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by Craig Silvey
4.1(26,143)
In the oppressive 1965 Australian summer, a bookish teenager helps a troubled outcast unravel a horrific secret, forcing him to confront the town's racial prejudices, his family's unraveling, and the crushing weight of a truth too dangerous to reveal.
by J.D. Robb
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Lieutenant Eve Dallas, a cop with a complicated past, must protect a traumatized young witness while hunting down ruthless killers who bypassed advanced security in a meticulously planned home invasion.
by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Sartre's major work challenges traditional ideas of self and world, making readers face the difficult reality of absolute freedom and the heavy weight of their choices in a world without built-in meaning.
by Marilyn Manson
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From the suffocating grip of Christian schoolboy conformity to the defiant roar of America's most feared rock icon, Marilyn Manson's memoir rips through a landscape of shock, fame, and self-reinvention.
by Young
4.0(26,126)
A Viking warrior, Eelyn, finds her brother fighting for the enemy, forcing her to unite with her foes and a rival to face a legendary threat, redefining loyalty and family.
by Anita Shreve
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A photographer researching a brutal 1873 ax murder uncovers an eyewitness account that blurs the lines between historical tragedy and her own marriage's unraveling suspicions.
by Jon Klassen
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A bear politely questions forest animals about his missing hat, then remembers a rabbit was wearing it, leading to a dark and final resolution.
by Frank E. Peretti
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In the isolated town of Hyde River, an ancient evil, born from a forgotten oath and generations of hidden sin, stalks residents and corrupts souls, turning hearts black with a spiritual decay more terrifying than any physical predator.
by Ruta Sepetys
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In 1957 Madrid, an American teenager's camera captures a forbidden romance and the secrets of a nation silenced by Franco's dictatorship, forcing him to choose between love and exposing the truth.
by Jessica Day George
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Traded to a dragon by her aunt, a resourceful maiden named Creel bargains for her life and stumbles upon a pair of seemingly ordinary blue slippers that hold the power to either save or destroy her war-torn kingdom.
by Tim LaHaye
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Amidst global chaos, a desperate group of believers, hunted by the Antichrist, races against time to understand ancient prophecies and start a spiritual rebellion before humanity's last hope is gone.
by Honore De Balzac
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In a French town, a sheltered heiress's love for her cousin clashes with her miserly father's obsession with gold, leading to tragedy.
by Ben Mikaelsen
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Banished to a remote Alaskan island for assault, a defiant juvenile delinquent is mauled by a mythical white bear, forcing him to confront his rage and embrace healing rooted in Native American tradition.
by Oscar Wilde
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A once-blind prince, now a statue, finds redemption and true beauty by sacrificing his riches through a loyal swallow to ease his city's suffering.
by James M. McPherson
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McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom" examines the political, social, and military events of the American Civil War, showing how different ideas of liberty caused the nation's deadliest conflict and ultimately created a 'new birth of freedom'.
by J.D. Robb
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Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts a killer targeting men connected to a New York City prep school, while an ex-lover of her husband Roarke tries to break up their marriage.
by Hillary Jordan
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In a future America where criminals are 'chromed' with the color of their sins, a young woman genetically marked as a 'Red' for murder must question her faith to survive.
by Seth Godin
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Success is not about never giving up, but knowing when to quit the wrong things so you can focus on conquering the right challenges and achieve excellence.
by Charles Dickens
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In London, where trash heaps are more valuable than people, a mysterious inheritance looms. An orphaned girl and a disguised suitor navigate social ambition, deceit, and the surprising strength of love.
by Georgette Heyer
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Sophy, a lively woman from the Continent, arrives at her London relatives' home, disrupting their proper but troubled lives with her charm and bold plans to solve everyone's problems, including her own romantic future.
by Kathy Reichs
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When a hidden cellar shrine holding a teenage girl's skull and a headless boy's body found nearby ignite a witch hunt, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan must untangle a deadly mix of voodoo, Santería, and devil worship before the vigilantes' thirst for revenge claims more innocent lives.
by Paul Zindel
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Two rebellious teenagers, seeking an escape from their own troubled lives, unexpectedly find solace and a surrogate family with a lonely, eccentric old man, only to confront the devastating consequences of their friendship and his mortality.
by Gordon Korman
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A tie-dye-clad, Zen-spouting homeschooler named Cap is thrust into the chaotic, pizza-and-wedgie-filled world of public middle school after his hippie grandmother's accident, forcing him to navigate a social jungle far wilder than any commune.
by J.D. Robb
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Detective Eve Dallas confronts the murder of her abusive foster mother, Trudy Lombard, forcing her to untangle a web of vengeance while facing her own past.