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by Irving Wallace
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At Lourdes, a skeptical journalist, a desperate young woman, a reluctant celebrity, and a dying American converge during the Virgin Mary's promised miracle cure, each with their own hopes and secrets, on a collision course with a truth more complex than divine intervention or simple fraud.
by Kate Cann
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A young girl is torn between the comfort of friendship and the pain of unrequited love, realizing her 'friend' was once her lover, leaving her in emotional turmoil.
by Sheri S. Tepper
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A cursed young woman's journey through time and enchanted realms reveals that true beauty holds the magic essential for humanity's survival.
by Marcia Willett
3.8(731)
In a quiet Devon village, a woman's annual retreat turns into a storm of rekindled love, old secrets, and a painful reckoning with a past that threatens to unravel the lives of everyone she holds dear.
by Cameron Crowe
4.0(731)
A 22-year-old journalist goes undercover as a high school student, chronicling the daily lives of horny, wasted, and directionless teens in 1979 Southern California.
by Piers Torday
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Beneath a shimmering city, a hidden world of animals plots an uprising, and only the boy who once saved them can now prevent an all-out war against humanity.
by Steve Watkins
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After her father's death, a vegetarian teen finds solace and the strength to confront her abusive aunt through the animals she loves, ultimately freeing herself and a pair of goats from a harsh North Carolina farm.
by Lynne Rae Perkins
3.7(728)
When her lifelong best friend suddenly pulls away, seventh-grader Debbie deals with junior high loneliness and finds unexpected strength and small joys.
by Freya North
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A polite primary school teacher secretly plans to become a femme fatale and attract a confirmed bachelor architect, leading to a funny and touching journey of self-discovery.
by Roland Smith
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In the Amazon, a young boy uncovers a poaching operation, risking everything to protect the rainforest's jaguars and solve the mystery of his father's past.
by Kat Richardson
4.0(719)
After dying and returning as a Greywalker, PI Harper Blaine must race across Europe with her lover to stop a necromantic cult and her lover's father from unleashing an ancient horror that threatens to ignite a global war.
by Craig L. Blomberg
4.2(714)
This book surveys the eyewitness accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, reconstructing the life and ministry of Jesus with historical and theological depth.
by Thomas H. Cook
3.5(713)
A man’s life unravels as his brilliant sister, consumed by grief and a Gaia-inspired delusion, implicates her husband in their schizophrenic son’s drowning, forcing him to confront the dark legacy of their family’s mental illness and the terrifying possibility of murder.
by Sarah Schulman
3.8(713)
In 1990s New York City, a rat exterminator, a plant-waterer, and an HIV-positive writer form a queer family, facing societal indifference and loss with honesty and wit.
by Zoe Archer
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A determined journalist and a brilliant inventor of magical gadgets must overcome their clashing worlds and growing attraction to save the planet from arcane conspiracies in 1920s Chicago.
by J.C. Valentine
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When a cynical bachelor's shortcut leads him into a ditch and the arms of a newly divorced woman, a stormy night ignites a passion that threatens to unravel their carefully constructed walls.
by Mark Johnson
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From a childhood of brutal beatings and early addiction, 'Wasted' tells Mark Johnson's journey through heroin and crack dependency to becoming a successful entrepreneur who helps other recovering addicts.
by Carla Capshaw
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In the brutal Roman Colosseum, a legendary gladiator's hard-won freedom and hardened heart are imperiled by his beautiful Christian slave's forbidden faith. Her secret could cost them both their lives, but it offers him a love stronger than any arena.
by D'Arcy McNickle
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A young man, educated in the white man's world, returns to his family's ranch on the Flathead Reservation. He is caught between clashing cultures, his family's struggles, and the reservation's destructive hold, leading to his ruin under the law he tried to avoid.
by Bali Rai
3.9(705)
In a modern-day Leicester romance, Rani and Sukh unknowingly rekindle a fated love story, their families' ancient Punjabi feud threatening to repeat a tragic cycle of violence and heartbreak.
by William Wordsworth
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Wordsworth's walk along the Wye River becomes a journey through memory, nature's comfort, and the human spirit's growth.
by Walter Horatio Pater
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In ancient Rome, a sensitive young man's search for beauty and meaning leads him through pagan rituals, philosophy, and the early stirrings of Christianity, as he strives for a life lived deeply and with refined taste.
by Mulk Raj Anand
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Munoo, a young boy uprooted from his village, embarks on a harsh, picaresque odyssey through pre-Partition India, enduring the brutal realities of servitude, factory labor, and rickshaw pulling in a desperate fight for survival.
by Victoria Chang
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Victoria Chang uses Agnes Martin's minimalist art to explore depression, grief, and the self in a collection that redefines how we see and are seen.