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by Caroline Carlson
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Armed with a pointy sword and a gargoyle sidekick, a defiant young lady trades finishing school for high-seas adventure, determined to prove that a girl can be the most swashbuckling pirate of them all, even if the Very Nearly Honorable League disagrees.
by Katherine Rundell
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Stranded deep within the Amazon after a plane crash, four British children must brave jaguars, piranhas, and their own fears to navigate the unforgiving jungle and find a path back to civilization.
by Cao Xueqin
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The passionate and tragic love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu unfolds against the backdrop of an aristocratic family's decline in 18th-century imperial China.
by Nicole James
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A hardened biker, haunted by a past love, finds his world shattered when she reappears on a rival's bike, forcing him to choose between his club, his ambition, and a dangerous, undeniable love he thought he'd buried.
by Timothy Conigrave
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In 1970s Australia, a flamboyant drama student and the stoic football team captain begin a tumultuous, decades-long love affair that defies societal norms and grapples with life's ultimate challenges.
by Gregory Scott Katsoulis
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In a world where every word costs money, a young woman's vow of silence after a friend's suicide sparks a revolution against a system of linguistic debt.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Emerson's "Nature" invites readers to a spiritual awakening through an American communion with the natural world, showing the divine in every tree and star.
by Tom Stoppard
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A playwright, struggling with the difference between theater and his failing marriage, learns that love, like a good script, can be both an act and a harsh truth.
by Enid Blyton
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The Secret Seven are on the case when a local house is burgled and a beloved spaniel goes missing, leading them to unravel a web of clues and suspicious characters.
by Saul Bellow
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Trapped in an unforeseen year of civilian limbo while war rages, Joseph grapples with the suffocating weight of unwanted freedom and the unraveling of his identity on the restless streets of 1940s Chicago.
by Fiona Wood
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After his family falls apart, fourteen-year-old Dan navigates new schools, a struggling family, and a crush on the girl next door, all while dealing with the 'six impossible things' that shape his life.
by Chigozie Obioma
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Narrated by his ancestral spirit, a Nigerian poultry farmer's quest for love and social equality transforms into a harrowing odyssey of betrayal and displacement after he sacrifices everything for a deceitful promise of education abroad.
by Grace Lin
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A young girl named Pinmei must go on a dangerous journey through a land of mythical creatures and old legends to find the Luminous Stone and save her storyteller grandmother from the Emperor.
by A.C. Bextor
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After a devastating breakup, Sadey rebuilds her life, but the return of an old flame ignites past betrayals and new confusion, forcing her to decide if healing means forgiveness or letting go.
by Dan Poblocki
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A new kid explores an abandoned asylum, accidentally releasing a haunting that follows him home, blurring the line between curiosity and dread.
by Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon's 'Essays' distills the cunning pragmatism of a Renaissance statesman into a glittering mosaic of human nature, from the architecture of gardens to the treachery of ambition.
by Edgar Allan Poe
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A scholar's descent into opium-fueled madness blurs the line between his deceased wives, culminating in the chilling resurrection of the brilliant and enigmatic Ligeia.
by Pepper Pace
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A disfigured Marine and a plus-size woman with self-doubt find unexpected love in a modern "Beauty and the Beast" retelling that challenges conventional notions of attractiveness.
by Mary Shelley
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In 2100, the last person alive after a global plague wanders a silent Earth, dealing with the horror of human extinction.
by Kwame Mbalia
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Grief-stricken Tristan Strong, haunted by a bus accident, accidentally punches a hole into a world of African American gods and West African folklore figures, forcing him to confront his fears and become the hero he never thought he could be to save both worlds.
by Christopher Pike
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An FBI profiler, disgraced after an attack by a serial killer, finds healing by befriending the man she's hunting: a heartbroken kidnapper seeking revenge, as they both face their past and form an unexpected bond.
by E.K. Blair
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A young woman, haunted by a stolen past, plans a brutal revenge, but her careful strategy is threatened by an unexpected love.
by Tony Reinke
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The smartphone changes your spirituality, relationships, and focus. Learn to take control in the digital age.
by J.L. Langley
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A werewolf alpha's life changes when he finds an accident-prone mate who draws trouble, forcing him to fight a possessive rival for their survival.