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by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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In a provincial town, intellectuals and revolutionaries, some genuine and some deluded, face nihilism, faith, and the destructive power of ideology, leading to chaos and murder.
by Fulton Sheen
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Archbishop Sheen's 'Life of Christ' explores Jesus' Incarnation, public ministry, Passion, and Resurrection, revealing the divine love story at the heart of human existence.
by Tony Judt
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Tony Judt examines the decline of the postwar social contract, calling for a return to social democratic principles and collective responsibility to fix our current problems.
by John McGahern
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After Irish independence, a tyrannical widower on a struggling farm fights a losing battle to control his five children as the modern world approaches.
by Alex London
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As the face of a revolution, former Proxy Syd must uncover a deadly plague's origins while battling assassins and an indifferent government, all while his Rebooter bodyguard Liam struggles with his duty and a growing connection to Syd.
by A.J. Quinnell
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A burnt-out mercenary, awakened to love by his young charge, unleashes a terrifying, single-minded rampage of revenge when she is brutally taken from him.
by Emmanuel Guibert
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Amidst the brutal Soviet-Afghan War, a photographer's gripping visual diary, intertwined with Guibert's art, chronicles a perilous journey with Doctors Without Borders to heal a ravaged nation.
by Nancy Holder
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Torn between her sacred duty to hunt vampires and a forbidden love, a young warrior must navigate betrayal and a city overrun by the undead to save humanity and herself.
by Russell Banks
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In desolate New Hampshire, a former high-school football star turned bitter well-digger and part-time cop descends into violence, exposing the inherited trauma of a small-town macho legacy, seen through his younger brother's haunted eyes.
by Marty Neumeier
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Marty Neumeier explains how branding connects business strategy with good design to create brands that customers remember.
by James Agee
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Through stark prose and haunting photographs, Agee and Evans show the desperate dignity of Depression-era sharecroppers, turning a journalistic assignment into an enduring, empathetic American epic.
by Henry Gilbert
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Join Robin Hood and his Merry Men as they outwit the Sheriff of Nottingham and Guy of Gisborne, fighting for justice and King Richard's return in Sherwood Forest.
by Vladimir Nabokov
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In Nabokov's "Transparent Things," a gawky publisher's four Swiss trips become a haunting spiral of love, murder, madness, and a desperate attempt to find a past as elusive and fragmented as the objects he observes.
by Gary Paulsen
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From the loyal sled dog Cookie who saved his life to the brilliant Border Collie Josh, Gary Paulsen's memoir is a heartfelt tribute to the dozens of extraordinary canine companions who shaped his journey.
by Barry Unsworth
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In a snowbound 14th-century English village, a group of actors staging a play about a recent murder become entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that blurs the lines between performance and reality.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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After a party hypnotism unlocks fragmented memories of a forgotten past and a vanished mother, Kira must journey to the clandestine country of Crythe with a mysterious 'aunt' to unearth the dangerous truths hidden within her own mind before those same memories become a death sentence.
by Nevil Shute
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During the 1940 Blitzkrieg, an elderly Englishman leads a group of war-orphaned children across France, escaping the Nazi-occupied coast.
by Stephen Leacock
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Take a trip through Mariposa, where the quirky small-town residents paint a picture of early 20th-century Canadian life, one delightful story at a time.
by Richard Paul Evans
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On the Utah frontier, a grieving minister risks everything for his daughter's future, only to find a shocking discovery in a blizzard that renews his faith and hope for love.
by Willy Russell
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A spirited, working-class hairdresser from Liverpool yearns to transcend her predetermined life through literature, embarking on a transformative journey with her cynical Open University tutor.
by Vivian Vande Velde
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Vivian Vande Velde wittily unravels the nonsensical threads of Rumpelstiltskin, spinning six ingenious and often hilarious alternative tales that finally make sense of the absurd.
by Lauren Barnholdt
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Devon's summer of made-up popularity and a fake boyfriend backfires when her new friend, who knows all her lies, transfers to her school, sending Devon on a desperate, funny, and identity-searching quest to make her fictional life real.
by Nancy Huston
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From present-day California to World War II Germany, a child's birthmark reveals generations of family secrets, showing how love, music, and faith endure against evil.
by Paul Griffin
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A lonely foster boy finds comfort and a new definition of family when a scruffy dog and the librarian's daughter enter his life, only to face loss and discover his own inner magic.