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by Ninni Holmqvist
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In a near-future where the childless and jobless are harvested for organs, an aging woman finds peace in her designated 'Unit' until an unexpected love forces her to confront the cost of her comfortable compliance.
by Tess Gerritsen
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A microbiologist on the International Space Station fights a deadly microbe she created, while her husband races to bring her home before the infection kills them all.
by Anchee Min
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From a concubine to empress, Tzu Hsi navigates the violent end of the Qing Dynasty, battling invaders, rebellions, and personal losses to protect a crumbling empire and her loved ones.
by Joan Bauer
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Evicted and adrift in Chicago, twelve-year-old Sugar finds an unexpected anchor in a rescue dog, poetry, and her own strong spirit as she navigates homelessness and learns to cultivate gratitude amidst hardship.
by Jack London
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Jack London's 'The Iron Heel' is a chilling forecast of corporate tyranny in 20th-century America, where an oligarchy crushes the nation, and a socialist movement rises to defy it.
by Katie Henry
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An atheist new to a strict Catholic school finds unexpected camaraderie and a fight for freedom among a secret society of religious rebels, led by a girl who dreams of becoming a priest.
by Saul Bellow
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A struggling writer, caught in domestic chaos and mob dealings, gets a posthumous 'gift' from his dead poet mentor, making him face the complex legacy of genius and failure.
by Stephanie Laurens
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A notorious Cynster rake demands payment in passionate kisses from a veiled lady desperate for his help, unknowingly falling for the woman he's always bickered with.
by Stephen Hawking
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Stephen Hawking's memoir, 'My Brief History,' recounts his journey from a curious London schoolboy to a groundbreaking cosmologist, detailing his improbable life of intellectual triumph and the relentless pursuit of cosmic understanding, even as ALS progressively confined his body.
by Jennifer Hillier
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A psychology professor's attempt to end a torrid affair with her manipulative graduate student spirals into a terrifying game of blackmail and murder when he refuses to let her go, threatening to expose her secrets and destroy her life.
by W. Phillip Keller
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Join a shepherd to understand Psalm 23's practical wisdom, showing God's care through sheep's behavior.
by J.M. Barrie
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Before Neverland, Peter Pan was a forgotten baby, living a whimsical, secret life amongst the birds and fairies of London's Kensington Gardens, learning to fly with the help of a mischievous crow and a thimble-sized kiss.
by Patricia C. Wrede
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In Elizabethan England, two sisters discover love and ancient secrets while navigating a magical forest and a mysterious bear, in a fresh retelling of a classic fairy tale.
by Padmasambhava
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This ancient Tibetan guide explains the path from life to death and beyond, with practices for daily transformation and insights into the after-death state.
by Barbara O'Connor
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Sent to live with strangers in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a determined wish-maker discovers that a skinny stray dog and an unexpected friendship might just grant her a different kind of wish entirely.
by Philip Reeve
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In a post-apocalyptic London where women are deemed illogical, an engineering apprentice named Fever Crumb deals with forgotten memories and a mysterious past that links her to the city's monstrous history and uncertain future.
by Sylvia Brownrigg
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A seventeen-year-old college freshman becomes an eager, if ultimately heartbroken, pupil to an enigmatic older graduate student, learning about literature, love, and life's harsh lessons in a passionate, East Coast coming-of-age story.
by Alyssa Rose Ivy
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Navigating freshman year and a supernatural society, Allie finds herself entangled with the future king, her destiny now linked to a world she can no longer escape.
by Spencer Quinn
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When a pampered show dog and her owner disappear, canine detective Chet and his human Bernie must find the dognappers and untangle a dangerous plot.
by Russell Banks
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A teen runaway named Bone navigates the drug-fueled world of 1990s rural New York, finding his way to self-discovery and belonging.
by Sigmund Freud
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Freud's book explores how society, religion, and morality began, connecting the incest taboo and Oedipal complex to human civilization.
by Ernest Becker
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Ernest Becker's Pulitzer-winning work argues that humanity's deepest motivations, from heroism to madness, are defenses against the terrifying, unacknowledged truth of our own inevitable death.
by Elizabeth Brundage
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In a town marked by an unsolved murder, a professor's wife is found dead, revealing family secrets, old suspicions, and a chilling look at psychopathy that affects a community for decades.
by Jenny Carroll
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A modern teen's forbidden love for a 19th-century ghost clashes with the spectral fury of his murdered fiancée, who demands an end to backyard construction to keep her lover's century-old secret buried.