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by Rebecca Tingle
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In a world of arranged marriages and looming war, a fiery young princess in 9th-century England must defy expectations and wield a sword to protect her people and forge her own legend.
by Zakes Mda
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In post-apartheid South Africa, a professional mourner in a tattered suit and top hat finds comfort for his own grief and the city's wounds when he reunites with a woman from his past amidst township funerals.
by Ben Bova
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An immortal warrior, touched by ancient cosmic powers, relentlessly hunts his eternal nemesis across the vast expanse of human history, from primeval caves to a nuclear showdown, to save Earth from ultimate darkness.
by Pierre Bourdieu
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Bourdieu's main work shows 'habitus' as a system of tendencies, shaped by and shaping social practices within Kabyle society.
by Adena Halpern
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A twenty-nine-year-old fashionista dies and finds herself in the seventh heaven, but to stay, she must write about her ten best days on Earth, or face a fashion-deprived afterlife.
by Mantak Chia
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Master ancient Taoist techniques to separate ejaculation from orgasm, transforming your sexual experience into a multi-orgasmic journey for increased vitality and pleasure.
by Anonymous
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Explore 'The Lotus Sutra,' an ancient Mahayana Buddhist scripture that shares spiritual wisdom and parables, influencing spiritual paths and literary works across Asia for centuries.
by Angelica Banks
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When her author mother vanishes, Tuesday McGillycuddy sails into the whimsical, perilous world where stories are born, befriending a brave girl and an enchanted boat, all while uncovering the magic of writing and her dog's true nature.
by Andre Dubus
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In "Dancing After Hours," Andre Dubus illuminates the tender parts of ordinary American lives, where characters struggle with loneliness, the fear of love, and unexpected moments of grace.
by Andrew McGahan
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Haunted by a family legacy of dispossession and a spectral, encroaching illness, a young boy becomes the reluctant heir to his great-uncle's feverish obsession with reclaiming a decaying Australian outback station from both the desert and its original Aboriginal custodians.
by Mary Downing Hahn
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When two boys discover a corpse by Indian Creek, their summer camping trip transforms into a chilling detective hunt as they spy on a suspicious new boyfriend and uncover dark secrets lurking within an antique store.
by Irfan Orga
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In fin-de-siècle Istanbul, an Ottoman family, led by an autocratic grandmother and a child-bride mother, copes with the collapse of their empire, fortune, and way of life, from opulent hamam rituals to the reality of a new Turkish republic.
by Henry Miller
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In a feverish, free-associating whirlwind, Henry Miller revisits his past, from the gritty streets of Brooklyn to the intoxicating chaos of Paris, weaving a vibrant tapestry of life, lust, and literature.
by JoLynne Valerie
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A reclusive artist, haunted by a secret past, finds her painted muse come to life in a wolf biologist, leading them on a magical Winter Solstice journey of second chances and unexpected revelations.
by Adele Griffin
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In 1860s New York, a grieving orphan haunted by her dead fiancé's doppelgänger must decipher spectral clues to unravel the mystery of his true fate and reclaim her future.
by L.A. Banks
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Ancient prophecies unfold as the Neteru team fights an unprecedented war in San Diego. Lilith's day-walking vampires multiply under a resurrected anti-Christ, threatening to plunge the world into eternal night.
by Alfred Adler
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Adler's 1927 guide explores the roots of our daily actions, helping us understand ourselves better and live more cooperatively.
by Han Nolan
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Haunted by a mystical past, a young woman named Miracle faces the fiery results of her own unreality to find her place in a world she was never taught to inhabit.
by Charles Brockden Brown
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Wieland shows the fragile minds of an early American family and the new republic, while Carwin's memoirs reveal the dark tricks behind a charismatic leader's plan.
by Lauren Kate
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To break a cursed cycle of reincarnation and tragic loss, Luce explores her past lives, reliving centuries of forbidden romance with Daniel while he desperately pursues her, fearing she might unravel their very existence.
by George MacDonald
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Gibbie, an orphaned, mute boy, lives in the Scottish Highlands. His pure heart and selfless spirit change the lives around him as he seeks to live honestly and with sacrifice.
by Dean Koontz
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A bartender's ordinary life shatters into a high-speed nightmare when he's forced to choose which innocent person dies next, making him the unwilling puppet in a psychopath's deadly game.
by William Wharton
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On Christmas Eve in the Ardennes, a small group of American soldiers in an isolated chateau find themselves in a surreal game with an enigmatic enemy, whose intentions are as mysterious as the holiday truce they seem to offer.
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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A pompous civil servant is swallowed by a crocodile and continues to lecture from its belly, forcing his wife and friends to navigate absurd bureaucracy and public indifference.