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by Ruth Minsky Sender
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In the Lodz ghetto and Auschwitz, young Riva holds onto her mother's words of hope. She vows to survive the Holocaust and share her story, a powerful account of human endurance.
by Amin Maalouf
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In the tumultuous 1880s Lebanese mountains, the illegitimate son of a sheik becomes an unlikely intermediary between warring European and Middle Eastern powers. His legend is born from a mysterious disappearance on a solitary rock.
by Jane Johnson
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A 17th-century embroidery book, revealing a Cornish woman's enslavement by Barbary pirates, leads a modern Londoner to Morocco, where she uncovers ancient secrets and finds her heart entangled by history.
by C.E. Murphy
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On a chaotic Halloween, Seattle detective and reluctant shaman Joanne Walker must wrangle a city overrun by talkative zombies, the Wild Hunt, and a host of other undead party crashers, all while her mentor is missing and there's no magical manual for this particular apocalypse.
by Erin Beaty
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A magically-sighted orphan overseeing a holy city's spires is thrust into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a brilliant, enigmatic detective and a brutal serial killer, all while guarding a secret that could either save her or make her the next victim.
by Lawrence M. Krauss
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Lawrence Krauss explains the real science behind 'Star Trek's' technologies, from warp drives to holodecks, showing what's possible and what isn't.
by Gary Paulsen
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A young Inuit boy, wanting to learn his people's old ways, takes a dog sled into the Alaskan wilderness to find his own identity.
by Jennifer Brown
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After a vengeful ex-boyfriend leaks a private photo, propelling her into public shaming and isolation, Ashleigh finds an unexpected ally in Mack, the one person who received her viral image but chose not to look.
by Laurie Faria Stolarz
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A high school junior with psychometric powers hears terrifying, berating voices and has chilling premonitions of danger, all while navigating a complex love triangle and her mentally unstable aunt's unsettling presence.
by Susan Howatch
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In the windswept grandeur of a Cornish estate, a proud man's marriage ignites a three-generation saga of love, betrayal, and dark secrets, all inextricably bound to the ancient stones of Penmarric itself.
by Clyde Edgerton
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When a feisty 78-year-old widow with a penchant for pound cake and hymns takes in a stray dog and a teenage delinquent, her quiet Southern life is anything but predictable.
by You-Jeong Jeong
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A young man with fractured memories must piece together the bloody fragments of the night his mother was murdered, only to discover the most terrifying suspect might be himself.
by Sigmund Freud
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Freud uses psychoanalysis to describe religion as a collective neurosis, a comfort that prevents scientific reason.
by Bill Konigsberg
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Ben tries to reclaim a 'normal' life of academic success and baseball glory after a past entanglement, but he finds himself drawn to a new girl, his mother's quiet struggles, and the undeniable pull of the boy who might be his true normal.
by Georgette Heyer
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A sheltered young Duke, stifled by his guardians, escapes into intrigue, kidnapping, and romance when he rescues his cousin from a mysterious, beautiful foundling.
by Brian Friel
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In 1833 rural Ireland, a British survey to translate Gaelic place names into English changes an Irish-speaking community's lives and culture, showing the human cost of an administrative act.
by Brigid Kemmerer
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As elemental powers stir and a killer closes in, Nick Merrick fights to keep his family, his secrets, and his life from unraveling while navigating forbidden romance and the brewing storm of his own destiny.
by Charles Maturin
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A damned scholar roams the earth for 150 years, desperately seeking a soul desperate enough to inherit his infernal pact and free him from eternal damnation.
by Julie Johnson
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A woman's decade-long, unrequited love for her brother's best friend turns into a dangerous game of protection when she becomes the target of an unseen threat, forcing him to break every rule he made.
by Betty G. Birney
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From his cage in Room 26, a clever classroom hamster named Humphrey goes on weekend adventures with different students, secretly learning to read, write, and shoot rubber bands while navigating human emotions and a teacher he thinks dislikes him.
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
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In ancient Japan, a compassionate artist's life changes when a humble cat inspires his masterpiece and brings unexpected blessings.
by Edith Wharton
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In a Gilded Age transatlantic waltz, four American heiresses crash the gates of British aristocracy, seeking titles and love while defying the stifling corsets of Victorian societal expectations.
by Rani Manicka
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A fourteen-year-old bride from Ceylon moves to war-torn Malaysia, where she becomes a strong matriarch who battles a harsh world and historical trauma to secure her family's future.
by Jorge Luis Borges
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In an infinite library of hexagonal rooms, a universe of every possible book exists, driving humanity to madness in its desperate, futile search for meaning and order amidst an overwhelming ocean of random characters.