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by Minette Walters
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A child's silent trauma after her mother's body washes ashore exposes a chilling tale of betrayal and the dark secrets of a seemingly perfect marriage in a quiet English coastal town.
by John McPhee
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Follow idiosyncratic geologists across the fortieth parallel, exploring North America's 4.6-billion-year crustal history.
by Edward O. Wilson
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Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson explores humanity's origins, its place in the cosmos, and the challenges we face as we increasingly shape our own evolution.
by Tobias George Smollet
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A naive young man and a bickering aristocratic family take a hilariously misadventurous tour of 18th-century Britain, told through scandalously witty letters that paint a satirical picture of a changing nation.
by Laurie Faria Stolarz
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A heartbroken Camelia escapes to a summer arts program, only to find herself entangled in the disappearance of a local girl, forcing her to confront her burgeoning psychic abilities and the lingering shadows of her past.
by Leo Tolstoy
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Tolstoy's book presents a Christianity without dogma, urging readers to find morality and nonviolent resistance within themselves. This message inspired Gandhi and challenged empires.
by Meg Rosoff
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Haunted by a premonition of his own demise, a teenage boy reinvents himself as 'Justin Case' to outrun fate, only to discover destiny has a darkly romantic sense of humor.
by Jaroslav Kalfar
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A lonely Czech astronaut on a solo mission to Venus confronts his past, his ambition, and the unraveling of his marriage with the help of a philosophical, possibly imaginary, giant alien spider.
by K.A. Harrington
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Haunted by her deceased boyfriend's digital ghost, a grieving teen finds a chilling doppelgänger and a town-wide conspiracy that makes her question everything she knew about the boy she loved.
by Adam Smith
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Adam Smith's foundational work explains that true virtue and a moral life go beyond self-interest, coming instead from our human ability for sympathy and the judgments of an 'impartial spectator'.
by Mary Jane Auch
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In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, an Irish immigrant fights for survival and hope amidst the ashes and injustice of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
by Robert Jordan
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As the Last Battle looms, Rand al'Thor grapples with a growing darkness within himself while Egwene al'Vere fights to rally the fractured Aes Sedai against impending doom.
by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Jonathan Safran Foer carves a new story from Bruno Schulz's *The Street of Crocodiles*, creating a physical book that explores the universal anxiety of life's final day.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew races to solve the mystery of a glowing eye and rescue Ned from a kidnapper, all while fending off a rival lawyer.
by Lisa Desrochers
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A demon raised in Hell and a mortal girl with a unique power find themselves in a cosmic tug-of-war between Heaven and Hell, as angels fall and former allies become enemies in a fight for their souls and survival.
by Pablo Neruda
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Pablo Neruda's 316 unanswerable questions invite readers to let go of logic and embrace childlike wonder, exploring life's mysteries through imagination.
by Arthur Hailey
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On the eve of his long-awaited vacation, a detective is pulled into a final, high-stakes confession from a serial killer that unravels a conspiracy reaching the highest echelons of his own department and city government.
by Lia Louis
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Fourteen years after a secret-bearing balloon brought them together, Emmie must navigate the bittersweet role of best woman at her soulmate Lucas's wedding, all while concealing the love she's harbored since their serendipitous teenage connection.
by Ariel Dorfman
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In a post-dictatorship nation, a woman believes she has found her rapist in the voice of her husband's rescuer, forcing a terrifying confrontation with the past that threatens to unravel their fragile new democracy.
by Peter S. Beagle
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In a forgotten cemetery, a lonely ghost discovers love beyond death, proving that even in the quietest corners of the afterlife, hearts can connect.
by Jurek Becker
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In a Nazi ghetto, a whispered lie about a hidden radio sparks hope and defiance, forcing one man to choose between truth and the power of fabricated freedom.
by Jennifer Blackstream
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A werewolf prince, losing his powers to a curse, must find a bitten maiden enslaved by her stepfamily. Her inner monster might be the only cure for his fading fangs and the key to her freedom, all before midnight.
by Barbara Park
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Phoebe deals with the sudden death of her mischievous younger brother, Mick, after he rides his bike without a helmet, leaving her to navigate a world changed by his absence.
by William Trevor
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In a quiet Irish town, a young farmer's wife, Ellie, finds her life changed by a mysterious photographer, Florian, sparking a passionate summer affair against the backdrop of watchful villagers.