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by Barbara Pym
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In 1950s England, a mild-mannered spinster finds her quiet life as an 'excellent woman' upended by the chaotic arrival of new neighbors, revealing the comedic and poignant dance of unrequited desires and societal expectations.
by John Rawls
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Rawls's 'A Theory of Justice' is a philosophical work that defines justice as fairness, offering an alternative to utilitarianism and supporting individual rights in a democratic society.
by John Gunther
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A father's memoir tells the story of his brilliant, courageous seventeen-year-old son's fight against a brain tumor.
by Tarryn Fisher
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A woman's obsession with her neighbor's perfect life turns into a dangerous game when she moves in next door, determined to take it all.
by Pseudonymous Bosch
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During a class trip, Cass breaks a mummy's finger, pulling her and her friends into an ancient Egyptian mystery with priceless artifacts, walking dead, and a desperate search for the ultimate Secret before their chocolate and lives run out.
by Primo Levi
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Primo Levi uses chemistry to explore pre-Holocaust life, the realities of war, and the human spirit, turning personal memory into a stand against tyranny.
by Alden Bell
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In a post-apocalyptic America overrun by the undead, a haunted young girl named Temple navigates a ruined land, pursued by a killer and her own past, in a desperate search for redemption and a place to call home.
by Salman Rushdie
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In a world where honor and humiliation dictate life and death, an un-shameable man born of three mothers unwittingly ignites a fatal rivalry between two powerful families in a land on the brink of historical upheaval.
by David Hume
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Hume's 'Treatise' examines human understanding, showing how our minds create reality, from the idea of cause and effect to the nature of morality, all through observation.
by Jacquelyn Frank
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A Demon King, troubled by dreams, takes a human operative, only to find their fated bond is the key to fighting a hidden enemy in their supernatural world.
by Mario Puzo
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In Renaissance Rome, the ambitious Borgia family, led by Pope Alexander VI, manipulates power, faith, and family to control 15th-century Italy amidst art, war, and scandal.
by Amie Kaufman
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With an ancient evil threatening the galaxy and a chaotic squad on the run, a lost ship's secrets and a Trigger's awakening powers are humanity's last hope against annihilation.
by Chris Columbus
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Three siblings are evicted into a mysterious Victorian house and pulled into a dangerous world of medieval warriors and supernatural pirates. They must uncover a dark literary legacy to save themselves and reality.
by Mia Sheridan
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A woman broken by past betrayals finds her emotional defenses falling away because of a kind man, forcing them both to face whether love can truly fix them.
by William Gibson
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A data courier with a brain overloaded by corporate secrets races against time and the Yakuza, who crave his cryogenically preserved head, to deliver his illicit cargo before it kills him.
by Zen Cho
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A freed slave and Sorcerer Royal must team up with a woman of immense, untamed power to solve England's magical drought, uncovering a conspiracy that could change sorcery forever.
by Snorri Sturluson
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Explore the ancient Norse cosmos, from its mythical creation and the struggles of gods, giants, dwarves, and elves, to the predicted twilight of Ragnarok, all preserved in Snorri Sturluson's saga.
by Albert Camus
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In Algiers, a young man named Mersault murders for money, then searches for a life of deliberate happiness and a death free of anger or regret.
by Susane Colasanti
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During a single tumultuous week, three interconnected teens navigate the wreckage of past relationships and the dizzying thrill of new crushes, all while plotting to take down their school's reigning mean girl.
by Greg Bear
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A scientist's self-experiment with intelligent cells starts a biological revolution that threatens to consume all existence.
by Louise Erdrich
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In early 1900s North Dakota, a community faces the loss of ancestral lands and the encroaching world, relying on the enduring, often mystical, power of its Anishinaabeg heritage.
by Marina Nemat
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After Iran's 1979 revolution, a sixteen-year-old girl's protest against classroom Koran studies leads to her arrest and a brutal journey through Evin Prison's torture chambers, ending in a death sentence that tests her will to survive and her desire for freedom.
by Graham Greene
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A retired bank manager's quiet life changes forever when his eccentric aunt takes him on a global adventure through a world of smugglers, spies, and free spirits, pushing him to leave his old life behind.
by Andrew Kaufman
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A man with an invisible problem must make his superhero wife see him again before their cross-country flight lands and she perfects him out of her life forever.