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by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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A 90-year-old Grand Inquisitor justifies the Church's abandonment of Christ's teachings, arguing that people want miracle, mystery, and authority more than freedom.
by Roger Lancelyn Green
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Young readers can explore the valiant quests of King Arthur and his knights, from the sword in the stone to the Holy Grail, retold with charm.
by Michael Grant
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With all adults gone, the surviving teens of Perdido Beach must fight the reborn, evil mutant Gaia, whose hunger for destruction threatens to consume them all.
by Dr. Seuss
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Join young Morris McGurk as he transforms a vacant lot into the most absurd circus imaginable, where Sneelocks soar and Hoodwinks astound, all within Dr. Seuss's whimsical rhymes.
by James Wesley
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In a future America, a group of friends fights societal collapse and lawless hordes, using survivalist tactics to reach an Idaho ranch and rebuild constitutional order.
by Richmal Crompton
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William Brown, a mischievous boy, turns everyday situations into chaos, whether he's helping his sister's love life or running away from home.
by Scott Westerfeld
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After a mysterious 'Spill' warps reality and silences her sister, a photographer enters the quarantined zone to uncover the truth behind her family's tragedy.
by Philip Roth
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An aging, reclusive writer returns to New York after 9/11 and finds his quiet life disrupted by a young woman, a former muse from his past, and a biographer, forcing him to face old desires, memories, and his own literary standing.
by Robert Beatty
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Scarred and disoriented after a brutal battle, Serafina awakens to a Biltmore Estate transformed by betrayal and an encroaching, nameless darkness, forcing her to master strange new powers and reclaim her identity as its guardian before an apocalyptic storm shatters everything she loves.
by Andy McNab
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A disgraced ex-SAS operative flees with a seven-year-old girl, the only witness to a brutal murder, uncovering a conspiracy that forces him to face his past and the darkest parts of British intelligence.
by Martin Luther King Jr.
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From a Birmingham jail cell, Martin Luther King Jr. writes a powerful defense of nonviolent resistance, turning a critique into a lasting call for racial justice and human dignity.
by Jerry Spinelli
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A science-obsessed teen confronts life's unpredictability, love, and loss amidst the chaos of adolescence and the cosmos.
by Justin Bieber
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From busking on Canadian sidewalks to selling out arenas and singing for presidents, Justin Bieber invites fans into his whirlwind journey of fame, offering never-before-seen photos and intimate stories of his meteoric rise.
by Boris Akunin
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In 1882 Moscow, the detective Erast Fandorin uncovers deceit and passion around a war hero's suspicious death, leading him from a hotel armchair to a mysterious singer's boudoir.
by Julie Buxbaum
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Fifteen years after an iconic 9/11 photo made her a symbol of hope, a teenager seeking anonymity at summer camp collides with a boy whose family was shattered by the same tragedy, forcing them to confront the shared, painful history that binds them.
by Lauren Myracle
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Four middle school girls with flower names, from different cliques, find their lives entwined through messages, blogs, and film dreams, all while navigating the social scene led by the school's queen bee.
by George Lakoff
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This book shows how hidden metaphors in everyday language shape our thoughts and actions, often without us knowing it.
by Chingiz Aitmatov
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A man in the Kazakh steppes struggles with ancient traditions and cosmic encounters, reflecting the Soviet Union's conflict between its earthly roots and celestial goals.
by Jeff VanderMeer
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Nature reclaims civilization with a sinister twist as a biologist joins an all-female expedition into the mysterious Area X, where the greatest threats might not be the alien landscape but the secrets they carry.
by Thomas Perry
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With ancient Seneca wisdom and modern guile, Jane Whitefield masterfully erases lives, but her latest disappearing act for an ex-cop plunges her into a deadly trap that threatens to erase her own existence.
by Richard Powers
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An aging composer, mistaken for a bioterrorist because of his home microbiology lab, flees authorities with a plan to turn his search for hidden musical patterns into a final artistic statement.
by Gary Paulsen
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On a 19th-century Southern plantation, a slave risks severe injury to secretly teach a young girl to read, starting a dangerous spread of forbidden knowledge and hope.
by Homer
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Explore ancient Greek foundational myths as gods and goddesses reveal themselves to mortals, showing the interaction between divine and human realms.
by Jean Ferris
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When a supposedly drowned, memory-addled queen resurfaces with a slacker princess and a man of surprising destiny, newlyweds Christian and Marigold must defend their happily-ever-after from a zany royal reclamation.