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by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Explore the poems where Wordsworth and Coleridge began English Romanticism, featuring their 1798 debut and the expanded 1802 edition with Wordsworth's famous preface.
by Dan Simmons
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An American poet's search for a resurrected literary figure in the decaying, Kali-worshipping heart of Calcutta drags him into a nightmarish labyrinth of human sacrifice and ancient, visceral terror.
by Rabih Alameddine
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In war-scarred Beirut, a reclusive woman's life of secret literary translations unravels, exploring memory, identity, and quiet resilience.
by Graham Swift
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On Mothering Sunday in 1924, a maid's secret meeting with an aristocratic heir changes her life, leading to a journey of self-discovery that lasts for decades.
by Carole Wilkinson
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An orphan girl in ancient China must overcome her shyness to protect the last dragon and his purple stone from a cruel empire and dark magic.
by Brian Herbert
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Humanity's last hope flees into the unknown. A resurrected Paul Muad'Dib must face the truth of the Kwisatz Haderach and the origin of the Honored Matres as the war between Man and Machine ends.
by David Halberstam
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Halberstam examines the world of professional basketball, showing the connection between talent, travel, and the unseen pressures that shape legends.
by Sarah Weeks
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After her pie-queen aunt bequeaths her secret recipe to a remarkably disagreeable cat, a young girl named Alice must unravel a culinary mystery amidst a pie-crazed town to discover the true ingredients of happiness.
by Mark Frost
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A seemingly ordinary teenager, forced into a clandestine prep school after his parents' disappearance, uncovers his latent superhuman abilities and a millennia-old war tied to his very existence.
by Marcus Sedgwick
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On a mysterious, isolated island, two souls are bound by an ancient curse, reliving fragmented lives and searching for each other across seven distinct historical eras, each marked by a different moon.
by William James
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William James, a psychologist, examines individual experiences of faith, showing a range of human spirituality that needs tolerance and respect.
by Oliver Sacks
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In a Bronx hospital, Dr. Sacks uses a new drug to wake catatonic patients from decades of sleep, showing the sad, brief beauty of their reanimated lives.
by Robert B. Cialdini
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Learn how to prepare people's minds before you speak, making them open to your message and more likely to agree.
by Ted Dekker
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An FBI agent hunts a serial killer who adorns his beautiful victims with bridal veils, forcing him to seek help from a mysterious young woman with an uncanny connection to the killer's dark world.
by Amy Bloom
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A young Russian immigrant, Lillian Leyb, travels from New York's Yiddish theaters to the Alaskan wilderness in search of her lost daughter after surviving a brutal attack.
by D.B. Reynolds
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Malibu's elite includes powerful vampires. When a Vampire Lord's beloved is kidnapped, he enlists a human private investigator. Their search ignites a dangerous passion that threatens to consume them both amidst betrayals and deadly foes.
by Carolyn Keene
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When a cryptic message arrives via carrier pigeon, Nancy Drew is propelled into a shadowy mystery surrounding a sinister retreat and the secrets it holds.
by Michael Ondaatje
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In 1970s Northern California, a violent act shatters a makeshift family, propelling its members across continents and decades as they grapple with the indelible echoes of their shared, fractured past.
by Lucy Score
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A Brooklyn maid of honor must work with the insufferable, yet attractive, best man to save her best friend's wedding, only to find him her biggest challenge yet.
by Aldous Huxley
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Aldous Huxley's novel dissects the intellectual elite of the 1920s, showing the comedy and tragedy that comes from their ideals clashing with their messy lives.
by John Saul
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In Eastbury, healthy babies die mysteriously, forcing terrified parents to face a horrifying truth that twists life and death.
by Martin Amis
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In a London near collapse, the alluring Nicola Six, haunted by visions of her own death, sets two men against each other, forcing them to confront the murder she knows one of them will commit.
by Joanne Harris
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Through the eyes of Loki, the ultimate trickster, see the rise and fall of Asgard, where every divine triumph and betrayal is painted with a mischievous, self-serving brush.
by Michelle Paver
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In a desperate midwinter quest, Torak must brave the dangerous stronghold of the Soul-Eaters to rescue his kidnapped wolf-brother from a chilling sacrifice.