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The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Rauch

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Published: Brookings Institution Press - June 22nd, 2021
Dream Girl: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Laura Lippman

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Published: William Morrow - June 22nd, 2021
Filthy Animals (Hardcover)

By Brandon Taylor

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Published: Riverhead Books - June 22nd, 2021
The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything (Hardcover)

By Mike Rothschild

$28.99

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Published: Melville House - June 22nd, 2021
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (Hardcover)

By Alka Joshi

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Published: Mira Books - June 22nd, 2021
Universal Human: Creating Authentic Power and the New Consciousness (Hardcover)

By Gary Zukav

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Published: Atria Books - June 22nd, 2021
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear (Hardcover)

By Kate Moore

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ISBN: 9781492696728

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Published: Sourcebooks - June 22nd, 2021
She Fits Inside These Words (What She Felt #4) (Paperback)

By r.h. Sin, Samantha King Holmes, Robert M. Drake

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ISBN: 9781524865382

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Published: Andrews McMeel Publishing - June 22nd, 2021
Blackout (Hardcover)

By Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

$19.99

ISBN: 9780063088092

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Published: Quill Tree Books - June 22nd, 2021
Star Eater (Hardcover)

By Kerstin Hall

$26.99

ISBN: 9781250625311

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Published: Tordotcom - June 22nd, 2021

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