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by Alain de Botton
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Alain de Botton brings ancient wisdom from six philosophers to help modern readers with love, money, and self-doubt, showing how philosophy can still guide the soul.
by D.J. MacHale
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A young Traveler named Bobby Pendragon must break the rules of inter-territorial travel to save a world from a plague.
by Augusten Burroughs
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Augusten Burroughs navigates the hilarious and harrowing tightrope of sobriety, trading his glamorous drunken Manhattan life for the fluorescent reality of rehab, only to face the ultimate challenge: returning to his old world, sober.
by Sheila Turnage
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An 11-year-old, hurricane-found, quick-witted girl in a small Southern town must solve a murder to save her eccentric adoptive family, all while secretly searching for her birth mother.
by Agatha Christie
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Hercule Poirot investigates strange thefts at a student hostel, where a diamond ring in soup and cut rucksacks point to a complex plot beyond simple kleptomania, and a widespread fear suggests a killer lives among the eccentric residents.
by Joe McGinniss
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A charismatic doctor's seemingly perfect life unravels into a chilling true crime saga when he is accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters, leaving the nation to wonder if he is a grieving husband or a cold-blooded killer.
by Ian Fleming
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James Bond must uncover the sinister truth behind a beloved national hero and his seemingly patriotic rocket program before a dazzling weapon of mass destruction unleashes its terrible beauty upon the world.
by Rachel Joyce
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On the edge of death, Queenie Hennessy writes her confession, revealing twenty years of secrets to find peace and an unexpected connection with the man walking across England to save her.
by Natasha Pulley
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In gaslit 1883 London, a mysterious Japanese watchmaker, a gifted physicist, and a Scotland Yard telegraphist become entangled by a sentient golden pocket watch, revealing a hidden world of clockwork precognition, ancient Japanese magic, and dangerous loyalty.
by Thomas S. Kuhn
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Kuhn shows that science progresses through 'paradigm shifts' rather than steady discovery, fundamentally changing our view of how we understand the universe.
by Susanna Kearsley
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A woman buys her dream house, only to discover it's a portal to 17th-century England, where she relives a past life of forbidden love and danger that threatens her present.
by Allan Pease
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Understand gestures, expressions, and postures to decode intentions and succeed in any social interaction, from job interviews to romantic encounters.
by Alan Hollinghurst
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In Thatcher's 1980s Britain, a young, gay man obsessed with art moves into the home of a powerful Tory family, observing their lives of class, desire, and belonging, until their tragic collapse.
by David Almond
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In a collapsing garage, a boy whose sister is ill finds a creature of feather and bone, an enigmatic being that blends bird, angel, and the essence of hope.
by Gary Paulsen
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Tasked by the government to relive his harrowing survival, Brian Robeson must once again brave the wilderness, this time rafting an unconscious psychologist down a treacherous river after a lightning strike disables their only communication.
by James A. Michener
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Follow the Steed family through four centuries of American history, as their lives connect with the story of the Chesapeake Bay, from its wild beginnings to the founding of a nation.
by Russell Brand
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Russell Brand’s raw memoir describes his journey from addiction and self-destruction to comedy stardom and sobriety.
by Michelle Paver
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Six millennia ago, a twelve-year-old outcast and his telepathic wolf-cub companion must brave primeval forests and treacherous glaciers to defeat a malevolent spirit threatening their ancient world.
by Robin Oliveira
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During the Civil War, a determined midwife defies social rules and personal pain to become a surgeon, working on battlefields in Washington D.C. and influencing the men who see her talent.
by Paulo Coelho
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In the Mojave Desert, Paulo Coelho and his wife begin a 40-day quest to break a curse, guided by his guardian angel and the mysterious Valkyries.
by James Surowiecki
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Many people, not just a few, are key to solving problems, gaining knowledge, and making accurate predictions in all areas of life and leadership.
by L. Frank Baum
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When a storm-tossed Dorothy washes ashore in the whimsical land of Ev, she must gather a talking chicken, a mechanical man, and old friends to outwit the cunning Nome King and rescue the imprisoned royal family, even if it means facing his most potent enchantments.
by Robert A. Heinlein
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Betrayed and robbed of his revolutionary robot invention, a brilliant engineer from 1970 is tricked into a thirty-year suspended animation, only to awaken in a future where he must reclaim his past and outwit those who wronged him.
by T.J. Klune
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A caseworker for magical youth discovers an unexpected family and challenges his own rigid beliefs when assigned to an island orphanage housing six 'dangerous' children, including the Antichrist, and their enigmatic caretaker.