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by Steve McConnell
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This is the definitive guide to software craftsmanship, updated to give developers timeless techniques, current practices, and practical advice for building high-quality, robust code.
by Betty Smith
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In 1927 Brooklyn, young Annie McGairy travels to a Midwestern university to marry Carl, only to find their love tested by poverty and isolation during their first year of marriage.
by B.K.S. Iyengar
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This illustrated yoga guide offers a complete path to physical and spiritual change, detailing every posture and breath to balance mind, body, and and soul.
by Anna Funder
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Four German exiles in 1930s London risk everything to expose the Nazi threat, only to discover that tyranny reaches far beyond their borders, testing their courage and loyalty.
by Christina Crawford
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Behind Hollywood's glamour, a daughter exposes her adoptive mother, screen legend Joan Crawford, revealing a brutal struggle for survival and escape from a gilded cage.
by Philippa Gregory
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An outcast with forbidden magic, Alys navigates Henry VIII's court, risking death for an obsessive love that unleashes a horrifying power.
by Cormac McCarthy
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On a desolate New York night, an ex-con's strong faith clashes with a despairing professor's nihilism in a single room, as they grapple with the ultimate question of whether life is worth living.
by Ashley Elston
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Tired of life on the run, a teen girl in rural Louisiana defies Witness Protection rules and her father's silence to uncover the truth, finding love and danger with a local boy who might expose everything.
by Jane Hamilton
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After a violent act, a young woman in rural Wisconsin deals with faith, family, and the power of mercy.
by Tupac Shakur
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Tupac Shakur's raw, handwritten verses bloom from the concrete of his life, revealing a garden of reflections on struggle, beauty, and the human spirit.
by Joshua Slocum
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On his thirty-six-foot sloop, Captain Slocum faces pirates, storms, and the vast, lonely sea to become the first person to sail around the world alone, a display of great courage and seamanship.
by Patricia Wood
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A man with a low IQ but a heart full of his grandmother's wisdom wins the lottery, forcing him to navigate a shark tank of newfound 'family' while clinging to the true meaning of trust and capability.
by Jim Harrison
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Across generations and the American plains, an unusual family navigates love, loss, and the wild spirit that connects them through history.
by Samuel Butler
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Through the multi-generational story of the Pontifex family, Samuel Butler dissects the suffocating hypocrisy and moral failings beneath Victorian respectability.
by Erica Stevens
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A young vampire prince and his love venture into the monster-infested Barrens to find allies against a tyrannical king, only to discover their greatest threat might be the secrets between them.
by Peter S. Beagle
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A solitary, immortal unicorn ventures into a cynical, fading world to discover the fate of her kind, only to find herself hunted by a mad king and the very embodiment of despair.
by Willa Cather
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From a Colorado desert town to the Metropolitan Opera, Thea Kronborg's spirit and voice turn her Western home into an artistic destiny.
by T.A. Barron
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A young Merlin, with his beloved deer-woman Hallia and mischievous shadow, faces rising evil on Fincayra and a shocking reflection in a magical mirror to save his homeland and find his true path.
by Richard Paul Evans
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With their home destroyed and families' fates unknown, the Electroclan must use the growing unrest within the Elgen to stop Hatch's global takeover, all while facing their most dangerous challenges yet.
by Bruce Coville
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When their new sixth-grade teacher starts peeling off his face, Susan and Peter must expose his extraterrestrial identity and save their classmates from a truly alien fate.
by Jonathan Odell
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In the pre-Civil War South, a grieving plantation mistress adopts a slave infant, leading to a clash of wills and the rise of a powerful healer whose legacy of storytelling and magic spans generations.
by Shaun Tan
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Shaun Tan's illustrated tales use giant snails, alien exchange students, and the literal edge of the map to show the strange and funny parts of modern life in ordinary suburbs.
by Jean Toomer
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Jean Toomer's "Cane" is a collection of interconnected stories and poems that blends the rural Black South with the urban North, echoing the rhythms of nature and Africa.
by P.G. Wodehouse
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Psmith, a debonair gentleman with a silent 'p', infiltrates Blandings Castle under a false identity to pursue the woman he loves, only to find himself in a farcical plot involving mistaken identities, jewel thieves, and airborne flower pots.