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by Amitav Ghosh
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On the eve of the Opium Wars, a diverse crew of outcasts aboard the Ibis sails from the poppy fields of the Ganges to the South China Sea, forging new identities and an unbreakable bond as 'ship-brothers' against colonial upheaval.
by Lloyd C. Douglas
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A Roman tribune's life changes with spiritual fervor after he wins the robe of the crucified Nazarene, sending him on a quest for truth that challenges the Roman Empire.
by Horace Walpole
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An ancient prophecy and looming shadows drive a tyrannical lord's desperate search for an heir, leading to gothic horror when a giant helmet crushes his son, triggering supernatural events and uncovering a family curse.
by Christopher Hitchens
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Facing esophageal cancer with sharp intellect and defiant wit, Christopher Hitchens gives a raw, brilliant, and unsparing account of confronting his own death without faith.
by Toni Morrison
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In the winter of 1926 Harlem, a door-to-door salesman shoots his teenage lover, leading to his wife attacking the deceased at her funeral and unraveling a story of love, obsession, and Black urban life.
by Tracy Chevalier
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In early 20th-century England, a gravedigger's son and the stones of a cemetery reveal the loves, losses, and secrets of two families as society changes.
by Dorothy Kunhardt
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With interactive textures and a tiny mirror, 'Pat the Bunny' offers toddlers a delightful sensory adventure of touch, sight, and discovery.
by Douglas Coupland
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In the pixelated glow of 90s Microsoft, a band of code-crunching 'microserfs' escape the corporate grind to chase innovation, love, and humanity in a Silicon Valley startup, grappling with a digital coming-of-age.
by Iain M. Banks
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Amidst a galactic war and a royal betrayal, a Culture agent returns to her medieval-technological home world, forced to navigate ancient feuds and hidden powers while grappling with the moral complexities of intervention.
by Frank E. Peretti
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Seven strangers are trapped in a house where the walls whisper madness and a killer's game demands sacrifice. They must decipher illogical rules before dawn or lose their minds and lives to an unseen evil.
by J.D. Robb
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Lieutenant Eve Dallas races to stop a serial killer, 'The Groom,' who has returned to New York City and made her husband's company, and possibly Eve herself, his new obsession.
by Evelyn Waugh
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After his marriage and society crumble, an English aristocrat's world shatters when his wife's affair leads him into a darkly comic descent, revealing the emptiness of a generation.
by Roald Dahl
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A poor boy's life takes a fantastical turn when a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey, the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company, move into an abandoned sweet shop and whisk him into a world of dukes, diamonds, and daring adventures.
by Rosamunde Pilcher
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In the Scottish Highlands, a cottage offers refuge to a widower, an independent woman, and several lost souls, who find love and comfort during Christmas.
by George Eliot
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In a 19th-century rural English community, the innocent love of a carpenter, Adam Bede, for the beautiful but vain dairymaid Hetty Sorrel unravels into a drama of seduction, betrayal, and its consequences after she falls for the charms of a fickle young squire.
by Martin Amis
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John Self's debauched journey into 1980s excess shows how a hunger for money leads to addiction and self-destruction.
by Christina Henry
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In a grim reimagining of Wonderland, a traumatized Alice escapes a nightmarish asylum only to hunt the monstrous remnants of her past through a decaying city, seeking fragmented memories and the truth behind her bloody tea party.
by Norman Mailer
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On a Japanese-held Pacific island, American soldiers face not only a brutal enemy but also fear, power, and their own humanity, which shatters the romanticized view of World War II heroism.
by Khushwant Singh
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During the brutal 1947 Partition of India, a remote village where Sikhs and Muslims have coexisted for centuries is shattered by a ghost train, forcing its inhabitants to confront escalating religious hatred and forbidden love.
by Iris Johansen
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Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan faces a murdered woman whose reconstructed face resembles Eve's lost daughter, pulling her into a deadly web of lies and a dangerous, rekindled romance.
by A.A. Milne
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A bear named Pooh and his friends go on fun adventures, celebrating childhood's simple joys and imagination.
by Kazuo Ishiguro
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An aging Japanese artist, once celebrated for propagandist work during the war, confronts his complicity and the unraveling of his legacy as he navigates a post-war society eager to forget its past.
by Drew Barrymore
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Drew Barrymore's 'Wildflower' takes readers on a journey through her life, from finding stability in doing laundry as a teen to saying goodbye to her father in a unique way, revealing the experiences that shaped her resilient spirit.
by Ally Carter
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Haunted by her mother's murder, Grace Blakely navigates international diplomacy and hidden agendas on Embassy Row, determined to find a killer before global secrets unravel.