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by Adam Mickiewicz
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In 1811 Lithuania, a passionate feud between two old families sets off a romantic saga, reflecting a nation about to face Napoleonic conflict.
by Albert B. Facey
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Albert Facey's 'A Fortunate Life' tells of an ordinary man's journey from the West Australian frontier and Gallipoli trenches to family life, showing his honesty, compassion, and courage through adversity.
by Charlie Fletcher
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When a rebellious act shatters a stone dragon, twelve-year-old George is plunged into a hidden London where ancient statues awaken to wage a secret war, forcing him to confront a world where imagination is reality and survival means choosing a side.
by James Herbert
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A grieving family seeking solace in a secluded Devon manor finds their new home is a chilling portal to a past filled with malevolent spirits and a dark secret that refuses to stay buried.
by Ben Jonson
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by Aristophanes
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In Aristophanes' 'Clouds,' an aging Athenian farmer, Strepsiades, enrolls his spendthrift son, Pheidippides, in Socrates' Thinkery to learn how to manipulate the legal system and evade debts, only to discover that the new sophistry corrupts traditional morality and familial piety.
by Philip Pullman
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From the smoky back alleys of London to the perilous, snow-laden streets of a fictional European principality, Jim Taylor must protect his long-lost friend Adelaide as she navigates a dangerous path from enslaved orphan to imperiled crown princess of Razkavia.
by Melissa Kantor
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As her best friend battles a life-threatening illness, Zoe faces unspoken fears, shifting loyalties, and an unexpected romance with her friend's crush, all while hoping their future can still be salvaged.
by Wendy Mass
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Five years after promising to help him, Livy returns to her grandmother's house in Australia to find Bob, a mysterious, chicken-suited creature, still waiting in the closet, ready to unravel the magical mystery of his origins and find his way home.
by Louise Erdrich
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An Ojibwe drum, found during an appraisal, leads to a journey through generations, showing the connections between mothers, daughters, and heritage.
by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
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As Nazism rises, the correspondence between a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco and his former German business partner changes from friendship to a dance of ideology, betrayal, and a desperate, poetic act of revenge.
by Amanda Hocking
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Gemma races to solve an ancient curse and defeat a siren to save her love and her life before it is all lost.
by Enid Blyton
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The Famous Five face their most dangerous mystery yet as they unravel sinister signals from an old tower, luring ships to their doom on the jagged Cornish coast.
by Kara Thomas
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A young woman confronts past secrets and deadly lies, returning to a town where the truth about a decade-old murder might get her killed.
by Kami Garcia
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Haunted by visions and pulled into a subterranean world of ancient secrets, Ethan Wate must navigate the treacherous history of Gatlin County where magic and danger lurk beneath every familiar surface.
by Chuck Palahniuk
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In a near-future America collapsing, a mysterious book starts a radical youth movement to violently restructure society and dismantle the establishment, fulfilling separatist fantasies with brutal, satirical precision.
by Mary Pope Osborne
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Join Jack and Annie as the Magic Tree House whisks them away to 1906 San Francisco, where they must use their wits to survive a devastating earthquake and help a librarian save precious books, all while navigating a city on the brink of collapse.
by Alice Hoffman
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In 15th-century Spain, a young Marrano woman named Estrella faces the Inquisition, uncovering family secrets of Kabbalah and a love that defies persecution, only to confront a betrayal that threatens to shatter her world.
by Neil Gaiman
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Ancient, powerful beings, tasked with Earth's protection for millennia, awaken to a world that has forgotten their very existence, forcing them to confront not just new threats, but the unsettling void of their erased history.
by Alice Hoffman
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A man's idyllic life is shattered when the secrets he's kept hidden for thirteen years are finally unearthed, forcing him and his small town to confront a devastating past.
by Larissa Ione
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by Nick Vujicic
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Born without limbs, Nick Vujicic shares how faith and purpose can lead to a full life, inspiring others to overcome their own limits.
by Edward R. Tufte
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Tufte's book explains how to make statistical graphics clear, honest, and insightful.
by Scott Reintgen
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In a cutthroat interstellar competition, a desperate recruit must mine a universe-altering substance on a hidden planet, all while battling ruthless rivals and the morally ambiguous corporation that brought them there.