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by Connie Willis
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Three young historians studying WWII through time travel become trapped in the war-torn past, facing the terrifying possibility that they are changing the history they swore only to observe.
by Cao Xueqin
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An 18th-century Chinese aristocratic family faces love, duty, and decline in a poignant story set in their grand, yet secluded, world.
by Rabindranath Tagore
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In a gold-obsessed town, Nandini, with red oleanders, ignites a desire for freedom in enslaved miners, sacrificing herself for their liberation.
by Chaim Potok
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In 1950s Brooklyn, a rabbinical student, Reuven Malter, questions his path and faith's traditions while helping his friend Danny Saunders free a brilliant, troubled boy from his genius and community expectations.
by Martin Heidegger
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Heidegger's wartime lectures dissect the Latinized West, tracing truth's decline from Parmenides' early insights through language to expose the modern world's 'out of joint' state.
by Violet Summers
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After a lifetime of small-town gossip and a cheating boyfriend, Miranda Lee finds herself the reluctant center of attention once more, as two men, Wyatt and Jon, conspire to convince her that their unconventional, shared love is the only talk of the town worth having.
by Lucian Bane
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An amnesiac Angel of Judgment, bound to the first human he meets, must now execute his bonded partner, plunging him into a cosmic war against Heaven and Hell that blurs the lines between good and evil.
by Julie Hall
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A popular high schooler's accidental death thrusts him into a supernatural war where a forbidden connection with a fellow demon hunter might be the only thing that can save him from his own broken spirit.
by Ranjit Lal
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A mystical well in a family obsessed with sons hides the watery faces of three girls, drawing fifteen-year-old Gurmi into a cyber-magical quest to uncover the dark truth of his family's past and prevent a future atrocity.
by Arthur Slade
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A brilliant but grieving teenager observes high school social groups like an anthropologist, only to find himself drawn into the human drama he studies.
by Mahasweta Devi
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Mahasweta Devi's three stories show how the female breast, stripped of its nurturing meaning, becomes a place for societal exploitation, resistance, and tragic sacrifice in the lives of marginalized women.
by Budd Schulberg
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A naive Argentine giant is built into a boxing sensation only to be ruthlessly exploited and discarded by a corrupt fight racket, exposing the brutal underbelly of the sport.
by Jude Watson
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Against the Jedi Council's orders, Qui-Gon Jinn and Tahl return to the unstable planet Apsolon to rescue kidnapped daughters and face the breakdown of a past mission's peace, challenging their bond.
by Dahlia Lu
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Awakened by a teenage girl's spilled blood, Lucifer, Hell's ruler, offers her a final wish, binding their fates in a realm where eternity is a lonely reign.
by David Williamson
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A rookie cop's first day descends into a brutal ballet of power and perversion, exposing the raw, seedy underbelly of justice in a single, shattering removal.
by Jeanne Larsen
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In Tang Dynasty China, a woman guided by spirits and her own will goes from courtesan to swordswoman, navigating a world where history meets myth.
by Hans Holbein
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Holbein's 'The Dance of Death' is a striking 1538 woodcut series that shows a skeleton taking people from every part of society, from kings to children, as a constant reminder of death's inevitability.
by Marilyn Ferguson
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This book explores the hidden currents of the 1980s, revealing the true power behind the New Age movement: a quiet revolution of awakening consciousness.
by William Blake
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Blake's 'Auguries of Innocence' shows how small natural wonders contain deep moral truths, encouraging people to see eternity in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower.
by Elaine Raco Chase
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In 1980s New Orleans, a successful fashion designer must choose between the excitement of a new lover and the unexpected romantic potential of her long-time friend-with-benefits.
by Patricia Chao
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Haunted by a shattering family secret and the mythical Monkey King, a young Chinese-American woman must piece together her fractured identity during a mental health crisis to reclaim her life.
by Julie Kagawa
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Haunted by a previous brush with Faery, a cynical human teen who sees the fey must break his own ironclad rule of avoidance when the disappearances of magical creatures and a direct attack force him to confront a forgotten danger to protect his loved ones and a girl he unexpectedly falls for.
by Clive Bell
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Clive Bell's 'Art' states that 'significant form'—a quality of line and color—is the only thing that creates aesthetic emotion, defining true art and connecting works across all cultures and times.
by Wole Soyinka
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