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by Richard Harvell
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A castrated opera singer, haunted by the secret of his son's parentage, narrates his extraordinary life from a Swiss belfry to the grand stages of Europe, where his divine voice is both his salvation and his curse.
by Marguerite Duras
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Haunted by the public loss of her fiancé years ago, a beautiful woman orchestrates and spies on an affair between her friend and a lover, seeking to reclaim or re-enact her own forgotten pain through their stolen moments.
by Cathy Marie Hake
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An illiterate cook with an unusual way of speaking turns a widower's farm upside down and wins his heart, even as a past threat puts their new peace in danger.
by Virginia Woolf
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Virginia Woolf uses three requests for money to explore women's freedom, patriarchy, and the causes of war.
by Lynn Weingarten
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Two years after her sister vanishes, a mysterious drawing leads Ellie on a cross-country road trip with her new crush, uncovering lies, love, and the truth behind Nina's disappearance.
by Robert Cormier
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In a political terrorism game, radical teens kidnap children, forcing the general's son into a mission where the line between hero and villain blurs, and every choice leads closer to a tragic death.
by Jill Kargman
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A suburban mom enters the competitive world of Manhattan's elite mothers, where toddlers are groomed for Ivy League success before they can walk.
by Alexei Panshin
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On a starship where adulthood is earned through a brutal month of solitary survival on a dangerous alien planet, young Mia must face the wilderness and the difficult truths about her society and herself.
by Joseph Conrad
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A reclusive idealist's quest for detached peace on a remote island shatters when his rescue of a vulnerable woman from a predatory world inadvertently summons a maelstrom of human evil and forces him to confront the very emotions he sought to escape.
by Kiera Cass
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Before the iconic Selection, an ordinary girl named Amberly navigates the treacherous currents of palace intrigue and romantic rivalry to win a prince's heart and become a beloved queen.
by Peter Carey
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A disgraced Australian artist, caught in a web of forgery and a volatile romance, faces the true cost of creation and the redemptive power of love as he travels from rural Australia to urban galleries worldwide.
by Dario Fo
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A madcap imposter infiltrates a police station, twisting the absurd truth of an anarchist's suspicious 'fall' into a hilarious, biting indictment of state corruption.
by Laura Wiess
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Two teenage girls, discarded as 'leftovers,' form an unbreakable bond and seek revenge against the society that failed them.
by Anna Hackett
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An abducted Earth marine must fight for survival and her friend's freedom in a brutal alien gladiator arena, forging a dangerous alliance with a tattooed champion driven by revenge against the very aliens who hold them captive.
by Colum McCann
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An African American sandhog's dangerous work connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan beneath the East River creates a multi-generational family story of connection and conflict, uniting diverse men in shared peril.
by Mary Pope Osborne
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In a haunted New Orleans, Jack and Annie discover the soulful birth of jazz with a young Louis Armstrong, all while trying to inspire artists and escape the city's spectral residents.
by David Dalglish
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Bound by a prophet's dark will and an impossible love, a half-orc warrior must choose between his brother, his adopted human allies, and the elven woman who awakened his humanity, knowing any path leads to an unbearable sacrifice amidst a war of races.
by Karen Rose
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A homicide detective with PTSD must confront his fears and the city's dark secrets to protect the woman he loves and her vulnerable clients from a relentless killer.
by Joe Hyams
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Joe Hyams, taught by masters like Bruce Lee, explains how martial arts' spiritual side can improve not just physical ability but also mental strength, leading to less stress and better relationships.
by Lauren Brooke
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At the Heartland horse farm, a grieving teenager must find the courage to forge her own path, separate from her mother's legacy, to save both herself and the troubled horses she cares for.
by Theodore J. Kaczynski
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Ted Kaczynski's manifesto argues that the Industrial Revolution is a catastrophic turning point, condemning humanity to an unfulfilling, undignified existence and the natural world to ruin, all made worse by unchecked technological advancement.
by Nadine Gordimer
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A rebellious white woman and an undocumented Arab mechanic begin a passionate, cross-continental love affair in post-apartheid South Africa, challenging their ideas of who they are, where they belong, and how far they will go to escape their pasts.
by Phoebe Stone
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Amidst the wartime whispers of a remote Maine coast, Felicity must decipher coded letters, mend a fractured family, and navigate her first crush to unravel her glamorous parents' secret disappearance.
by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
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With few choices for women, Bess Steed Garner navigates love, marriage, and motherhood from the turn of the century through the 1960s, creating her own destiny with a strong spirit and lasting independence.