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by Kimberly Newton Fusco
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During the Depression, a girl named Charlie Anne, living with a strict cousin and farm chores, finds an unexpected friend in Phoebe, an African American girl, challenging small-town prejudice and showing love's power.
by P.D. Ouspensky
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Haunted by a recurring dream that reveals the cyclical futility of his existence, a man desperately seeks to alter his fate across multiple lifetimes in a philosophical journey from Moscow to Paris.
by William Butler Yeats
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In 'The Wild Swans at Coole,' Yeats watches wild swans, whose unchanging dance mirrors his own aging spirit.
by Robert Goddard
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A disgraced Englishman hiding in Greece must solve the mystery of a guest's disappearance before his past catches up to him, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power.
by Lynne Ewing
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Three D.C. teens awaken ancient Egyptian magic. Sudi, struggling with her new powers, must face a spectral stalker and an unknown enemy, all while navigating a new romance.
by Christopher W. Alexander
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Alexander explains how traditional, un-self-conscious cultures naturally create well-adapted forms, then offers a radical, set-theory-based method for modern designers to overcome arbitrary ideas and create truly harmonious designs by breaking down problems into their inherent, context-driven subsystems.
by Peter James
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A brilliant but obsessed scientist's quest for immortality unleashes a terrifying digital consciousness that threatens humanity.
by Stevie Turner
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Trapped for years in a windowless room, a doctor clings to the flickering hope that her lost fiancé is still searching for her, even as the lines of reality begin to blur.
by Henrik Ibsen
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A disgraced banker, imprisoned by his own ambition and the icy grip of societal judgment, paces his upstairs prison, dreaming of a financial comeback while the women in his life battle over the shattered remnants of their shared past and the fate of their son.
by Roger Smith
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An American fugitive in Cape Town finds his past catching up to him, ensnaring him and a local night watchman in a deadly game with a corrupt cop and a vengeful detective.
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
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Twelve-year-old Dani, heartbroken and wanting to escape, begins a defiant hike on the Appalachian Trail. Her equally troubled mother joins her, and their path ultimately leads them both to healing and a renewed connection in the wilderness.
by Michael Morpurgo
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A carved wooden dachshund becomes a symbol of an unlikely friendship between a German prisoner of war and a young British girl, spanning WWII and hinting at a hopeful reunion during the 1966 World Cup.
by Thomas Harris
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Years after eluding the FBI, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, now a respected curator in Florence, finds his cultured life threatened by a disgraced Clarice Starling, a greedy Italian detective, and the monstrously disfigured Mason Verger, who seeks to feed Lecter to his own ravenous eels as twisted revenge.
by Steve W. Price
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by Angelina J. Steffort
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An ordinary girl's life spirals into an epic celestial battle when her heart falls for a mysterious angel, unwittingly making her a pawn in an ancient war between good and evil.
by Wilton Barnhardt
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A shy theologian and a cynical ex-Jesuit race across continents, from the Vatican to the ancient Silk Road, in a thrilling, erudite, and often humorous pursuit of a lost first-century gospel that could redefine the essence of Christian faith.
by Mark Charan Newton
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In a city already crumbling under the weight of its monstrous residents and an otherworldly invasion, Commander Brynd Lathraea and Inquisitor Jeryd must hunt a supernatural serial killer while preparing Villiren for its impossible last stand.
by Anthony McGowan
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Caught in the terrifying orbit of a charismatic bully, a high schooler's desperate attempts to escape a brewing gang war only pull him closer to the moment he holds the knife that will end a life.
by W.P. Kinsella
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Through Silas Ermineskin's eyes, 'Dance Me Outside' shows the humor, daily struggles, and spirit of a Cree Indian reserve in Central Alberta.
by Deborah Ellis
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When a Muslim student is arrested on suspicion of terrorism, a high school is ripped apart by racism, forcing two boys from opposite worlds to confront their prejudices and choose their allegiances.
by Eugene McCabe
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On her twenty-fifth birthday in 1883 Fermanagh, Beth Winters, caught between her stepfather's cruelty and a charismatic rogue, races against a family curse to escape a life of pain and betrayal before it consumes her.
by Leslie McAdam
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A rule-bound lawyer's world is upended by a free-spirited barista whose charm and 'dirty talk' challenge her deepest inhibitions.
by Erin Hunter
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As their forest home crumbles and warriors vanish, a desperate quest for a new territory forces rival cat Clans to confront their deepest fears and the possibility of leaving loved ones behind forever.
by Cheyenne McCray
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A musician on the run from a cartel finds unexpected protection and romance with a Homeland Security agent.