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by Donald A. Norman
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Understand the hidden language of design in everyday objects, turning frustration into an appreciation for intuitive, human-centered creation.
by Joan Didion
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In 1960s Hollywood, an ex-model uses pills, booze, and loveless encounters to cope, finding peace only in freeway driving as her life falls apart.
by Kerri Maniscalco
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After unmasking Jack the Ripper, forensic student Audrey Rose Wadsworth flees to a Romanian castle, only to find herself in a new string of gruesome murders that echo the legend of Prince Dracula, making her confront whether a copycat killer or something more ancient stalks the halls.
by Italo Calvino
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A young baron, rebelling against his family, chooses to live entirely in the trees, navigating adventures, love, and the Enlightenment from his arboreal kingdom while never touching the ground again.
by Anthony Horowitz
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Teenage spy Alex Rider must stop a cunning con artist from unleashing a devastating, genetically modified virus disguised as a natural disaster to fund his twisted charity empire.
by Emile Zola
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In the sooty depths of a 19th-century French coal mine, an unemployed railway worker ignites a desperate strike, forcing his starving comrades to choose between exploitation and the perilous, yet hopeful, fight for dignity.
by Mario Vargas Llosa
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In a Peruvian military academy, cadets led by the Jaguar rebel against harsh hazing and strict rules. Their pranks turn into a tragic cycle of betrayal, murder, and revenge, revealing deep corruption within the institution and society.
by Robert Beatty
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In the grand Biltmore Estate, a hidden girl named Serafina must face a frightening kidnapper and a forbidden forest to find her magical heritage and save the estate's vanishing children.
by Dmitry Glukhovsky
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In the Moscow Metro's suffocating, mutant-filled tunnels, humanity's last hope faces a new, terrifying darkness, demanding a desperate fight.
by Matthew Dicks
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An ancient imaginary friend must transcend his own ethereal existence to save the unique boy who believes in him from a very real and dangerous world.
by Gloria Steinem
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Gloria Steinem's memoir, "My Life on the Road," is a journey across America, showing how her many conversations on the road shaped both her identity and the movement for equality.
by Craig Johnson
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Sheriff Walt Longmire races against a vengeful spirit of justice when the leader of a group of rapists is found dead, forcing him to confront whether some dishes are best left cold.
by Tim LaHaye
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The Antichrist's assassination starts a new, terrifying chapter in the Tribulation, forcing believers to confront a darker spiritual battle as the world nears chaos.
by Ian McEwan
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Amidst the sweltering heat and the decaying secrets of their isolated home, four orphaned siblings descend into a disturbing, self-made world where the lines between innocence and depravity blur, all to keep their parents' deaths a secret.
by Gordon Korman
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Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his sister, Amy, race to fulfill a bizarre ransom request and rescue their kidnapped family members from the Vespers, who want to weaponize the 39 Clues and hold the world hostage.
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Twelve stories by Adichie explore the emotional lives of Nigerians navigating tradition, modernity, homeland, and diaspora, revealing the quiet heartbreaks and strong hopes born from these colliding worlds.
by Christina Lauren
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In a conservative Utah town, a bisexual teen ready to escape for college finds his plans derailed and his heart captivated when he falls for his Mormon writing mentor during a prestigious high school seminar.
by Abbi Glines
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Grant Carter fights to prove he's more than his playboy reputation and past with her half-sister, only for a life-altering secret to shatter the love he built with Harlow.
by Iris Johansen
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A forensic sculptor, haunted by her daughter's unsolved murder, is lured into a killer's game when he orchestrates the discovery of nine skeletons, one of which might be her long-lost child, forcing her into a deadly confrontation.
by Erin Hunter
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Six cats journey home through treacherous mountains, encountering a secretive tribe with a chilling prophecy about one of them, while their Clans back in the forest face collapse, awaiting their return.
by Becca Fitzpatrick
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Amnesiac Nora Grey pieces together fragmented memories of fallen angels and a mysterious stranger, uncovering a past that threatens her present.
by Peggy Rathmann
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Officer Buckle, a stickler for safety, discovers his mundane presentations are transformed into uproarious hits by the secret, acrobatic antics of his police dog, Gloria, who hilariously acts out every warning behind his back.
by Nelson DeMille
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A detective and his FBI agent wife race to find a hidden videotape, which could expose a terrifying truth behind the catastrophic explosion of TWA Flight 800 and challenge the official story of mechanical failure.
by Rebecca Wells
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Through the interwoven, often unsettling, memories of the spirited Walker family and their Ya-Ya Sisterhood, "Little Altars Everywhere" reveals the humorous, heartbreaking, and human secrets hidden beneath the humid surface of a Louisiana plantation.