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by Michael Pryor
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From AI-managed lives with micropets to post-plague survival and genetically-matched dating, two friends navigate a century of researched, often terrifying, potential futures shaped by today's trends.
by Panos Karnezis
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Lost in the Anatolian labyrinth of 1922, a morphine-addicted Greek brigadier leads his myth-haunted brigade, pursued by Turkish forces and their own past vengeance, into a seemingly untouched town that will become their final, tragic maze.
by Mahasweta Devi
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Mahasweta Devi's "Imaginary Maps" shows the harsh lives and strong spirits of India's indigenous tribes, revealing how history, myth, and politics marginalize them but also fuel their fight to survive.
by Michael A. Smerconish
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A conservative talk radio host, close to deciding a presidential election, struggles with his conscience as he uses his power to sway Florida and the Oval Office, forcing him to choose between political games and an explosive truth.
by Lauren Blackwood
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After a poisoned apple traps her in a perilous dream world of sentient gems and sinister creations, Snow White must unite with cursed allies to find the mythical Ruby Heart and break the Queen's spell before the true danger within their ranks shatters all hope.
by Amber Lea Easton
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A traumatized anchorwoman in the Cayman Islands gets pulled into a web of deceit, murder, and revenge when her romance with a scandal-plagued screenwriter is threatened by a relentless stalker.
by David Klass
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On the Roman courts, a white basketball player's dreams of international glory collide with racial prejudice and political plots, making him face truths about himself and his teammates.
by Elizabeth Scott
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Torn between a comfortable relationship and a new love who awakens her true self, Lauren must choose between the life she's expected to live and the passionate future she craves.
by James Hadley Chase
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When a ruthless killer stalks the French Riviera, an American detective becomes involved in blackmail, seduction, and murder where every turn reveals a new predator and no one is safe.
by Casey McQuiston
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A cynical Brooklyn transplant finds her world upended and her heart on the line when her subway crush turns out to be a punk rock lesbian from the 1970s, trapped in time and desperately needing her help to return home.
by Orson Welles
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Explore the making of Orson Welles's 'Citizen Kane' through Pauline Kael's essay and the original script, showing the conflicts and art behind Hollywood's most talked-about film.
by Louise Plummer
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With only a faded photograph and her mother's vague answers, a determined teen sets out to find the truth about the father she's never known, even if it means uncovering a past her mother wants to keep hidden.
by Jack Finney
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A collection of speculative tales where ordinary lives brush against the extraordinary, from commuters stumbling into the past to suburbanites discovering peculiar new neighbors and the chilling consequences of a man's obsession with his career.
by Jennifer Bassett
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In 19th-century France, an ex-convict's search for a new life conflicts with an inspector's relentless pursuit, all while revolution brews.
by Jonathan Swift
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In a war of wit and ink, ancient tomes clash with modern pamphlets on the dusty shelves of a library, each vying for intellectual supremacy and the very soul of literature.
by Jane Mitchell
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Indoctrinated into a brutal militia, a boy soldier's descent towards an irreversible act of violence is met with the desperate, unwavering love of a family determined to reclaim the son they remember.
by Carolyn Boroden
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Learn to use the Golden Ratio through Fibonacci analysis to time the market and predict prices, helping you profit consistently in stocks, futures, and Forex.
by Connie Willis
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Three young historians studying WWII through time travel become trapped in the war-torn past, facing the terrifying possibility that they are changing the history they swore only to observe.
by Bill Wallace
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When Jake and Ben unearth a hidden canoe, they paddle into a treacherous quicksand swamp teeming with alligators, only to discover a human enemy far more dangerous than the gators guarding a buried treasure.
by Cao Xueqin
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An 18th-century Chinese aristocratic family faces love, duty, and decline in a poignant story set in their grand, yet secluded, world.
by Rabindranath Tagore
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In a gold-obsessed town, Nandini, with red oleanders, ignites a desire for freedom in enslaved miners, sacrificing herself for their liberation.
by Martin Heidegger
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Heidegger's wartime lectures dissect the Latinized West, tracing truth's decline from Parmenides' early insights through language to expose the modern world's 'out of joint' state.
by Chaim Potok
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In 1950s Brooklyn, a rabbinical student, Reuven Malter, questions his path and faith's traditions while helping his friend Danny Saunders free a brilliant, troubled boy from his genius and community expectations.
by Violet Summers
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After a lifetime of small-town gossip and a cheating boyfriend, Miranda Lee finds herself the reluctant center of attention once more, as two men, Wyatt and Jon, conspire to convince her that their unconventional, shared love is the only talk of the town worth having.