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by Daniel Ehrenhaft
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In a world ravaged by a rabies-like plague, a rebellious teen and her dog, Jack, are humanity's last hope as her estranged scientist father races to find a cure.
by Valerie Hobbs
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A Border collie puppy, taken from his life as a sheepdog, goes on a difficult journey through many names and struggles, always longing for the flock and a real home.
by Kate McLaughlin
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An eighteen-year-old girl wakes up with no memory of the past three days, only to discover she has Dissociative Identity Disorder and a terrifying secret buried within her mind, threatening to shatter her further even as a new relationship blossoms.
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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In early 20th-century Warsaw, the lives of patriarch Meshulam Moskat and scholar Asa Heshel Bannet show a thriving Jewish community, unaware of its coming destruction.
by Iris Murdoch
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In contemporary London, a failed murder attempt unleashes a mysterious stranger whose bizarre demands for amends unravel a family's eccentric circle with unsettling, fatal consequences.
by Manuel Puig
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In a sleepy Argentine town, a young boy's obsession with Rita Hayworth becomes a prism through which he navigates his mother's fading beauty, his father's infidelities, and the suffocating dreams of his provincial life.
by Steven Herrick
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On the run from an abusive home, sixteen-year-old Billy finds an unexpected family and first love in an abandoned train carriage, showing that good things often arrive in unexpected places.
by Will Christopher Baer
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In Denver's grim underworld, Phineas Poe falls into a hallucinatory world of changing identities and violent make-believe to find a missing cop, fighting a city where reality itself is the most dangerous game.
by Robert Burton
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Robert Burton's 17th-century work is a vast, elegant exploration of human melancholy, dissecting every aspect of the condition and offering a timeless journey through psychology, history, and philosophy.
by Bruce Coville
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Haunted by a magical skull that forces him to speak only the truth, a compulsive liar named Charlie must navigate a world that no longer believes a word he says, even when he's finally being honest.
by Ali Vali
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A crime boss, hardened by betrayal, finds her guarded heart opened by an unexpected love, forcing her to choose between loyalty and passion.
by Tara Gilesbie
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A goth named Ebony navigates forbidden love with Draco Malfoy, telekinetic Voldemort commands, and time-traveling seduction to save the Dark Lord's soul.
by Ted Chiang
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In a world where angels visibly cause destruction and souls in Hell are public, a grieving father grapples with faith, justice, and the terrifying indifference of a demonstrably real divine.
by Ray Hammond
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As an unstoppable cosmic storm heads for Earth, a lone cryptographer decodes alien transmissions, only to discover the true, terrifying nature of the impending doom is not from the stars, but from within.
by A.J.P. Taylor
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A.J.P. Taylor argues that the Second World War was not Hitler's premeditated plan, but a series of blunders and miscalculations, rewriting the war's beginnings.
by Jonah Winter
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Frida Kahlo turned life's hardest moments and greatest joys into lasting art, from her father's color lessons to the raw depiction of polio and bus crash pain.
by Walter Tevis
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In the smoky, high-stakes world of 1950s pool halls, "Fast" Eddie Felson, a cocky young hustler, confronts his ambition and self-worth when he challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats, forcing him to reckon with the true cost of victory and defeat.
by Louise Plummer
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Armed with a romance writer's phrase book and a fierce commitment to truth, Kate Bjorkman chronicles her authentic, messy, and utterly swoon-worthy love story, proving reality can be more compelling than fiction.
by E.M. Hull
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An independent Englishwoman seeking adventure in the Algerian desert is kidnapped and unexpectedly falls for the commanding Sheik who holds her captive, in a scandalous tale that started the modern romance novel.
by Jesse Kellerman
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A poor philosophy student's search for conversation with a rich, mysterious woman turns into a deadly inheritance game where intellectual arguments become a fight for survival.
by Sol Yurick
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On a sweltering July 4th, a Coney Island gang must fight their way through a treacherous, night-long odyssey across 1960s New York City after being framed for the murder of a powerful rival leader at a city-wide peace rally.
by G.K. Chesterton
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In an epic poem, King Alfred's desperate stand against the Danes in 878 becomes a timeless allegory for the clash between Christendom and nihilistic heathenism, brought to life with battles, mystical visions, and Chesterton's artistry.
by A.C. Crispin
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Beneath a guise of peaceful refugees, reptilian aliens with a chilling agenda of global subjugation begin a systematic purge of humanity, forcing a desperate resistance against overwhelming odds.
by David M. Rubenstein
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David M. Rubenstein interviews financial leaders like Stan Druckenmiller and Larry Fink, revealing the strategies and principles that built their investment empires in venture capital, real estate, and crypto.