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by Thomas Merton
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Thomas Merton's autobiography tells of his journey from a life of intellectual pursuits to the quiet vows of a Trappist monk, tracing a young man's search for spiritual peace at Gethsemani Abbey.
by Aeschylus
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After the Trojan War, King Agamemnon returns home, unaware of his wife Clytemnestra's plan for revenge, which ends in his murder and a lasting curse on the House of Atreus.
by Joe Kelly
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Barbara Thorson, a sharp-tongued outcast, uses a hammer, a fierce wit, and an even fiercer imagination to battle colossal, otherworldly giants while dealing with the very real, and far more terrifying, monster of grief.
by Lisa Williamson
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When a new school offers a chance for a fresh start, two boys with big secrets form an unlikely friendship that could expose everything they've hidden.
by C.S. Lewis
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C.S. Lewis shows how miracles are not just possible, but essential affirmations of God's close and joyful involvement in creation, turning doubt into a celebration of divine action.
by Shannon Messenger
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by Augusten Burroughs
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At Sellevision, the home shopping network, hosts grapple with public disgrace, personal meltdowns, and very public wardrobe malfunctions.
by Diana Wynne Jones
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A grumpy wizard and his griffin-riding son, reluctantly cast as this year's Dark Lord and Wizard Guide, must rally a fed-up fantasy world to break free from the annual, demon-backed 'Grand Tour' of insufferable tourists.
by Emery Lord
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Two best friends on a summer concert tour learn that navigating heartbreak, fame, and unexpected new romances is a wild ride.
by Milan Kundera
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In an ironic story of adolescence, Jaromil, a poet dominated by his mother and caught in the communist revolution, navigates a world that gently erodes the sacred values of youth, love, and art.
by Eduardo Galeano
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Galeano's "Open Veins" is a five-century account of Latin America's exploitation and underdevelopment by colonial and capitalist powers.
by Glen Duncan
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Haunted by two centuries of monstrous acts, the last werewolf on Earth plans his demise, only to be pulled back into a bloody, passionate fight for survival and a chance at redemption by a sudden murder and an unexpected encounter.
by John Marsden
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Ellie and her dwindling band of teenage guerrillas must navigate a suicide mission through enemy headquarters to rescue her grandmother, proving that even against insurmountable odds, the fight for family burns brighter than any warzone.
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Three male explorers find an isolated, all-female society, which challenges their ideas about gender, power, and civilization.
by Mazey Eddings
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A chaotic baker with ADHD and a guarded Australian one-night stand are forced to navigate an unexpected pregnancy, shared beds, and an erotic baking scheme, proving that their biggest 'mistake' might just be the recipe for true love.
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
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In Nazi Germany, a young domestic risks everything to reunite with the Jewish man she loves, facing the horrors of war and human cruelty with an unyielding spirit.
by Annie Proulx
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Two families' paths diverge from 17th-century New France, one building a timber empire, the other struggling to survive, as their intertwined stories reveal humanity's destructive relationship with the forest across three centuries and continents.
by Kirsty Moseley
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Haunted by a brutal past, a senator's daughter, hardened by loss and trauma, finds her carefully constructed walls crumbling under the watchful, compassionate gaze of the SWAT agent assigned to protect her from the man who shattered her world.
by Mira T. Lee
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An older sister faces the challenge of saving her brilliant but mentally ill younger sister, forcing both to confront the limits of love and loyalty.
by Cormac McCarthy
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After a woman's incestuous brother abandons their infant son, she searches for him through a world of evil, leading to a grim end for everyone.
by Richard Ford
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A divorced, failed sportswriter turned real estate agent navigates the bewildering high-wire act of normalcy and unexpected engagements with life over a poignant Fourth of July weekend in Haddam, New Jersey.
by Brittany Cavallaro
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Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson face a German art forgery ring, a presumed-dead Moriarty, their families' dark histories, and their complicated feelings for each other.
by Brady Udall
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A grief-stricken patriarch in a modern polygamous family, overwhelmed by his large family and failing business, risks everything for an illicit affair that promises to either shatter or redefine his faith and future.
by Naguib Mahfouz
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Amidst the British occupation of early 20th-century Cairo, the iron-fisted patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad navigates his family through tradition, rebellion, and the city's hidden nightlife, all while his wife and children yearn for freedom beyond their palace walls.