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by Plato
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Plato's Timaeus and Critias explores the creation of the cosmos, the divine origin of humans, and the advanced civilization of Atlantis through ancient Greek philosophical dialogues.
by Geraldine McCaughrean
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A grieving boy in 13th-century China finds perilous freedom and unexpected fame soaring as a human kite for a traveling circus, only to discover his aerial escape might be a pawn in a treacherous plot.
by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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In "The Phenomenon of Man," Teilhard de Chardin explores how Christian theology and scientific evolution can align, showing a universe always moving toward a divine Omega Point.
by Jenny Lundquist
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Armed with magical glasses that reveal everyone's thoughts, a shy aspiring writer must decide if she'll use her new insight to finally step into the spotlight or remain the perpetual understudy in her own unfolding fairy tale.
by Caroline B. Cooney
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During an idyllic summer in small-town Connecticut, fifteen-year-old Macey Clare uncovers a decades-old arson and confronts her community's hidden prejudice, forcing her to choose between silence and the truth.
by Daniel Ehrenhaft
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In a world ravaged by a rabies-like plague, a rebellious teen and her dog, Jack, are humanity's last hope as her estranged scientist father races to find a cure.
by Valerie Hobbs
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A Border collie puppy, taken from his life as a sheepdog, goes on a difficult journey through many names and struggles, always longing for the flock and a real home.
by Kate McLaughlin
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An eighteen-year-old girl wakes up with no memory of the past three days, only to discover she has Dissociative Identity Disorder and a terrifying secret buried within her mind, threatening to shatter her further even as a new relationship blossoms.
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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In early 20th-century Warsaw, the lives of patriarch Meshulam Moskat and scholar Asa Heshel Bannet show a thriving Jewish community, unaware of its coming destruction.
by Iris Murdoch
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In contemporary London, a failed murder attempt unleashes a mysterious stranger whose bizarre demands for amends unravel a family's eccentric circle with unsettling, fatal consequences.
by Manuel Puig
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In a sleepy Argentine town, a young boy's obsession with Rita Hayworth becomes a prism through which he navigates his mother's fading beauty, his father's infidelities, and the suffocating dreams of his provincial life.
by Steven Herrick
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On the run from an abusive home, sixteen-year-old Billy finds an unexpected family and first love in an abandoned train carriage, showing that good things often arrive in unexpected places.
by Will Christopher Baer
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In Denver's grim underworld, Phineas Poe falls into a hallucinatory world of changing identities and violent make-believe to find a missing cop, fighting a city where reality itself is the most dangerous game.
by Robert Burton
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Robert Burton's 17th-century work is a vast, elegant exploration of human melancholy, dissecting every aspect of the condition and offering a timeless journey through psychology, history, and philosophy.
by Bruce Coville
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Haunted by a magical skull that forces him to speak only the truth, a compulsive liar named Charlie must navigate a world that no longer believes a word he says, even when he's finally being honest.
by Ali Vali
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A crime boss, hardened by betrayal, finds her guarded heart opened by an unexpected love, forcing her to choose between loyalty and passion.
by Tara Gilesbie
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A goth named Ebony navigates forbidden love with Draco Malfoy, telekinetic Voldemort commands, and time-traveling seduction to save the Dark Lord's soul.
by Ray Hammond
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As an unstoppable cosmic storm heads for Earth, a lone cryptographer decodes alien transmissions, only to discover the true, terrifying nature of the impending doom is not from the stars, but from within.
by Ted Chiang
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In a world where angels visibly cause destruction and souls in Hell are public, a grieving father grapples with faith, justice, and the terrifying indifference of a demonstrably real divine.
by A.J.P. Taylor
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A.J.P. Taylor argues that the Second World War was not Hitler's premeditated plan, but a series of blunders and miscalculations, rewriting the war's beginnings.
by Jonah Winter
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Frida Kahlo turned life's hardest moments and greatest joys into lasting art, from her father's color lessons to the raw depiction of polio and bus crash pain.
by Walter Tevis
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In the smoky, high-stakes world of 1950s pool halls, "Fast" Eddie Felson, a cocky young hustler, confronts his ambition and self-worth when he challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats, forcing him to reckon with the true cost of victory and defeat.
by Louise Plummer
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Armed with a romance writer's phrase book and a fierce commitment to truth, Kate Bjorkman chronicles her authentic, messy, and utterly swoon-worthy love story, proving reality can be more compelling than fiction.
by E.M. Hull
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An independent Englishwoman seeking adventure in the Algerian desert is kidnapped and unexpectedly falls for the commanding Sheik who holds her captive, in a scandalous tale that started the modern romance novel.