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by Katherine Ewell
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A teenage assassin, guided by moral nihilism, faces a crisis when a mysterious letter makes her question the rules that define her deadly life.
by Amy Alward
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In a world obsessed with social media, a disgraced alchemist's daughter races against a dashing rival and a powerful corporation on a global, magically perilous scavenger hunt to cure a princess who accidentally fell in love with her own reflection.
by Rachel Caine
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A mysterious poison unravels magic, forcing Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin and her djinn husband to restore balance before Earth falls to chaos.
by Christie Watson
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In Nigeria's Niger Delta, 12-year-old Blessing finds humor and tragedy, showing how family endures even in great hardship.
by Walter Mosley
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A desperate young Black man, trying to save his family home, agrees to imprison a mysterious white man in his basement, leading to a dangerous journey of hidden identities, racial tensions, and moral choices that threaten his family's legacy and his own sense of self.
by Kat Falls
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Desperate to save his parents, Ty plunges back into the treacherous subsea world with Gemma, forming an uneasy alliance with the outlaw Seablite Gang to unravel the mystery of a vanishing township and aggressive marine life, only to discover they might be swimming into a deeper conspiracy.
by Cara McKenna
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A woman's world is turned upside down when she finds herself drawn to a captivating, dangerous inmate whose mysterious past and intense gaze promise both peril and undeniable passion.
by Luanne Rice
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A cancer survivor's new beginning takes flight, as a plane ride introduces her to a kindred spirit who helps her navigate her past and embrace an uncertain but hopeful future.
by Watt Key
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After his father's death, a resourceful boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must navigate the complexities of civilization and evade government capture on his journey to Alaska.
by Rumer Godden
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A former London professional trades worldly success for spiritual devotion, navigating the challenges and joys of cloistered Benedictine life in Brede Abbey.
by Matthew Skelton
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An ancient, blood-bound book found in an Oxford library pulls a young boy into a centuries-old mystery, where hidden words on living pages reveal a secret far more dangerous and magical than he could ever imagine.
by Rollo Tomassi
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Rollo Tomassi examines power dynamics between men and women, challenging common ideas about relationships and the 'feminine imperative'.
by Charles R. Johnson
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In 1830, a freed slave and roguish bachelor flees his debts and an unwanted marriage by stowing away on a slave ship bound for Africa, embarking on a harrowing voyage that forces him to confront the depths of human cruelty and the meaning of his own freedom.
by William Shakespeare
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Explore Shakespeare's complete works with the updated Riverside Shakespeare, featuring critical essays, textual notes, and newly attributed plays.
by Philip Kerr
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On the French Riviera in 1956, a cynical ex-detective's quiet life as a hotel concierge ends when W. Somerset Maugham draws him into blackmail and Cold War espionage, forcing him to face his wartime past.
by David Almond
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Mina, an imaginative young girl, fills her journal with thoughts, poems, and stories, creating a portrait of her unique world before the events of Skellig.
by Alvin Toffler
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Alvin Toffler’s 'Future Shock' explores how fast technological and social change disrupts our sense of stability, making individuals and societies feel overwhelmed by newness.
by Winston Graham
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In 1818 Cornwall, Bella Poldark navigates the rugged coast and the dazzling European theater, balancing family legacy with her own desires as the Poldark saga concludes.
by Oliver Sacks
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Neurologist Oliver Sacks travels to a remote Pacific atoll where a community without color perception offers insights into how the human brain adapts and how culture and thought connect.
by Kip S. Thorne
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Kip Thorne, the physicist behind Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar,' reveals the real science of wormholes, black holes, and interstellar travel, showing how the film's most amazing visuals are based on the universe's physical laws.
by Emil M. Cioran
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Emil Cioran's 'The Trouble with Being Born' argues that existence is the original flaw, making birth, not death, the true disaster.
by William Wordsworth
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by Tommy Wallach
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A mute, reclusive teenager finds his voice and a new purpose when he meets an unusual girl who claims to be immortal, blending reality with myth.
by Ray Bradbury
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In a post-human world, a fully automated house meticulously carries out its daily routines, oblivious to the nuclear annihilation that has silenced its inhabitants, painting a poignant portrait of technology's enduring, yet ultimately futile, devotion.