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by Nancy Moser
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Step into the drawing-rooms and ballrooms of 18th-century England to see the loves, losses, and observations that made Jane Austen's timeless tales of wit and romance.
by Bentley Little
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A master of persuasive prose finds his life unraveling letter by letter when his unique talent for written influence becomes a terrifying, soul-consuming curse.
by Nick Schuyler
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Clinging to a propeller in the vast Atlantic, a former college football star recounts the unimaginable boating tragedy that claimed three friends, including two NFL players, and tested the very limits of his will to survive.
by Janet Frame
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In pre-1940s New Zealand, a young woman's poetic voice, shaped by loss and the harsh reality of a mental asylum's 'Dead Room,' shows the fragile line between perceived madness and insight.
by Tsugiko Kubo
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In a whimsical 1950s Japanese countryside, two sisters discover a world of benevolent forest spirits, including the magnificent Totoro, who guides them through magical adventures and the challenges of their mother's illness.
by KirLarson
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Transported from Japan to America as an ambassador of friendship, a doll named Miss Kanagawa chronicles her journey through the Great Depression, the lives she touches, and the poignant mystery of her missing sister dolls.
by Blake Nelson
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Haunted by an accidental death and the silent weight of his secret, a teenage skateboarder grapples with confessing or escaping the chilling consequences of a night at Paranoid Park.
by William H. Gass
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A middle-aged professor finishes a study on Nazi Germany, then digs into his own life, hatreds, and unhappiness instead of writing the introduction to his book.
by Lauren St. John
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In Zimbabwe's lawless Matobo Hills, Martine and Ben must face witch doctors, elusive leopards, and treacherous poachers to solve a royal treasure's mystery and save the world's rarest big cat, all while their friendship is tested.
by Emily Rodda
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To save their homeland from a creeping darkness, Rye and his friends must brave the treacherous trials of the Third Door, a realm where shadows hold ancient secrets and courage is their only shield.
by David Davidar
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by Judith M. Heimann
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In Japanese-occupied Borneo, a downed B-24 crew's survival depends on enigmatic Dayak tribesmen, blurring the lines between 'civilized' and 'savage' during wartime.
by Rose Macaulay
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On a camel-back journey through 1950s Turkey, an eccentric Englishwoman navigates ancient empires, modern evangelists, and the pain of lost love.
by Plato
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Plato's Timaeus and Critias explores the creation of the cosmos, the divine origin of humans, and the advanced civilization of Atlantis through ancient Greek philosophical dialogues.
by Geraldine McCaughrean
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A grieving boy in 13th-century China finds perilous freedom and unexpected fame soaring as a human kite for a traveling circus, only to discover his aerial escape might be a pawn in a treacherous plot.
by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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In "The Phenomenon of Man," Teilhard de Chardin explores how Christian theology and scientific evolution can align, showing a universe always moving toward a divine Omega Point.
by Jenny Lundquist
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Armed with magical glasses that reveal everyone's thoughts, a shy aspiring writer must decide if she'll use her new insight to finally step into the spotlight or remain the perpetual understudy in her own unfolding fairy tale.
by Daniel Ehrenhaft
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In a world ravaged by a rabies-like plague, a rebellious teen and her dog, Jack, are humanity's last hope as her estranged scientist father races to find a cure.
by Caroline B. Cooney
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During an idyllic summer in small-town Connecticut, fifteen-year-old Macey Clare uncovers a decades-old arson and confronts her community's hidden prejudice, forcing her to choose between silence and the truth.
by Valerie Hobbs
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A Border collie puppy, taken from his life as a sheepdog, goes on a difficult journey through many names and struggles, always longing for the flock and a real home.
by Kate McLaughlin
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An eighteen-year-old girl wakes up with no memory of the past three days, only to discover she has Dissociative Identity Disorder and a terrifying secret buried within her mind, threatening to shatter her further even as a new relationship blossoms.
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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In early 20th-century Warsaw, the lives of patriarch Meshulam Moskat and scholar Asa Heshel Bannet show a thriving Jewish community, unaware of its coming destruction.
by Manuel Puig
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In a sleepy Argentine town, a young boy's obsession with Rita Hayworth becomes a prism through which he navigates his mother's fading beauty, his father's infidelities, and the suffocating dreams of his provincial life.
by Iris Murdoch
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In contemporary London, a failed murder attempt unleashes a mysterious stranger whose bizarre demands for amends unravel a family's eccentric circle with unsettling, fatal consequences.