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by Jody Feldman
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A televised competition at a toy company is Gil Goodson's only chance to escape his family's scandalous past and secure their future.
by Corey Ann Haydu
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A teen with OCD struggles with her illness, an unexpected romance with a boy who understands her, and a secret obsession with another.
by W.G. Sebald
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A nervous narrator travels through Europe, encountering literary figures and the unsettling nature of memory, blurring the lines between reality and dreams.
by Joey W. Hill
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A hardened homicide detective goes undercover as a submissive in a high-class BDSM club to catch a killer Dominatrix. He finds his identity unraveling under the captivating gaze of a Mistress who might be his most dangerous ally.
by Jex Lane
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Haunted by an unknown father and pursued by an old darkness, a heartbroken Matthew must embrace a mysterious destiny as 'prince' to a cursed protector and unravel the secrets of his vampiric birth, all while navigating the warnings of a strange teenage girl.
by Kenneth Oppel
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Grief-stricken and defiant, young Victor Frankenstein plunges into the forbidden spirit world, assembling a new body from the ethereal remnants of his ancestral home, all to resurrect the brother he desperately misses.
by Gordon MacDonald
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Cultivating a disciplined inner spiritual life is key to lasting public effectiveness and preventing burnout in a world that overvalues external activity.
by Patrick Carman
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Three whispered words grant Jacob invincibility, but this gift quickly becomes a ticking curse. With his new crush, Ophelia, Jacob must navigate heroism's intoxicating pull before his power transforms him into a conduit for death.
by Douglas Preston
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Agent Pendergast and Officer D'Agosta investigate impossible deaths marked by brimstone and claw marks, questioning if they hunt a killer or the Devil.
by Justine Larbalestier
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In a city split between humans and vampires, a determined teen faces unexpected undead encounters, her best friend's forbidden romance, and her own growing feelings for a vampire fan, all while solving a local mystery.
by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Haunted by fragmented memories of a castle and a boat escape, an almost eleven-year-old boy, Sam, who struggles with reading, races against time with the new girl, Caroline, to decipher a mysterious document found in his attic that suggests he was kidnapped, all while questioning if his beloved grandfather is truly his family before Caroline moves away.
by LaVyrle Spencer
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On the Colorado frontier, a compassionate woman is torn between a gentle doctor offering stability and a dangerous outlaw who awakens an unexpected passion.
by Wade Davis
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A Harvard ethnobotanist explores Haitian Vodoun, uncovering the scientific and cultural facts behind zombification and revealing the spiritual foundation of a nation built on rebellion.
by Tehmina Durrani
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Trapped in a gilded cage, a Pakistani socialite defies her powerful, abusive political husband and a patriarchal society, sacrificing everything to reclaim her voice and expose the hidden plight of women.
by Jack Kerouac
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Kerouac's "Visions of Cody" is a jazz-infused portrait of Neal Cassady, a wild, motherless hustler whose spirit and car-stealing adventures defined a generation's search for freedom on the American road.
by Tom Angleberger
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Lenny Flem Jr. must stop his best friend, Casper, a master of disguise and hypnosis, from taking over the world, all because of a convincing fake mustache.
by Scarlett St. Clair
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In modern New Athens, Persephone, whose touch withers flowers, is bound by an impossible contract with Hades: she must bring life to his Underworld or lose her freedom. This challenge unexpectedly leads to a forbidden love.
by John Marsden
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In a land of old gum trees and marsupials, the arrival of rabbits with their machines and fences changes a natural place into a desolate, unfamiliar world.
by Rudy Rucker
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by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew must unmask a ghost, expose a criminal gang, and decipher the true heir to a Hawaiian estate before a sacred king's cape is stolen from the mysterious Golden Pavilion.
by S.C. Stephens
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As their band rockets to stardom, Kiera and Kellan must fight a greedy executive, a manipulative pop star, and the relentless media circus to keep their love from being crushed by the price of fame.
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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A human alpha of werewolves must embrace her instincts and defy ancient laws to protect a rogue teenager, all while navigating threats and the cost of loyalty.
by Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe's 'My Story' offers an honest look into the life of an icon, showing the intelligent, sensitive woman behind the public image, from her lonely childhood to her sense of her own tragic end.
by Aleister Crowley
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This book, allegedly dictated in Cairo, presents a spiritual manifesto. It challenges conventional morality with the decree 'Do what thou wilt,' which forms the basis for Aleister Crowley's philosophy of Thelema.