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by Jim Rohn
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Jim Rohn shows how mastering life's basic lessons and doing daily tasks with care can turn an average life into a successful one, leading to personal achievement and financial freedom.
by Lisa Marie Rice
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A city woman's life falls apart after seeing a Mob hit, sending her into witness protection in rural Idaho. Her only comfort comes from a quiet, protective ex-SEAL rancher and a town determined to keep her safe from assassins.
by Robert Cormier
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As graduation nears, Archie, the sinister leader of the Vigils, prepares his final terror, unaware his right-hand man Obie and other students have a shocking surprise waiting for him.
by Susin Nielsen
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After a near-fatal allergic reaction leads to homeschooling, a word-nerd twelve-year-old forms a Scrabble-fueled friendship with an ex-con, finding community among competitive wordsmiths while secretly navigating his overprotective mother.
by Ann Rinaldi
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In Civil War Richmond, a fourteen-year-old girl, determined to help the Confederacy by making a silk spy balloon, uncovers family secrets that make her question her loyalty, honor, and the war itself.
by Nelson Algren
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In post-war Chicago, a morphine-addicted drummer with a 'golden arm' for cards fights his demons and a relentless past for a chance at a new life with an old flame.
by Seamus Heaney
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Seamus Heaney's first collection shows a childhood in rural Ireland, exploring nature's beauty and decay through a young poet's precise observations.
by Ron Rash
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After a bear trap ensnares him in the orbit of a marijuana farmer, a 17-year-old outsider must navigate an Appalachian community still haunted by a Civil War massacre and riddled with corruption, forcing him to confront his home's dark legacy and forge his own path.
by Sandra Brown
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A New York book editor's quest for a reclusive author's tantalizing manuscript leads her to a ruined plantation, an undeniable attraction, and a chilling realization that his fictional tale of betrayal and murder may be a terrifying reflection of her own husband's hidden past.
by Kit Pearson
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A young girl trapped in poverty dreams of a perfect family, only to find herself questioning the line between reality and illusion when her magical new life with the warm Kaldors mysteriously unravels.
by Dale Carnegie
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Dale Carnegie offers practical strategies to transform daily routines into opportunities for excitement and satisfaction by unlocking your hidden potential and fostering positive interactions.
by Walker Percy
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A lawyer, institutionalized after learning of his wife's infidelity, seeks revenge by violently purging society's moral decay.
by Courtney C. Stevens
3.9(2,597)
Scarred by an accident that killed her best friend, Sadie grapples with a burgeoning romance with his brother and the shattering truth about the past, forcing her to confront whether she can truly heal or remain captive to her grief.
by Louis L'Amour
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Follow the interwoven destinies of resilient pioneers like the restless Linus Rawlings and spirited Lilith Prescott as they battle fierce enemies and nature's cruelty to forge a nation in the untamed American West.
by Lucy Strange
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After her mother falls ill and her father leaves, a young girl named Henrietta must use stories to navigate the secrets of Hope House and the figures in Nightingale Wood, uncovering a truth that changes everything.
by Adrian Phoenix
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A tortured vampire rock star, haunted by his angelic lineage and a mysterious past, finds his quest for truth and the protection of a mortal FBI agent imperiled by corrupt forces and new, unseen enemies lurking in the shadows of Seattle.
by Ayi Kwei Armah
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In newly independent Ghana, a railway clerk struggles to keep his integrity against his family's desires and a society that rewards corruption.
by Kate De Goldi
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A hypochondriac twelve-year-old, whose reclusive mother fuels his anxieties, finds his meticulously constructed world of 'what-ifs' upended by a new, inquisitive girl, forcing him to confront the unspoken truth he fears most.
by Isaac Marion
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As R stumbles through his new human life with Julie, a forgotten plague from his past resurfaces, threatening to drag him and the world into a nightmarish journey through America's wastelands and the darkest corners of his own mind.
by Kevin Brooks
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Years after their childhood bond fractured, a group of estranged friends reunites, only for a chilling disappearance at a chaotic carnival to force them to confront the possibility that one of their own is a killer.
by Jamil Ahmad
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Tor Baz, 'The Wandering Falcon,' navigates the brutal yet beautiful Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a world of ancient traditions, love, and survival at the crossroads of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.
by Mark Salzman
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A former cello prodigy, now a drifting man, watches his world unravel as he navigates a murder trial's moral complexities and rediscovers his lost brilliance through a gifted young student.
by Kate Morton
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A daughter's summer afternoon is interrupted by a crime, leading her fifty years later to uncover her mother's hidden wartime past and the lives bound by a secret.
by Enid Blyton
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Four children on holiday in the Welsh mountains find a rumbling peak, leading them into a chase with wolves, a secret underground base, and a mad genius planning global domination.