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Tenacity
By J.S. Law
Lt. Danielle “Dan” Lewis is the Royal Navy’s most tenacious investigator, but when she’s assigned to investigate the suicide of a submariner, she finds herself deep in hostile territory. At sea in a nuclear submarine led by a power-mad captain, with a killer hiding among the hostile crew, she’ll have her hands full just keeping herself alive. Tense, dark and authentic, this debut novel by a British submariner will have you turning pages long past your bedtime.
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This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!
By Jonathan Evison
Jonathan Evison uses his character, Harriet Chance, to create a bittersweet tale of a woman faced with her own mortality, and coming to terms with her own choices and decisions. Evison uses flashbacks to show why and how Harriet, at 78 years old, ends up on an Alaskan cruise.
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Written in My Own Heart's Blood
By Diana Gabaldon
Followers of the Outlander series can breathe a sigh of relief: Book No. 8 is available and well worth the five-year wait. Claire (Randall) and Jamie Fraser continue their struggle to survive during the Revolutionary War while daughter Brianna and her family have their own problems to deal with in 20th century Scotland. Even at 800-plus pages, this book, like Gabaldon’s others, is a delicious read that ends too soon.
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The Boys in the Boat
By Daniel James Brown
The Boys in the Boat is a fascinating adventure of eight University of Washington students coming together in the ultimate team sport: rowing. With the Great Depression serving as the backdrop, the story of this amateur team is truly inspirational. Many of these men overcame countless struggles to earn the right to row on the world’s biggest stage, the 1936 Olympics.
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Little Victories: Perfect Rules for Imperfect Living
By Jason Gay
We are a society that certainly does not lack for self-help books, which makes this guide for people who loathe life guides a breath of fresh air. Gay, a sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal, has put together practical and poignant anecdotes that will have you laughing out loud.
