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by Richie Tankersley Cusick
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On a glamorous island where sunny beaches hide a dark secret, a teenager’s summer dream turns into a nightmare of suspicious drownings and the chilling realization that the lifeguards meant to save lives might be the ones taking them.
by Guus Kuijer
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In 1951 Amsterdam, a young boy named Thomas records his visions of tropical fish, a kind witch, and a conversational Jesus, finding comfort and strength to confront his abusive father in a world both brutal and miraculous.
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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An overlooked spinster's quiet life changes when a powerful marquis notices her, altering her world and challenging Edwardian social norms.
by Rupert Thomson
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After a dancer is abducted and tortured for eighteen days by three mysterious women, he is released into a new kind of hell: the isolating torment of an unbelievable truth and the sinister connection between sexuality and power.
by Hilary McKay
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Amid Valentine's Day chaos and graveyard meetings, the Casson siblings experience the joys and challenges of first love, as Caddy pursues a 'Real Thing' who isn't who anyone expects.
by Kathryn Erskine
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Sent to a rural Pennsylvania farm to prove his worth through engineering, a math-challenged boy named Mike instead finds his true value helping an eccentric aunt, a homeless man, and a punk rock girl adopt a Romanian orphan.
by Jean Ferris
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When his bumbling, greedy uncles accidentally put his parents and a chicken into a mysterious coma with a poisoned birthday cake, Sandy, with the help of his loyal butler and a quirky nurse, must unravel the mystery to save his family and their fortune.
by William Gaddis
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A man's fight against legal absurdity shows how justice can be both farcical and tragic.
by Fern Michaels
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A grieving police detective, still reeling from a tragic raid, convinces her high-rolling identical twin sister to impersonate her and infiltrate the criminal underworld, only for the 'wild card' twin to find unexpected love and danger while navigating a web of lies.
by Philip Roth
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In 1950s New York, a graduate student's well-meaning but interfering attempts to guide his bohemian friends' lives unravel into a sad comedy of errors, showing the era's strict social rules and how little control one has over others' futures.
by Kate Morgenroth
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After seeing his father murdered, fifteen-year-old Jude navigates silence, political schemes, and family secrets in a desperate bid for his DA mother's approval, only to find his quest for acceptance turning into a burning desire for revenge.
by Plutarch
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Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives' pairs the lives of Greek and Roman figures, not to chronicle history, but to show character through anecdote and detail, revealing how virtue and vice shaped their destinies.
by Frederic Manning
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In the mud and camaraderie of World War I trenches, a private confronts the absurdities of military life and the constant threat of death, finding brief moments of humanity amid the slaughter.
by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
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In 1920s Bombay, a couple's happy marriage breaks after a tragic loss. They move to a sad villa where a striking artist with 'leopard blood' connects their lives, making them rediscover love's quiet, changing forms in a vibrant, sensual world.
by Henrik Ibsen
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A woman on the Norwegian coast is caught between societal expectations and a past love. She longs for the wild sea and an enigmatic stranger, which threatens her quiet life.
by James Plunkett
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During the brutal 1913 Dublin Lockout, a trade unionist, a priest, and a tramp find their lives connected, showing the city's class divides and the moral problems of a society close to collapse.
by Gordon Parks
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In 1920s rural Kansas, a young Black boy named Newt learns about life's innocence and racism's harshness through his experiences, which his grandfather calls his 'learning tree.'
by Anna Maxted
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Two sisters, one seemingly perfect and the other often overlooked, deal with ambition, infidelity, and unexpected love, threatening their lifelong bond in London.
by C.J. Sansom
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In 1543, as King Henry VIII pursues Catherine Parr and religious tensions rise, lawyer Matthew Shardlake uncovers a conspiracy of murders, forcing him to confront Tudor superstition and evil.
by Roland Barthes
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Roland Barthes examines how literature's revolutionary potential is often undermined by its historical forms and self-serving myths, questioning its inherent political commitment.
by Gill Lewis
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Haunted by her mother's mysterious disappearance and finding solace only on the open sea, a young girl named Kara is thrust into a dangerous fight to save an ancient pod of white dolphins, forcing her to confront an impossible choice that could cost her everything.
by Roger Dooley
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Use neuroscience to create marketing messages that resonate with consumers, turning browsers into buyers.
by Alyssa Rose Ivy
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A paranormal prince with everything but a mate races against time to win over the one woman who wants nothing to do with him, risking his kingdom for a love that could be his downfall.
by D.H. Lawrence
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In 1920s Mexico, a European woman confronts her own breakdown amid ancient pagan rituals, political unrest, and a dangerous romance.