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by Vladimir Nabokov
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In Nabokov's "Transparent Things," a gawky publisher's four Swiss trips become a haunting spiral of love, murder, madness, and a desperate attempt to find a past as elusive and fragmented as the objects he observes.
by Gary Paulsen
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From the loyal sled dog Cookie who saved his life to the brilliant Border Collie Josh, Gary Paulsen's memoir is a heartfelt tribute to the dozens of extraordinary canine companions who shaped his journey.
by Barry Unsworth
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In a snowbound 14th-century English village, a group of actors staging a play about a recent murder become entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that blurs the lines between performance and reality.
by Nevil Shute
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During the 1940 Blitzkrieg, an elderly Englishman leads a group of war-orphaned children across France, escaping the Nazi-occupied coast.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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After a party hypnotism unlocks fragmented memories of a forgotten past and a vanished mother, Kira must journey to the clandestine country of Crythe with a mysterious 'aunt' to unearth the dangerous truths hidden within her own mind before those same memories become a death sentence.
by Stephen Leacock
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Take a trip through Mariposa, where the quirky small-town residents paint a picture of early 20th-century Canadian life, one delightful story at a time.
by Richard Paul Evans
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On the Utah frontier, a grieving minister risks everything for his daughter's future, only to find a shocking discovery in a blizzard that renews his faith and hope for love.
by Willy Russell
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A spirited, working-class hairdresser from Liverpool yearns to transcend her predetermined life through literature, embarking on a transformative journey with her cynical Open University tutor.
by Vivian Vande Velde
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Vivian Vande Velde wittily unravels the nonsensical threads of Rumpelstiltskin, spinning six ingenious and often hilarious alternative tales that finally make sense of the absurd.
by Lauren Barnholdt
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Devon's summer of made-up popularity and a fake boyfriend backfires when her new friend, who knows all her lies, transfers to her school, sending Devon on a desperate, funny, and identity-searching quest to make her fictional life real.
by Nancy Huston
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From present-day California to World War II Germany, a child's birthmark reveals generations of family secrets, showing how love, music, and faith endure against evil.
by Paul Griffin
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A lonely foster boy finds comfort and a new definition of family when a scruffy dog and the librarian's daughter enter his life, only to face loss and discover his own inner magic.
by Ann M. Martin
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Two adventurous dolls try to prove a mysterious newcomer is their long-lost sister before she is shipped back to London, encountering human-sized challenges.
by Fauziya Kassindja
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Fauziya Kassindja's memoir tells of her escape from forced marriage and genital mutilation in Togo, her fight for asylum in American detention, and a legal battle that changed human rights for women globally.
by Bentley Little
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Bentley Little, called the 'Master of the Macabre' by Stephen King, presents 32 unsettling horror stories in this collection, including four new tales designed to get under your skin.
by Ania Ahlborn
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A desperate true-crime writer, seeking a comeback, investigates a cult leader's farmhouse, only to find the 'faithful departed' are still present.
by Laurann Dohner
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A human's drunken mistake leads her into the arms of a stoic, mate-avoidant New Species operative, sparking an undeniable passion that threatens his carefully built solitude during a dangerous mission.
by Kelly Loy Gilbert
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A scholarship artist deals with his best friend's failing love life and the anniversary of a tragedy. Then, a hidden box of letters makes him face his parents' secret past and the powerful Silicon Valley family involved in their lies.
by Henry Adams
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Haunted by the gap between his 19th-century Brahmin upbringing and the dizzying, fragmented start of the 20th, Henry Adams explores his own intellectual obsolescence and an education that left him unprepared for the modern world.
by Hannah Moskowitz
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On a remote island, Rudy falls for a mysterious boy with violent secrets, forcing him to choose between a forbidden love and his dying brother's life.
by Anna Seghers
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Seven crosses stand in a Nazi concentration camp. A man's desperate escape through Germany exposes the choices ordinary people made under Hitler's terrifying regime.
by Lurlene McDaniel
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An 18-year-old with an inoperable brain tumor finds forbidden love with a charming race car driver battling cystic fibrosis, only to face a heart-wrenching decision when his condition takes a turn for the worse after a devastating accident.
by John Katzenbach
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A college professor's rational world shatters when his daughter becomes ensnared by a possessive stalker, forcing her estranged parents into a desperate, no-holds-barred war to reclaim her life from the predator's grasp.
by Irwin Shaw
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Through the lives of a Nazi, an American, and a Jewish newlywed, "The Young Lions" shows the human experience of World War II.