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by Aleister Crowley
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A collection of cryptic poems, bizarre rituals, and qabalistic riddles, penned by Aleister Crowley, guiding readers through 93 pages of esoteric thought.
by Iris Murdoch
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In a remote Irish castle, a young governess becomes entangled in the unsettling, ritualistic imprisonment of its enigmatic lady, revealing a gothic web of obsession, sacrifice, and the terrifying beauty of delusion.
by Steven L. Peck
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After a Mormon geologist dies, he awakens in a cosmic library of Hell, where his only escape is to find the book of his life in an eternity where all his earthly beliefs are wrong.
by Samuel R. Delany
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An illiterate genocide survivor and a powerful diplomat from different worlds discover they are perfect erotic matches, sparking an interstellar crisis that threatens to unravel society.
by H. Richard Niebuhr
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H. Richard Niebuhr's work, with new insights, asks Christians to manage the tension between loyalty to Christ and the pull of secular culture in a materialistic world.
by Autumn Cornwell
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Sixteen-year-old Vassar Spore's carefully planned life of AP classes and Pulitzer Prizes shatters into Southeast Asian backpacking, unexpected romance, and a family secret that redefines her future.
by Aimee Friedman
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In a summer split by a single choice, Summer Everett navigates two parallel realities of romance, self-discovery, and a family secret, one in French lavender fields and the other in her hometown.
by Lori Wick
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A former Denver prostitute, changed by faith and kindness, navigates new love and a hidden past with a Montana pastor, fearing her redemption isn't enough to bridge the gap of her former life.
by Harold Bell Wright
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An old shepherd, seeking peace in the Ozark hills, becomes involved in the lives of its inhabitants, finding peace among their successes and failures.
by Rachel Vincent
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A fiercely independent grad student and one of the last fertile werecats must return to her protective Pride after a rogue attack, only to defy them and hunt down her missing friends in a world where she's both prey and predator.
by Louis L'Amour
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A mysterious range war in Live Oak country forces gunslinger Lance Kilkenny to pay a life debt by defending his friend, only to uncover a deeper conspiracy and a beautiful saloon owner's warning that puts his own life on the line.
by Sharon Sala
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A woman with a shattered memory, nicknamed 'Butterfly' for the scars on her back, races against time and a forgotten past to unmask the killer who stole her identity before he can finish what he started.
by Ravi Subramanian
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A celebrated author's perfect life unravels when his ambitious protégé ignites a dangerous affair, blurring the lines between love, ambition, and devastating betrayal.
by Bobbie Ann Mason
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In the summer of 1984, a Kentucky teenager confronts her father's Vietnam War past by seeking answers from silent veterans.
by Natasha Mostert
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A renegade hacker with psychic abilities dives into the opulent, alchemical world of two immortal witch sisters to solve a disappearance, only to find himself ensnared in a dangerous love triangle and a battle for his mind and soul.
by Emily Rodda
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A determined boy defies the age-old rules of his besieged city to venture beyond its protective walls, risking untold terrors to find his lost brothers and confront the monstrous secret behind their world's destruction.
by Tennessee Williams
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A faded golden boy returns to his Southern hometown, clutching a desperate, aging movie star and a fragile dream of lost love, only to confront the violent reckoning of his past.
by Elena Ferrante
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In post-war Naples, two women—one intellectual, one strong-willed—have a fierce, lifelong connection that shows the city's chaotic spirit.
by Derrick Jensen
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Jensen's memoir explores the ancient roots of violence, from childhood abuse to societal structures, urging us to find a language of connection older than our destructive habits.
by Mari Mancusi
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A West Texas teen discovers she can hear a dragon egg, pulling her into a future-spanning conflict between two brothers—one who wants to destroy it, and one who wants to protect it—with the world's fate at stake.
by Colette
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A newly independent music-hall artist, Renée Néré, weighs the comfort of a wealthy suitor's love against her hard-won freedom and artistic self-sufficiency.
by Megan Crewe
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After a deadly virus devastates her world, a girl begins a dangerous journey with a stolen vaccine, fighting both the infected and desperate survivors while dealing with lost love and the burden of humanity's last chance.
by Thomas King
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A guilt-ridden scientist, responsible for an environmental apocalypse, returns to his ancestral, deserted reserve to end his life, only to find mysterious, sky-fallen survivors emerging from the very ocean he seeks to drown in.
by Samantha Berger
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A grumpy boy turns into the monstrous Crankenstein when annoyed by everyday things, finding comfort and a cure for his crabbiness with an unexpected friend.