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AMERITOPIA, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions, $26.99.) A talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation surveys the utopian movement and warns that Americans must choose between utopianism and liberty.
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AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A member of the Navy Seals who has the most career sniper kills in United States military history discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war.
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STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster, $35.) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur.
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KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt, $28.) The commentator looks at the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
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THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. (HarperCollins, $26.99.) The Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course.
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UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House, $27.) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
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THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30.) The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.
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THE OBAMAS, by Jodi Kantor. (Little, Brown, $29.99.) The ups and downs of building a life in the White House.
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ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, by Sally Bedell Smith. (Random House, $30.) The public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II as she approaches her Diamond Jubilee.
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CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Robert K. Massie. (Random House, $35.) The author of “Nicholas and Alexandra” provides a sweeping narrative of the life of the minor 18th-century German princess who, thanks to ambition, luck, wiles and a strategic marriage, became Empress of All the Russias.
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HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson, $21.99.) A boy’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy.
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A UNIVERSE FROM NOTHING, by Lawrence Krauss. (Free Press, $24.99.) A cosmologist’s account of how our universe evolved, based on experimental observations and new theories.
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IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. (Crown, $26.) William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin.
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GREEDY BASTARDS, by Dylan Ratigan. (Simon & Schuster, $25.) The host of MSNBC’s “Dylan Ratigan Show” proposes solutions to problems of banking, education, health care and dependence on foreign oil.
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SERIOUSLY ... I'M KIDDING, by Ellen DeGeneres. (Grand Central, $26.99.) A collection of humor pieces from the stand-up comedian and talk-show host.
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PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) When a former lover’s dead body is found in his bed, Jack Morgan, a former Marine and the head of an investigative firm, is accused of murder.
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DEATH OF KINGS, by Bernard Cornwell. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) As King Alfred lies near death, the Saxon warrior Uhtred must decide whether to support a united England or reclaim his ancestral lands in the north.
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BELIEVING THE LIE, by Elizabeth George. (Dutton, $28.95.) Inspector Thomas Lynley’s investigation of a murder unearths the secrets of a wealthy clan.
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DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY, by P. D. James. (Knopf, $25.95.) Six years after Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy marry, their comfortable life is shaken by a murder, as James recreates the world of “Pride and Prejudice” with a mysterious twist.
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11/22/63, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $35.) An English teacher travels back to 1958 by way of a time portal in a Maine diner. His assignment is to stop Lee Harvey Oswald, but first he must determine if Oswald is guilty.
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RAYLAN, by Elmore Leonard. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A United States marshal sent to Harlan County, Ky., confronts organ trafficking, strip mining, gambling and bank robberies.
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SHADOWS IN FLIGHT, by Orson Scott Card. (Tor/Tom Doherty, $21.99.) The latest entry in the “Ender” science fiction series; a sequel to “Shadow of the Giant.”
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THE ROPE, by Nevada Barr. (Minotaur, $25.99.) In the 17th Anna Pigeon mystery, Barr returns to 1995 to explore the dramatic circumstances that explain why this National Park Service ranger decided to go into law enforcement.
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THE LITIGATORS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $28.95.) Partners in a small law firm take on a big case after a fast-track burnout joins them.
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LOCKED ON, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam, $28.95.) Jack Ryan Jr. must stop an emerging threat from a Pakistani general.
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GIDEON'S CORPSE, by Douglas Preston. (Grand Central, $26.99.) Gideon Crew works to avoid a threatened terrorist attack on an American city.
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STAR WARS: DARTH PLAGUEIS, by James Luceno. (LucasBooks, $27.) The Sith legend of Darth Plagueis, the most powerful Dark Lord of the Sith, who could keep the ones he cared about from dying; a “Star Wars” novel.
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THE BEST OF ME, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $25.99.) Twenty-five years after their high school romance ended, a man and woman who have gone their separate ways return to their North Carolina town for the funeral of a friend.
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LOVE IN A NUTSHELL, by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly. (St. Martin’s, $27.99.) A former magazine editor attempts to turn her parents’ summer house into a bed-and-breakfast.
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