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by Ashwin Sanghi
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Centuries after 18,000 Zoroastrians escape persecution to India, a Parsi scientist is taken to Tehran. He and his wife are pulled into a global chase to find the Athravan Star, a relic tied to their ancestors' journey.
by Nicholas Wolterstorff
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After his son Eric's sudden death, a philosopher turns his grief into a personal and moving lament, giving voice to the pain of loss and the strength of love.
by Thomas Sowell
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Sowell shows how seeking an ill-defined 'cosmic justice' undermines true equality and freedom, slowly eroding the foundations of the American Revolution through well-intentioned but flawed social ideas.
by Ellen G. White
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Learn how to build a close, lasting friendship with Jesus through thirteen chapters on His love, repentance, faith, and the happiness of living with Him.
by Nikolai Gogol
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An artist's life changes after he buys a haunting portrait with lifelike eyes, making him question ambition and the soul's corruption.
by Todd Strasser
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In the shadow of the Frederick Douglass Project, a hungry DeShawn grapples with the allure of gang money and the weight of his principles, knowing every choice could be his last.
by Han Nolan
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As his father descends into madness, fifteen-year-old Jason navigates the crumbling reality of his home with the help of an elaborate imaginary world, desperately trying to keep their secret while teetering on the brink of his own sanity.
by Claire Zorn
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In a world suffocated by nuclear winter, a resilient teen forges a harrowing path through a frozen, food-scarce city, clutching to the faint hope of finding her family amidst the ruins.
by Judy Simons
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This guide explores Jane Austen's 'Persuasion,' focusing on Anne Elliot's journey to rekindle love with Captain Wentworth amidst societal constraints.
by Barbara Keating
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In 1957 Kenya, three blood sisters from different backgrounds find their childhood vow tested by the Mau Mau rebellion, the birth of independent Kenya, and the conflicting paths of love, ambition, and survival that pull them from London's swinging sixties to the fight for their ancestral farm.
by Neal Shusterman
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In the seemingly idyllic town of Billington, Jason's ordinary bad day spirals into a terrifying mystery as he realizes his own identity, and everyone else's, is a meticulously constructed lie.
by Rebecca Tingle
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In a world of arranged marriages and looming war, a fiery young princess in 9th-century England must defy expectations and wield a sword to protect her people and forge her own legend.
by Zakes Mda
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In post-apartheid South Africa, a professional mourner in a tattered suit and top hat finds comfort for his own grief and the city's wounds when he reunites with a woman from his past amidst township funerals.
by Ben Bova
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An immortal warrior, touched by ancient cosmic powers, relentlessly hunts his eternal nemesis across the vast expanse of human history, from primeval caves to a nuclear showdown, to save Earth from ultimate darkness.
by Pierre Bourdieu
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Bourdieu's main work shows 'habitus' as a system of tendencies, shaped by and shaping social practices within Kabyle society.
by Adena Halpern
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A twenty-nine-year-old fashionista dies and finds herself in the seventh heaven, but to stay, she must write about her ten best days on Earth, or face a fashion-deprived afterlife.
by Anonymous
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Explore 'The Lotus Sutra,' an ancient Mahayana Buddhist scripture that shares spiritual wisdom and parables, influencing spiritual paths and literary works across Asia for centuries.
by Mantak Chia
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Master ancient Taoist techniques to separate ejaculation from orgasm, transforming your sexual experience into a multi-orgasmic journey for increased vitality and pleasure.
by Angelica Banks
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When her author mother vanishes, Tuesday McGillycuddy sails into the whimsical, perilous world where stories are born, befriending a brave girl and an enchanted boat, all while uncovering the magic of writing and her dog's true nature.
by Andre Dubus
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In "Dancing After Hours," Andre Dubus illuminates the tender parts of ordinary American lives, where characters struggle with loneliness, the fear of love, and unexpected moments of grace.
by Andrew McGahan
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Haunted by a family legacy of dispossession and a spectral, encroaching illness, a young boy becomes the reluctant heir to his great-uncle's feverish obsession with reclaiming a decaying Australian outback station from both the desert and its original Aboriginal custodians.
by Mary Downing Hahn
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When two boys discover a corpse by Indian Creek, their summer camping trip transforms into a chilling detective hunt as they spy on a suspicious new boyfriend and uncover dark secrets lurking within an antique store.
by Irfan Orga
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In fin-de-siècle Istanbul, an Ottoman family, led by an autocratic grandmother and a child-bride mother, copes with the collapse of their empire, fortune, and way of life, from opulent hamam rituals to the reality of a new Turkish republic.
by Henry Miller
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In a feverish, free-associating whirlwind, Henry Miller revisits his past, from the gritty streets of Brooklyn to the intoxicating chaos of Paris, weaving a vibrant tapestry of life, lust, and literature.