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"An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon look her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton,...

London circa 1860. An attempt on Queen Victoria's life. A plot against evolutionist Charles Darwin. A madman on the loose. And a police detective made famous by Charles Dickens. When Inspector Charles Field (based on the real London policeman immortalized by Dickens as Inspector Bucket in Bleak House) sets out to find who was behind the failed attempt on Queen Victoria's life, he comes to believe the plot may have originated with some ranking members...

"Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call...

"Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go"--

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

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HIS BIGGEST ROLE YET Sources tell Us Tom Cruise is being groomed to take David Miscavige’s spot as the leader of Scientology. Plus: what this means for the church’s most famous members.

REST IN POWER Us looks back at the late Chadwick Boseman’s outstanding career, his gracious charity work and his final days before losing his four-year battle with colon cancer.

TURN ON THE TV! Grab a blanket and a bucket of popcorn: Us has all the details

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Mark Twain's beloved classic gets a charming easy-to-read version. Simply told and beautifully illustrated, it transports kids to the banks of the Mississippi and introduces them to Twain's irrepressible, irresistible hero. Whether clever Tom is fooling his friends into painting a fence for him or making mischief in school or at a birthday party, his antics will delight young readers.

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes Kristin Hannah's next novel. It is an epic love story and family drama set at the dawn of World War II. She is the author of twenty-one novels. Her previous novels include Home Front, Night Road, Firefly Lane, Fly Away, and Winter Garden"-- "Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. Younger, bolder sister Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann lives a quiet and content life...

BUN IN THE OVEN Oh, baby! Find out why Joker star Joaquin Phoenix and his fiancée, actress Rooney Mara, sparked buzz that they’re expecting.

CLOSE-KNIT CREW An insider claims Jennifer Aniston recently met on-again love Brad Pitt’s kids for the very first time — but what does their mom, Angelina Jolie, think about it?

FOREVER YOUNG At age 52, Nicole Kidman’s looking and feeling better than ever. Discover the simple way the Aussie

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The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.