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by Peter Gent
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In the drug-fueled, pain-riddled world of 1970s professional football, a rebellious receiver fights for survival and meaning as his body and mind are pushed to their breaking point over eight brutal days.
by Al Ries
4.1(1,306)
This updated classic shows how to outmaneuver competitors with proven tactics and learn from the successes and failures of marketing's biggest players, helping you strategize like a general to win market share.
by Apuleius
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A mortal princess, cursed by Venus and loved by her son, embarks on a perilous, allegorical quest for her divine husband, enduring impossible trials to unite her soul with love itself.
by Marlene van Niekerk
4.0(1,304)
On an isolated South African farm, a dying white matriarch's fragmented memories reveal her complicated bond with her black maidservant, Agaat, against a backdrop of love, power, and racial tension.
by Larry McMurtry
3.8(1,303)
In 1960s Texas, the sharp-tongued Patsy Carpenter drifts through a world of rodeo clowns, academics, and suburban boredom, always chasing a sense of belonging and love.
by Wu Cheng'en
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A mischievous monkey king, a pig, a friar, and a dragon horse escort a devout monk through a fantastical, demon-infested ancient China on a perilous quest for sacred Buddhist scriptures.
by Jillian Cantor
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Stranded in California after a lifetime on an isolated island, Sky navigates a world of strange technology and hidden truths, desperate to reunite with her lost love River and uncover the reality behind their past.
by C.G. Jung
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Jung's most controversial work analyzes the biblical Book of Job not as theology, but as an exploration of how divine and evil archetypes appear in the human mind.
by Brian Evenson
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In Brian Evenson's 'A Collapse of Horses,' ordinary life shatters into the monstrous, as a stuffed bear's heartbeat echoes a dead infant and reality itself unravels.
by Cammie McGovern
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A determined dog who flunks out of service school finds his true purpose (and his person) by learning to love and support a boy with autism in ways he never trained for.
by Mikhail Bakhtin
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Bakhtin describes the revolutionary laughter of Rabelais's carnival as a timeless force of popular renewal, subtly defying the oppressive orthodoxies of his own Stalinist era.
by Margo Lanagan
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Margo Lanagan's "Black Juice" takes readers into unsettling, darkly magical worlds that reveal primal desires and hidden monstrousness, showing the powerful, often terrifying essence of humanity.
by Graham Salisbury
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In 1975 Hawaii, a scout troop's beach camping trip turns into a fight for survival against a tsunami and earthquake, forcing two feuding boys to unite and discover leadership.
by John Piper
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John Piper explains God's purposeful control over everything, from tiny particles to the sweep of history, inviting believers to find worship, conviction, and joy in His complete guidance.
by Agatha Christie
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In a courtroom thick with anticipation, Romaine Heilger takes the stand, her testimony poised to either condemn her charming lover, Leonard Vole, to the gallows or unravel a deceitful game that will shock all who bear witness.
by Fred Chappell
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In the hollows of WWII-era North Carolina, a boy grows up, guided by his father, foster brother, and a cast of eccentric relatives, each a legend of mountain life.
by Kathy MacKel
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A thirteen-year-old basketball player and her cheerleading sister face a moral challenge when steroids appear, forcing them to confront the real cost of 'boosting' their game and the integrity of their competitive world.
by Zack Loran Clark
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In a monster-besieged city, two best friends aiming for comfortable futures are instead conscripted into the perilous Adventurers Guild, becoming the last line of defense against otherworldly beasts and uncovering a conspiracy that threatens their entire world.
by Frances A. Yates
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Frances Yates explores how ancient orators and Renaissance mages mastered vast knowledge before printing, using forgotten memory palace techniques that shaped Western thought.
by Jonathan Stroud
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A young magician's quest for revenge against a cruel rival unleashes an ancient, sarcastic djinn, drawing him into a dangerous world of political intrigue and forbidden magic.
by Jane Smiley
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In 1960s Northern California, a young equestrian named Abby navigates a horse clinic, high school, and the spirited, expensive Pie in the Sky, all while dealing with a friend's sudden riding crisis and a growing curiosity about life beyond the stable.
by E.R. Frank
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Trapped in a broken system and his own self-doubt, a boy named America believes he is too lost to be found until a compassionate therapist dares to search for the person beneath the pain.
by Sharon Dogar
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Haunted by the shared memories of his comatose sister, Hal must uncover the truth behind her 'accident' as his family deals with grief on a summer beach where first love and loss meet.
by Mia McKenzie
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After a violent family tragedy ostracizes her and her kin, a reclusive artist must confront the ghosts of her past and a seventeen-year feud with her church when a mysterious visitor reawakens the wild spirit she thought she'd lost.