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  Cannery Row

  by John Steinbeck

  This is a book which ventures into the life of the community of Cannery Row, Monterey, California, around the time of the collapse of the local canning industry in the years before World War II. The group includes Doc, a marine biologist and general hero among the inhabitants of the Row; Lee Chong, proprietor of the general store; Mack and the Boys, who are referred to as bums, and the local bordello madam and... (more)
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  Jack Sawyer: Book 1

  The Talisman

  by Stephen King, Peter Straub

  On a brisk autumn day, a thirteen-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America–and into another realm. One... (more)
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  NUMA Files: Book 2

  Blue Gold

  by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos

  KURT AUSTIN -- CLIVE CUSSLER'S NEW HERO FOR THE MILLENNIUM -- BATTLES TO STOP A BILLIONAIRE TYCOON FROM ACHIEVING WORLD DOMINATION BLUE GOLD An investigation into the sudden deaths of a pod of gray whales leads National Underwater & Marine Agency leader Kurt Austin to the Mexican coast, where someone tries to put him and his mini-sub permanently out of commission. Meanwhile, in South America's lush... (more)
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  The Two Minute Rule

  by Robert Crais

  Max Holman knew the two minute rule: Get in, get the cash, and get out. But two minutes can be a lifetime. . . . In one moment of weakness he botched a bank job and was sent away for years. Now released from prison, Max wants to reconcile with his estranged son, an L.A. cop. Instead he receives the devastating news that his son's been gunned down in cold blood. To uncover the truth about the killing, Max aligns... (more)
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  Strawberry Yellow (A Mas Arai Mystery)

  by Naomi Hirahara

  Curmudgeonly Japanese American gardener and unwitting detective Mas Arai is back in this fifth in the Edgar Award–winning series. Naomi Hirahara has created a memorable protagonist unlike any other: a Hiroshima survivor, Los Angeles gardener, widower, gambler, grandfather, and solver of crimes. In Strawberry Yellow , he returns to the strawberry farms of his youth and encounters family intrigue, danger, and... (more)