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by Robert B. Parker
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When a businessman hires Spenser to find his runaway wife, the detective uncovers a world of loan sharks, failing businesses, and a woman's desperate flight from a dangerous life.
by E.B. White
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E.B. White's 'Here Is New York' is a classic, witty, and personal tribute to New York City, capturing its spirit and lasting appeal through the eyes of a master essayist.
by Shaun David Hutchinson
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Haunted by the memory of his family's death, Andrew Brawley hides in a hospital, only to find a reason to live and love when a hate-crime victim named Rusty arrives, forcing Drew to confront his past and accept his survival.
by Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
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Katherine's personal journal entries in 'Stepping Heavenward' tell the story of a young woman's journey through courtship, marriage, motherhood, and loss, as she seeks spiritual grace.
by Samuel Beckett
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In a dark, internal quest, an old Molloy's fragmented memories merge with a detective Moran's absurd search for him, blurring identity and reality in a world on the brink.
by Sophie Flack
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Nineteen-year-old Hannah, a dancer with the Manhattan Ballet Company, finds her structured life upended by a musician, making her choose between her ballet world and the uncertain freedoms of everyday life.
by Anonymous
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Explore ancient Wales, where mythical heroes, enchanted creatures, and otherworldly encounters tell a story of pre-Christian Celtic lore and medieval chivalry, echoing from forgotten ages into today.
by Callie Hart
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At a cutthroat elite academy, a quiet new student with a dark past becomes the prey of the school's most ruthless boys, unaware that she harbors a far more dangerous predator within, ready to unleash a calculated revenge for her mother's suspicious death.
by Salman Rushdie
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To save his legendary storyteller father from an unending sleep, young Luka embarks on a perilous quest through a whimsical, wordplay-filled Magic World to steal the ever-burning Fire of Life from the mischievous Badly Behaved Gods.
by Henry James
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After the Civil War, a young speaker becomes the focus of an ideological and romantic conflict between a determined Boston suffragist and her conservative Southern cousin.
by Jim Lynch
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Thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley, a quiet observer of the Puget Sound's hidden life, finds his world turned upside down when a giant squid washes ashore, forcing him to navigate newfound fame, the complexities of adolescence, and the shifting tides of his own family and identity.
by Soman Chainani
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In the finale, Sophie and Agatha must choose between good and evil, love and power, to decide who will rule Camelot and the Endless Woods.
by Heather Vogel Frederick
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Eighth grade brings scholarships, family changes, and school uniform protests. A mother-daughter book club finds friendship and romance through a transatlantic pen pal exchange inspired by 'Daddy-Long-Legs'.
by Lisa McInerney
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In post-crash Cork, an accidental murder by a returning matriarch starts a chain reaction, connecting a teenage drug dealer, a gangster, and a prostitute in the city's dark, funny underworld.
by Vladimir Lenin
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Lenin dissects the capitalist state as an instrument of class oppression, arguing for its revolutionary overthrow and replacement by the dictatorship of the proletariat as the true path to human liberation.
by Colin Meloy
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When assassins threaten her friend and a divided Wildwood, Prue McKeel must return to the magical forest and venture into its mysterious depths to unite a fractured land.
by Starhawk
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In a post-apocalyptic California, a peaceful, nature-revering San Francisco faces an existential threat from the militant, technocratic Hand of the new order, forcing a young woman to choose between ancient magic and modern warfare to protect her city's soul.
by Christopher Pike
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A year after covering up a fatal accident, seven friends are stalked by a mysterious 'Caretaker' who forces them into a deadly game of escalating dares and revenge via a terrifying chain letter.
by J.D. Robb
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In a futuristic universe, a driven detective confronts a dangerous ex-cop and her own passionate desires during an off-world conference.
by Nadine Gordimer
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When a white liberal family flees the collapse of apartheid cities to their Black servant's ancestral village, their roles reverse, revealing the unspoken power dynamics that bind them.
by Josephine Tey
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A small-town solicitor uncovers the truth behind a baffling kidnapping claim against two reclusive women, showing how even convincing lies can't withstand a meticulous search for facts.
by Jeff Shaara
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George Washington's desperate crossing of the Delaware ignites the American Revolution, showing America's fight for freedom from its worst defeats to the surrender at Yorktown.
by Leo Tolstoy
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A young woman's passionate, idealized love for an older man clashes with the realities of married life, threatening to unravel their 'family happiness' in a story about youthful expectations versus mature contentment.
by Joy Kogawa
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Through a young girl's eyes, Obasan directly shows the quiet pain and strength of Japanese Canadians moved and confined during World War II, a story long kept hidden.