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Die Hard Favorites

Rebecca Montaño-Smith
Assistant Manager, Village Branch

These are the books that I buy and give away. These are the books that I recommend over and over again. Some are new, some are old but all of them made the cut.

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A discovery of witches [1]
by Harkness, Deborah E.

Length: 579 p. ;

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Publisher: Viking, New York : 2011.
[1]
by Harkness, Deborah E.

Length: 579 p. ;

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Publisher: Viking, New York : 2011.
A monster calls : a novel [2]
by Ness, Patrick

Length: 204 p. :

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Publisher: Candlewick Press, Somerville, Mass. : 2011.
[2]
by Ness, Patrick

Length: 204 p. :

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Publisher: Candlewick Press, Somerville, Mass. : 2011.
Alice, I think [3]
by Juby, Susan

Length: 290 p. ;

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Publisher: HarperTempest, New York : 2003.
[3]
by Juby, Susan

Length: 290 p. ;

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Publisher: HarperTempest, New York : 2003.
Billy Lynn's long halftime walk [4]
by Fountain, Ben.

Length: 307 p. ;

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Publisher: Ecco, New York : c2012.
[4]
by Fountain, Ben.

Length: 307 p. ;

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Publisher: Ecco, New York : c2012.
Bitterblue [5]
by Cashore, Kristin.

Length: 563 p. :

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Publisher: Dial Books, New York : c2012.
[5]
by Cashore, Kristin.

Length: 563 p. :

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Publisher: Dial Books, New York : c2012.
Blue latitudes : boldly going where Captain Cook has gone before [6]
by Horwitz, Tony

Length: 480 p. :

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Publisher: H. Holt, New York : c2002.
[6]
by Horwitz, Tony

Length: 480 p. :

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Publisher: H. Holt, New York : c2002.
Code name Verity [7]
by Wein, Elizabeth.

Length: 343 p. ;

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Publisher: Hyperion Books, New York : 2012.
[7]
by Wein, Elizabeth.

Length: 343 p. ;

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Publisher: Hyperion Books, New York : 2012.
Don't let's go to the dogs tonight : an African childhood [8]
by Fuller, Alexandra

Length: 301 p. :

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Publisher: Random House, New York : 2002.
[8]
by Fuller, Alexandra

Length: 301 p. :

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Publisher: Random House, New York : 2002.
Dumbing us down : the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling [9]
by Gatto, John Taylor.

Length: xiv, 104 p. ;

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Publisher: New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC : 2001.
[9]
by Gatto, John Taylor.

Length: xiv, 104 p. ;

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Publisher: New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC : 2001.
Fear and loathing at Rolling stone : the essential writing of Hunter S. Thompson [10]
by Thompson, Hunter S.

Length: xi, 572 p. ;

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York : 2011.
[10]
by Thompson, Hunter S.

Length: xi, 572 p. ;

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York : 2011.
God is not great : how religion poisons everything [11]
by Hitchens, Christopher.

Length: 307 p. ;

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Publisher: Twelve, New York : 2007.
[11]
by Hitchens, Christopher.

Length: 307 p. ;

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Publisher: Twelve, New York : 2007.
Gone girl : a novel [12]
by Flynn, Gillian

Length: 419 p. ;

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Publisher: Crown Pub., New York : c2012.
[12]
by Flynn, Gillian

Length: 419 p. ;

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Publisher: Crown Pub., New York : c2012.
Graceling [13]
by Cashore, Kristin.

Length: 471 p. :

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Publisher: Harcourt, Orlando : c2008.
[13]
by Cashore, Kristin.

Length: 471 p. :

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Publisher: Harcourt, Orlando : c2008.
How I live now [14]
by Rosoff, Meg.

Length: 194 p. ;

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Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books, New York : 2004.
[14]
by Rosoff, Meg.

Length: 194 p. ;

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Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books, New York : 2004.
How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk [15]
by Faber, Adele.

Length: xiv, 345 p. :

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Publisher: Scribner Classics, New York : 2012.
[15]
by Faber, Adele.

Length: xiv, 345 p. :

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Publisher: Scribner Classics, New York : 2012.
In the land of white death : an epic story of survival in the Siberian Arctic [16]
by Alʹbanov, Valerian Ivanovich.

Length: xx, 205 p. :

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Publisher: Modern Library, New York : 2000.
[16]
by Alʹbanov, Valerian Ivanovich.

Length: xx, 205 p. :

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Publisher: Modern Library, New York : 2000.
Me talk pretty one day [17]
by Sedaris, David.

Length: 272 p. ;

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Publisher: Little, Brown & Co. Boston : 2000.
[17]
by Sedaris, David.

Length: 272 p. ;

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Publisher: Little, Brown & Co. Boston : 2000.
Midnight in the garden of good and evil : a Savannah story [18]
by Berendt, John

Length: 388 p. ;

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Publisher: Random House, New York : c1994.
[18]
by Berendt, John

Length: 388 p. ;

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Publisher: Random House, New York : c1994.
Mindset : the new psychology of success [19]
by Dweck, Carol S.

Length: x, 276 p. ;

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Publisher: Random House, New York : c2006.
[19]
by Dweck, Carol S.

Length: x, 276 p. ;

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Publisher: Random House, New York : c2006.
Name of the wind [20]
by Rothfuss, Patrick

Length: 661 p. :

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Publisher: DAW Books ; New York : c2007.
[20]
by Rothfuss, Patrick

Length: 661 p. :

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Publisher: DAW Books ; New York : c2007.
Nick & Norah's infinite playlist [21]
by Cohn, Rachel.

Length: 183 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf, New York : c2006.
[21]
by Cohn, Rachel.

Length: 183 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf, New York : c2006.
Patterns of home : the ten essentials of enduring design [22]
by Jacobson, Max

Length: 282 p. :

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Publisher: Taunton Press : Newtown, CT : c2002.
[22]
by Jacobson, Max

Length: 282 p. :

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Publisher: Taunton Press : Newtown, CT : c2002.
Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking [23]
by Cain, Susan.

Length: x, 333 p. ;

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Publisher: Crown Pub., New York : c2012.
[23]
by Cain, Susan.

Length: x, 333 p. ;

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Publisher: Crown Pub., New York : c2012.
Sorcery and Cecelia or the enchanted chocolate pot : being the correspondence of two young ladies of quality regarding various magical scandals in London and the country [24]
by Wrede, Patricia C.

Length: 316 p. ;

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Publisher: Harcourt, San Diego : 2003.
[24]
by Wrede, Patricia C.

Length: 316 p. ;

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Publisher: Harcourt, San Diego : 2003.
The checklist manifesto : how to get things right [25]
by Gawande, Atul.

Length: x, 209 p. ;

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Publisher: Metropolitan Books, New York, N.Y. : 2010.
[25]
by Gawande, Atul.

Length: x, 209 p. ;

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Publisher: Metropolitan Books, New York, N.Y. : 2010.
The city & the city [26]
by Miéville, China.

Length: 312 p. ;

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Publisher: Del Rey Ballantine Books, New York : 2009.
[26]
by Miéville, China.

Length: 312 p. ;

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Publisher: Del Rey Ballantine Books, New York : 2009.
The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother [27]
by McBride, James

Length: xiii, 228 p. :

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Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York : 1996.
[27]
by McBride, James

Length: xiii, 228 p. :

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Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York : 1996.
The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks : a novel [28]
by Lockhart, E.

Length: 345 p. ;

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Publisher: Hyperion, New York : c2008.
[28]
by Lockhart, E.

Length: 345 p. ;

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Publisher: Hyperion, New York : c2008.
The fault in our stars [29]
by Green, John

Length: 318 p. ;

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Publisher: Dutton Books, New York : c2012.
[29]
by Green, John

Length: 318 p. ;

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Publisher: Dutton Books, New York : c2012.
The history of swimming : a memoir [30]
by Powers, Kim.

Length: 289 p. :

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Publisher: Carroll & Graf : New York : c2006.
[30]
by Powers, Kim.

Length: 289 p. :

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Publisher: Carroll & Graf : New York : c2006.
The knife of never letting go [31]
by Ness, Patrick

Length: 479 p. ;

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Publisher: Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass. : c2008.
[31]
by Ness, Patrick

Length: 479 p. ;

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Publisher: Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass. : c2008.
The shock doctrine : the rise of disaster capitalism [32]
by Klein, Naomi

Length: 558 p. ;

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Publisher: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt , New York : 2007.
[32]
by Klein, Naomi

Length: 558 p. ;

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Publisher: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt , New York : 2007.
The wonderful story of Henry Sugar and six more [33]
by Dahl, Roald.

Length: 231 p. ;

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Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York : 2001.
[33]
by Dahl, Roald.

Length: 231 p. ;

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Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York : 2001.
White oleander : a novel [34]
by Fitch, Janet

Length: 390 p. ;

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Publisher: Little, Brown and Co., Boston : c1999.
[34]
by Fitch, Janet

Length: 390 p. ;

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Publisher: Little, Brown and Co., Boston : c1999.
Youth in revolt : the journals of Nick Twisp [35]
by Payne, C. D.

Length: 498 ;

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Publisher: Broadway Books, New York : c1995.
[35]
by Payne, C. D.

Length: 498 ;

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Publisher: Broadway Books, New York : c1995.
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