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by Robin Oliveira
3.8(22,261)
During the Civil War, a determined midwife defies social rules and personal pain to become a surgeon, working on battlefields in Washington D.C. and influencing the men who see her talent.
by Paulo Coelho
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In the Mojave Desert, Paulo Coelho and his wife begin a 40-day quest to break a curse, guided by his guardian angel and the mysterious Valkyries.
by James Surowiecki
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Many people, not just a few, are key to solving problems, gaining knowledge, and making accurate predictions in all areas of life and leadership.
by L. Frank Baum
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When a storm-tossed Dorothy washes ashore in the whimsical land of Ev, she must gather a talking chicken, a mechanical man, and old friends to outwit the cunning Nome King and rescue the imprisoned royal family, even if it means facing his most potent enchantments.
by Robert A. Heinlein
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Betrayed and robbed of his revolutionary robot invention, a brilliant engineer from 1970 is tricked into a thirty-year suspended animation, only to awaken in a future where he must reclaim his past and outwit those who wronged him.
by T.J. Klune
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A caseworker for magical youth discovers an unexpected family and challenges his own rigid beliefs when assigned to an island orphanage housing six 'dangerous' children, including the Antichrist, and their enigmatic caretaker.
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
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During World War II, Ada navigates her new life, confronting past trauma, unexpected friendships, and war's moral dilemmas while protecting loved ones and finding her place in a healing world.
by B.J. Novak
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This picture-less book makes readers say ridiculous sounds and phrases, turning story time into an unforgettable, silly spectacle.
by Barry Eisler
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When a child pornography investigation threatens powerful figures, a detective, a sniper, and a team of assassins and spies must navigate shifting loyalties and global conspiracies to expose corruption at the highest levels of government.
by Anne Rice
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The vampire Lestat, yearning for redemption, helps a country singer's ghost and investigates a 5,000-year-old Taltos, as the worlds of Blackwood Farm and the Mayfair Witches merge, drawing him dangerously close to the witch Rowan Mayfair.
by Annie Dillard
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by Jenny Nimmo
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As a boy twisted through time from 1916 appears at Bloor's Academy, Charlie Bone must protect him from the sinister Yewbeam aunts and the powerful Bloors before time runs out for them both.
by Liz Kessler
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A landlocked orphan discovers her true identity as a mermaid, plunging into a hidden undersea world of magic, family secrets, and the powerful legacy of her mysterious merman father.
by Kate DiCamillo
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In the heart of the Florida woods, a quiet boy grappling with grief discovers a caged tiger and an outspoken girl, learning that some pains, like wild beasts and buried memories, refuse to stay contained.
by Nnedi Okorafor
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In a Nigeria full of hidden magic, an albino American-Nigerian girl finds her perceived weakness is a strong gift, pulling her into a secret world of Leopard People where she must use her new powers to hunt a dangerous child-kidnapper.
by Lian Hearn
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In feudal Japan, a young assassin bound by duty and a determined lady fighting for her inheritance want a love forbidden by their warring clans and the dictates of their world.
by Erin Hunter
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The truth about their parents shatters the Three's world. Hollyleaf's desperate act to follow the Warrior Code starts a firestorm that could tear the Clans apart and reveal the forest's darkest secrets.
by John le Carré
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An English publisher is pulled into Cold War espionage when a Russian woman gives him a document of military secrets, forcing him to navigate betrayal and love as the Iron Curtain falls.
by Jenny Nimmo
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by Stephen King
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Framed for murder, a quiet banker navigates the brutal hierarchy and soul-crushing routine of Shawshank Prison with an unyielding spirit, forging an unlikely friendship and meticulously plotting an audacious escape over decades.
by Elly Blake
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A hidden Fireblood ignites a rebellion against a tyrannical Frostblood king, battling for survival, love, and revenge in his deadly arena.
by Anchee Min
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To escape poverty and an unwanted marriage, seventeen-year-old Orchid navigates the treacherous world of the Forbidden City, seducing an emperor and defying deadly rivals, to become the last empress of a collapsing China.
by Nella Larsen
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In 1920s Harlem, a Black woman's stable life falls apart when her childhood friend, who has been passing as white, re-enters her world, risking exposure of their shared racial identity and sparking a dangerous obsession.
by Louise Erdrich
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A German master butcher, haunted by war and armed with his knives and sausages, builds a new life and a singing club in Prohibition-era North Dakota, only to find his carefully constructed world irrevocably altered by the arrival of a captivating young woman.