon's examination of the fascinating and complex relationships among Peter Pan's creator, J.M. Barrie, and the family of boys who inspired his work.

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Week of June 12, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of June 12th include I’VE GOT SAND IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES, another collection of funny and relatable true stories in the everyday lives of modern women, from the mother-daughter team of Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella, who give their multigenerational take on a variety of topics; THE DOLL-MASTER AND OTHER TALES OF TERROR, featuring six psychologically daring stories from Joyce Carol Oates; DIE OF SHAME by Mark Billingham, a chilling story of addiction, subterfuge and murder; and SWIMMING IN THE SINK, a stunning memoir of life after loss, in which open-water swimming legend Lynne Cox tells of facing the one challenge that no amount of training could prepare her for.

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