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by Amanda Hocking
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Gemma races to solve an ancient curse and defeat a siren to save her love and her life before it is all lost.
by Enid Blyton
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The Famous Five face their most dangerous mystery yet as they unravel sinister signals from an old tower, luring ships to their doom on the jagged Cornish coast.
by Kara Thomas
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A young woman confronts past secrets and deadly lies, returning to a town where the truth about a decade-old murder might get her killed.
by Kami Garcia
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Haunted by visions and pulled into a subterranean world of ancient secrets, Ethan Wate must navigate the treacherous history of Gatlin County where magic and danger lurk beneath every familiar surface.
by Chuck Palahniuk
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In a near-future America collapsing, a mysterious book starts a radical youth movement to violently restructure society and dismantle the establishment, fulfilling separatist fantasies with brutal, satirical precision.
by Mary Pope Osborne
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Join Jack and Annie as the Magic Tree House whisks them away to 1906 San Francisco, where they must use their wits to survive a devastating earthquake and help a librarian save precious books, all while navigating a city on the brink of collapse.
by Alice Hoffman
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In 15th-century Spain, a young Marrano woman named Estrella faces the Inquisition, uncovering family secrets of Kabbalah and a love that defies persecution, only to confront a betrayal that threatens to shatter her world.
by Neil Gaiman
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Ancient, powerful beings, tasked with Earth's protection for millennia, awaken to a world that has forgotten their very existence, forcing them to confront not just new threats, but the unsettling void of their erased history.
by Alice Hoffman
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A man's idyllic life is shattered when the secrets he's kept hidden for thirteen years are finally unearthed, forcing him and his small town to confront a devastating past.
by Larissa Ione
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by Nick Vujicic
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Born without limbs, Nick Vujicic shares how faith and purpose can lead to a full life, inspiring others to overcome their own limits.
by Edward R. Tufte
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Tufte's book explains how to make statistical graphics clear, honest, and insightful.
by Scott Reintgen
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In a cutthroat interstellar competition, a desperate recruit must mine a universe-altering substance on a hidden planet, all while battling ruthless rivals and the morally ambiguous corporation that brought them there.
by Julie Kagawa
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A young woman torn between loyalty to her dragon allies and the dangerous secrets of her past must fight for survival as a powerful new order threatens to consume both dragons and humans.
by Sheri Holman
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In cholera-ridden 1831 Sunderland, a desperate teen mother pawns her body in a rented gown to save her infant, only to become entangled with a disgraced doctor and the city's dark secrets.
by Daniel Defoe
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Amidst the desolation of 1665 London, a meticulous saddler chronicles the terrifying spread of the bubonic plague, detailing the city's descent into chaos, the grim statistics of death, and the desperate, often futile, attempts at survival.
by Terry Brooks
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As a sinister politician rises to power amidst a war between magic and science, a young Druid uncovers the lost tale of the Elfstones, thrusting her into a dangerous quest to recover their power before the Four Lands are consumed by an ancient evil.
by Gabriel García Márquez
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In a rain-soaked Colombian river town, anonymous verses expose hidden secrets and moral decay, pushing its residents to chaos.
by Nicholson Baker
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"The Mezzanine" turns a simple escalator ride into a funny, detailed journey through the hidden ideas behind shoelaces, milk cartons, and our everyday existence.
by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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In ancient Egypt, a young orphan battles his villainous half-brother and uncovers a tomb-robbing plot to claim his rightful place as a master goldsmith.
by Lynn Raye Harris
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A decade after a Black Ops soldier broke her heart, he's the only one she can trust when her sister vanishes and she becomes a murder suspect, forcing them to confront their past to save her future.
by Swati Avasthi
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With a new identity and a hidden past, sixteen-year-old Jace leaves his abusive father to start over, only to learn that real freedom means facing the past he tried to outrun.
by Thomas Merton
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Merton's "New Seeds of Contemplation" urges readers to rediscover the forgotten mystical depths within the Western soul, guiding them toward a contemplative awakening.
by Amin Maalouf
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Amin Maalouf uses Arab chroniclers' accounts to show the Crusades as a period that shaped the modern Arab world's identity and grievances, rather than just a European event.