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by Morihei Ueshiba
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Explore the wisdom of Aikido's founder, Morihei Ueshiba, as he presents the 'Art of Peace' – a path to nonviolent victory and balanced living through compassion, understanding, and courage.
by Miriam Toews
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Nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, cast out by her Mennonite community, finds an unexpected path to freedom as a translator for a film crew, even as her domineering father tries to sabotage the production and reclaim his daughter.
by Michelle Zink
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As time runs out, Lia must find the keys to a prophecy and convince her estranged sister, Alice, to help, all while navigating a dangerous love triangle and the devastating secrets that threaten to tear their world apart.
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
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A young girl's hero worship for her military father crumbles as her brother's photographs from Vietnam expose the grim realities of war, forcing her to confront the limits of even a hero's power.
by Stephen King
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When a respected community member is linked to a horrific murder, a detective must face the terrifying idea that evil can wear a familiar face, defying logic and evidence.
by Elizabeth Marie Pope
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Orphaned Peggy Grahame uncovers a centuries-old romance, espionage, and Revolutionary War intrigue through the ghostly visits of her ancestors at her eccentric uncle's estate.
by Euripides
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To launch a thousand ships, King Agamemnon must silence a daughter's scream, twisting a heroic war into a heart-wrenching family sacrifice.
by Lee Smith
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Orphaned by war, Molly Petree leaves a ruined North Carolina plantation for a half-century journey of love, betrayal, and a murder trial, only to be drawn back to the same ruins that shaped her.
by Felix Dennis
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Felix Dennis, a self-made millionaire, shares the plain truth and often hard lessons from his journey 'from a South London lad' to immense wealth, showing that getting rich is a learnable skill available to anyone with enough determination.
by Eoin Colfer
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A power-crazed pixie unleashes ancient magic, threatening to possess Artemis Fowl's four-year-old brothers and start a war between humans and resurrected fairy warriors. The young criminal mastermind and Captain Holly Short must race to prevent global disaster.
by R.L. Stine
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An exclusive Halloween party on Fear Street turns deadly when a costumed killer crashes the fun, forcing two high schoolers to unmask the murderer before they become the next victims.
by Louis de Montfort
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This spiritual guide shows a path to holiness and salvation through devotion to Mary.
by Savannah Brown
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After her psychiatrist father's mysterious death, Sydney uncovers a web of small-town secrets and unexpected connections with the homecoming queen, June, making her question if the truth will shatter their perfect lives.
by David Walliams
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Get ready for detention as David Walliams introduces a hilarious, horrifying cast of educators, from a half-monster science teacher to one terrified of children, who redefine a 'bad' school day.
by Favel Parrett
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In a remote Tasmanian fishing town, three brothers deal with their abalone diver father's temper and a dark family secret that threatens to destroy them all.
by Minette Walters
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A child's silent trauma after her mother's body washes ashore exposes a chilling tale of betrayal and the dark secrets of a seemingly perfect marriage in a quiet English coastal town.
by John McPhee
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Follow idiosyncratic geologists across the fortieth parallel, exploring North America's 4.6-billion-year crustal history.
by Edward O. Wilson
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Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson explores humanity's origins, its place in the cosmos, and the challenges we face as we increasingly shape our own evolution.
by Francesca Lia Block
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After her brother's sudden disappearance, a sister must face their past and her own grief to rebuild her life.
by Tobias George Smollet
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A naive young man and a bickering aristocratic family take a hilariously misadventurous tour of 18th-century Britain, told through scandalously witty letters that paint a satirical picture of a changing nation.
by Laurie Faria Stolarz
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A heartbroken Camelia escapes to a summer arts program, only to find herself entangled in the disappearance of a local girl, forcing her to confront her burgeoning psychic abilities and the lingering shadows of her past.
by Leo Tolstoy
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Tolstoy's book presents a Christianity without dogma, urging readers to find morality and nonviolent resistance within themselves. This message inspired Gandhi and challenged empires.
by Meg Rosoff
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Haunted by a premonition of his own demise, a teenage boy reinvents himself as 'Justin Case' to outrun fate, only to discover destiny has a darkly romantic sense of humor.
by Adam Smith
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Adam Smith's foundational work explains that true virtue and a moral life go beyond self-interest, coming instead from our human ability for sympathy and the judgments of an 'impartial spectator'.